Instrument : Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS)

Note: acars is currently inactive and/or retired.

Active Dates
1998.09.22 - 2008.05.31

Instrument Categories
Atmospheric Profiling

General Overview

The Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS) is managed by Aeronautical Radio, Inc., (ARINC) and is used by airlines to transmit a variety of proprietary air-to-ground communications. NOAA's Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL) uses the term ACARS to designate automated weather reports from commercial aircraft. These data are routed by several cooperating airlines to FSL, who decode and quality control the data. Data for this instrument are no longer being collected by ARM; however, current data are available at the MADIS archive.

Output Datastreams

  • acars : ARINC ACARS: wind and temperature data from commercial aircraft (ARINC Communications, Addressing, and Reporting System)

Primary Measurements

The following measurements are those considered scientifically relevant.

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