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Federal Aviation Regulations
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Regulatory and Guidance Library
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
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Weather reporting facilities.
Sec. 121.101, Federal Aviation Regulations,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
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Reporting potentially hazardous
meteorological conditions ....
Sec. 121.561, Federal Aviation Regulations,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
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Airborne weather radar equipment requirements.
Sec. 121.357, Federal Aviation Regulations,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA),
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
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AVIATION WEATHER ONLINE LEARNING
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Aviation Weather
MetEd - Meteorology Education & Training,
National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR),
University Corporation for
Atmospheric Research (UCAR) &
Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology,
Education & Training (COMET®)
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Aviation meteorology for Australia
John Brandon, Fly Light,
Recreational Aviation Australia (RA-Aus)
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Interactive Safety Courses
Air Safety Foundation (ASF),
AOPA Online,
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
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MORE AVIATION WEATHER RESOURCES
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Our atmosphere is constantly changing. The state of the atmosphere and how
it changes is what we call weather. The immense ocean of air
in which we live has the ability to reconfigure itself quickly on many
different scales; this serves as a source of wonder, pleasure,
vexation and danger.
Because weather can influence our lives so greatly, it has become necessary
to make attempts to accurately predict it. During the last century
weather prediction grew from little more than an art into a well-recognized
discipline within the now-robust science of meteorology (the study of the
atmosphere and its components). Prediction, by its very nature, is less
than perfect; because of this imperfection and the significant effects
weather exerts on our daily lives, the weatherman has become
fodder for jokesters, skeptics and complainers. During my tenure as U.S.
Air Force meteorologist and weather forecaster, our jovial response to the
critics became, “Our forecast is guaranteed. If it fails for any
reason, we’ll give you a new one.”
The quality of weather prediction has improved dramatically over the
last 30 years. Numerical models, satellite imagery, doppler radar and
other state-of-the-art technologies have revolutionized the field of
meteorology. Nearly gone is the moniker of weatherman,
in great part because many of today’s meteorologists are women.
Forecasting the weather is still far from perfect, but great strides have
been made — especially in the arenas of severe storm prediction and
tropical meteorology. As accuracy has improved, respect has grown for
meteorologists and their role as protectors of the public interest.
Authored by Kenneth L. Anderson.
Original article published prior to 13 April 2003, updated 29 March
2004.
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