Automation of Weather Information ; Advantages of Automation; Aviation Meteorology
Aviation Metrology Article Review
ABSTRACT
Accidents in an industry are very devastating, especially in aviation industry where accident can occur due to many factors. Technical failures, pilot error, crew mismanagement, weather related accidents etc. In a research conducted by NASA, weather was the factor in 21.3 % of total accidents that occurred from 1998-2003. In this review I will be covering how new technological development and research by leading aviation/aerospace agencies, aircraft manufactures, aerospace governing bodies and national weather organizations gave birth to new technology and information that can be used to prevent weather related problems. I will also shed some light on how the use automation can improve situational awareness. Together, these findings suggest that in up-coming years, a new generation of top class, highly sophisticated equipment will be used by industry people to prevent meteorological accidents for occurring.
Keywords: aviation, safety, weather, turbulence, data link, cockpit systems.
Aviation has been a rapidly growing industry from the time it got started. Constant changes, up gradation and invention have been occurring from the time humans learned how to fly. New invention leads to the upgrading of older systems, like the C-130 Hercules an invention by Lockheed group being used in armed forced. It came into service in 1959, started of having round dial gauges. On November 10, 2010 Rockwell Collins announced glass cockpit upgrade is available for C-130. This new upgrades include Avionics, flight management systems and advanced digital weather radar upgrade (Dave, 2010). So upgrading provides not only an easier system to monitor but also a safer and more reliable system.
The authors of this article provide valuable information on upcoming technological advancements that will be implemented in the aviation industry in the coming future. They have collected researched data from aerospace research organization
ABSTRACT
Accidents in an industry are very devastating, especially in aviation industry where accident can occur due to many factors. Technical failures, pilot error, crew mismanagement, weather related accidents etc. In a research conducted by NASA, weather was the factor in 21.3 % of total accidents that occurred from 1998-2003. In this review I will be covering how new technological development and research by leading aviation/aerospace agencies, aircraft manufactures, aerospace governing bodies and national weather organizations gave birth to new technology and information that can be used to prevent weather related problems. I will also shed some light on how the use automation can improve situational awareness. Together, these findings suggest that in up-coming years, a new generation of top class, highly sophisticated equipment will be used by industry people to prevent meteorological accidents for occurring.
Keywords: aviation, safety, weather, turbulence, data link, cockpit systems.
Aviation has been a rapidly growing industry from the time it got started. Constant changes, up gradation and invention have been occurring from the time humans learned how to fly. New invention leads to the upgrading of older systems, like the C-130 Hercules an invention by Lockheed group being used in armed forced. It came into service in 1959, started of having round dial gauges. On November 10, 2010 Rockwell Collins announced glass cockpit upgrade is available for C-130. This new upgrades include Avionics, flight management systems and advanced digital weather radar upgrade (Dave, 2010). So upgrading provides not only an easier system to monitor but also a safer and more reliable system.
The authors of this article provide valuable information on upcoming technological advancements that will be implemented in the aviation industry in the coming future. They have collected researched data from aerospace research organization