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 New-Taiwan-Map 7-98.gif (57704 bytes) The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), the Institute for Information Industry (III) in Taiwan and the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) in Taiwan are in partnership to develop an advanced aviation weather system for Taiwan. The main objection of the Advanced Operational Aviation Weather System (AOAWS) is to enhance operational safety, capacity and efficiency in the terminal and Taiwan Flight Information Region (FIR). The AOAWS product suite is designed to aid both tactical and strategic decision making for the direct users of the system, specifically pilots, controllers, traffic managers, and forecasters at the Taipei Aeronautical Meteorological Center (TAMC) supporting the formulation of aviation weather products. 

 

 

 
AOAWS Project manager:  Bill Mahoney

mahoney@ncar.ucar.edu

National Center for Atmospheric Research

Last modified:  10/19/99 10:18 AM

 The system will include low-level windshear protection at three major airports (Kaohsiung, CKS, and Sungshan), advanced product displays at the Taipei Aeronautical Meteorological Center (TAMC), Taipei Flight Information Service (FIS), Sungshan Weather Station, CKS Weather Station and FIS, Kaohsiung Weather Station and FIS, and theTaipei Area Control Center (TACC). The AOAWS will also include a Web system that will allow airlines, pilots and other aviation system users to gain access to AOAWS products. The AOAWS will also have the capability to add other user sites in the future through local networks.  This scope was chosen as an attempt to provide advanced aviation weather capabilities to the broadest user-base possible within the bounds of available resources.

The AOAWS operational concept has been developed by coupling user requirements with current scientific and engineering capabilities. Extensive experience gained by NCAR during development, deployment and operation of the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar (TDWR), Low-Level Windshear Alert System (LLWAS) and other advanced aviation weather systems for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the U.S. and the Windshear and Turbulence Warning System (WTWS) for Hong Kong provides a solid framework for an AOAWS operational concept.                                               
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