Richard A. DeLaura

Matthews, M., DeLaura, R., Veillette, M., Venuti, J., Kuchar, J., Airspace Flow Rate Forecast Algorithms, Validation, and Implementation, Project Report ATC-428, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2015.
[Report]

DeLaura, R. A., Ferris, R. F., Robasky, F. M., Troxel, S. W., Underhill, N. K., Initial Assessment of Wind Forecasts for Airport Acceptance Rate (AAR) and Ground Delay Program (GDP) Planning, Project Report ATC-414, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, Jan 2014.
[Report]

Campbell, S., Matthews, M., DeLaura, R., Air Traffic Decision Analysis during Convective Weather Events in Arrival Airspace, 12th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference, Indianapolis, IN, Sept 2012.
[Paper]

Campbell, S. E., Matthews, M., DeLaura, R., Evaluation of the Convective Weather Avoidance Model for Arrival Traffic, 12th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference, Indianapolis, IN, Sept 2012.
[Paper]

Matthews, M., Campbell, S., DeLaura, R., Evaluation of Convective Weather Avoidance Models for the Terminal Area, 3rd Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather‐Air Traffic Management Integration, Amer. Meteor. Soc., New Orleans, LA, Jan 2012.
[Abstract][Poster]

Jordan, R., DeLaura, R., Prediction and Correction of Convective Weather Impact Forecast Errors Using Regression Tree Ensembles, 10th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences, Amer. Meteor. Soc., New Orleans, LA, Jan 2012.
[Abstract]

Underhill, N., DeLaura, R., Estimation of New York Departure Fix Capacities in Fair and Convective Weather, 3rd Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration, Amer. Meteor. Soc, .New Orleans, LA, Jan 2012.
[Paper] [Recorded Presentation]

DeLaura, R. A., Underhill, N. K., Hall, L. M., Rodriguez, Y. G., Evaluation of the Integrated Departure Route Planning (IDRP) Tool 2011 Prototype, Project Report ATC-388, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2012.
[Report]

DeLaura, R., Underhill, N., Rodriguez, Y., Estimating the Likelihood of Success
in Departure Management Strategies during Convective Weather, 30th Digital
Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), Seattle, WA, October 2011.
[Paper]

Rubnich, M., DeLaura, R., Initial Validation of a Convective Weather Avoidance Model (CWAM) in Departure Airspace, Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), Seattle, Washington, October 2011.
[Paper] [Presentation]

Campbell, S. E., DeLaura, R., Convective Weather Avoidance Modeling in Low-Altitude Airspace, AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference, Portland, OR, Aug 2011.
[Paper]

Reynolds, H., DeLaura, R., Chuckran, A., Uses for Field Communication Data in Designing Air Traffic Management Decision Support, 10th Conference on Naturalistic Decision Making, Orlando, FL, May 2011.
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Underhill, N., DeLaura, R., Route Availability Planning Tool Evaluation Vizualizations for the New York and Chicago Departure Flows, Infotech@Aerospace, St. Louis, MO, March 2011.
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DeLaura, R., Robinson, M., Underhill, N., Klingle-Wilson, D., Ferris, R., Rodriguez, Y., Making Departure Management Weather Impact Models Airspace-adaptable: Adapting the New York Route Availability Planning Tool (RAPT) to Chicago Departure Airspace, 2nd Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, Jan 2011.
[Paper] [Recorded Presentation]

Matthews, M., DeLaura, R., Modeling Convective Weather Avoidance of Arrivals in Terminal Airspace, 2nd Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, Jan 2011.
[Paper] [Poster]

Lin, Y., Sulkin, J., DeLaura, R., Prediction of Weather Impacts on Air Traffic through Flow Constrained Areas (FCA), 2nd Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, Jan 2011.
[Abstract] [Recorded Presentation]

DeLaura, R. A., Lin, Y-H., Jordan, R. K., Venuti, J. C., Evans, J. E., Evaluation of Consolidated Storm Prediction for Aviation (CoSPA) 0–8 Hour Convective Weather Forecast Using the Airspace Flow Program Blockage-based Capacity Forecast ("The Matrix"), Project Report ATC-385, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2011.
[Paper]

DeLaura, R. A., Underhill, N. K., Robinson, M., Estimation of Potential IDRP Benefits during Convective Weather SWAP, Project Report ATC-381, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA. 2011.
[Paper]

Reynolds, H. J., DeLaura, R. A., Concept of Operations for the Integrated Departure Route Planning (IDRP) Tool, Project Report ATC-379, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2011.
[Paper]

DeLaura, R. A., Klingle-Wilson, D. L., Robinson, M., Ferris, R. F., Underhill, N. K., Rodriguez, Y. G., Making Departure Management Weather Impact Models Airspace-Adaptable: Adapting the New York Route Availability Planning Tool (RAPT) to Chicago Departure Airspace, Project Report ATC-378, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2011.
[Paper]

Campbell, S. E., DeLaura, R. A., Convective Weather Avoidance Modeling for Low Altitude Routes, Project Report ATC-376, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2011.
[Paper]

Rubnich, M., DeLaura, R., An Algorithm to Identify Robust Convective Weather
Avoidance Polygons in En Route Airspace, 10th AIAA Aviation Technology,
Integration and Operations Conference, Fort Worth, TX, Sept 2010.
[Paper]

Matthews, M., DeLaura, R., Assessment and Interpretation of En Route Wx
Avoidance Fields from the Convective Wx Avoidance Model, 10th AIAA
Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference, Fort Worth, TX,
Sept 2010.
[Paper]

Reynolds, H., DeLaura, R., Robinson, M., Field and (Data) Stream: A Method
for Functional Evolution of the Air Traffic Management Route Availability
Planning Tool (RAPT), Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, San Franciso,
CA , Sept 2010.
[Paper]

Hayward, J., Underhill, N., DeLaura, R., Predictive Modeling of Forecast Uncertainty in the Route Availability Planning Tool (RAPT), 7th International Conference on Scientific Computing, Las Vegas, NV, July 2010.
[Paper]

Hayward, J., DeLaura, R., Matthews, M., Underhill, N., Operational Scoring of Forecasts of Convective Weather Impacts in the Route Availability Planning Tool (RAPT), 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Amer. Meteor. Soc., Atlanta, GA, Jan 2010.
[Poster]

Matthews, M., DeLaura, R., Evaluation of Enroute Convective Weather Avoidance Models Based on Planned and Observed Flight, 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Amer. Meteor. Soc., Atlanta, GA, Jan 2010.
[Paper] [Recorded Presentation]

Underhill, N., DeLaura, R., Robinson, M., Severe weather avoidance program performance metrics for New York departure operations, 14th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc, Atlanta, GA, Jan 2010.
[Paper]

Robinson, M., DeLaura, R., Martin, B. D., Evans, J. E., Weber, M. E., Initial Studies of an Objective Model to Forecast Achievable Airspace Flow Program Throughput from Current and Forecast Weather Information, 1st Special Symposium on Weather - Air Traffic, Phoenix, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2009.
[Paper]

Robinson, M., DeLaura, R., Underhill, N., The Route Availability Planning Tool (RAPT): Evaluation of Departure Management Decision Support in New York During the 2008 Convective Weather Season, Eighth USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar (ATM2009), Napa, CA, 2009.
[Paper]

DeLaura, R. A., Crowe, B. A., Ferris, R. F., Love, J. F., Chan, W. N., Comparing Convective Weather Avoidance Models and Aircraft-Based Data, 89th ARAM Special Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2009.
[Paper]

Matthews, M. P., Wolfson, M. M., DeLaura, R. A., Evans, J. E., Measuring the Uncertainty of Weather Forecasts Specific to Air Traffic Management Operations, 89th Annual Meeting – ARAM Special Symposium, Phoenix, Arizona, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2009.
[Paper]

Robinson, M., DeLaura, R. A., Martin, B. D., Evans, J. E., Initial Studies of an Objective Model to Forecast Achievable Airspace Flow Program Throughput from Current and Forecast Weather Information, Project Report ATC-343, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2008.
[Report]

Robinson, M., DeLaura, R. A., Evans, J. E., McGettigan, S., Operational Usage of the Route Availability Planning Tool During the 2007 Convective Weather Season, Executive Summary, Project Report ATC-339-1, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2008.
[Report]

Robinson, M., DeLaura, R. A., Evans, J. E., McGettigan, S., Operational Usage of the Route Availability Planning Tool During the 2007 Convective Weather Season, Project Report ATC-339, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2008.
[Report]

DeLaura, R. A., Robinson, M., Pawlak, M. L., Evans, J. E., Modeling Convective Weather Avoidance in Enroute Airspace, 13th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), New Orleans, LA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2008.
[Paper]

Robinson, M., DeLaura, R. A., Evans, J. E., Operational Usage of the Route Availability Planning Tool During the 2007 Convective Weather Season, 13th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), New Orleans, LA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2008.
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DeLaura, R. A., Robinson, M, Todd, R. F., MacKenzie, K., Evaluation of Weather Impact Models in Departure Management Decision Support: Operational Performance of the Route Availability Planning Tool (RAPT) Prototype, 13th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), New Orleans, LA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2008.
[Paper]

Chan, W. N., Refai, M., DeLaura, R., An Approach to Verify a Model for Translating Convective Weather Information to Air Traffic Management Impact, 7th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference (ATIO), Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2007.
[Paper]

Martin, B. D., Evans, J. E., DeLaura, R. A., Results of an Exploratory Study to Develop a Model for Route Availability in en Route Airspace as a Function of Actual Weather Coverage and Type, Project Report NASA/A-7, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2006.
[Report]

DeLaura, R. A., Evans, J. E., An Exploratory Study of Modeling Enroute Pilot Convective Storm Flight Deviation Behavior, Project Report NASA/A-6, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2006.
[Report]

Martin, B. D., Evans, J. E., DeLaura, R. A., Exploration of a Model Relating Route Availability in En Route Airspace to Actual Weather Coverage Parameters, 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2006.
[Paper]

DeLaura, R. A., Evans, J. E., An Exploratory Study of Modeling Enroute Pilot Convective Storm Flight Deviation Behavior, 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2006.
[Paper]

Dupree, W. J., Robinson, M., DeLaura, R. A., 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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Weber, M. E., Evans, J. E., Wolfson, M. M., DeLaura, R. A., Moser II, W. R., Martin, B. D., Welch, J. D., Andrews, J. W., Bertsimas, D., Improving Air Traffic Management During Thunderstorms, 24th AIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), Washington, DC, 2005.
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Allan, S. S., DeLaura, R. A., Martin, B. D., Clark, D. A., 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.
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DeLaura, R. A., Allan, S., Route Selection Decision Support in Convective Weather: A Case Study of the Effects of Weather and Operational Assumptions on Departure Throughput, 5th Eurocontrol/FAA Air Traffic Management R&D Seminar, Budapest, Hungary, 2003.
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DeLaura, R. A., Cole, R. E., Crook, N., Sun, J., A Comparison of Boundary Layer Wind Estimation Techniques, 10th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Portland, OR, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2002.
[Paper]

DeLaura, R. A., Wolfson, M. M., Ray, P.S.,  A Hybrid Cartesian Windfield Synthesis Technique Using a Triple Doppler Radar Network, 25th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Paris, France, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1991.
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