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Southwest Aviation Weather Safety Workshop 8

SAWS VIII

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Saturday Presentations

About the Southwest Aviation Weather Safety Workshop
June 7-8, 2019
Residence Inn Tempe Downtown/University | Tempe, Arizona

"Informing, Improving, and Innovating Aviation Weather Safety in the Southwest"

The Eighth Southwest Aviation Weather Safety Workshop (SAWS VIII) hosted by the National Weather Service will be held at the Residence Inn Tempe/Downtown University in Tempe, Arizona on June 7-8, 2019. With the theme of “Informing, Improving, and Innovating Aviation Weather Safety in the Southwest,” SAWS VIII seeks to promote aviation safety and productivity through improved weather awareness and forecasting services. SAWS Workshops offer an excellent opportunity for aviation professionals and enthusiasts alike to sharpen their meteorological skills, while also extending an open environment to network with others in the aviation and weather forecasting communities to support the National Airspace System (NAS). In order to achieve this, the workshop is structured to have topics of paramount concern and interest to aviation weather forecasters on Friday and aviators on Saturday, for which attendance is intended to satisfy FAA WINGs credit.

The workshop will address the following focus areas:

Advancements in the delivery of aviation weather products and services, including Digital Aviation Services (DAS) and GOES 16-17 satellite innovations and advancements
Best practices in aviation impact-based decision support services (IDSS), including during high-impact weather for recent aviation events and incidents
Convective and non-convective forecasting, initiation, impacts, and safety
Best practices for safe flying and/or controlling aircraft across the Southwest

Friday's topics will focus on helping forecasters understand and better meet the needs operators in the NAS, including pilots, briefers, air traffic controllers and airport personnel. Saturday's topics will inform operators within the NAS of all aviation weather hazards throughout the year, including convective and non-convective phenomena and forecasts. We invite abstracts for oral and poster presentations for both workshop days on any of the focus areas listed above or any others you find may be of interest. We also encourage abstracts highlighting best practices in the areas of communication and outreach, decision support tools, and preparedness methods to advance aviation weather safety in the Southwest.

Lodging and other logistics will be posted to the workshop website as they become available. Sky Harbor International Airport is located four miles west of the workshop hotel venue, which may be accessed via Valley Metro light rail. A government room block has been secured at the $94 per diem rate at the Residence Inn Downtown Tempe/University for the nights of Thursday and Friday, June 6th and 7th. Reservations may be made at the following LINK.

For additional information please contact the workshop organizers at sr.saws@noaa.gov. If you need immediate assistance, please contact Larry Hopper or Bianca Hernandez at 602-275-7002.

SAWS 8 Committee Members

Scott Birch, NOAA/NWS Western Region Headquarters, Salt Lake City, UT
Larry Hopper, NOAA/NWS WFO Phoenix, AZ (Local Co-Chair)
Bianca Feldkircher, NOAA/NWS WFO Phoenix, AZ
Connor Dennhardt, NOAA/NWS WFO El Paso, TX
Roger Smith, NOAA/NWS ZAB ARTCC/CWS Albuquerque, NM
James Brotherton, NOAA/NWS WFO San Diego, CA
Jen Brown, NOAA/NWS Western Region Headquarters, Salt Lake City, UT
Peter Felsch, NOAA/NWS CWSU Palmdale, CA
Aaron Hardin, NOAA/NWS WFO Tucson, AZ
Chris Outler, NOAA/NWS WFO Las Vegas, NV
Rose Tibbitts, NOAA/NWS WFO Phoenix, AZ

For additional information please contact the workshop organizers at sr.saws@noaa.gov. If you need immediate assistance, please contact Larry Hopper or Bianca Hernandez at 602-275-7002.

Aviator and Controller Weather Workshop Agenda
Friday, June 7, 2019

7:00-8:00 a.m. Registration/Check-in

8:00-8:15 a.m. Welcome and Introductions

8:15-9:30 a.m. GOES 16-17 Satellite Innovations and Advancements

9:30-9:50 a.m. Morning Break with Refreshments

9:50-11:30 a.m. Best Practices in Aviation IDSS

Roger Smith - Diagnosing and Communicating Uncertainty in Aviation Forecasts
Larry Hopper - Improving AWWs through research and partner interactions
Andrea Smith - Upcoming Aviation Weather Training from COMET
James Brotherton - IDSS and Outreach programming and improvements

11:30-12:30 p.m. Lunch

12:30-1:00 p.m. Poster Session Viewing

James Oh - Assessing the CamPoP tool in Southwestern Airspace
Lisa Hahn - Case Review of Convective Impacts on Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center on July 17th, 2018
Bill Conway - Wind and Thermodynamic Profiling Systems for the Enhancement of Aviation Safety

1:00-2:30 p.m. TAF Improvements and Digital Aviation Services Part One

2:30-2:50 p.m. Afternoon Break with Refreshments

2:50-4:20 p.m. TAF Improvements and Digital Aviation Services Part Two

Mike Graf - Digital Aviation Services (DAS)
Panel Discussion - DAS and NBM: Where are we going?

4:20-4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks and Surveys

For additional information please contact the workshop organizers at sr.saws@noaa.gov. If you need immediate assistance, please contact Larry Hopper or Bianca Hernandez at 602-275-7002.

Aviator and Controller Weather Workshop Agenda
Saturday, June 8, 2019

7:15-8:00 a.m. Registration/Check-in

8:00-8:15 a.m. Scott Birch, NOAA/NWS Western Region | Welcome and Introductions

8:15-9:45 a.m. Best Practices in Aviation Decision Support and Tools

Mike Graf, NOAA/NWS AFS Aviation and Space Weather Services Branch | Potential Changes to TAFs and Aviation Products over the next Decade
Paul Suffern, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) | GOES-16 information
Roger Smith, NOAA/NWS WFO Albuquerque | Diagnosing and Communicating Uncertainty in Aviation Forecasts

9:45-10:15 a.m Morning Break with Refreshments

10:15 a.m.-11:45 p.m.Aviation Weather Safety and Preparedness

Fred Gibbs, Arizona Pilots Association | 2018 Arizona Fatal Accident Review
Terry Lankford, Retired FAA FSS/NWA Aviation Meteorology Committee | Interpretation and Application of Aviation Weather Reports and Forecasts
David Craft, NOAA/NWS WFO Albuquerque | Understanding Atmospheric Mixing to Better Anticipate and Avoid Weather Hazards

11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Lunch

12:45-1:15 p.m. Poster Session Viewing

James Oh, NOAA/NWS CWSU Palmdale, CA | Assessing the CamPoP Tool in the Southwestern Airspace
Lisa Hahn, NOAA/NWS CWSU Cleveland, OH | Case Review of Convective Impacts on Cleveland Air Route Traffic Control Center on July 17th, 2018
Sidney Mallard, USAF | Unique Operator Requirements of Military Missions and Military Use of NWS Products

1:15-2:45 p.m.Aviation Outreach, Applications, and Tools

James Brotherton, NOAA/NWS WFO San Diego | IDSS and Outreach Programming and Improvements for Aviation across Southern California
Tanya Peevey, University of Colorado Boulder and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) | INSITE: IDSS for Aviation Weather
Larry Hopper, NOAA/NWS WFO Phoenix | Convective TAF and AWW Enhancements in Phoenix for the 2019 Monsoon

2:45-3:15 p.m. Afternoon Break with Refreshments

3:15-4:15 p.m.Interpretation of Graphical Forecast Products and Web Services

Scott Minnick, NOAA/NWS Aviation Weather Center (AWC) | Graphical Forecasts for Aviation Tools
Scott Birch, NOAA/NWS Western Region and Peter Felsch, NOAA/NWS CWSU Palmdale, CA | Aviation Weather Information: Is There Such a Thing?

4:15-4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks and Survey | Larry Hopper, NOAA/NWS WFO Phoenix, AZ

For additional information please contact the workshop organizers at sr.saws@noaa.gov. If you need immediate assistance, please contact Larry Hopper or Bianca Hernandez at 602-275-7002.