Weather Forecasting and ADS-B

[Jay Honeck]

My lovely wife and I were pondering the almost endless possibilities of ADS-B, with all of its lovely data transfer potential, when she mentioned weather data.

Bing -- the light bulb went on. My EFIS has outside air temperature and altitude data. It would be child's play to send that info to ADS-B out.

Think of it. Tens of thousands of flights, continuously airborne, all over the world, all reporting real-time temperature, altitude/barometric data. For the first time, the NWS would have a REAL model of the atmosphere -- not just a computer model extrapolating between a few dozen points.

The revolution in weather forecasting would be amazing.

What else can we do with this sort of capability?

 

[SmashTime]

Maybe they can finally predict accurate weather forcasts? Lol

 

[oldShar]

Watch it Jay, you might get pilots to come on board with ADS-B, to the pleasure of the FAA

 

[flyingcheesehead]

There are already some airliners that have been equipped with technology to send actual atmospheric weather down.

 

[Checkout_my_Six]

but....you'd only get data for areas that have flyable weather.

 

[Jay Honeck]

Watch it Jay, you might get pilots to come on board with ADS-B, to the pleasure of the FAA

Hmmm. I really like ADS-B.

Of course, I ditched certified aircraft, so I'm not spending insane amounts of money on stupid crap anymore. That makes a huge difference.

 

[GeorgeC]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...w-airliner-data-improves-weather-forecasting/

There are already some airliners that have been equipped with technology to send actual atmospheric weather down.

 

[bullwinkle]

but....you'd only get data for areas that have flyable weather.

That in itself might be good data to have.

 

[N801BH]

Hmmm...

Could be a win /win deal.....

Since pilots have to pay for data from XM, I can see a revenue income stream to the owner of the ADS-B out transmitter.......

 

[Jay Honeck]

How long until we can get more (and better) data uploads, too?

If we can get NEXRAD, why not email?

 

[Pedals2Paddles]

How long until we can get more (and better) data uploads, too?

If we can get NEXRAD, why not email?

Bandwidth. Specifically a lack thereof.