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NERC Impact Awards 2018: 2.5 billion passengers enjoy safer air travel | |
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2018-11-22 | |
发布年 | 2018 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
正文(英文) | An air turbulence forecasting algorithm, co-developed by British researchers, has helped make flying safer and smoother for up to 2·5 billion passenger journeys. Professor Paul Williams Professor Paul Williams, from the University of Reading and the NERC National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), together with his team developed an algorithm to predict in-flight turbulence using gravity waves in the atmosphere. The algorithm has been used every day since 2015 by the US National Weather Service to create air turbulence forecasts, which are used by the aviation sector to plot safer flight routes. These low turbulence routes are also helping to make flying greener by reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Tens of thousands of planes encounter severe turbulence every year, with an estimated cost to the global aviation sector of around a billion dollars annually, through injuries to cabin crew and passengers as well as structural damage to aircraft. Turbulence is increasing as global temperatures rise due to climate change, and Professor Williams has been working with aircraft engineers at Airbus to make sure that the next generation of planes is fit for a warmer and bumpier airspace. This was a team application led by Professor Paul Williams, with Professor John Knox, University of Georgia, USA, and Don McCann, McCann Aviation Weather Research Inc., USA. Read more about Professor Paul Williams's research in our Planet Earth article Smoother and safer flying. Professor Paul Williams said:
NERC Associate Director of Research Ned Garnett said:
Anaïs Mermet from Airbus said:
Phil Newton, Research Dean for Environment at the University of Reading, said:
Professor Williams's research has been shortlisted for the societal category of the 2018 NERC Impact Awards. Winners will be announced at a ceremony at the Natural History Museum on 3 December 2018. Further informationIone Bingley Notes1. NERC is the UK's main agency for funding and managing research, training and knowledge exchange in the environmental sciences. Our work covers the full range of atmospheric, Earth, biological, terrestrial and aquatic science, from the deep oceans to the upper atmosphere and from the poles to the equator. We coordinate some of the world's most exciting research projects, tackling major issues such as climate change, environmental influences on human health, the genetic make-up of life on Earth, and much more. NERC is part of UK Research & Innovation, a non-departmental public body funded by a grant-in-aid from the UK government. 2. The University of Reading is rated as one of the top 200 universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2019) and is home to world-leading research in several fields. Its Department of Meteorology hosts world class research, finding solutions to some of the biggest problems facing the natural environment and society. |
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来源平台 | Natural Environment Research Council |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/103828 |
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