Aircraft position and weather data are collected, formatted, and relayed to ground from in-flight commercial jets. Data Acquisition and Control Unit in plane receives information from standard avionics data units, and provides scaling and storage. Normally, eight sets of data are acquired in 1 hour period and transmitted to satellite at precise time. Besides meteorological applications, system can locate and reroute aircraft into favorable winds to conserve fuel or aid search for downed planes.


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    Title :

    Airborne meteorological data-collection system


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    Publication date :

    1981-01-01



    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English







    Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting (TAMDAR) Overview

    Daniels, Taumi S. / Moninger, William R. / Mamrosh, Richard D. | NTRS | 2008