CLEAR OUTLOOK

摘要

Convective severe weather is a major safety concern for aviation around the world. Turbulence, icing, hail and lightning strikes can create dangerous situations en route and have major impacts on airfield operations. Detecting areas of convective weather at an early stage is critical to improving situational awareness and safety. Convective events pose considerable risk to aircraft, crew and passengers while in flight, as well as during approach, arrival and departure. This risk extends to airport ground operations. Given that thunderstorms include lightning, and the majority of that lightning is typically in-cloud, it is critical to have a network in place that detects both in-cloud (IC) and cloud-to-ground (CG) - total lightning - activity. Integrating total lightning data into all operational aspects of aviation will not only help save lives and protect assets, but will also enable efficient scheduling and enhanced operational continuity during severe weather events.