Abstract: A collocation study of meteorological reports from commercial aircraft relayed through the Aircraft Communications, Addressing, and Reporting System (ACARS) has been performed to estimate standard deviations of observation ...

Abstract: A verification study of wind accuracy is presented for wind nowcasts generated by augmenting Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) wind forecasts with near-real-time aircraft reports using the Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS) ...