Aviation Weather Technical Exchange Meeting
Clouds, Cloud Ceiling, and Visibility (C&V) Technical Exchange Meeting
Panel on Importance of C&V for Aviation
Welcome – Jenny Colavito, FAA
Importance of C&V for aviation – Don Eick, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Panel Introductions
Tom George, Alaska Regional Manager, Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association
Matt Johnson, Check Airman, Instructor & Weather Focal Point, Metro Aviation Incorporated
Nathan Polderman, Senior Manager for Meteorology and Dispatch Operations, United Airlines
Don Berchoff, CEO Truweather Solutions
Ken Venzke, Meteorologist In Charge, Oakland California Air Route Traffic Control Center
(ZOA), Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU), National Weather Service (NWS)
Don Eick, NTSB Accident Investigator
Panel question & answer session led by Jenny Colavito, FAA
Use of Satellites
Overview of Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) satellite research with focus on cloud & aerosol topics related to aviation and visibility – Steve Miller, Colorado State University.
Satellite-based 3D cloud structure and interactions with aviation users – Yoo-Jeong Noh, Colorado State University
Satellite cloud mask – Michael Foster, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Aviation Weather Center (AWC) use of satellite cloud data – Ty Higginbotham, Colorado State University
LAMP Developments: use of satellite data for improving LAMP between the stations – Allison Layne, NWS Meteorological Development Laboratory (MDL)
Use of Surface Observation
Overview of Visibility Estimation through Image Analytics (VEIA) on FAA Weather Camera website,
operational transition process, and what’s coming next – Michael Matthews, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory
Overview of FOGMAP: Using targeted observations with UAS to improve local fog predictions – James Pinto, NCAR
Ceilometer backscatter profile use for C&V – Josh Lave, NCAR
Display of C&V for Users
Cloud layers and the presentation of C&V info to users – Austin Cross and Rob Hepper, AWC
LAMP prototype displays for the onset and cessation of flight categories – Andrew Kochenash and Judy Ghirardelli, MDL
Weather Technology in the Cockpit (WTIC) – Gary Pokodner, FAA
Improving Models for C&V
3D Real Time Mesoscale Analysis (RTMA) – Manuel Pondeca, NWS Environmental Modeling Center (EMC)
Cloud assimilation and representation in the Rapid Refresh Forecast System (RRFS) and 3DRTMA – Terra Ladwig, NOAA Global Systems Laboratory (GSL)
Increasing the temporal resolution of LAMP C&V – Phil Shafer, MDL