FPAW Fall 2021 Meeting: Day 3, Part 1
Channel: NSF NCAR Research Applications Laboratory
Date: 21/11/2021

Friends and Partners in Aviation Weather (FPAW)
Monday, October 4, 2021 - Thursday, October 7, 2021

Fall 2021 Meeting: Day 3, Part 1
Virtual

fpaw.aero

October 6, 2021

Day 3: Multi-Use Weather
1130-1140 Welcome and Announcements
1140-1150 Overview of TEM/Review of Day 2
1150-1300 Weather Support to Commercial Space
- How will the boom in commercial space affect aviation weather operations? What are their
requirements, and what role(s) will government agencies play in weather support for these
operations?
o Stratospheric payloads
o Orbital flights
o Launch and reentry
o Interplanetary travel
Panelists: FAA (Karl Garman), SWPC (Hazel Bain), NASA (Kathy Rice), DoD (Omar Nava)

1300-1330 Break

1330-1440 Multi-Use Weather
- Capabilities that agencies are working on that could be leveraged for aviation weather or has an
aviation weather component
o MRMS
o Satellite
o DOE
o Volcanic
o Open discussion among audience
Panelists: GOES-R (Dan Lindsey), NSSL (Heather Reeves), DOE (Sally McFarlane), TBD

1440-1450 Break

1450-1555 Aviation Weather in the Future
- What are the visions in context of weather information, especially for aviation or affecting
aviation?
o New data sources
o New data communication methods
o Cloud computing and processing, including multi-agency collaborations
o Climate Change
o New airframes and engines (composite materials, new fuels, etc.)
o New routes and pathways (supersonic flight, sub-orbital, etc.)
Panelists: FAA (Mike Emanuel), DoD (TBD), NOAA (Mark Zettlemoyer), NTSB (Don Eick -
tentative)

1555-1600 Highlights from the day, preview tomorrow’s agenda Jeff Weinrich, NOAA

1600 End of Day 3