TAPS Reporting Software on Aircraft
The TAPS Reporting code consist of three components: hazard metric calculation, reporting logic, and report generation. The hazard metric is continuously calculated during flight. The reporting logic determines when a TAPS report should be generated. When the value of the hazard metric exceeds a particular threshold, a TAPS report is generated containing information on the time, location, aircraft flight conditions, and maximum accelerations experienced during the turbulence encounter. The report also contains a parameter that may be used to scale reports to other aircraft to determine the potential hazard to that aircraft. An additional benefit of TAPS is that the system would report any encounters when the aircraft exceeded the vertical load acceleration limits, defined by the aircraft maintenance manual, that require an airplane structural examination.
TAPS Ground Network
Ground station system with software that:
- Receives and displays the TAPS reports,
- Enables the user to customize the display of TAPS reports,
- Determines relevant aircraft that require the TAPS report information, and
- Uplinks the TAPS report to other aircraft.
Here are sample screenshots showing TAPS reports displayed on ARINC’s Web Aircraft Situation Display (WebASD) and on Flight Explorer. The following icons are used to represent the TAPS reports on the ground station display.
TAPS Icon |
Turbulence Intensity |
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Light |
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Moderate |
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Severe |
LaGrange Approach into Atlanta, GA
Approach into Salt Lake City, UT
Global - TAPS Reports
