NASA Turbulence Technologies In-Service Evaluation: Delta Air Lines Report-Out
Amaral, Christian and Dickson, Capt. Steve and Watts, Bill (2007) NASA Turbulence Technologies In-Service Evaluation: Delta Air Lines Report-Out. Technical Report NASA/CR-2007-214616, Research and Engineering, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.
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Abstract
Concluding an in-service evaluation of two new turbulence detection technologies developed in the Turbulence Prediction and Warning Systems (TPAWS) element of the NASA Aviation Safety and Security Program's Weather Accident Prevention Project (WxAP), this report documents Delta's experience working with the technologies, feedback gained from pilots and dispatchers concerning current turbulence techniques and procedures, and Delta's recommendations regarding directions for further efforts by the research community. Technologies evaluated included an automatic airborne turbulence encounter reporting technology called the Turbulence Auto PIREP System (TAPS), and a significant enhancement to the ability of modern airborne weather radars to predict and display turbulence of operational significance, called E-Turb radar.
| EPrint Type: | NASA Contractor Report |
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| Keywords: | Airline, Airspace capacity, Turbulence, Weather hazard, Weather radar |
| Subjects: | (01 - 09) Aeronautics: (03) Air Transportation And Safety |
| ID Code: | 1588 |
| Deposited On: | 17 April 2007 |
| Additional Information: | 154 pages. Amaral, Dickson, and Watts, Delta Air Lines, Atlanta, Georgia; COTR: Edward H. Teets, Jr. |
