Category Archives: Meteorology

AVTECH debuts latest Aventus NowCast

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Aimee Turner

AVTECH is continuing the expansion and commercialisation of its ‘green’ flying product portfolio by implementing its next generation software. The system generates substantial fuel savings … More ››

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Vaisala hosts webinar on lightning detection

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Aimee Turner

Vaisala is organising a series of educational webinars about the various aspects of lightning as a phenomenon and the intricacies of its detection. Webinar topics … More ››

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Panasonic acquires AirDat’s real-time met tech

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Aimee Turner

Panasonic Avionics is expanding its product and service offering and its global communication network with the addition of AirDat’s real-time weather data and superior forecasting … More ››

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EADS researchers battle against winds

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Aimee Turner

At EADS Innovation Works, the company’s research centre, scientists are working on a system that can identify turbulence and gusts before the aircraft flies into … More ››

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Europe clears Honeywell’s IntuVue 3D weather radar

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Aimee Turner

Honeywell’s IntuVue 3-D weather radar has been cleared by Europe’s safety authorities for use by Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines on its Boeing 737 fleet. “Receiving EASA … More ››

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WATM: Combitech upgrades Arlanda met system

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Aimee Turner

World ATM Congress, Madrid: LFV has contracted Combitech for upgrading the existing Automated Weather Observation System at Sweden’s largest airport, Stockholm Arlanda. In July 2013 … More ››

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UK must prepare for impact of severe solar superstorm season

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Aimee Turner

The UK should plan now to mitigate the effects of a rare but potentially serious solar superstorm, according to a report published today by the … More ››

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NASA, NCAR debut transoceanic weather forecasting

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Aimee Turner

A new NASA-funded prototype system developed by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) of Boulder, Colorado, is now providing weather forecasts that can help … More ››

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USAF to get $11m Raytheon upgrade

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Aimee Turner

The US Air Force awarded Raytheon a $11.5 million contract to enhance the Weather Data Analysis (WDA) system. The modernised system is expected to deliver … More ››

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Pulse clue to volcanic activity

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Aimee Turner

A new study by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science uses Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data … More ››

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