Description of URET Enhancements to Support Severe Weather Avoidance
Winfield S. Heagy, Daniel B. Kirk · 2004
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are currently developing a set of enhancements to the User Request Evaluation Tool (URET). These enhancements are designed to further the support provided by URET for strategic Air Traffic Control, by extending the URET analysis and detection capabilities to new types of problems (e.g., severe weather), and assisting in the resolution of these problems. This paper describes extensions of the URET capabilities to support severe weather avoidance, as currently implemented in the CAASD En Route Research Prototype. The Concept of Use for these enhancements is presented, along with the methodology and results of initial laboratory evaluations and a pilot survey. Topics for future evaluations and analysis are also identified.