[Skywarn] [Fwd: Air Traffic Controllers Gain Access to Next Generation Doppler Weather Radar]

[Kevin P. Inscoe (KE3VIN)]

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Subject: Air Traffic Controllers Gain Access to Next Generation Doppler
Weather Radar
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 12:07:16 -0400
From: 9-awa-press-releases@faa.gov
To: kevin@inscoe.org


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


APA 22-02
June 6, 2002
Contact: Tammy L. Jones
Phone: 202-267-3883

Air Traffic Controllers Gain Access to Next Generation Doppler Weather
Radar
		
WASHINGTON � As part of its continuing 
efforts to modernize the national 
airspace system, the Federal Aviation 
Administration (FAA) has installed a 
system at air traffic control 
facilities that will bring highly 
accurate weather information directly 
to controller displays.  For the first 
time ever, advanced Doppler weather 
information will be displayed directly 
to air traffic controllers on the same 
screen as aircraft position data.    

The Weather and Radar Processor (WARP) 
will enhance safety by allowing 
controllers to reroute air traffic to 
avoid areas of severe weather. Air 
traffic controllers at the Fort Worth, 
TX, Center this week started to use 
WARP on their displays.

FAA recently replaced outdated 
controller displays with state-of-the-
art equipment.  The capabilities of the 
new display systems enable WARP to 
provide real-time aviation weather data 
on the same screen as aircraft position 
data, using different colors to show 
varying intensities of precipitation. 

WARP also shows precipitation at three 
different altitudes, allowing 
controllers to concentrate on the 
weather appropriate to the precise 
location and altitude of a particular 
aircraft.  The weather information is 
shown as background graphics to the 
aircraft data on the display.  This 
configuration gives the controller a 
more accurate view of localized 
precipitation and supports quicker 
evaluation of the current weather�s 
impact on a particular airspace sector.

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