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The Weather Technology in the Cockpit (WTIC) program is an FAA weather research program. It develops minimum weather service recommendations for cockpit weather information and its rendering, pilot weather training, and cockpit weather technology for incorporation into standards, guidance documents, training materials, and technical transfer or government agencies for implementation.
...NextGen Weather Processor (NWP) products are divided into four main categories:
Decision makers in the National...
Common Support Services-Weather (CSS-Wx) makes weather data accessible through a set of common support services and broadly adopted data access and format standards from the International Standards Organization (ISO) and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). The services provide a mature basis for communicating time dependent, geo-referenced weather information.
FAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NextGen Weather Processor (NWP) products are handled by Common Support Services-Weather (CSS-Wx) for consumption by various FAA systems. The lists below show the categories of products obtained from each source, and provide a few examples of each. All products into and out of CSS-Wx are formatted according to the Open Geospatial Consortium standards. CSS-Wx provides service adaptors for systems still unable to...
CSS-Wx is the single provider of weather data, products, and imagery within the National Airspace System (NAS), using standards-based weather dissemination via System Wide Information Management (SWIM). CSS-Wx offers National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and FAA NextGen Weather Processor weather products for integration into air traffic decision support systems, improving the quality of traffic...
The FAA Aviation Weather Research Program (AWRP) researches applied weather to minimize the impact of weather on the National Airspace System (NAS).
The research goal is to transition new or improved weather capabilities into evolving air traffic management decision support systems, incorporate them into the National Weather Service (NWS), or both to improve the delivery of FAA-required services and enhance aviation safety and efficiency.
AWRP initiatives consist of the...
NextGen Weather Systems consist of Common Support Services - Weather (CSS-Wx) and the NextGen Weather Processor (NWP), designed for implementation in the National Airspace System (NAS). NWP focuses on aviation weather processing and translated product generation; CSS-Wx focuses on weather information management to support users. Together, NWP and CSS-Wx ingest data once and provide...
The NextGen Weather Program is a critical part of NextGen as it helps reduce...