26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-8.6.2

NOWCASTING THUNDERSTORM HAZARDS FOR FLIGHT OPERATIONS: THE CB WIMS APPROACH IN FLYSAFE

A. Tafferner, C. Forster, S. Sénési*, Y. Guillou*, P. Tabary*, P. Laroche**, A. Delannoy**, B. Lunnon***, D. Turp***, T. Hauf****, D. Markovic***
DLR, Germany; *Météo-France, France; **ONERA, France; ***Met-Office, UK; ****Univ.of Hannover, Germany

Keywords: thunderstorm, nowcasting, weather information for pilots, FLYSAFE

The development of the thunderstorm weather information management system “CB WIMS” within the European Integrated Project FLYSAFE is described and results are presented from applications in case studies over the terminal manoeuvring area of airport Paris Charles de Gaulle.

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