ABSTRACT
Before we can fully relate the aviation user’s weather information needs to the function or task at hand, both now and in the future, we must comprehend and contrast the diff erences between the current aviation environment and whatever is envisioned for weather information available to the users, and then provide a vision of the future air-traffi c control (ATC) system and associated weather information. Th e human factors and display allow user needs to evolve in the proper context. Th us, each element and user within the National Airspace System (NAS) will be considered, as well as the implications of their interactions within the system. Th e goal is to develop a true system-level understanding of weather to support decisions, which are very much varied. Th e approach taken here ensures that the functional interactions of the ATC system and its allocation of weather display capabilities is well understood as the system is modernized.
