Weather in the Cockpit Workshop - NCAR, Boulder CO, 8-10 August 2006

Attendees

Attendee list - address, email (.doc file)
Attendee list for breakout sessions (.xls file)

Presentations

Day 1:  Focus on Uplink

Capacity, efficiency, safety. Needs and issues from the operations community.

Capt Terry McVenes, ALPA (ppt file)
Mr. Bruce Landsberg, AOPA Air Safety Foundation (ppt file)

JPDO, WxIPT, and NGATS applications, expectations—a primer.

Dr. Bruce Carmichael, NCAR-RAL(ppt file)

FAA Vision for Weather in the Cockpit.

Mr. Stephen VanTrees, FAA (ppt file)

Weather technology and products. Briefings and demonstrations.

Turbulence diagnoses and forecasts (GTG, edr, NTDA). Dr. Bob Sharman, NCAR-RAL (ppt file)
Consolidated Summer/Winter Storm Forecasts. Dr. Roy Rasmussen, NCAR-RAL (ppt file)
Current and forecast icing. Dr. Marcia Politovich, NCAR-RAL (ppt file)
Ceiling and visibility. Dr. Paul Herzegh, NCAR-RAL (ppt file)
Oceanic weather, volcanic ash. Cathy Kessinger, NCAR-RAL (ppt file)

Weather in the cockpit plans, standards and issues—a sampler

Mr. Kevin Kronfeld, Rockwell-Collins (ppt file)
Capt Joe Burns, United Airlines, EFB (ppt file)

Day 2:  Focus on Downlink (Surveillance) and Collaboration

ADS-B Program

Mr. Rob Strain, MITRE (ppt file)

Approving weather products via operational suitability testing, FAA Flight Standards.

Mr. Robert Ruiz, FAA Flight Standards (ppt file)

Interoperability initiatives for weather in the cockpit - US/European (including uplink and downlink).

Mr. Ernie Dash, Raytheon (ppt file)

Break into groups aligned by stakeholder in the future air transportation system

Low-end General Aviation, HEMS (91, 135) (ppt file)
Issues: Uplink information needed in the cockpit, obstacles, consequence; assessment and gaps in the current way of operating

High-end unscheduled (91, 135, DoD) (ppt file)
Issues: Uplink information needed in the cockpit, obstacles, consequence; assessment and gaps in the current way of operating

High-end scheduled (121, 135) (ppt file)
Issues: Uplink information needed in the cockpit, obstacles, consequence; collaborative information linkage to ground control (dispatch, ATC); assessment and gaps in the current way of operating.