Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration Publications

Pilot Decision Making on Weather Avoidance

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.
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DeLaura, R. A., An Exploratory Study of Modeling Enroute Pilot Convective Storm Flight Deviation Behavior, Project Report NASA/A-6, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2006.
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Martin, B., Evans, J., DeLaura, R., 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.
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DeLaura, R., Evans, J., 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.
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Rhoda, D., Pawlak, M., An Assessment of Thunderstorm Penetrations and Deviation by Commercial Aircraft in the Terminal Area, Project Report NASA/A-2, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 1999.
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Weather Impacts on Air Route Capacity


Martin, B., Model Estimates of Traffic Reduction in Storm Impacted En Route Airspace, 7th AIAA ATIO Conference, Belfast, Ireland, Sep. 18-20, 2007.

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. [Paper]

Evans, J., Implications of a Successful Benefits Demonstration for Integrated Weather/Air Traffic Management (Wx/ATM) System Development and Testing, 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2006.
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Martin, B., Evans, J., DeLaura, R., 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.
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NAS System Performance

Robinson, M., Moser, W. R. II, Evans, J. E., Measuring the Utilization of Available Aviation System Capacity in Convective Weather, 13th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), New Orleans, LA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2008.
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Welch, J. D., Andrews, J. W., Martin, B. D., Shank, E. M., Applications of a Macroscopic Model for En Route Sector Capacity, AIAA GNC Conference and Exhibit, Honolulu, HI, Aug. 18-21, 2008.

Welch, J. D., Andrews, J., Martin, B., Sridhar, B., Macroscopic Workload Model for Estimating En Route Sector Capacity, 7th Eurocontrol/FAA ATM R&D Seminar ATM, Barcelona, Spain, 2007.

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Route Availability Planning Tool (RAPT)

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.
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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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Martin, B., Evans, J., DeLaura, R., 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.
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Use of Decision Support Systems

User Needs Assessment

Evans, J. E., Robinson, M., McGettigan, S., Improving Air Traffic Management Group Decision-Making During Severe Convective Weather World Conference on Transport Research, Berkeley CA, USA, 2007.

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]

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.
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Evans, J. E., Weber, M. E., Moser II, W. R., Integrating Advanced Weather Forecast Technologies into Air Traffic Management Decision Support, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Journal, Volume 16, Number 1, 2006.
[Journal Article]

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.
Released to sponsor only

Evans, J. E., Tactical Weather Decision Support To Complement Strategic Traffic Flow Management for Convective Weather, 4th USA/Europe Air Traffic Management R&D Seminar Santa Fe, NM, 2001.
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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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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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Benefits Analysis

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.
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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.
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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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Evans, J. E.,  Robinson, M., Allan, S., Quantifying Convective Delay Reduction Benefits for Weather/ATM Systems, Air Traffic Control Quarterly, Volume 14, Number 1, pp. 69-93, 2006.

Evans, J. E., Implications of a Successful Benefits Demonstration for Integrated Weather/Air Traffic Management (Wx/ATM) System Development and Testing, 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2006.
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Evans, J., A “Demand Pull” Approach to Short Term Forecast Development and Testing, 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2006.
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Evans, J. E., Robinson, M., Allan, S., Quantifying Convective Delay Reduction Benefits for Weather/ATM Systems, 6th USA/Europe ATM 2005 R&D Seminar, Baltimore, MD, 2005.
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Robinson, M., Evans, J. E., Crowe, B. A., Klingle-Wilson, D., Allan, S., Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS) Operational Benefits 2002-2003: Initial Estimates of Convective Weather Delay Reduction – Executive Summary, Project Report ATC-313-1, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2004.
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Robinson, M., Evans, J. E., Crowe, B. A., Klingle-Wilson, D., Allan, S., Corridor Integrated Weather System (CIWS) Operational Benefits 2002-2003: Initial Estimates of Convective Weather Delay Reduction, Project Report ATC-313, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, 2004.
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Evans, J., Allan, S., Robinson, R., Quantifying Delay Reduction Benefits for Aviation Convective Weather Decision Support Systems, 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), Hyannis, MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2004.
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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.
Released to sponsor only

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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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.
[Report]

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

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