Article: Helping Aircraft Avoid Turbulence.

Article: Unfasten your seatbelts.(weatherfront)(National Center for ...
Weatherwise;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... in part because pockets of turbulence can occur quickly and be very ... by at least 20 miles to avoid turbulence. The new system uses a formula developed by NCAR called NEXRAD Turbulence Detection Algorithm (NTDA) to analyze ...

Article: Helping Aircraft Avoid Turbulence.
Air Safety Week;  September 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ...A new turbulence detection system now under test is alerting ... passengers from injuries caused by turbulence while reducing flight delays and ... scientists, known as the NEXRAD Turbulence Detection Algorithm, or NTDA, to analyze ...

Article: An Integrated Approach to Mid- and Upper-Level Turbulence ...
Weather and Forecasting;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... quantitative definition, but the Turbulence Joint Safety Implementation Team ... of moderate or greater (MOG) turbulence detection should be >.8 and probabilities ... detection should be >0.85 for turbulence forecasts to be most useful ...

Article: UNITED MAY ADOPT TURBULENCE ALERT SYSTEM FOR ALL ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 29, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... minute warning of impending turbulence. Gordon Carter, director of ... this capability.'' While the turbulence-detection system would not guarantee an ... diminishing the serious injuries that turbulence can cause. An average of 58 ...

Article: Honeywell to Supply 3-D Weather Radar to Airbus; System Provides ...
PR Newswire;  September 30, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... enables pilots to see and avoid turbulence sooner to improve passenger safety ... certified to the FAA's Enhanced Turbulence Detection Minimum Operation Performance ... enables pilots to see and avoid turbulence sooner. It is the only commercial ...

Article: United Airlines working on turbulence sensor
Charleston Gazette;  April 29, 1999 ;     419 words ... ... and injuring 100 passengers. Turbulence like that which struck the 1997 ... tossed around the cabin. The turbulence-detection system of AlliedSignal Aerospace ... thunderstorms often associated with turbulence, but there is no way to detect ...

Article: United Kingdom: Honeywell to Supply 3-D Weather Radar to Airbus; ...
TendersInfo;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... enables pilots to see and avoid turbulence sooner to improve passenger safety ... certified to the FAAs Enhanced Turbulence Detection Minimum Operation Performance ... enables pilots to see and avoid turbulence sooner. It is the only commercial ...