Download or read book Weather Avoidance Using Route Optimization as a Decision Aid written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aviation community is faced with reducing the fatal aircraft accident rate by 80 percent within 10 years. This must be achieved even with ever increasing, traffic and a changing National Airspace System. This is not just an altruistic goal, but a real necessity, if our growing level of commerce is to continue. Honeywell Technology Center's topical study, "Weather Avoidance Using Route Optimization as a Decision Aid", addresses these pressing needs. The goal of this program is to use route optimization and user interface technologies to develop a prototype decision aid for dispatchers and pilots. This decision aid will suggest possible diversions through single or multiple weather hazards and present weather information with a human-centered design. At the conclusion of the program, we will have a laptop prototype decision aid that will be used to demonstrate concepts to industry for integration into commercialized products for dispatchers and/or pilots. With weather a factor in 30% of aircraft accidents, our program will prevent accidents by strategically avoiding weather hazards in flight. By supplying more relevant weather information in a human-centered format along with the tools to generate flight plans around weather, aircraft exposure to weather hazards can be reduced. Our program directly addresses the NASA's five year investment areas of Strategic Weather Information and Weather Operations (simulation/hazard characterization and crew/dispatch/ATChazard monitoring, display, and decision support) (NASA Aeronautics Safety Investment Strategy: Weather Investment Recommendations, April 15, 1997). This program is comprised of two phases, Phase I concluded December 31, 1998. This first phase defined weather data requirements, lateral routing algorithms, an conceptual displays for a user-centered design. Phase II runs from January 1999 through September 1999. The second phase integrates vertical routing into the lateral optimizer and combines the user...

Download or read book Evaluation of a Dispatcher s Route Optimization Decision Aid to Avoid Aviation Weather Hazards written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Comparision of Aircraft and System centric Strategies for Weather Avoidance written by Ufuk Pekgulec and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical to the development of next generation weather decision support tools is an understanding of how pilots make decisions to avoid weather by either following: a) aircraft-centric strategies, in which the pilot evaluates the benefit of a weather avoidance maneuver in terms of aircraft-centric measures, including safety, legality, schedule, fuel efficiency, and ride quality; or b) system-centric strategies, which lead to benefits for the system in terms of measures such as future loss of separation, impacts of the maneuver on the overall traffic flow, and workload. The objectives of this study are to compare aircraft-centric and system-centric strategies in weather avoidance operation, and to use the study's results to make recommendations for design of weather avoiding decision support tools. Data from pilot surveys was used to construct pilot response models that characterize the relationships between a pilot's preferred route and weather size, severity level, and distance from the route. These pilot response models were then used in a Matlab fast-time simulation to compare the strategies. In total, four thousand four hundred runs with aircraft-centric vs. system-centric were simulated. Simulation results showed that system-centric strategies caused longer path stretch but less shuffling in sequence, while aircraft-centric strategies caused more severe shuffling in sequence but shorter path stretch. Simulation results also showed that shuffling in sequence got worse as weather size got bigger, and that as the planes' initial positions got further away from the centerline of the weather cell, sequencing tended to get worse. These results suggest that pilots will benefit from the aid of a weather avoidance decision support tool that help them decide the new route around the weather by providing them with maximum, minimum, and mean values of the close point of approach to weather and the decision range and the corresponding safety buffer zones.

Download or read book Toward a Concept of Operations for Aviation Weather Information Implementation in the Evolving National Airspace System written by Raymon M. McAdaragh and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book An Integrated Decision making Model for Categorizing Weather Products and Decision AIDS written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Airspace System s capacity will experience considerable growth in the next few decades. Weather adversely affects safe air travel. The FAA and NASA are working to develop new technologies that display weather information to support situation awareness and optimize pilot decision-making in avoiding hazardous weather. Understanding situation awareness and naturalistic decision-making is an important step in achieving this goal. Information representation and situation time stress greatly influence attentional resource allocation and working memory capacity, potentially obstructing accurate situation awareness assessments. Three naturalistic decision-making theories were integrated to provide an understanding of the levels of decision making incorporated in three operational situations and two conditions. The task characteristics associated with each phase of flight govern the level of situation awareness attained and the decision making processes utilized. Weather product s attributes and situation task characteristics combine to classify weather products according to the decision-making processes best supported. In addition, a graphical interface is described that affords intuitive selection of the appropriate weather product relative to the pilot s current flight situation.Elgin, Peter D. and Thomas, Rickey P.Langley Research CenterDECISION MAKING; NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM; WEATHER FORECASTING; CIVIL AVIATION; AIR TRANSPORTATION; MODELS; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; RUNWAYS; AUTOMATIC CONTROL; TURBULENCE; ALGORITHMS...

Download or read book An Integrated Decision Making Model for Categorizing Weather Products and Decision Aids written by Peter D. Elgin and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Airspace System s capacity will experience considerable growth in the next few decades. Weather adversely affects safe air travel. The FAA and NASA are working to develop new technologies that display weather information to support situation awareness and optimize pilot decision-making in avoiding hazardous weather. Understanding situation awareness and naturalistic decision-making is an important step in achieving this goal. Information representation and situation time stress greatly influence attentional resource allocation and working memory capacity, potentially obstructing accurate situation awareness assessments. Three naturalistic decision-making theories were integrated to provide an understanding of the levels of decision making incorporated in three operational situations and two conditions. The task characteristics associated with each phase of flight govern the level of situation awareness attained and the decision making processes utilized. Weather product s attributes and situation task characteristics combine to classify weather products according to the decision-making processes best supported. In addition, a graphical interface is described that affords intuitive selection of the appropriate weather product relative to the pilot s current flight situation.

Download or read book Preparing a Workforce for the New Blue Economy written by Liesl Hotaling and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preparing a Workforce for the New Blue Economy: People, Products and Policies discusses the Blue Economy, how the industry will develop, and how to train the next generation. The book considers the use of big data, key skillsets, training undergraduate and graduate students, the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) in the US, economic opportunities in African coastal countries, and governmental agencies, non-profits and NGO's. Finally, a broad range of case studies are provided, covering oil spills, commercial fishing, data protection and harvesting, sustainability and weather forecasting, all presented to highlight the educational requirements of the workforce and potential economic opportunities. - Coordinates efforts from different disciplines and sectors, and shares effective teaching practices and approaches - Includes comprehensive case studies that highlight the educational requirements of the workforce and potential economic opportunities - Presents a framework for unifying several workforce sectors that are dependent upon the ocean

Download or read book Trends in Maritime Technology and Engineering written by C. Guedes Soares and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 1325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trends in Maritime Technology and Engineering comprises the papers presented at the 6th International Conference on Maritime Technology and Engineering (MARTECH 2022) that was held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 24-26 May 2022. The Conference has evolved from the series of biennial national conferences in Portugal, which have become an international event, and which reflect the internationalization of the maritime sector and its activities. MARTECH 2022 is the sixth of this new series of biennial conferences. The book covers all aspects of maritime activity, including in Volume 1: Structures, Hydrodynamics, Machinery, Control and Design. In Volume 2: Maritime Transportation and Ports, Maritime Traffic, Safety, Environmental Conditions, Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas, and Fisheries and Aquaculture. Trends in Maritime Technology and Engineering aims at academics and professionals in the above mentioned fields.

Download or read book Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2008 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 1822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Verification of Severe Weather Avoidance Plan SWAP Forecasts for the New York Air Route Traffic Control Center ARTCC Issued by the National Weather Service Center Weather Service Unit CWSU Ronkonkoma NY written by Kirt Squires and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the most important forecasts provided by the Ronkonkoma, NY Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU) to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) New York Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) is the Severe Weather Avoidance Plan (SWAP) Statement. The SWAP Statement is the CWSU's forecast of the probability for the FAA to implement a SWAP when convection causes a significant number of aircraft reroutes and arrival/departure delays in New York ARTCC airspace (ZNY). The SWAP Statement is a decision-support planning tool used by the FAA and commercial airlines to anticipate impacts to the National Airspace System (NAS) that would significantly affect operations and staffing. SWAP originated from the need to improve planning due to the complexity of ZNY airspace and the impact on operations at other ARTCCs during convection. This technical note summarizes the verification of SWAP Statements issued by the Ronkonkoma, NY CWSU for ZNY during the 2008 convective season (April 15th through September 30th). Results indicate that the CWSU demonstrated excellent skill forecasting SWAP events, which aids the FAA, the airlines and other customers in planning for operational changes caused by convection"--Abstract.

Download or read book Integrated Plan for Air Traffic Management Research and Technology Development written by Robert S. Voss and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook written by Waldemar Karwowski and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-12-18 with total page 2092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Occupational ergonomics and safety studies the application of human behavior, abilities, limitations, and other characteristics to the design, testing, and evaluation of tools, machines, systems, tasks, jobs, and environments for productive, safe, comfortable, and effective use. Occupational Ergonomics Handbook provides current, comprehensive knowledge in this broad field, providing essential, state-of-the-art information from nearly 150 international leaders of this discipline. The text assesses the knowledge and expertise applied to industrial environments: Providing engineering guidelines for redesigning tools, machines, and work layouts Evaluating the demands placed on workers by current jobs Simulating alternative work methods Determining the potential for reducing physical job demands based on the implementation of new methods Topics also include: Fundamental ergonomic design principles at work Work-related musculoskeletal injuries, such as cumulative trauma to the upper extremity (CTDs) and low back disorders (LBDs), which affect several million workers each year with total costs exceeding $100 billion annually Current knowledge used for minimizing human suffering, potential for occupational disability, and related worker's compensation costs Working conditions under which musculoskeletal injuries might occur Engineering design measures for eliminating or reducing known job-risk factors Optimal manufacturing processes regarding human perceptual and cognitive abilities as well as task reliability Identifying the worker population affected by adverse conditions Early medical and work intervention efforts Economics of an ergonomics maintenance program Ergonomics as an essential cost to doing business Ergonomics intervention includes design for manufacturability, total quality management, and work organization. Occupational Ergonomics Handbook demonstrates how ergonomics serves as a vital component for the activities of the company and enables an advantageous cooperation between management and labor. This new handbook serves a broad segment of industrial practitioners, including industrial and manufacturing engineers; managers; plant supervisors and ergonomics professionals; researchers and students from academia, business, and government; human factors and safety specialists; physical therapists; cognitive and work psychologists; sociologists; and human-computer communications specialists.

Download or read book Marine Navigation written by Adam Weintrit and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 12th International Conference on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation (TransNav 2017) will take place on June 21-23 in Gdynia, Poland. Main themes of this conference include: electronic navigation, route planning, mathematical models, methods and algorithms, ships manoeuvring, navigational risks, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), Automatic Identification System (AIS), marine radar, anti-collision, dynamic positioning, visualization of data, hydrometereological aspects and weather routing, safety at sea, inland navigation, autonomous water transport, communications and global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS), port ant routes optimum location and magnetic compasses.

Download or read book The Electronic Chart Display and Information System ECDIS An Operational Handbook written by Adam Weintrit and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 1136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electronic navigation, although still relatively new, is becoming increasingly more common, particularly on commercial vessels. This handbook offers a wealth of detailed information about how different charting systems operate and answers the most commonly asked questions regarding electronic charts (ENC, RNC, DNC) and electronic chart systems (ECD