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Enhanced Aviation Weather Information
With the transition to Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), new stakeholders are expected to operate in the national airspace — presenting challenges and opportunities system-wide. One challenge is the lack of weather information products for operators of vehicles at lower altitudes, such as Urban Air Mobility (UAM) vehicles and Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS). At the same time, increased operations at lower altitudes can provide access to unprecedented data.
This research uses weather data from UAS low-altitude operations through "flying weather stations" fully instrumented for weather data collection, or through more traditional missions on platforms equipped with weather sensors, to communicate information with other airspace users.
NASA University Leadership Initiative Award — "WINDMAP:
Weather-Intelligent Navigation Data and Models for Aviation
Planning."
View project on nasa.gov →
Associated Publications
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Tabassum, A., DeSantis, M., Bai, H., Fala, N. Preliminary Design of Wind-Aware sUAS Simulation Pipeline for Urban Air Mobility. doi:10.2514/6.2022-3872
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Wallace, J.W., Fala, N. Systematic Review of Weather Observation and Forecast Resources. 226-231.
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Wallace, J.W., Fala, N. A Systematic Review of Weather Observation and Forecast Resources Available to General Aviation Pilots.
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Wallace, J.W., Fala, N. Identification of Potential Gaps and Requirements in Weather Sources for General Aviation and UAS Operations. doi:10.2514/6.2021-2960