Aviation Meteorology: Observations and Models

This Topical Volume focuses on aviation meteorology for operations and research, covering important topics related to wind and turbulence, visibility, fog and precipitation, convection and lightning, icing, blowing snow, and ice cloud microphysics and dynamics. In addition to forecasting issues, the impact of climate on aviation operations is also highlighted, as temperature and moisture changes can affect aircraft aerodynamic conditions,   such as lift and drag forces. This work uses measurements from state of art in-situ instruments and simulation results from numerical weather prediction (NWP) and climate models. New technologies related to satellites, radars, lidars, and UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) are described, as well as new analysis methods related to artificial intelligence (AI) and neural network systems. Use of remote sensing platforms, including satellites, radars, radiometers, ceilometers, sodars, and lidars, as well as knowledge of the in-situ observations for the monitoring and short-term forecasting of wind, turbulence, gust, clear air turbulence (CAT), low visibility due to fog and clouds, and precipitation types are  required for aviation operations at the airports and high level flying conditions. This book provides extensive knowledge for aviation-related meteorological processes and events that include short and long term prediction of high impact weather systems.

Aviation experts, weather offices, pilots, university students, postgraduates, and researchers interested in aviation and meteorology, including new instruments for measurements applicable to forecasting and nowcasting, can benefit from consulting and reading this book. This book  provides a comprehensive overview of our existing knowledge and the numerous remaining difficulties in predicting and measuring issues related to wind and turbulence, convection, fog and visibility, various cloud types, icing, and ice clouds at various time and space scales.




Previously published in Pure and Applied Geophysics, Volume 176, Issue 5, 2019

• Fog and precipitation visibility
• aviation meteorology
• ice microphysics
• wind shear and gust
• nowcasting and forecasting
• Convective gravity waves
• convectively induced turbulence
• Kelvin–Helmholtz instability
• aviation hazards
• Aviation weather
• geostationary satellites
• GOES-R
• Himiwari
• thunderstorms
• fog
• low stratus
• volcanic ash
• volcanic SO2
• high-altitude observations
• satellite observations

• Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science, Ontario Technical University (UOIT) and Automotive Center of Excellence (ACE), Oshawa, Canada

  Ismail Gultepe

• Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA

  Wayne F. Feltz

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