optimal operation and maximum safety at mexico city’s airport
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Benefits
• Providingkeyinformationabouttheevolutionofstormsandtheirtrajectories,thusmakingitpossibleto anticipate any possibleweather events andmodifytheairport’soperationtominimisetheirimpact.
– Detectionofmicroburstseverytwominutes.
– Detectionof geolocated rainfall and timeevolution,facilitatingdetectionofpossibleemergencysituationsandriskassessment.
– Immediatereceptionofdatasimultaneouslyin the control tower, air navigation centreandmeteorology service, guaranteeing fullcoordinationandoptimaldecisionmaking.
Optimal Operation and Maximum Safety at Mexico City’s Airport
“The Doppler weather radar installed has allowed us to anticipate extreme weather events, like microbursts, guaranteeing an optimal operation of the airport’s activities and public safety.”
Engineer Daniel Aguirre Dupeyron HeadofRadarSystemsDevelopmentSENEAMMexico
Summary
In2011,NavigationServicesintheMexicanAirspace(SENEAM),theagencyresponsibleforairtrafficcontrolinallofMexico,decided to acquire a terminal Doppler weather radar(TDWR)todetectmicroburstsintherunwaysofMexicoCity’sBenitoJuárezInternationalAirport(AICM).
Thissystemenablestheconfigurationoftheairport’srunwaystobeadaptedandmadesafer,byprovidingmicroburstalertdataevery2minutesforanareaof100kmaroundthe airport. The data recorded are highly accurate andreachmaximumresolutionintherunwaysandapproachareas. All this information is received simultaneously attheairport’scontroltower,airnavigationcentreandmeteorologyservice.
Theweatherradaralsoprovidesvolumedatainthreedimensionsofreflectivenessevery8minutes,sothatthesystemisabletogenerate3Dmapsshowingrain,groundspeedandintensityuptoadistanceof250km.Thanksto these systems,SENEAM is informedof theevolutionofstormsandtheirtrajectories,soitcananticipateanypossiblemeteorologicalproblemsandmodifytheairport’soperationtominimisetheirimpact.
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SENEAMprovidessafe,fluidandorderedairnavigationservicesintheMexicanairspace,guaranteeingqualityandefficiencyaccordingtoapplicablenationalandinternationalregulations.
ItsmissionistoguaranteetheactivitiesofAICMandthesafetyofnationalandinternationalairtransportthroughnavigationservices.Itssightsaresetonthefuture,withavisiontoadoptandestablishinnovativeinfrastructureandtechniquesfortheprovisionofairnavigationservicesandairtrafficcontrol,inatimelyandefficientmanner.
Description of the scenario
MexicoCity’sBenitoJuárezInternationalAirportislocatedinanareathatsuffersstormsalmostdailyduringcertainperiodsof theyear.Due to theirmeteorologicalnature, these storms can generate microburst effects,whichareparticularlycriticalduringlandingandtake-offoperations,astheyalteraircrafttrajectoryandmayevencauseaccidents,asshowninFigure2.Inaddition,thesemicroburstscanhaveadurationofjustafewminutesandaredifficulttopredictaccurately.
“The radar was configured with the goal of optimising microburst detection and, therefore, is able to send alerts to the control tower, air navigation centre and aeronautical meteorology service every two minutes.”
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Optimal Operation and Maximum Safety at Mexico City’s Airport
InordertoincreasethesafetyofAICM,SENEAMdecidedtoimplementadetectionsystemincludingaDopplerweatherradar, capable of detecting the effects of microburststhroughthemovementofwaterdrops.
MexicoCityiscoveredbytheweatherradaroftheNationalWeatherService,butthisdidnotfulfiltherequirementstobeconsideredasaterminalDopplerweatherradarandisnottrulyeffectivetodetectmicrobursts,sincethatrequiresaradarlocatedatadistanceunder12.5nauticalmilesfromtheairport,alignedwith the runwaysandperforming lowaltitudescans.
Therefore, SENEAM sought a design, installation andstart-upofaterminalDopplerweatherradar.
Figure2.Exampleoftheeffectofamicroburstonanairportrunway.
Benefits
• Detection of microbursts every two minutes.
Theweatherradarwasinstalledatadistanceof8.6nauticalmilesandwithabeampropagationdirectionandinclinationpracticallyparalleltotherunwayssoastoobtainanaccuratedetectionontheglidepath.Theparabolicantennahasadiameterof8.5m,abeamopeningof0.5ºandlowaltitude scanningwith a very high PRF,which providesmuchmoreaccuraterunwaydatathanwouldhavebeenobtainedwithexistingradars.
“The alerts are geolocated, givinginformation about their evolution, affected area and wind speed, to quantify the current and near-future risk.”
Figure1–InstallationoftheDopplerweatherradaratSENEAM.
Figure4–Imageofamicroburstontherunways.
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• Geolocated detection of rain and evolution updates every 8 minutes.
Theterminalradarhasallthefunctionsofaweatherradar;itdetectsrainfall, locatesitgeographically,quantifiesitsintensity,andprovidesthespeedanddirectionofstormevents.
ThisfunctionalityallowsSENEAMtomonitorstormtrajectoriesandanticipatetheirarrival.Sincethemeasurementrangeisof250kmandthevolumetricinformationisreceivedevery8minutes,itispossibletocarryoutafullmonitoringofbothsmallandlargestorms.The8.5mantennaprovideshigherresolutionimagesthanotherradarsystemswithsmallerdevices.
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Optimal Operation and Maximum Safety at Mexico City’s Airport
Figure3–Differenceinresolutionobtainedwithanarrowerbeam.
Theweatherradarwasconfiguredtooptimisethedetectionofmicrobursts,andisthereforecapableofsendingalertstothecontroltower,airnavigationcentreandaeronauticalmeteorologyserviceeverytwominutes.Thesealertsaregeolocated,providing informationabouttheirevolution,affectedareaandwindspeed,toquantifythecurrentandnear-futurerisk.
Figure5–Reflectivityimageshowinggeolocationofrainfallandmonitoringitstrajectory.
• Data is received immediately by radio link and optic fibre communications, and simultaneously at the control tower, air navigation centre and aeronautical meteorology service.
A closed communications system sends, processes anddistributesdatainrealtimetothethreedecision-makingcentres.Thecontroltowerdeterminesrunwayoperationand authorises landing and take-off, the air navigationcentremanages the approach operations of all aircraft,andthemeteorologyserviceprovidesforecastsandassessments about weather events for the followinghours,influencingoperationalplanning.
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