The Impact of Meteorology on Aircraft Operating Efficiency: Notes on a Discussion
A symposium was held in London on 6 December 1982 under aegis of the Institute with the traffic management fuel conservation working group to discuss meteorological forecasting and its application in terms of fuel saving. The chairman was J. C. Morrall, Chief Scientist of the Civil Aviation working...
| Published in: | Journal of Navigation |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1984
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300023171 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0373463300023171 |
| Summary: | A symposium was held in London on 6 December 1982 under aegis of the Institute with the traffic management fuel conservation working group to discuss meteorological forecasting and its application in terms of fuel saving. The chairman was J. C. Morrall, Chief Scientist of the Civil Aviation working group. In the United States, the work of Dr R. Steinberg of NASA on the penalties of imperfect forecasts and possible benefits from an improvement was of considerable interest. V. W. Attwooll and L. Bennett of the CAA had also studied penalties from North Atlantic forecasts. Part of the UK civil avionics programme was concerned with the forecast of winds applied in particular to 4-D time-slot following; this was. described by R. C. Rawlings of RAE Bedford. Mr C. Flood, of the Meteorological Office, finally presented prospects for improved forecasts. |
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