Links from Aviation Hazards
Session:
NASA: http://oea.larc.nasa.gov/trailblazer/SP-4216/ - Taming the Microburst Windshear
Aviation Weather Center: http://aviationweather.noaa.gov/
Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS): http://adds.aviationweather.gov/
Center Weather Service Unit (Products): http://aviationweather.gov/products/cwsu/
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)- Aviation: http://www.ntsb.gov/aviation/aviation.htm
National Weather Service Rapid City, SD: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/unr/
AWC ADDS Turbulence Products: http://adds.aviationweather.gov/turbulence/
Graphical Turbulence Guidance (GTG): http://adds.aviationweather.gov/turbulence/turb_nav.php
AIRMETs/SIGMETs: http://adds.aviationweather.gov/airmets/
PIREPs: http://adds.aviationweather.gov/pireps/ and http://adds.aviationweather.gov/pireps/java/
Turbulence Intensity:
http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/opdb/aviation/turb/tifcsts.html
Elrod Index: http://aviationweather.gov/exp/ellrod/ruc/
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) – Air Safety Foundation: http://www.aopa.org/
AWC Inflight Icing Information: http://aircrafticing.grc.nasa.gov/resources/related.html
Seattle CWSU Icing Presentation: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/zse/PacNW_Icing_files/frame.htm
AWC ADDS Icing Products: http://adds.aviationweather.gov/icing/
Experimental GOES Aircraft Icing Imagery: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/opdb/aviation/loops/icg/icgconus_loopw.html
GOES Low Cloud Base Product: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/opdb/aviation/CONUSlcb.html
GOES Fog Product: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/opdb/aviation/CONUSfog.html
GOES Fog Depth Estimate Product: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/opdb/aviation/fog/ltstfog/LTSTFGDPNW.GIF
Nighttime Fog and Low Cloud Images, from GOES and NOAA Polar
Satellites: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/opdb/aviation/fog.html#current
Satellite Climatology Applications: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/research/satellite_climatologies/
Aviation Station Climatologies: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/abq/avclimate/
Alaskan Volcano Observatory: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/
Cascades Volcano Observatory: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/home.html
Alaska Volcanic Ash Advisory Center: http://vaac.arh.noaa.gov/
United States Avian Hazard Advisory System: http://www.usahas.com/
The Aviation Test Bed: http://aviationweather.noaa.gov/testbed/ or http://aviationweather.gov/testbed/
Experimental Flight Path Tool: http://weather.aero/jade/
National Ceiling and Visibility Analysis (NCVA) product: http://weather.aero/metars/
Graphical-AIRMET Product: http://aviationweather.gov/products/gairmet/ or http://aviationweather.gov/products/gairmet/info.php
(Experimental) NCEP SREF Aviation Products: http://wwwt.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/SREF_avia/FCST/AVN/web_site/visb/cnv_com_09z_prb1.htm
(Experimental) – CWSU/NWS “Mobile Aviation Product”: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/zoa/MOBILE/ZOA2.htm
(Experimental) The AWC’s Product Overlay Display: http://aviationweather.gov/exp/product_overlay/ or http://aviationweather.gov/exp/product_overlay/prod-olay-2img.html
(Experimental) Ellrod Index: http://aviationweather.gov/exp/ellrod/nam/ or http://aviationweather.gov/exp/ellrod/info.php?mdl=NAM or http://aviationweather.gov/exp/ellrod/ruc/
(Experimental)
AWC/International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Global Grids Display: http://aviationweather.gov/testbed/globalgrids/
Space Weather Links: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/index.html or http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/aviation/aviation_user_guide.html or http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/aviation/index.html or http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/aviation/aviation_PDD.pdf
National Severe Storms Laboratory, Dual Polar Radar: http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~schuur/dualpol/
GOES R Cost Benefit Analysis: http://www.centrec.com/resources/reports/GOES%20Economic%20Value%20Report.pdf
Training Aid/Sites:
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA): http://www.cira.colostate.edu/
Virtual Institute for Satellite Integrated Training (VISIT) Training Sessions: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/visit/ts.html
VISIT Contact: visit-team@comet.ucar.edu
VISIT Blog: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/visit/blog/
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS): http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/
CIMSS Blog: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/
MetEd (COMET) – Aviation Including DLAC: http://www.meted.ucar.edu/topics_aviation.php
Pilot’s Guide to In-flight Icing: http://aircrafticing.grc.nasa.gov/courses.html
Microscale meteorology and atmospheric hazards: http://www.auf.asn.au/groundschool/umodule21.html
Satellite Based Nowcasting and Aviation Application Program: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/snaap/
Aviation Simulation Weather Tutorial:
http://www.avsim.com/avwx/avsim_wxus_icing.html
Aeronautical Meteorology
Programme: http://www.wmo.ch/pages/prog/amp/aemp/index_en.html
NAV Canada (Check out the GREAT
publications on forecasting!): http://www.navcanada.ca/NavCanada.asp?Language=en&Content=ContentDefinitionFiles\Publications\LAK\default.xml
Quantico METOC Division: https://www.metocwx.quantico.usmc.mil/weather_for_aviators/pilot_trng.htm
More E-Links to Great Aviation/Weather
Sites:
Alaska Aviation Weather Unit Volcanic Ash Advisory Center:
International Civil Aviation Organization:
EAA - The Leader in Recreational Aviation - Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Colorado Aviation Historical Society
Welcome to Colorado Pilots Association CDOT - Aeronautics Division - Main Flightprep.com
NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations
ASAP - Advanced Satellite Aviation Weather Products
28 December 1997 -- Severe Turbulence Over the West Pacific
Atmospheric Turbulence detection
What happens when lightning strikes an airplane?: Scientific American
CAeM Pilot Project on Aviation-weather Disaster Risk Reduction
February 1, 2008 Low Level Wind Shear Event
NOAA Magazine Online (Story 86)
Ceiling and Visibility Articles
Satellite Fog and Low Cloud Images (NOAA/NESDIS)
Cloud Products - Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project
AvnWx.com Aviation Weather -- About Forecast Winds and Temps Aloft
AVSIM Aviation Simulation Weather: Jet Stream
Lightning NASA: Concept to Reality
Volcanic Ash Hazards to Airliners
Operational Forecasting of Gravity Waves
AOPA Online: The weather accident picture
NASDAC Review of NTSB Weather-Related Accidents
NCAR RAL Aviation | Oceanic Convection Diagnosis and Nowcasting
AWC - Aviation Weather Community Forum
National Weather Service - Denver Center Weather Service Unit
Chicago Area Aviation Climatology
DOWNSLOPE WINDSTORM CASE STUDY - UTAH
11th Conference Aviation, Range and Aerospace
Operational Products Development Branch (NOAA/NESDIS)
U.S. Air Quality Aviation Issues
NTSB - Flight 1549 Remarks by Robert L. Sumwalt
National Weather Association – Aviation Weather Committee
Avionics Magazine – Avoiding Trouble Ahead (Use of the NTDA)