Abstract: The disclosure consists of a system made up of three state-of-the-art subsystems that (1) process historical and real-time data to establish the most likely path that a tropical storm will take, and track and predict the future path that it is taking or will take. These data and temperature readings of the tropic surface water are used to determine locations, timing, and quantity of cool water (many millions of gallons) to be dispersed from a second subsystem (2) which consists of cool-water producing, state-of-the-art equipment on platforms located at selected land sites, moored at sea or carried aboard slowly grazing barges or ships. Instructions for dispersion are managed by a system analyzer in the third (3) Communications subsystem, which sends them in a coordinated way to platforms where regular surface water temperature readings are made and reported regularly as additional data used in the decision-making process to determine where, when and how much cool water should be dispersed at each platform.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing pilots of aircraft or the like with: information about the presence, identification and relative location of, and time to potential collision with, other aircraft, objects, and obstructions, i.e. pilot warning indicator (PWI); instructions enabling pilots to avoid collisions, i.e. a collision avoidance system (CAS); and, advisory messages such as altitude and heading changes. The information, instructions and messages are organized, in accordance with the invention, through the use of a novel program subroutine in a general-purpose digital computer serving as a central communications computer or a specially programmed computer dedicated to controlling the encoding and transmission of digital air traffic control messages to pilot and/or controller information display terminals.