Automated weather reporting system consisting of various sensors, a processor, a computer-generated voice subsystem, and a transmitter to broadcast weather data.
Dictionary Term
Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS)
Definitions
Automated weather reporting system consisting of various sensors, a processor, a computer-generated voice subsystem, and a transmitter to broadcast weather data.
A suite of sensors that measure, collect, and disseminate weather data. AWOS stations provide a minute-by-minute update of weather parameters, such as wind speed and direction, temperature and dew point, visibility, cloud heights and types, precipitation, and barometric pressure. A variety of AWOS system types are available (from AWOS 1 to AWOS 3), each of which includes a different sensor array.
Automated weather reporting system consisting of various sensors, a processor, a computer- generated voice subsystem, and a transmitter to broadcast weather data.
References
Instrument Flying Handbook, Federal Aviation Administration, 2014
Instrument Procedures Handbook, Federal Aviation Administration, 2017
Powered Parachute Flying Handbook, Federal Aviation Administration, 2007
Weight-Shift Control Aircraft Flying Handbook, Federal Aviation Administration, 2008
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