On the utilization of aircraft derived observations for operational meteorology and numerical weather prediction

This thesis analyses a new source of observations, Mode-Select Enhanced Surveillance (Mode-S EHS), obtained from reports exchanged between aircraft and air-traffic control. These reports contain the aircrafts speed, direction, altitude and Mach number. Observations of temperature and horizontal wind...

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Main Author: Mirza, Andrew Karl
Published: University of Reading 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.724213