ACRP Report 8:

Lightning-Warning Systems for Use by Airports

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Size: 81 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:2008

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Lawrence Heitkemper; Ronald F Price; David B Johnson; Transportation Research Board
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TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 8: Lightning-Warning Systems for Use by Airports explores the operational benefits associated with delay reductions that lightning detection and warning systems may be able to generate. The report is designed to help in ...
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Front Matter	i-ix
Summary	1-6	(skim)
Lightning Properties, Behavior, and Terminology	7-10	(skim)
Lightning Detection Technologies	11-14	(skim)
Review of Current Airport Lightning Detection Technologies	15-18	(skim)
Lightning Prediction Technologies	19-24	(skim)
Survey Results	25-31	(skim)
Survey Observations	32-32	(skim)
Conclusions	33-33	(skim)
Specific Impacts and Costs of Suspending Ramp Operations	34-34	(skim)
Approach to Cost Savings Analysis	35-35	(skim)
Case Studies	36-41	(skim)
Shorter Duration Events	42-42	(skim)
Findings	43-44	(skim)
Current Systems	45-45	(skim)
Smart Algorithms and Software	46-46	(skim)
Integrating Technologies for Improved Performance	47-47	(skim)
Making Use of Existing Data Integration Systems	48-48	(skim)
Looking Toward the Future	49-49	(skim)
Summary and Recommendations	50-51	(skim)
References	52-53	(skim)
Abbreviations	54-54	(skim)
Appendix A - Lightning Events Data	55-62	(skim)
Appendix B - Glossary of Lightning Terms	63-71	(skim)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications	72-72	(skim)

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TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 8: Lightning-Warning Systems for Use by Airports explores the operational benefits associated with delay reductions that lightning detection and warning systems may be able to generate. The report is designed to help in the assessment of whether such systems are cost-beneficial on an individual airport or airline basis.

ACRP Report 8:

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