AVIATION WEATHER

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2016

Publisher

Federal Aviation Administration

Chapter 1 - The Earth's Atmosphere
Chapter 2 - Heat and Temperature
Chapter 3 - Water Vapor
Chapter 4 - Earth-Atmosphere Heat Imbalances
Chapter 5 - Atmospheric Pressure and Altimetry
Chapter 6 - Weather Charts
Chapter 7 - Wind
Chapter 8 - Global Circulations and Jet Streams
Chapter 9 - Local Winds
Chapter 10 - Air Masses, Fronts, and the Wave Cyclone Model
Chapter 11 - Vertical Motion and Cloud Formation
Chapter 12 - Atmospheric Stability
Chapter 13 - Clouds
Chapter 14 - Precipitation
Chapter 15 - Adverse Wind
Chapter 16 - Weather, Obstructions to Visibility, Low Ceiling,
and Mountain Obscuration
Chapter 17 - Turbulence
Chapter 18 - Icing
Chapter 19 - Thunderstorms
Chapter 20 - Weather Radar
Chapter 21 - Tropical Weather
Chapter 22 - Arctic Weather
Chapter 23 - Space Weather

Aims to provide basic weather information that all airmen must know and intended to be used as a resource for pilot and dispatcher training programs.

DocumentType	Standard
Pages	213
PublisherName	Federal Aviation Administration
Status	Current

FAA AC 107-2 : 2016	SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (SUAS)
FAA AC 120-96 : 2016	OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER (OCC) FOR HELICOPTER AIR AMBULANCE (HAA) OPERATIONS
FAA AC 00-24 : 2013	THUNDERSTORMS
FAA AC 61-10 : A	PRIVATE AND COMMERCIAL PILOTS - REFRESHER COURSES
FAA AC 00-3 : 2004	USE OF COCKPIT DISPLAYS OF DIGITAL WEATHER AND OPERATIONAL INFORMATION
ASTM F 2636 : 2008	Standard Practice for Commercial Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Pilot Practical Test Standards for Unmanned Aircraft Single-Engine Land (SEL) Remote Control and Autonomous/Semiautonomous (Withdrawn 2014)
FAA AC 00-64 : 2005	AIR MEDICAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
FAA AC 00-30 : 2016	CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE AVOIDANCE
FAA AC 91-74 : 2015	PILOT GUIDE: FLIGHT IN ICING CONDITIONS
FAA AC 120-114 : 2016	PILOT TRAINING AND CHECKING (14 CFR PART 121 SUBPARTS N AND O, INCLUDING APPENDICES E AND F)
I.S. EN 91-74:2002	PILOT GUIDE FLIGHT IN ICING CONDITIONS
FAA AC 91-51 : 0	EFFECT OF ICING ON AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND AIRPLANE DEICE AND ANTI-ICE SYSTEMS
FAA AC 121-25 : 0	ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION: DOMESTIC AND FLAG AIR CARRIERS
FAA AC 00-63 : 2014	USE OF COCKPIT DISPLAYS OF DIGITAL WEATHER AND AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION