Final Report for Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) Controller Equipment (ACE) Operational Test and Evaluation

摘要

The Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) Controller Equipment (ACE) system is a display system that provides weather products from the ASOS and other weather product systems to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCTs), Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON), and other selected locations. Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) of the ACE was conducted in four phases, commencing at the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center in July 1995 and concluding at the Will Rogers World Airport, Oklahoma City Oklahoma (OKC) and Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport, Irving, Texas (DFW), in April 1997. The purpose of the OT&E was to evaluate the performance of the ACE display system. This final report describes the results of OT&E testing conducted on the ACE.