Terminal area diagnostic and forecast icing displays for flight dispatchers

Author

Bass, Ellen J. ; Minsk, Brian ; Lindholm, Tenny ; Politovich, Marcia

Author_Institution

Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Abstract

Focused on developing and evaluating a concept for a display that helps major airline flight dispatchers with their icing-related decisions. The display concept included detailed current icing product/forecast icing product (CIP/FlP) information for the terminal area with a focus on standard instrument departures (SIDs) and standard arrival routes (STARs). A display prototype for a terminal area around CVG with one SID and one STAR was implemented and evaluated. The three flight dispatchers who participated in the evaluation liked the prototype displays and thought they would be useful. The evaluation did uncover various usability issues such as usage of color, spatial layout of items, and display navigation.

Keywords

air traffic control; airports; freezing; ground support equipment; SID; STAR; airline flight dispatchers; current icing product/forecast icing product; forecast icing displays; standard arrival routes; standard instrument departures; terminal area diagnostic; usability; Aerospace control; Air accidents; Air traffic control; Aircraft propulsion; Degradation; Displays; Engines; Ice; Routing; Weather forecasting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 2002. Proceedings. The 21st

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7367-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.2002.1052927

Filename

1052927