In December of 1999, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) contracted Lincoln Laboratory to develop and demonstrate a new type of weather alert system. Their objective was to provide air traffic controllers at medium-intensity airports with a real time color display of weather impacting the terminal airspace. The weather data was to come from nearby Doppler weather surveillance radars, called Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD), typically owned and operated by the National Weather Service (NWS). Lincoln Laboratory has been operating prototypes of the Medium Intensity Airport Weather System (MIAWS) since May of 2000 at field sites in Memphis, TN; Jackson, MS; Little Rock, AR; and Springfield, MO. With the success of the MIAWS prototypes and favorable response among air traffic controller users, the FAA is seeking to rapidly deploy MIAWS systems at 40 airports within the National Airspace System (NAS). This report identifies suitable NEXRAD systems for each of the 40 MIAWS airports and three additional test and/or maintenance FAA facilities. Several other radar selection options are also provided to account for availability and cost-saving contingencies.
Medium Intensity Airport Weather System NEXRAD Selection Recommendations
2003
40 pages
Report
No indication
English
Air Transportation , Meteorological Data Collection, Analysis, & Weather , Meteorological radar , Air traffic control , Airports , Selection , Storm coverage , Phone line leasing , Costs , Next Generation Weather Radar(NEXRAD) , Weather alert systems , Real time color displays , Federal Aviation Administration , Interface number restrictions
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