Weather field reconstruction using aircraft surveillance data and a novel meteo-particle model.

ABSTRACT: Wind and temperature data are important parameters in aircraft performance studies. The lack of accurate measurements of these parameters forces researchers to rely on numerical weather prediction models, which are often filtered for a larger area with decreased local accuracy. Aircraft, however, also transmit information related to weather conditions, in response to interrogation by air traffic controller surveillance radars. Although not intended for this purpose, aircraft surveillance data contains information that can be used for weather models. This paper presents a method that can be used to reconstruct a weather field from surveillance data that can be received with a simple 1090 MHz receiver. Throughout the paper, we answer two main research questions: how to accurately infer wind

SUBMITTER: Sun J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6169967 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature