Forecast-Based Decision Support for San Francisco International Airport: A NextGen Prototype System That Improves Operations during Summer Stratus Season

During summer, marine stratus encroaches into the approach to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) bringing low ceilings. Low ceilings restrict landings and result in a high number of arrival delays, thus impacting the National Air Space (NAS). These delays are managed by implementation of grou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Reynolds, David W., Clark, David A., Wilson, Charles F., Cook, Lara
Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Meteorological Society 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78871