weather in uam - nasa
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Weather in UAMIan Levitt, Principal EngineerATM-X UAM Airspace Subproject
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ATM-X UAM Airspace Subproject Perspective
Airspace is ready when the Vehicle is ready
Wx-related Challenges to the UAM System
• Highly impacted by localized conditions
• Difficulty of real-time data distribution
• Need for common operating picture
• Understanding operational impacts
• Ability to simulate UAM operations
Weather impacts entire UAM System Architecture- Vehicle Performance- Weather-related services- Weather-impacted services
ATM-X UAM Subproject Current Contributions
NASA Phase III SBIR, AvMet Applications
• Wx data ingestion to simulation environment
• Wx research– UAM system Wx impact matrix
– Ride quality metric
– Wx data sources and resolutions survey
• Prototype services– Wx/Noise Optimal guidance
– 4D weather severity grid
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Potential Airspace Services
Fleet ManagementFlow ManagementSchedulingWx-Optimized Flight Planning
Tactical re-routes around weather
Weather-impacted decision-making
Weather-related contingencies
Gaps in the Research and Production Pipeline
Gaps lead to Faults
Research Production
Weather Integrationearly and often can
bring benefitsthroughout the
lifecycle