Marine stratus initiative at San Francisco International Airport

Details

• Creators:
  Clark, D. A. ; Wilson, F. W.
• Corporate Contributors:
  Lincoln Laboratory ; United States. Air Force ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Weather forecasting
  • Airport capacity
  • Traffic delays
  • Air traffic control
  • Air traffic control
  • Airline operations
  • Airports
  • Aviation meteorology
  • Ceilings(Meteorology)
  • Cloud dispersal
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  ATC-252
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Project report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Lincoln Laboratory
• Abstract:
  San Francisco International Airport is one of the busiest airports in the United States and one of the highest delay airports in terms of total aircraft delay hours and number of imposed air traffic delay programs. May through September, weather forecasters at the Central Weather Service Unit (CWSU) at the Oakland Air Route Traffic Control Center are responsible for providing a forecast of whether or not the cloudiness will impact monring ytraffic operations. this information is used for decision making by the Traffic Management Unit at Oakland Center in order to optimally match arriving traffic demand to available airport capacity.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTFA01-91-Z-02036
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15687/dot_15687_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.73 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:98aa57d34ceac3663723d0476edf5f0eb26f952b65dbbc85fd15f8ae415bea351a308d6d7d013057a5468fd9a547baca0c4acefd8dc255f5302f3511edd0eed8