When the EC sponsorship ends, the database maintenance will require further funding. It is possible that contributors and users of the system will contribute funds to this aim, thus leaving scope for further involvement by non-European countries. The reporting system may then be expanded to cover more airports as increased air traffic poses a wake vortex hazard to smaller terminals. As technology becomes more accessable, it is anticipated that the collection and dissemination of data will become increasingly automated. The UK Met.
Office aims to conduct such a study.
The system may then be expanded to prompt improvements in direct real-time monitoring of meteorological variables which may be used in predicting wake vortices.