F E D E R A L A V I A T I O N A D M I N I S T R A T I O N A I R T R A F F I C O R G A N I Z A T I O N FAA Update: TAMDAR Development Alfred Moosakhanian ATO Enroute FISDL Program Manager 25 August 2005 GLFE Second Status Meeting

F E D E R A L A V I A T I O N A D M I N I S T R A T I O N A I R T R A F F I C O R G A N I Z A T I O N 2 Outline  FAA Program Objectives  TAMDAR Support – Status  What Next

F E D E R A L A V I A T I O N A D M I N I S T R A T I O N A I R T R A F F I C O R G A N I Z A T I O N 3 FISDL Program Elements  FISDL: FAA-Industry VHF data link broadcast of FIS/Wx cockpit products –Implementation strategy based on FIS Policy and Requirements Document  AUTOMET/TAMDAR: National capability for collecting (and distributing) wx data from low altitude aircraft operations, below 20-25K feet –Requirements and implementation strategy - joint development with NWS Provide coverage in data sparse regions Improve inflight hazard reporting & aviation forecasting –NASA developing TAMDAR* sensor with industry * TAMDAR: Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting

F E D E R A L A V I A T I O N A D M I N I S T R A T I O N A I R T R A F F I C O R G A N I Z A T I O N 4 TAMDAR Support: Completed TaskAgencyFYStatus Communications Assessments NASA Glenn00-01FAA-NASA IA. Report published. Air-Ground easily met; Air-Air difficult Incentives & Cost Considerations for Aircraft Equipage ODU through NASA Langley 00FAA-NASA IA. Report published. Basis for changing from GA to low altitude commuter & package carrier operations

F E D E R A L A V I A T I O N A D M I N I S T R A T I O N A I R T R A F F I C O R G A N I Z A T I O N 5 TAMDAR Support: On-Going TaskAgencyFYStatus Validation & Assessment of TAMDAR Data FSL through NASA Langley 04FAA-NASA IA for GLFE data collection through 15 July 05 & on- going studies:  Data meet FAA/NWS criteria?  Impact in improving RUC skill  Compatibility to similar data (i.e., turbulence) Analyze & Validate Optimal Data Collection FSL04Initial results promising; report targeted for 15 Nov 05

F E D E R A L A V I A T I O N A D M I N I S T R A T I O N A I R T R A F F I C O R G A N I Z A T I O N 6 TAMDAR Support: New Starts TaskAgencyFYStatus TAMDAR Data Impact and Modeling Studies NCAR through NASA Langley 05 FAA-NASA IA for GLOE data collection through 15 Jan 06 & new studies on improving:  CIP & icing products  Convective fcsts (i.e., CCFP) TAMDAR Display, Distribution & Impact Studies FSL05 GLOE support to include studies:  RUC improvements  RUC assimilation errors & bias corrections  TAMDAR QA to include matching reports to PIREPs (icing & turb)

F E D E R A L A V I A T I O N A D M I N I S T R A T I O N A I R T R A F F I C O R G A N I Z A T I O N 7 What Next - ??  GFLE (and GLOE) results will determine: –TAMDAR sensor data acceptable – meets FAA/NWS criteria –Value/benefit in improving aviation weather support  Key implementation factors: –Cost –Data access and distribution rights