TAMDAR Update

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TAMDARUpdate Future PlansGLFE and
GLOEMeetingAugust 24-25, 2005

• Taumi Daniels
• [phone]
• taumi.daniels_at_nasa.gov

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Great Lakes Flight Experiment
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GLFE Status

• Start date 1/15/2005
• As of 8/24, 3.7 M observations
• 63 aircraft equipped
• Changes in observation intervals
• Fall Winter seasons
• Targets of opportunity

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Current / Planned Activities

• GLFE / GLOE
• Memphis Deployment
• Turbulence Flights
• TAMDAR Symposium
• Final Reports
• CIMSS, NCAR, FSL

CIMMS Aeribago
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GLFE Extension

• FAA FISDL funding
• Great Lakes Operational Evaluation
• Continuation of GLFE
• Four new Weather studies
• Current Icing Potential
• Convective Precipitation
• Precipitation Forecast Model Skill
• Surface Temperature Model Skill

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TAMDAR Schedule

• 01/05 Initiate GLFE
• 03/05 Status Meeting
• 03/05 CIMSS Memphis Deployment
• 05/05 CIMSS Second Deployment
• 06/05 UND Turbulence flights
• 07/05 GLFE ends, GLOE begin
• 08/05 Status Meeting
• 09/05 WxAP Annual Review
• 01/06 GLOE ends
• 01/06 AMS Annual Meeting
• 03/06 FSL Final Report

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Future NASA Plans
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Future Efforts

• Development and evaluation of TAMDAR-derived
  uplinked weather products for flight deck display
• Human Factors / cockpit display studies
• Pilot utilization
• FAA certification for flight deck display of
  own-ship turbulence and icing
• FAA Collaborations
• FISDL, AWRP, SF21, Tech Center
• New / updated aviation wx products
• Development and demonstration flights of HAZMETs
  via FISDL and/or Safe Flight 21 datalinks
• TAMDAR on UAVs
• Icing-only sensor

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Future Efforts

• Development and evaluation electronic PIREPS
  (derived from TAMDAR data) for GA pilots
• Integration of TAMDAR with other systems for
  regional aircraft, evaluation, flight testing,
  certification
• Development of FSS user requirements
• Evaluation of Electronic PIREPS disseminated to
  flight service stations and weather briefers
• TAMDAR-derived data display issues and
  collaborative weather decision making
• Development of regional aviation weather products
  from mesoscale models that feature reduced grid
  spacing and cycle time (ingest TAMDAR data) at
  AWC
• Evaluation of products at AWC on N-AWIPS