Educating Aviators in Visualizing Weather

Location

CSU 202

Start Date

25-4-2005 1:15 PM

End Date

25-4-2005 3:00 PM

Student's Major

Geography

Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Mentor's Name

Cecil S. Keen

Mentor's Department

Geography

Mentor's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Description

Aviation weather courses traditionally cover a syllabus for the essentials of the FAA weather exam. Learning objectives are tailored to questions likely to appear on those tests and aviation students emerge with a rather 2-dimensional view of weather phenomena and a string of answers learned in parrot fashion. Authentic education implies preparing pilots for real-world experiences. By incorporating some visualization techniques into the aviator's learning modules would greatly expand their understanding of the dynamic nature of weather phenomena and thereby enhance the safety aspects in a pilots professional experiences. This paper focuses on two of the more difficult issues of weather to teach and to visualize — pressure surfaces and wind shears.

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Educating Aviators in Visualizing Weather

CSU 202

Aviation weather courses traditionally cover a syllabus for the essentials of the FAA weather exam. Learning objectives are tailored to questions likely to appear on those tests and aviation students emerge with a rather 2-dimensional view of weather phenomena and a string of answers learned in parrot fashion. Authentic education implies preparing pilots for real-world experiences. By incorporating some visualization techniques into the aviator's learning modules would greatly expand their understanding of the dynamic nature of weather phenomena and thereby enhance the safety aspects in a pilots professional experiences. This paper focuses on two of the more difficult issues of weather to teach and to visualize — pressure surfaces and wind shears.

Recommended Citation

Winter, Scott R.. "Educating Aviators in Visualizing Weather." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 25, 2005.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2005/oral-session-G/7