ECMWF | Reading | 12-13 February 2020
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 was is a good time to review the status of aircraft observations and consider how they are likely to evolve.
Workshop aims
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To inform data users of aircraft observation types, formats and their characteristics and quality
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To inform the data providers of detailed user requirements
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For users to share their experience of aircraft data use
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To provide recommendations for any changes to procedures in the provision or use of aircraft data.
Presentations and recordings
Wednesday 12 February 2020
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Introduction to global aircraft-based observations (ABO) |
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EMADDC & plans |
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E-AMDAR Data monitoring |
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ECMWF Assimilation & Data Monitoring |
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Temperature bias |
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Global ABO data monitoring (remote presentation) |
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ADS-C/AIREPs Regulated Met Data Provision (remote presentation) |
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US NWP Assimilation & Data Monitoring |
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Using ABO to improve forecasts |
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Mode-S assimilation |
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Thursday 13 February 2020
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Use of WVSS & TAMDAR data |
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Experience of using humidity in LAM |
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Monitoring and use of WVSS data for NWP |
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Turbulence reporting (EDR, DEVG), incl. Turbulence Aware |
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Long term trends in upper-level windshear and turbulence |
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The use of EDR to build and verify a global turbulence diagnostic |
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Revolutionizing turbulence mitigation |
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How will ABO change over the next 10 years? |
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Summary of UAV Workshop UAVs |
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User requirements for aircraft-based observations over the next 10 years |
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IAGOS |
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Posters
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Using big data to improve aircraft metadata (and NWP) |
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Use of Aircraft Weather Observations in the MetCoOp HARMONIE-AROME Forecasting system |
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Diagnosing turbulence from NWP derived fields and ACAR Observations |
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