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  1. ABO & AMDAR Systems Operation
  2. ABO & AMDAR Use in & Impact on NWP
  3. Upper Air Comparisons
  4. ABO & AMDAR Use in Applications

NOAA, GSD References

ABO & AMDAR Systems Operation

Updated 20 July 2017

AuthorYearTitlePublished
Anderson, A. K2006AirDat system for ensuring TAMDAR data quality10th Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc
Baker, R., Curtis, R., Helms, D., Homans, A., Ford, B2011Studies of the Effectiveness of the
Water Vapor Sensing System, WVSS-II, in Supporting Airline Operations and Improving Air
Traffic Capacity
Second Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on
Weather- Air Traffic Management Integration, AMS Annual Meeting, Jan 2011, Seattle, WA
Barth, M.F., P.A. Miller, and A.E. MacDonald2002MADIS: The Meteorological Assimilation Data
Ingest System.
Symposium on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction,
Orlando, FL , Amer. Meteor. Soc., 20-25
Braid, J. T., R. S. Collander, P. Boylan, W. R. Moninger, and B. G. Brown2006aOverview
of the Great Lakes Fleet Experiment Supplemental PIREP Program.
10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere,Oceans, and Land Surface, Atlanta, GA,
Amer. Meteor. Soc
Brewster, K.A., S.G. Benjamin, and R. Crawford1989Quality control of ACARS meteorological observations--A preliminary data survey.Preprints, Third Int. Conf. on the Aviation Weather System. Anaheim, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 124-129.
Cornman, L. B., C. Morse, and G. Cunning1993Estimation of "State-of-the-Atmosphere" turbulence Metrics from real-time, in-situ aircraft measurements.Preprints, 5th Conference on Aviation Weather Systems, Vienna, VA, Arner. Meteor. Soc.
Cornman, L. B. , M. Poellot, D. Mulally, and P. Schaffner2006Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting (TAMDAR) Sensor Eddy Dissipation Rate Performance in UND Citation II Flight Tests.12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology, Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Cunning, J.2000Commercial aircraft provided weather data.Preprints, Fourth Symp. on Integrated Observing Systems. Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 45-48.
Daniels, T. S.2002Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting (TAMDAR) Sensor Development.SAE Paper 2002-01-1523, April 2002
Daniels, T. S., G. Tsoucalas, M. Anderson, D. Mulally, W. Moninger, R. Mamrosh2004Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting (TAMDAR) Sensor Development.11th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM) , AMS, Hyannis, MA
Daniels, T. S., W. R. Moninger, R. D. Mamrosh2006Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting (TAMDAR) Overview.10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation
Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS -AOLS), AMS, Atlanta, GA
Dey, c., R. C. Martin and R. Peterson1991The Meteorological Data Collection and Reporting System (MDCRS): System Overview and Benefits.Postprmt, NWS Aviation Weather Workshop, Kamas City
Ding, J., X. Zhuge, Y. Wang, and A. Xiong2015Evaluation of Chinese Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay (AMDAR) Weather Reports.J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 32, 982–992, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00145.1
Drüe, C., W. Frey, A. Hoff, and T. Hauf2008Aircraft-type specific errors in AMDAR weather reports from commercial aircraft.Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 134, 229–239
Fleming, R. J.1996The use of commercial aircraft as platforms for environmental measurements.Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 2229-2242
Fleming, R. J.2001A conceptual plan for a national implementation of a commercial aircraft
water vapor sensing system.
FAA Report, January 15, 2001, 62 pp
Fleming, R., May, R.2004The 2nd Generation Water Vapor Sensing System and Benefits of Its Use on Commercial Aircraft for Air Carriers and Society.SpectraSensors (2004), 21 pp.,
Fleming, Rex2006The WVSS-II: A commercial aircraft sensor for water vapor information.10th Symposium on IOAS-AOLS, Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Paper 9.4.
Fournier, Gilles2006Development of the Canadian aircraft meteorological data relay (AMDAR) program and plans for the future.10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Gaubert, Jean-Marc2016Currently Developing and Future
Communications and Technology Impact on
AMDAR
WMO Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation, Instruments and Observing Methods, IOM Report, No. 123
Helms, D., Hoff, A., Smit, H., Taylor, S. and Carlberg, S.2010Advancements in the AMDAR Humidity
Sensing
WMO Technical Conference and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation, TECO-2010 Session 2, August 2010, Helsinki, Finland
Hoff, A.2010Advancements in the AMDAR Humidity SensingCommission for Instruments and Methods of Observations, Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation (CIMO-TECO) 30 August–8 September 2010, Helsinki, Finland
Jamison, B., and W. R. Moninger2002An Analysis of the Temporal and Spatial Distribution of ACARS data in support of the TAMDAR program.10th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), AMS, Portland, OR
Mamrosh, R.D.; Brusky, E. S.; Last, J. K.; Moninger, W. R.; and Daniels, T. S2005The TAMDAR Great Lakes Fleet Experiment.Ninth Symposium on Intergrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, San Diego, CA, American Meteorological Society, January 2005, paper IOAS-AOLS 5.1
Martin, R. C., M. M. Wolfson, and R. G. Hallowell1993MDCRS: Aircraft observations collection and uses.Fifth Conf. on Aviation Weather Systems, Vienna, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 317-321.
Moninger, W. R., and P. A. Miller1994ACARS quality control, monitoring, and correction.Preprints,
10th Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction, Portland, OR, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 4–6
Moninger, W. R., R. D. Mamrosh, and P. M. Pauley2003Automated meteorological reports from commercial aircraft,Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 84, 203-216.
Moninger, W. R., T. S. Daniels and R. D. Mamrosh2006Automated Weather Reports from Aircraft: TAMDAR and the U.S. AMDAR Fleet.12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), AMS, Atlanta, GA
Moninger WR, Benjamin SG, Jamison BD, Schlatter TW, Smith TL, Szoke EJ2010Evaluation of
regional aircraft observations using TAMDAR.
Wea Forec. 2010;25(2):627–645
Moosakhanian, A., S. Schmidt, E. R. Dash, P. Stough, and T. S. Daniels2006FAA NASA Collaboration on Automated Aircraft Weather Observations Culminating in TAMDAR.12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), AMS, Atlanta, GA
Morone, L. L., 1986 The observational error of automated wind reports from aircraft.Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 67,177–185.
Mulally, D and M. Anderson2006Assessment of TAMDAR System Performance on Various Aircraft Types.12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology, Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Murray, J. J. , L. A. Nguyen, T. S. Daniels , P. Minnis, P. R. Schaffner, M.F. Cagle, M. L. Nordeen,C.A. Wolff, M.V. Anderson, D. J. Mulally, K. R. Jensen, C. A. Grainger, and D. J. Delene2005Tropospheric Airborne
Meteorological Data and Reporting (TAMDAR) Icing Sensor Performance during the 2003/2004 Alliance Icing Research Study (AIRS II), AIAA-2005-0258.
43rd AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting & Exhibit, Reno,
NV, 10-13 January 2005
Painting, D. J.2003AMDAR reference manual. WMO, 84 pp 
Petersen, R., C. Dey, R.C. Martin, R.D. Londot, and G.T. Ligler1992The Meteorological Data Collection and Reporting System (MDCRS): System overview and benefits.National Weather Service Aviation Workshop. Kansas City, MO, National Weather Service, 251-255
Petersen, R., Cronce, L., Olson, E., Feltz, W., Helms, D., and Baker,R.2010WVSS-II Moisture Observations – A Tool for Validating and Monitoring Satellite Moisture Data.EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Córdoba, Spain, 20–24 September 2010
Richner, H., and T. Gutermann1987Vertical air motion and other meteorological parameters from commercial aircraft.Preprints, Sixth Symp. on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation. New Orleans, LA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 269-272
Smit, H.G.J., Sträter, W.: ,2005Performance of a New Airborne Water Vapor Sensor (WVSS-II): Results from Tests in the FZJ Environmental Simulation Facility.Contribution to IAGOS - Annual Report Year #1 (May 2005 - April, 2006), Research Centre Jülich
Sparkman, J.K., J. Giraytys, and G.J. Smidt1981ASDAR: A FGGE real-time data collection system.Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 62, 394-400.
Sprinkle, C.H.1999The AMDAR program.Eighth Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology. Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 552-556
Stickland, J.J.1998An assessment of two algorithms for automatic measurement and reporting of turbulence from commercial public transport aircraft.Report to the ICAO METLINK Study Group. Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia, 42 pp. + Appendices
Taylor S.2006E-AMDAR quality control & QEv centre.9th WMO AMDAR Panel Meeting, Technical Workshop, Sept 25–26, 2006, Silver Spring, MD, USA
WMO2014The Benefits of AMDAR to Meteorology and AviationWIGOS Technical Report 2014-1, Version 1, January 2014
Zaitseva, Y, G. Verner and R. Sarrazin2006Monitoring of GLFE TAMDAR at the Canadian Meteorological Centre.10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

ABO & AMDAR Use in & Impact on NWP

AuthorYearTitlePublished
Baede, A.P.M., S. Uppala, and P. Kållberg1983Impact of aircraft wind data on ECMWF analyses and forecasts during the FGGE period, 8-19 November 1979.Preprints,Sixth Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction. Omaha, NE, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 213-219.
Barwell, B.R., and A.C. Lorenc1985A study of the impact of aircraft wind observations on a large-scale analysis and numerical weather prediction system. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 111, 103-129.
Benjamin, S. G., K. A. Brewster, R. L. Brummer, B. F. Jewett, T. W., Schlatter, T. L. Smith, and P. A. Stamus1991An isentropic three-hourly data assimilation system using ACARS aircraft observations.Mon. Wea. Rev.,119, 888–906.
Benjamin, S. G., W. R. Moninger, T. L. Smith, B. D. Jamison, and B. E. Schwartz2006aTAMDAR aircraft impact experiments with the Rapid Update Cycle.10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS -AOLS), AMS, Atlanta, GA
Benjamin, S.G., W. R. Moninger, T. L. Smith, B. D. Jamison, and B. E. Schwartz2006bImpact of TAMDAR humidity, temperature, and wind observations in RUC parallel experiments.12th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), AMS, Atlanta, GA
Benjamin, S. G., W. R. Moninger, T. L. Smith, B. D. Jamison, E. J. Szoke, T. W. Schlatter20072006 TAMDAR impact experiment results for RUC humidity, temperature, and wind forecasts.11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS- AOLS), AMS, San Antonio, TX
Benjamin, Stanley G., Brian D. Jamison, William R. Moninger, Susan R. Sahm, Barry E. Schwartz, Thomas W. Schlatter2010Relative Short-Range Forecast Impact from Aircraft, Profiler, Radiosonde, VAD, GPS PW, METAR, and Mesonet Observations via the RUC Hourly Assimilation Cycle.

Mon. Wea. Rev. ,

138, 1319 –1343

Benjamin, S. G., B. D. Jamison, W. R. Moninger, S. R. Sahm, B. E. Schwartz, and T. W. Schlatter2010Relative short -range forecast impact from aircraft, profiler, radiosonde, VAD, GPS - PW, METAR and mesonet observations within hourly assimilation in the RUC.(IOAS- AOLS) AMS, Atlanta, GA
Braid, J. T., C. A. Wolff, A. Holmes, and M. K.  Politovich2006bCurrent Icing Potential (CIP) Algorithm with TAMDAR Data – A Verification Analysis.10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Cardinali, C., L. Isaksen, and E. Andersson2002Use and impact of automated aircraft data in 4D-Var.ECMWF Tech. Memo 371, European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts, 43 pp.
Cardinali, C., L. Rukhovets, and J. Tenenbaum2004Jet stream analysis and forecast errors using GADS aircraft observations in the DAO, ECMWF, and NCEP models.Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 764-779
Cole, R. E., C. Richard, S. Kim, and D. Bailey1998An assessment of wind field accuracy for ATM DST using the 60-km RUC augmented with real-time aircraft reports via the ITWS terminal wind algorithm.Project Rep. NASA/A-1, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Gao, F., X. Zhang, N. A. Jacobs, X.-Y. Huang, X. Zhang, and P. P. Childs2012Estimation of TAMDAR observational error and assimilation experiments.Wea. Forecasting, 27, 856-877
B. Ingleby, L. Isaksen, T. Kral2019Evaluation and impact of aircraft humidity data in ECMWF's NWP system 

ECMWF. Technical Memorandum No. 855.

https://www.ecmwf.int/en/elibrary/19327-evaluation-and-impact-aircraft-humidity-data-ecmwfs-nwp-system

Jacobs, N. A, Y. Liu, and C. M. Druse2006Evaluation of temporal and spatial distribution of TAMDAR data in short -range mesoscale forecasts.10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans , and Land Surface (IOAS -AOLS), AMS, Atlanta, GA
Jacobs, N. A, Y. Liu, and C. M. Druse2007The effects of vertical resolution on the optimization of TAMDAR data in short-range mesoscale forecasts.AMS Annual Meeting, 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS AOLS), AMS, San Antonio, TX
Landolt,S. D., M. K. Politovich and B. C. Bernstein2006TAMDAR icing data comparisons against RUC model fields.10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc
Liao, J., and A. Xiong2010Introduction and quality analysis of Chinese aircraft meteorological data (in Chinese).J. Appl. Meteor. Sci., 21,206-213
Moninger, W. R., T. S. Daniels, R. Mamrosh, M. Barth, S. G. Benjamin, R. Collander, L. Ewy, B. Jamison, R. Lipschutz, P. Miller, B. Schwartz, T. Smith, and E. Szoke2004TAMDAR, the Rapid Update Cycle, and the Great Lakes Fleet Experiment.11th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), AMS, Hyannis, MA
Moninger, W. R., S. Benjamin, R. Collander, B. Jamison, T. Schlatter, T. Smith, and E. Szoke2007TAMDAR/AMDAR data assessments using the RUC at NOAA's Global System Division.11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS- AOLS), San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Moninger, W., S. G. Benjamin, B. D. Jamison, T. W. Schlatter, T. L. Smith, and E. J. Szoke2009TAMDAR jet fleets and their impact on Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) forecasts.13th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), Phoenix, AZ, AMS
Moninger, W. M., S. G. Benjamin and B. D. Jamison2010Impacts on RUC short-term ceiling and visibility forecasts from high-resolution data.(IOAS-AOLS), AMS, Atlanta, GA
Nelson, J. , J. T. Braid, A. K. Anderson, N. A. Jacobs, P. Childs, M. Croke, and A. Huffman2013Alaska TAMDAR and the RTFDDA WRF QC SystemARAM, AMS, Austin, TX
Ralph Alvin Petersen† and Lee Cronce et al2016On the Impact and Future Benefits of AMDAR Observations in Operational Forecasting: Part II: Water Vapor ObservationsBulletin of the AMS, BAMS-D-14-00211.1
Ralph Alvin Petersen, Lee Cronce, Richard Mamrosh and Randy Baker2015A report to the World Meteorological Organization on the impact and benefits of AMDAR temperature, wind and moisture observations in operational weather forecasting

WMO WIGOS Technical Report 2015-1

and

UW SSEC Publication No.15.06.P1

Pouponneau, B., F. Ayrault, T. Bergot, and A. Joly1999The impact of aircraft data on an Atlantic cyclone analyzed in terms of sensitivities and trajectories.Wea. Forecasting, 14, 67-83
Rukhovets, L., J. Tenenbaum, and M. Geller1998The impact of additional aircraft data on the Goddard Earth Observing System analyses.Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 2927-2941
Schwartz, B.E., S.G. Benjamin, S.M. Green, and M.R. Jardin2000Accuracy of RUC-1 and RUC-2 wind and aircraft trajectory forecasts by comparison with ACARS observations. Wea. Forecasting, 15, 313-326
Szoke, E., R. S. Collander, B. D. Jamison, T. L. Smith, S. G. Benjamin, W. R. Moninger, T. W. Schlatter, and B. Schwartz2007Impact of TAMDAR data on RUC short-range forecasts.22nd Weather Analysis and Forecasting Conf.,  Park City, Utah, Amer. Meteor. Soc
Szoke, E. J., Benjamin, S. G., Dash, E., Jamison, B. D., Moninger, W. R., Moosakhanian, A., Schlatter, T. W., Schwartz, B. E., Smith, T. L.2008Effect of meteorological observations from aircraft on NWP short term forecasts of aviation impact fields including precipitation, ceiling, and visibility,European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2008. April 13 - 18, 2008, Vienna, Austria
Szoke, E.J., S.G. Benjamin, R. S. Collander, B.D. Jamison, W.R. Moninger, T. W. Schlatter, B. Schwartz, and T.L. Smith2008Effect of TAMDAR on RUC short- term forecasts of aviation impact fields for ceiling, visibility, reflectivity, and precipitationAMS, 13th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, AMS, New Orleans, LA
Wang, H. and X. Y. Huang2012TAMDAR Observation Assimilation in WRF 3D Var and its Impact on Hurricane Ike (2008) Forecast.Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters. 5, 3, 206-213.
Zhang, Y., Y. Liu, P. Childs, A. Huffman, and T. Nipen2011Evaluation of TAMDAR Data Impact on 4 -km CONUS WRF based RTFDDA Simulations and Warm season Convection Prediction.15th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface (IOAS -AOLS), AMS, Seattle, WA
Zhang, Xiaoyan, X. Y. Huang, T. Auligne, Xin Zhang, F. Gao, N. Jacobs, P. Childs2012Evaluation of TAMDAR Data Impact on Forecast Error with WRFDA FSO SystemAMS, New Orleans, LA
Zhu, Y., J. Derber, R. Purser, B. Ballish, and J. Whiting2015Variational correction of aircraft temperature bias in the NCEP's GSI analysis system.Mon. Wea. Rev., 143, 3774–3803. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-14-00235.1

Upper Air Comparisons

AuthorYearTitlePublished
Ballish, B., and K. Kumar2006Comparison of aircraft and radiosonde temperature biases at NCEP. 1706 November 2008.Preprints, 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface(IOAS-AOLS), Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 3.5
Ballish, B. A., and K. Kumar2008Investigation of Systematic Differences in Aircraft and Radiosonde Temperatures with Implications for NWP and Climate StudiesBull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., May 2008.
Bedka, S., W. F. Feltz, E. R. Olson, R. A. Petersen, and K. M. Bedka2006TAMDAR thermodynamic and dynamic state validation using rawinsonde data from TAVE.10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS -AOLS), AMS, Atlanta, GA
Bedka, S., Petersen, R., Feltz, W., and Olson, E.2006Evaluation of the WVSS-II Sensor Using Co-located In-situ and Remotely Sensed Observations7th International Symposium on Tropospheric Profiling: Needs and Technologies, Boulder, CO, 11-17 June 2006
Benjamin, S. G., and B. Schwartz1999Accuracy of ACARS wind and temperature observations determined by collocation.Wea. Forecasting, 14, 1032-1038.
Brusky, E. S., and S. Luchs2006A Preliminary Comparison of TAMDAR Aircraft and NWS Radiosonde Sounding Data.10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS - AOLS), AMS, Atlanta, GA
Daniels, T. S., J. J. Murray, C. A. Grainger, D. K. Zhou, M. A. Avery, M. F. Cagle, G. Tsoucalas, P. Schaffner, and R. T. Neece2004Validation of Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting (TAMDAR) Temperature, Relative Humidity, and Wind Sensors During the 2003 Atlantic THORPEX Regional Campaign and the Alliance Icing Research Study (AIRS II).11th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), AMS, Hyannis, MA
Feltz, W. F., E. Olson, S. Bedka, K. Bedka, J. Short, and T. S. Daniels2006Highlights of the TAMDAR AERIbago Validation Experiment (TAVE) in Memphis, Tennessee.10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS -AOLS), AMS, Atlanta, GA
Lord, R. J., W. P. Menzel, and L. E. Pecht1984ACARS Wind Measurements: An Intercomparison with Radiosonde, Cloud Motion, and VAS Thermally-Derived Winds.J. Oceanic and Atmos. Tech., 1, 131-137.
Mamrosh, R. D., R. Baker, and T. Jirikowic2002A comparison of ACARS WVSS and NWS radiosonde, temperature and moisture data.Preprints. Sixth Symposium On Integrated Observing Systems, Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 275-280.
Mamrosh, R., Gillis, J., Petersen, R., and Baker, R2006A Comparison of WVSS-II and NWS Radiosonde Temperature and Moisture Data10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), Atlanta, GA, 28 January-2 February 2006
Murray, J. J., L. A. Nguyen, T. S. Dainies, P. Minnis, P. R. Schaffner, M. F. Cagle, M. L. Nordeen, C. A. Wolff, M. V. Anderson, D. J. Mulally, K. R. Jensen, C. A. Granger, D. J. Delene2005Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data and Reporting (TAMDAR) Icing Sensor Performance during the 2003/2004 Alliance Icing Research Study (AIRS II).43rd Aerospace Sciences Conference. AIAA 2005-0259. Reno, NV
Murray, J. J., P. R. Schaffner, C. A. Grainger, D. Delen, C. A. Wolff, P. Minnis, L. Nguyen, V. E. Delnore, and T. S. Daniels2004Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting (TAMDAR) icing sensor performance during the2003 Alliance Icing Research Study (AIRS II).11th Conference on Aviation Range and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), AMS, Hyannis, MA.
Nguyen, L., J. J. Murray, P. Minnis, D. P. Garber, J. K. Ayers, D. A. Spangenberg, and M. L. Nor deen2006Comparison of TAMDAR GLFE Icing Reports with NASA Advanced Satellite Aviation weather Products (ASAP) In flight Icing Parameters.10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS -AOLS), AMS, Atlanta, GA.
Ralph Alvin Petersen† and Lee Cronce et al2016On the Impact and Future Benefits of AMDAR Observations in Operational Forecasting: Part II: Water Vapor ObservationsBulletin of the AMS, BAMS-D-14-00211.1
Petersen, R. A., and W. R. Moninger2006Assessing two different commercial aircraft based sensing systems.10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS AOLS), AMS, Atlanta, GA
Ralph Alvin Petersen, Lee Cronce, Richard Mamrosh and Randy Baker2015A report to the World Meteorological Organization on the impact and benefits of AMDAR temperature, wind and moisture observations in operational weather forecasting

WMO WIGOS Technical Report 2015-1

and

UW SSEC Publication No.15.06.P1

Petersen, R. A., Feltz, W., Bedka, S., and Olson, E. Results of the November 2006 WVSS-II - Rawinsonde Intercomparison Study.report for NOAA/NWS/OST, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Petersen, R., Cronce, L., Feltz, W., Olson, E., and Helms, D.2010WVSS-II MOISTURE OBSERVATIONS: A tool for validating and monitoring satellite moisture data.2010 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, 22 September 2010, Cordoba, Spain
Schwartz, B. E., and S. C. Benjamin1995A Comparison of Temperature and Wind Measurements from ACARS-Equipped Aircraft and Rawinsondes.Wea. Forecasting, 10, 528-544.

ABO & AMDAR Use in Applications

AuthorYearTitlePublished
Baker, R., Curtis, R., Helms, D., Homans, A., and Ford, B.2011Studies of the effectiveness of the water vapor sensing system, WVSS-II, in supporting airline operations and improved air traffic capacity91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 22-27 January 2011
Brusky, E. S., and R. D. Mamrosh2006The Utility of Aircraft Soundings in Assessing the Near Storm Environment.23rd Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, St. Louis, MO.
Brusky, E. S., and P. Kurimski2006The Utility of TAMDAR Regional Aircraft Sounding Data in Short term Convective Forecasting.10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS - AOLS), AMS, Atlanta, GA
Decker, R., R. D. Mamrosh, and C. E. Weiss1999ACARS Operational Assessment - Description and Interim Results.Preprints, Third Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 24-27
Fischer, A.2006The Use of TAMDAR (Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting) as a Convective Forecasting Supplement in the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest.10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS -AOLS), AMS, Atlanta, GA
Huang, Z., Y. X. Li, H. Wang, W. H. Li2006Application of AMDAR Data to Weather Forecast.Meteorological Monthly, 32, 9, pp. 42-48.
Kurimski, P. G., and P. Schumacher2005The use of TAMDAR aircraft weather data in convective forecasting.Preprints, Second Midwest Extreme and Hazardous Weather Conf. Champaign, IL, Amer. Meteor. Soc
Kurimski, P., and E. S. Brusky2006Applications of Aircraft Sounding Data in Short term Convective Forecasting.23rd Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, St. Louis, MO
Labas, K. M., R. W. Arritt and C. J. Anderson1999Use of ACARS Data to Improve Lake Breeze ForecastsPreprints, Third Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes, New Orleans, LA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 17-22
Lese, A., and J. Ammerman2008The importance of ACARS data in evaluating the near-storm environment of a nocturnal QLCS event.24th Conf. on Interactive Information Processing Systems, New Orleans, LA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P2.2
Mamrosh, R.D.1993The Use of Aircraft-Reported Temperatures for Determining Precipitation Type.ER Technical Attachment 93, Number 10A, 8 pp
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