FAA Weather Systems Publications


Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS)

Weber, M. E., Evans, J. E., Moser II, W. R., Newell, O. J., Air Traffic Management Decision Support During Convective Weather, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Volume 16, Number 2, 2007.
[Journal Article]

Evans, J. E., Ducot, E. R., Corridor Integrated Weather System, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Volume 16, Number 1, 2006.
[Journal Article]

Robinson, M., Evans, J. E., Assessment of Air Traffic Control Productivity Enhancements from the Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS) Executive Summary, Project Report ATC-325-1, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2006.
[Report]

Robinson, M., Evans, J. E., Assessment of Air Traffic Control Productivity Enhancements from the Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS), Project Report ATC-325, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2006.
[Report]

Robinson, M., Evans, J., Crowe, B., Klingle-Wilson, D., Allan, S., Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS) Operational Benefits 2003-2003: Initial Estimates of Convective Weather Delay Reduction, Executive Summary, Project Report ATC-313-1, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2004.
[Report]

Robinson, M., Evans, J., Crowe, B., Klingle-Wilson, D., and Allan, S., Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS) Operational Benefits 2003-2003: Initial Estimates of Convective Weather Delay Reduction, Project Report ATC-313, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2004.
[Report]

Evans, J. E., Carusone, K. M., Wolfson, M. M., Robinson, M., Ducot, E. R., Crowe, B. A., Improving Convective Weather Operations in Highly Congested Airspace with the Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS), 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Hyannis, MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2004.
[Paper]

Robinson, M., Evans, J. E., Crowe, B. A., En Route Weather Depiction Benefits of the NEXRAD Vertically Integrated Liquid Water Product Utilized by the Corridor Integrated Weather System, 10th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Portland, OR, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2002.
[Paper]

Crowe, B., and Miller, D., The Benefits of Using NEXRAD Vertically Integrated Liquid Water as an Aviation Weather Product, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1999.
[Paper]

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.
[Paper]

Evans, J., Achieving Higher Integrity in NEXRAD Products Through Multi-Sensor Integration, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1999.
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Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS)

Dasey, T. J., Pawlak, M. L., Isaminger, M. A., Donovan, M. F., Comparison of the Performance of the Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS) and Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR) Microburst Detection Algorithms, Workshop on Wind Shear and Wind Shear Alert Systems, Oklahoma City, OK, 1996.

Allan, S., DeLaura, R., Martin, B., Clark, D., and Gross, C., Advanced Terminal Weather Products Demonstration in New York, 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Hyannis, MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2004.
[Paper]

Allan, S., Gaddy, S. & Evans J., Delay Causality and Reduction at the New York City Airports Using Terminal Weather Information Systems, Project Report ATC-291, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2001.
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Cole, R. E., Green, S., Jardin, M., Schwartz, B., Benjamin, G., Wind Prediction Accuracy for Air Traffic Management Decision Support Tools, 3rd USA/Europe Air Traffic Management R&D Seminar, Napoli, Italy, June 2000.
[Paper]

Evans, J. E., Developing a Weather System Architecture and Weather Product Mix That Can Effectively Address the Expected Capacity Crisis at Major Terminals: Insights from Operational Usage of the Integrated Terminal Weather System, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1999.
[Paper]

Evans, J., and Bosco, T., Addressing the Weather Delay Problems of the New York City Airports with the Integrated Terminal Weather System, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1999.
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Bieringer, P., Miller, D., Meyer, D., A Refinement of Thunderstorm Climatology for the Terminal Radar Control Airspace, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1999.
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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.
[Paper]

Meyer, D., Isaminger, M., Proseus, E., A Study of Network Expansion LLWAS (LLWAS-NE) Fault Identification and System Warning Optimization Through Joint Use of LLWAS-NE and TDWR Data, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1999.
[Paper]

Cole, R., The Use of the Gauss-Markov Theorem in Winds Analysis, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1999.
[Paper]

Cole, R., Richard, C., Kim, S., Bailey, D., An Assessment of the 60 km Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) with Near Real-Time Aircraft Reports, Project Report NASA/A-1, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 1998.
[Report]

Wolfson, M., Delanoy, R., Forman, B., Hallowell, R., Pawlak., M, Smith, P., Automated Microburst Wind-Shear Prediction, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Volume 7, Number 2, 1994.
[Journal Article]

Chornoboy, E., Matlin, A., Morgan, J., Automated Storm Tracking for Terminal Air Traffic Control, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Volume 7, Number 2, 1994.
[Journal Article]

Evans, J., Ducot E., The Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS), MIT Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Volume 7, Number 2, 1994.
[Journal Article]

Cole, R., Wilson, F., The Integrated Terminal Weather System Terminal Winds Product, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Volume 7, Number 2, 1994.
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Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR)

Weber, M. E., Cho, J. Y., Robinson, M., Evans, J. E., Analysis of Operational Alternatives to the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR), Project Report ATC-332, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2007.
[Report]

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., Parker, N., Elkin, G., 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.
[Paper]

Cho, J., Evaluation of TDWR Range-Velocity Ambiguity Mitigation Techniques, Project Report ATC-310, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2003.
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Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD)

Evans, J. E., Achieving Higher Integrity in NEXRAD Products through Multi-Sensor Integration, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1999.
[Paper]

Crowe, B., Miller, D., 1999: The Benefits of Using NEXRAD Vertically Integrated Liquid Water as an Aviation Weather Product, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1999.
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Multimission Phased-Array Radar (MPAR)

Weber, M. E., Cho, J. Y. N., Herd, J. S., Flavin, J. M., Benner, W. E., Torok, G. S., The Next-Generation Multimission U.S. Surveillance Radar Network, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Volume 88, Issue 11, pp. 1739-1751, 2007.
[Journal Article]

Weber, M. E., Cho, J. Y. N., Herd, J., Flavin, J., Multifunction Phased Array Radar: Technical Synopsis, Cost Implication and Operational Capabilities, Preprints, 23rd Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology (IIPS), San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Volume 7, Number 2, 2007.

Cho, J. Y. N., Multifunction Phased Array Radar Pulse Compression Limits, Project Report ATC-327, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2006.
[Report]

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