Integration of Terminal Area Probabilistic Meteorological Forecasts in Nas-wide Traffic Flow Management Decision Making
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This paper we describe how we use meteorological measurements and forecasts to model the impact of ceiling, visibility and surface winds on airport capacity. These impacts can be modeled both as deterministic influences on airport capacity and stochastic forecasted airport capacities. These impacts can be used, along with en route airspace impact models, in traffic flow management solutions. Our preliminary results suggest that traffic flow management is influenced by the airport congestion sensitivity. This parallels our earlier findings that traffic flow management is also influenced by the airspace congestion sensitivity.
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