Abstract: Systems and methods for deconflicting small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) within a domain. One example system includes a plurality of UAM/AAM vehicles; and a processor configured to: receive environmental data for a domain, the environmental data determined based on operational weather prediction models or weather observations; process the environmental data through an atmospheric model of the domain to determine mesoscale and microscale weather forecast data for the domain and a positional uncertainty of the sUAS vehicles within the domain; generate a Weighted Graph that describes and spans a plurality of possible sUAS vehicle routes over the domain; determine a route and a corresponding flight schedule for at least one of sUAS vehicles within the domain based on the Weighted Graph; and provide the route and the corresponding flight schedule to the at least one of the sUAS vehicles.

Abstract: Described are a method and a system for detecting an atmospheric feature. A value of a meteorological scalar field at an initial time is determined for a set of tracers. Each tracer is initialized at a first tracer location. An integration time is selected according to a coherence time of a type of the feature to be detected. Alternatively, or in combination with the selected integration time, a spatial resolution of the wind field is selected according to a spatial scale of the type of feature to be detected. Each tracer is advected to a second tracer location at an earlier time according to the integration time and the wind field. A value of the meteorological scalar field at the earlier time and second tracer location is determined for each tracer and summed with the value at the first location to generate an integrated value of the meteorological scalar field.

Abstract: Described are a method and a system for generating a short-term forecast of echo tops as defined by weather radar measurements. The method includes receiving echo tops images for different times. An echo tops growth rate and an echo tops maximum value are determined for pixels in one of the images and used to generate echo tops prediction values for an echo tops prediction image. For pixels in regions of the image determined to be subject to convective initiation but where convective weather does not exist, an echo tops initiation height and the echo tops maximum value are determined and used with a predicted precipitation value to generate an echo tops prediction value for each pixel.