Kapitel 5.3 Weather Prediction and Monitoring

Kurzfassung

wake vortices, meteorological conditions, weather prediction, nowcasting, sensors Abstract: Wake vortex behaviour strongly depends on the prevailing meteorological conditions. Therefore, most wake vortex concepts and prediction systems depend on current meteorological observations and forecasts of conditions for the near future (10 min to next hour) and typically along an aircraft’s glide or takeoff path or also along the flight path in cruise. Even tools for risk analysis require appropriate representations of the weather conditions including both the typical weather in a climatological sense and unusual, potentially critical, weather situations.