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Description / Abstract:
This document further defines a concept of operations for
transmitting aircraft-derived meteorological data to enable a wide
range of Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and
Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) applications in the areas
of wake turbulence, air traffic management and meteorology. This
concept was first published as informative appendices in DO-260B
and DO-282B, Appendix V and Appendix S respectively (Ref 1, Ref
2).
The OSED takes a link agnostic approach and describes the
information content necessary to support a broad range of
applications without constraining the data elements or rates to
stay within the limits of any specific link. A number of wake
turbulence, air traffic management and meteorological applications
are described that can benefit from the downlink and crosslink of
these aircraft-derived data. The OSED describes the specific data
to be transmitted, including bit count and timing; addresses
acquisition of required data from standard data labels on standard
aircraft data buses as well as provisions for participation by
aircraft not equipped with data buses and/or flight management
systems; discusses constraints under which the proposed service
must operate; and provides an overview of potentially applicable
performance standards, error handling, system safety and system
security topics. Specific funded and/or planned projects and
research in the areas of wake turbulence, air traffic management
(ATM), weather situational awareness and meteorological
applications that could benefit from the proposed data service are
identified.