Aviation Weather Research Publications


Storm Forecasting

Wolfson, M. M., Dupree, W. J., Rasmussen, R., Steiner, M., Benjamin, S., Weygandt, S., Consolidated Storm Prediction for Aviation (CoSPA), 13th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), New Orleans, LA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2008.
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Donovan, M. F., Williams, E. R., Kessinger, C., Blackburn, G., Herzegh, P. H., Bankert, R. L., Miller, S., Mosher, F. R., The Identification and Verification of Hazardous Convective Cells Over Oceans Using Visible and Infrared Satellite Observations, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Volume 47, Issue 1, 2008.

Dupree, W., Robinson, M., DeLaura, R., Bieringer, P., Echo Tops Forecast Generation and Evaluation of Air Traffic Flow Management Needs in the National Airspace System, 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2006.
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Bieringer, P., Morgan, J., Hurst, J., Martin, B., Winkler, S., An Assessment of Automated Boundary and Front Detection to Support Convective Initiation Forecasts, 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2006.
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Donovan, M., Williams, E., The Identification and Verification of Hazardous Convective Cells Over Oceans Using Visible and Infrared Satellite Observations, 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2006.
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Wolfson, M. M., Clark, D. A., Advanced Aviation Weather Forecasts, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Volume 16, Number 1, 2006.
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Dupree, W. J., Wolfson, M. M., Johnson Jr., R. J., Boldi, R. A., Mann, E. B., Theriault Calden, K., Wilson, C. A., Bieringer, P. E., Martin, B. D., Iskenderian, H., FAA Tactical Weather Forecasting in the United States National Airspace, Proceedings from the World Weather Research Symposium on Nowcasting and Very Short Term Forecasts, Toulouse, France, 2005.

Wolfson, M., Forman, B., Calden, K., Dupree, W., Johnson, R., Boldi, R., Wilson, C., Bieringer, P., Mann, E., Morgan, J., Tactical 0-2 Hour Convective Weather Forecasts for FAA, 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Hyannis, MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2004.
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Wolfson, M. M., Boldi, R. A., Calden, K. T., Dupree, W. J., Forman, B., Johnson, Jr., R, Mann, E. B., Wilson, C. A., ITWS Pre-Planned Product Improvement Algorithm Description for Convective Weather Forecast, Project Report ATC-316, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2004. Released to sponsor only

Dupree, W. J., Wolfson, M. M., Johnson Jr., R. J., Theriault, K., Forman, B. E., Boldi, R., Wilson, C. A., Forecasting Convective Weather Using Multi-Scale Detectors and Weather Classification – Enhancements to the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Terminal Convective Weather Forecast, 10th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Portland, OR, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2002.
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Boldi, R. A., Wolfson, M. M., Dupree, W. J., Johnson, R. J., Theriault, K. E., Forman, B. E., Wilson, C. A., An Automated, Operational Two Hour Convective Weather Forecast for the Corridor Integrated Weather, 10th Conference on Aviation, Range and Meteorology, Portland, OR, 2002.
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Theriault, K. E., Wolfson, M. M., Dupree, W. J., Forman, B. E., Hallowell, R. G., Johnson Jr., R. J., Moore, M. P., TCWF Algorithm Assessment – Memphis 2000, Project Report ATC-297, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2001.
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Wolfson, M. M., Forman, B. E., Hallowell, R. G., Moore, M. P., The Growth and Decay Storm Tracker, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1999.
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Forman, B. E., Wolfson, M. M., Hallowell, R. G., Moore, M. P., Aviation User Needs for Convective Weather Forecasts, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1999.
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Chornoboy, E., Matlin, A., Morgan, J., Automated Storm Tracking for Terminal Air Traffic Control, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Volume 7, Number 2, 1994.
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Consolidated Storm Prediction for Aviation (CoSPA)

Wolfson, M. M., Dupree, W. J., Rasmussen, R., Steiner, M., Benjamin, S., Weygandt, S., Consolidated Storm Prediction for Aviation (CoSPA), 13th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), New Orleans, LA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2008.
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Ceiling and Visibility Forecasting

Robasky, F., Statistical Forecasting of Ceiling for New York City Airspace Based on Routine Surface Observations, 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2006.
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Ivaldi, C., Clark, D., Upgrade and Technology Transfer of the San Francisco Marine Stratus Forecast System to the National Weather Service, 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2006.
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Clark, D., Terminal Ceiling & Visibility Product Development for Northeast Airports, 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2006.
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Bieringer, P., Donovan, M., Robasky, F., Clark, D., Hurst J., A Characterization of NWP Ceiling and Visibility Forecasts for the Terminal Airspace, 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2006.
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Weber, M., Farr, J., Learning from Incidents - What the Machine Can Learn, International Society of Air Safety Investigators Conference (ISASI), Bunratty, Ireland, 2000.
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Wake Vortex Systems

Cole, R., Winkler, S., Wind Prediction to Support Reduced Wake Separation Standards for Closely Spaced Parallel Runway Departures, 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Hyannis, MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2004.
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Dasey, T., Hinton, D., Nowcasting Requirements for the Aircraft Vortex Spacing System (AVOSS), 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1999.
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Evans, J., Dasey, T., Rhoda, D., Cole, R., Wilson, F. W., Williams, E., Weather Sensing and Data Fusion to Improve Safety and Reduce Delays at Major West Coast Airports, Project Report ATC-290, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 1999.
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Radar Data Quality Editing

Smalley, D. J., Mann, E. B., Ivaldi, C. F., Bennett, B. J., Improving Weather Radar Data Quality for Aviation Weather Needs, 13th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), New Orleans, LA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2008.
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Cho, J. Y. N., Chornoboy, E. S., Multi-PRI Signal Processing for the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar, Part I: Clutter Filtering, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Volume 22, 2005.

Cho, J. Y. N., Multi-PRI Signal Processing for the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar, Part II: Range-velocity Ambiguity Mitigation, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Volume 22, May 2005.

Cho, J. Y. N., Extended-Range Signal Recovery Using Multi-PRI Transmission for Doppler Weather Radars, Project Report ATC-322, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2005.
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Cho, J. Y. N., Parker, N. G., Elkin, G. R., Improved Range-Velocity Ambiguity Mitigation for the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar, 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Hyannis, MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2004.
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Cho, J. Y. N., Elkin, G. R., Parker, N. G., Range-Velocity Ambiguity Mitigation Schemes for the Enhanced Terminal Doppler Weather Radar, 31st Conference on Radar Meteorology, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2003.

Boorman, B. G., Isaminger, M. A.,  Mann, E. B., Optimizing the ITWS Algorithm Designed to Remove Anomalous Propagation Ground Clutter from the ASR-9 Precipitation Product, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1999.
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Klingle-Wilson, D., Mann, E., Boldi, R., An Algorithm to Remove Anomalous Propagation Clutter Returns from ASR-9 Weather Channel Data Using Pencil Beam Radar Data, 6th Conference on Aviation Weather Systems, Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., pp. 366-371, 1995.

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