A simulation environment for evaluation of Integrated Alerting and Notification (IAN) concepts

Duan, Pengfei; Haag, Maarten Uijt de

doi:10.1109/dasc.2012.6382298

“…Part 2 continued Part 1, but added traffic and more off-nominal conditions. Part 3 evaluated the usability of an Integrated Predictive Constraint Avoidance Display [6].…”

Section: Experiments Overviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Motion-based piloted flight simulation test results for a realistic weather environment

Daniels

¹

,

Schaffner

²

,

Evans

³

et al. 2013

2013 IEEE/AIAA 32nd Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC)

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A flight simulation environment was enhanced to facilitate experiments that evaluate research prototypes of advanced onboard weather radar, hazard / integrity monitoring (HIM), and integrated alerting and notification (IAN) concepts in adverse weather conditions. The simulation environment uses weather data representing actual conditions in an airport terminal area. A simulated atmospheric environment was realized using numerical weather data sets produced from the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model hosted and run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). To align with the planned flight simulation experiment requirements, several HRRR data sets were acquired courtesy of NOAA. These data sets coincided with severe weather events at the Memphis International Airport (MEM) in Memphis, TN. In addition, representative flight tracks for approaches and departures at MEM were generated and used to develop and test simulations of (1) what onboard sensors such as the weather radar would observe; (2) what data links of weather information would provide; and (3) what atmospheric conditions the aircraft would experience (e.g. turbulence, winds, and icing).Results from the use of the enhanced flight simulation environment during the piloted experiments will be presented. A weather radar display was utilized by the test subject pilots in both weather and turbulence modes. The radar capabilities and the pilot controls simulated current-generation commercial weather radar systems. Data linked weather advisories were also provided to the pilots consistent with Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) concepts of use for Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) and Meteorological (MET) data link products. Additional results of the simulation experiments included verification that the weather environment supports investigations of new flight deck information systems, flight deck integration of weather information, and pilot interfaces.

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“…These would include plain language text as well as graphics. The first experiments with these weather products, as described in [11], are part of the HIM/IAN concept.…”

Section: Data Linked Weather Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These two systems were both developed via a NASA cooperative research agreement with Ohio University. As described in [11], HIM determines what is hazardous to the aircraft and IAN displays this information to the pilot. The IAN/HIM required as input weather objects or regions of hazardous airspace.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Creating a realistic weather environment for motion-based piloted flight simulation

Daniels

¹

,

Schaffner

²

,

Evans

³

et al. 2012

2012 IEEE/AIAA 31st Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC)

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A flight simulation environment is being enhanced to facilitate experiments that evaluate research prototypes of advanced onboard weather radar, hazard / integrity monitoring (HIM), and integrated alerting and notification (IAN) concepts in adverse weather conditions. The simulation environment uses weather data based on real weather events to support operational scenarios in a terminal area.A simulated atmospheric environment was realized by using numerical weather data sets. These were produced from the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model hosted and run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). To align with the planned flight simulation experiment requirements, several HRRR data sets were acquired courtesy of NOAA. These data sets coincided with severe weather events at the Memphis International Airport (MEM) in Memphis, TN. In addition, representative flight tracks for approaches and departures at MEM were generated and used to develop and test simulations of (1) The simulation includes a weather radar display that provides weather and turbulence modes, derived from the modeled weather along the flight track. The radar capabilities and the pilots controls simulate current-generation commercial weather radar systems. Appropriate data-linked weather advisories (e.g., SIGMET) were derived from the HRRR weather models and provided to the pilot consistent with NextGen concepts of use for Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) and Meteorological (MET) data link products.The net result of this simulation development was the creation of an environment that supports investigations of new flight deck information systems, methods for incorporation of better weather information, and pilot interface and operational improvements for better aviation safety. This research is part of a larger effort at NASA to study the impact of the growing complexity of operations, information, and systems on crew decision-making and response effectiveness; and then to recommend methods for improving future designs.

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“…The second and more complex, display concept to be studied is the HIM/IAN system's conflict probing function [11] [42] and [10]. This concept provides the crew with a display of hazard regions ahead, along, and near the projected flight path.…”

Section: Flight Deck Displaysmentioning

confidence: 99%

Creating a realistic weather environment for motion-based piloted flight simulation

Daniels

¹

,

Schaffner

²

,

Evans

³

et al. 2012

2012 IEEE/AIAA 31st Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC)

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A flight simulation environment is being enhanced to facilitate experiments that evaluate research prototypes of advanced onboard weather radar, hazard / integrity monitoring (HIM), and integrated alerting and notification (IAN) concepts in adverse weather conditions. The simulation environment uses weather data based on real weather events to support operational scenarios in a terminal area.A simulated atmospheric environment was realized by using numerical weather data sets. These were produced from the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model hosted and run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). To align with the planned flight simulation experiment requirements, several HRRR data sets were acquired courtesy of NOAA. These data sets coincided with severe weather events at the Memphis International Airport (MEM) in Memphis, TN. In addition, representative flight tracks for approaches and departures at MEM were generated and used to develop and test simulations of (1) The simulation includes a weather radar display that provides weather and turbulence modes, derived from the modeled weather along the flight track. The radar capabilities and the pilots controls simulate current-generation commercial weather radar systems. Appropriate data-linked weather advisories (e.g., SIGMET) were derived from the HRRR weather models and provided to the pilot consistent with NextGen concepts of use for Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) and Meteorological (MET) data link products.The net result of this simulation development was the creation of an environment that supports investigations of new flight deck information systems, methods for incorporation of better weather information, and pilot interface and operational improvements for better aviation safety. This research is part of a larger effort at NASA to study the impact of the growing complexity of operations, information, and systems on crew decision-making and response effectiveness; and then to recommend methods for improving future designs.

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A simulation environment for evaluation of Integrated Alerting and Notification (IAN) concepts

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Motion-based piloted flight simulation test results for a realistic weather environment

Motion-based piloted flight simulation test results for a realistic weather environment

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Creating a realistic weather environment for motion-based piloted flight simulation

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