Using Radar Measurements of Weather to Make Air Travel Safer and More Efficient
Cancelled
Mr. M. Loren Wood, Mr. Kenta T. Hood, Mr. David J. Smalley
Fri Jan 13, Wed Jan 18, Mon Jan 23, Fri Jan 27, 10am-12:00pm, 2-139
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 11-Jan-2012
Limited to 24 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Own Laptop with MATLAB installed
Have you ever missed a flight connection because your first flight arrived late and the connection had already left? Have you ever been flying along and suddenly the plane got buffeted around, perhaps spilling your drink? These inconveniences would happen more often if the air traffic controllers didn’t have up-to-date weather information obtained from radars that measure rain, snow, wind phenomena, etc, and feed the data into algorithms that predict weather many minutes, or even hours in advance. Learn how radar measures weather. Process recorded I and Q radar data (what the heck is that?) with actual algorithms. Design your own algorithm!
\\\\\\\*This work is sponsored by the Department of the Air Force under Air Force Contract #FA8721-05-C-0002. Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the United States Government.
Contact: Mr. M. Loren Wood, Lincoln S2-607, (781) 981-3380, wood@ll.mit.edu
Sponsor: Lincoln Laboratory
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Latest update: 11-Jan-2012
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