FPAW Summer Meeting (August 8, 2012)
NTSB Conference Center – Washington, D.C. Beneath L’Enfant Plaza Promenade
Sponsored by National Business Aviation Association and the National Center for Atmospheric Research
8:00 – 8:15 – Welcome and Logistics – Bruce Carmichael, John Kosak, Don Eick
8:15 – 8:45 – Keynote – Chris Hart, Vice-Chairman - NTSB
8:45 – 9:00 – Introduction to FPAW – Warren Qualley – Harris Corporation
9:00 – 10:30 – Concept of Operations for NextGen Weather – Rick Heuwinkel - FAA
- Paradigm Shift on Weather Information – 15 minutes (Paul Fontaine – FAA)
- Update on 4-D Weather Data Cube – 10 minutes (Jason Tuell – NWS)
- NextGen Implementation Plan (NGIP) – 10 minutes (Guillermo Sotelo – FAA)
- Overview of FAA Service Analysis Process - 5 minutes (Stewart Stepney – FAA)
- Examples of Service Analysis for Weather Information – 15 minutes (Mike Robinson – AvMet)
- FAA Process for ConOps Development – 10 minutes (Michele Merkle – FAA)
- Examples of ConOps Developed for FAA – 15 minutes (Mark Huberdeau – Mitre)
- RTCA ConUse for AIS and MET Information – 10 minutes (Tim Rahmes - Boeing, Ernie Dash - AvMet)
10:30 – 12:30 - ATM/Weather Integration – Steve Abelman – FAA
- Weather Integration Overview Summer and Fall Sessions – 3 minutes (Steve Abelman – FAA)
- FAA Weather Integration Program and Strategy – 10 minutes (Ray Moy – FAA)
- TBFM/Weather Integration Project at Daytona Testbed – 5 minutes (Bob Avijan –Lockheed)
- MITRE ATM Weather Integration Work – 10 minutes – (Matt Fronzak - MITRE)
- Integration Topic TBD – 5 minutes (Don Berchoff – Unisys)
- NWS Weather Research for NextGen and Aviation Products from GOES-R – 10 minutes – (Jason Levitt – NWS HDQ)
- Digital Grids for Aviation – 5 minutes – (Cammye Sims – NWS HDQ)
12:30– 1:30 – Aviation Weather Training – Rick Heuwinkel - FAA
- Introduction to Session, Need for Training Evaluation – 10 minutes (Rick Heuwinkel - FAA)
- Traffic Flow Management Training – 15 minutes (Joe Dotterer, Kevin Johnston – FAA)
- Jacksonville Center Training for Traffic Management – 10 minutes (Phil Bassett – FAA)
- Changes in Weather Training Over the Last Decade – 10 minutes (Barbara Walton – FAA retired)
- NWS Efforts to Improve Aviation Weather Training – 10 minutes (Cyndie Abelman – NWS)
- Summary of Session – 5 minutes (John McCarthy – Aviation Weather Associates)
1:30 – 3:45 – Surface Observations – Roger Sultan - FAA
- Introduction - 1 minutes (Roger Sultan - FAA)
- ASOS/Fed AWOS/Non-Fed AWOS overview from FAA - 8 minutes (Paul Armbruster - FAA)
- Non-Fed AWOS Overview from Vaisala - 8 minutes (Kevin Petty - Vaisala)
- AWOS AV to WMSCR - Belfort - 8 minutes (Ralph Petragnani - Belfort)
- AWOS AV to WMSCR - FAA - 8 minutes (Maura McGrath - FAA)
- AWOS AV for part 135 Ops - 5 minutes (Roger Sultan - FAA)
- Source Information for Surface Winds - 8 minutes (Paul Armbruster - FAA)
- ASOS Enhancements (winter weather/LWE) - 8 minutes (Mark GunzlemanAvMet/FAA)
- AFS research on ASOS/AWOS visibility equivalencies to RVR - 5 minutes (Roger Sultan - FAA)
- The User Perspective - 15 minutes (Melissa McCaffrey (pdf) (AOPA), Randy Baker (UPS))
- NWS Non-Government nontraditional sources - 8 minutes (Curtis Marshall – NWS)
- Right sizing the FAA network - 8 minutes (Victor Passetti - FAA)
- Future Applications from the Industry Perspective - 5 minutes (Ralph Petragnani - Belfort)
- Future Applications from the Industry Perspective - 5 minutes (Kevin Petty - Vaisala)
3:45 – 4:15 - Quantifying Benefits of Aviation Weather Support – Rick Curtis – SWA