Workshop: Aircraft weather observations and their use

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Workshop description

Reports from commercial aircraft provide an important and growing input to weather forecasting and other uses.  The main variables used are wind and temperature with some aircraft also providing humidity and turbulence information.  Recent developments include the use of air traffic control Mode-S reports to provide very high density data (particularly winds) over parts of Europe and WICAP (World Meteorological Organisation and International Air Transport Association Collaboration on AMDAR Programme) a collaboration between Aviation and Meteorological communities.

Thus this is a good time to review the status of aircraft observations and consider how they are likely to evolve.  

Workshop aims

  • To inform data users of aircraft observation types, formats and their characteristics and quality
  • To inform the data providers of detailed user requirements
  • For users to share their experience of aircraft data use
  • To provide recommendations for any changes to procedures in the provision or use of aircraft data.

 

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  • Wednesday, 12 February
    • 09:00 → 10:50
      Session 1: Introduction
      Convener: Lars Isaksen (ECMWF)
      • 09:00
        Welcome 5m
        Speaker: Andy Brown (ECMWF)
      • 09:05
        Round table introduction 15m
      • 09:20
        Introduction to global aircraft-based observations (ABO) 20m
        Speaker: Steve Stringer (EUMETNET)
        ABO-WS-Stringer.pdf
      • 09:40
        EMADDC & plans 20m
        Speaker: Jan Sondij (KNMI)
        ABO-WS-Sondij.pdf
      • 10:00
        Discussion 30m
      • 10:30
        Poster introductions 5m
      • 10:35
        Coffee break 15m
    • 10:50 → 14:00
      Session 2: Temperature
      Convener: Elina Riskila (FMI)
      • 10:50
        E-AMDAR Data monitoring 20m
        Speaker: Jitze van der Meulen (KNMI)
        ABO-WS-van-der-Meulen.pdf
      • 11:10
        ECMWF Assimilation & Data Monitoring 20m
        Speaker: Bruce Ingleby (ECMWF)
        ABO-WS-Ingleby.pdf
      • 11:30
        Forecaster use of ABO 20m
        Speaker: Björn Einarsson (IMO)
      • 11:50
        Temperature bias 20m
        Speaker: Clemens Drüe (University of Trier)
        ABO-WS-Drüe.pdf
      • 12:10
        Discussion 50m
      • 13:00
        Lunch break 1h
      • 13:00
        Optional Computer Hall Tour 30m
      • 13:30
        Optional Computer Hall Tour 30m
    • 14:00 → 18:00
      Session 3: Wind
      Convener: Fraser Cunningham (Met Office)
      • 14:00
        Global ABO data monitoring (remote presentation) 20m
        Speaker: Yulia Zaitseva (Environment Canada)
        ABO-WS-Zaitseva.pdf
      • 14:20
        ADS-C/AIREPs Regulated Met Data Provision (remote presentation) 20m
        Speaker: Alan Williard (Collins Aerospace)
        ABO-WS-Williard.pdf
      • 14:40
        Discussion 20m
      • 15:00
        US NWP Assimilation & Data Monitoring 20m
        Speaker: Chris Hill (NCEP)
        ABO-WS-Hill.pdf
      • 15:20
        Coffee break 30m
      • 15:50
        Using ABO to improve forecasts 20m
        Speaker: James Shapland (Met Office)
        ABO-WS-Shapland.pdf
      • 16:10
        Mode-S assimilation 20m
        Speaker: Li Zhihong (Met Office)
        ABO-WS-Li.pdf
      • 16:30
        Discussion 1h
  • Thursday, 13 February
    • 09:00 → 11:00
      Session 4: Humidity
      Convener: Jacqueline Sugier (Met Office)
      • 09:00
        Use of WVSS & TAMDAR data 20m
        Speaker: Curtis Marshall (NOAA)
        ABO-WS-Marshall.pdf
      • 09:20
        Experience of using humidity in LAM 20m
        Speaker: Balazs Szintai (OMSZ)
        ABO-WS-Szintai.pdf
      • 09:40
        Monitoring and use of WVSS data for NWP 20m
        Speaker: Alexander Cress (DWD)
        ABO-WS-Cress.pdf
      • 10:00
        Discussion 45m
      • 10:45
        Coffee break 15m
    • 11:00 → 14:00
      Session 5: Turbulence
      Convener: Bruno Piguet (Météo-France)
      • 11:00
        Turbulence reporting (EDR, DEVG), incl. Turbulence Aware 20m
        Speaker: Stewart Taylor (EUMETNET)
        ABO-WS-Taylor.pdf
      • 11:40
        The use of EDR to build and verify a global turbulence diagnostic 20m
        Speaker: Oliver Jaron (Météo-France)
        ABO-WS-Jaron.pdf
      • 12:00
        Revolutionizing turbulence mitigation 20m
        Speaker: Stuart Fox (IATA)
        ABO-WS-Fox.pdf
      • 12:20
        Discussion 40m
      • 13:00
        Lunch break 1h
    • 14:00 → 16:30
      Session 6: Future
      Convener: Bruce Ingleby (ECMWF)
      • 14:00
        How will ABO change over the next 10 years? 20m
        Speaker: Dean Lockett (WMO)
        ABO-WS-Lockett.pdf
      • 14:20
        Summary of UAV Workshop UAVs 20m
        Speaker: Stewart Taylor (EUMETNET)
        ABO-WS-Taylor-UAV.pdf
      • 14:40
        User requirements for aircraft-based observations over the next 10 years 20m
        Speaker: Patricia Pauley (NRL)
        ABO-WS-Pauley.pdf
      • 15:00
        IAGOS 20m
        Speaker: Mr Bruno Piguet (Météo-France)
        ABO-WS-Piguet.pdf
      • 15:20
        Discussion 40m
      • 16:00
        Coffee break 30m
    • 16:30 → 17:30
      Session 7: Outcomes
      Convener: Steve Stringer (EUMETNET)
      • 16:30
        Summary of recommendations, outcomes and actions 1h
    • 17:30 → 18:00
      Posters
      ABO-WS-Ingleby-Poster.pdf
      ABO-WS-Lindskog-Poster.pdf
      ABO-WS-Simarro-Grande-Poster.pdf