Aviation Weather Research

Advancing real-time
airport weather observation

We study high-resolution ASOS data across 20 major U.S. airports — fusing multi-channel METAR acquisition, citizen weather networks, and NWS forecast models to improve aviation temperature analysis.

20 ASOS Stations
18 Data Pipelines
2,900+ Citizen Weather Stations
1 min Observation Resolution

Research Focus

Observation Latency

Multi-channel METAR acquisition across AWC, TGFTP, D-ATIS, and LDM — characterizing delivery delay from sensor to end user.

Temperature Precision

Bayesian calibration recovering exact °F from ASOS °C using 2,900 citizen weather stations. 83% disambiguation accuracy on ambiguous readings.

Forecast Verification

Systematic LAMP vs NBM accuracy analysis at 20 airports, building a growing archive of forecast-observation pairs for skill assessment.

Temperature Nowcasting

Probabilistic HMM + Brownian bridge model producing calibrated temperature distributions, updated every minute from all available observations.

Station Network

Continuous monitoring across four time zones

KNYC KBOS KDCA KATL KMIA KPHL KMDW KMSP KDFW KHOU KAUS KMSY KOKC KSAT KDEN KPHX KLAS KLAX KSFO KSEA