Convective weather is currently the largest contributor to air traffic delays in the United States. In order to make effective traffic flow management decisions to mitigate these delays, weather forecasts must be made as early and as accurately as possible. A forecast product that could be used to mitigate convective weather impacts is the Consolidated Storm Prediction for Aviation. This product provides forecasts of cloud water content and convective top heights at 0- to 8-hour look-ahead times. The objective of this study was to examine a method of predicting the impact of convective weather on air traffic sector capacities using these forecasts. Polygons representing forecast convective weather were overlaid at multiple flight levels on a sector map to calculate the fraction of each sector covered by weather. The fractional volume coverage was used as the primary metric to determine convection s impact on sectors. Results reveal that the forecasts can be used to predict the probability and magnitude of weather impacts on sector capacity up to eight hours in advance.


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    Title :

    Predicting Airspace Capacity Impacts Using the Consolidated Storm Prediction for Aviation


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    Conference:

    10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference ; 2010 ; Fort Worth, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2010-09-12


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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