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Meteorological uses of ACARS Weather Data

Rich Mamrosh and Gene Brusky (NWSFO Green Bay, WI)

1) Introduction

    This is a Basic session.

    The objectives of this sesion are:

      1. Ensure that all meteorologists are aware of ACARS.

      2. Present a brief history of aircraft weather data.

      3. Discuss data quality and availability

      4. Demonstrate how the FSL ACARS web page is used to display the data

      5. Show how ACARS will be displayed on AWIPS

      6. Present applications of ACARS data from meteorologistsin airline and NWSFO's (including CWSUs and national centers)


2) Prerequisites

    None

3) Teletraining Installation Instructions


4) Training Session Options:

    A.) The interactive VISITview training session. (To be used with a VISIT instructor leading the session ). Click here to signup for teletraining. The session will last 75 minutes. This teletraining session uses the VISITview software, where Windows PC (with 64 MB RAM or greater) with an Internet connection is needed.

    B.) Web-based training session - a "stand alone" version viewed via a Web browser, with embedded talking points included. This lesson version may be viewed at any time. These slides are ideal for printing from the web-browser, just print preview first to choose portrait or landscape mode. Best viewed with Internet Explorer or Netscape (prior to version 6).

    C.) Web-based Visitview session - This version uses the VISITview software within a Web browser, may be viewed at any time. It retains all the functionality of the VISITview software which you see in a "live" teletraining session. The talking points are not included in this lesson version, but can be viewed in a separate Web browser (or printed out beforehand).

    D.) local Visitview session - This is the same version of the lesson used in a "live" VISITview teletraining session, but no connection is made to an external VISITview server. You may download the file off this page and go through the lesson on your own in "local mode" by starting the "visitlocal.bat" file. Talking points are not included in this lesson version, but can be viewed in a separate Web browser ( or printed out beforehand).


5) References/Additional Links


6) Train the trainer

    Talking points - these may be used by local offices in tandem with the visitview training session (run in local mode - "visitlocal.bat"). The talking points may be printed out to easily review the session in detail at any time. The web page version contains talking points embedded in each slide (useful for printing).

    The talking points may be downloaded as a PDF document

7) Content developed/updated
    Developed: 2002
    Updated: 2003
7) Information contact