EFFECT OF NEXRAD IMAGE LOOPING AND NATIONAL CONVECTIVE WEATHER FORECAST PRODUCT ON PILOT DECISION MAKING IN THE USE OF A COCKPIT WEATHER INFORMATION DISPLAY

This experiment investigated improvements to cockpit weather displays to better support the hazardous weather avoidance decision-making of general aviation pilots. 48 pilots were divided into three equal groups and presented with a simulated flight scenario involving embedded convective activity. The control group had access to conventional sources of pre-flight and in-flight weather products. The two treatment groups were provided with a weather display that presented NEXRAD mosaic images, graphic depiction of METARs, and text METARs. One treatment group used a NEXRAD image looping feature and the second group used the National Convective Weather Forecast (NCWF) product overlaid on the NEXRAD display. Both of the treatment displays provided a significant increase in situation awareness but, they provided incomplete information required to deal with hazardous convective weather conditions, and would require substantial pilot training to permit their safe and effective use.

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• Authors:
  • Burgess, M A
  • Thomas, R P
• Publication Date: 2004-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 240 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airline pilots; Aviation safety; Flight simulators; General aviation; Imagery; Weather forecasting
• Identifier Terms: METAR; National Convective Weather Forecast; NEXRAD
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00976274
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: NASA/CR-2004-212655,, NAS 1.26:212655
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 26 2004 12:00AM