Aviation Applications Program (AAP)

Providing advanced weather technologies to support aviation and space operations

Aviation weather represents the majority of RAL's work. Within the aviation application area, our current research emphases are: in-flight icing; snowfall and freezing precipitation; convective storm nowcasting and forecasting; atmospheric turbulence; numerical weather prediction; remote sensing; data assimilation; precipitation physics; ceiling and visibility; oceanic weather; and verification methods. Development of useful aviation applications requires a strong connection between our work and the needs of aviators. End-user requirements are considered at each step along the development path. Our work tends to be heavily oriented toward real-time operational systems and this focus leads to an emphasis on algorithm development, specialized graphical displays, systems engineering, operational demonstrations, and the associated scientific validations and user-oriented evaluations.

AAP Research

• Atmospheric Turbulence
• Convective Weather
• Snowfall and Freezing Precipitation
• Icing and Related Cloud Physics
• Remote Sensing
• Precipitation Physics
• Oceanic Weather
• Ceiling and Visibility
• Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)
• Forecast Verification and Applied Statistics

AAP Technology

• Data Mining
• Algorithms
• Data Management and Distribution
• Computing Infrastructure
• Software Engineering Process
• Decision Support Systems
• Technology Transfer
• Engineering Expertise

Primary Contacts

• CARMICHAEL, Bruce | AAP DIRECTOR | ph: 8406 | email: brucec
• BARRON, Bob: | AAP DEPUTY DIRECTOR | ph: 8410 | email: bob
• POLITOVICH, Marcia | AAP DEPUTY DIRECTOR | ph: 8449 | email: marcia