METG/26 Outcomes. Christopher Keohan Regional Officer, Air Navigation Systems Implementation (Meteorology) EANPG/58, Paris/28 Nov 1 Dec 2016

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1 METG/26 Outcomes Christopher Keohan Regional Officer, Air Navigation Systems Implementation (Meteorology) EANPG/58, Paris/28 Nov 1 Dec 2016

2 METG/26 20 to 23 September 2016, Paris 100 experts 39 States in EUR/NAT Regions, and U.S. 5 international organisations (EASA, EUROCONTROL, IATA, WMO and ICAO) New participation» Algeria» Israel» Tunisia

3 English language proficiency COG Decision 63/03 METG ad-hoc group» Germany (rapp.), Croatia, France, Georgia, UK, WMO and ICAO Coordinated with COG LPRI TF Develop guidance» ELPR-MET of CEFR-B1; training procedures from METG members; work done previously

4 English language proficiency Concerns CEFR-B1 Several years to implement for some States Not all aeronautical meteorological personnel would need to have this ELP level Draft guidance adapted Guidance material is an intended goal State has jurisdiction over selecting appropriate aeronautical MET personnel and associated ELP as an additional requirement to perform duties

5 English language proficiency EANPG Conclusion 58/14 Publication of English Language Proficiency for Aeronautical MET Personnel Guidance Material (EUR Doc 038) That the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic, on behalf of the EANPG, undertake the necessary action to publish the English Language Proficiency for Aeronautical MET Personnel Guidance Material as provided at Appendix O to this report as EUR Document 038. Note: Appropriate MET personnel includes those providing oral aeronautical meteorological briefings and/or consultations to flight crew members and/or ATC personnel in the context of Collaborative Decision Making as well as those coordinating between aeronautical meteorological offices in different States.

6 EU Regulation Status on EU Regulation 2016/1377, Annex V Part MET In line with Am 77 to Annex 3 (applicable 10 Nov 2016) Would be repealed due to translation issues Revote expected by end of year New EU Regulation number expected after revote Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) guidance material would be posted on the EASA website shortly afterwards with one book Part MET and associated AMC

7 WAFS and SADIS Developments Updated guidance and training Use and visualization of new gridded WAFS forecasts for» Cumulonimbus» Icing» Turbulence

8 WAFS and SADIS Developments Additional flight levels of WAFS Upper Air Forecasts 9 November 2016 forecast issued based on 1200 UTC analysis data» FL080» FL210» FL480

9 SADIS 2G cessation SADIS 2G satellite broadcast ceased on 31 July 2016 No EUR/NAT SADIS users contacted the SADIS Provider to indicate that they had been unaware of cessation Extensive notification process Support of SADIS Workstation suppliers

10 VAACs London and Toulouse Developments Development of prototype product Column Mass Loading To be tested on Oct 12, 2016 in VOLCEX16 Installation of lidar networks 9 permanent, 1 mobile (UK); 5 permanent, 1 mobile (FR) Mini volcanic ash exercises (VO, VAAC, MWO, ANSPs) VOLCITA (VAAC Toulouse and Italy) VOLCAZO (VAAC Toulouse and Portugal) VOLCICE (VAAC London and Iceland)

11 VOLKAM VOLKAM UTC 21 Apr UTC 22 Apr 2016 Simulated eruption of Karpinsky (N Kurile Islands) two ash plumes» One plume to FL400 moving SE impacting NOPAC, trans-east routes as well as PACOTS» Another plume to FL200 moving NE to test VAAC Tokyo to VAAC Anchorage handover at 60N

12 VOLKAM16 Exercise Letter of Agreement

13 VOLKAM VOLKAM16 outcomes Coordination on contingency routing PK-Fukuoka Transferring scores of flights Anchorage-Oakland Adjusting track 1 of PACOTS Fukuoka-Oakland MATMC-Moscow coordination with E FIRs (Khabarovsk, Magadan, PK) on accepting reroutes into Russian airspace Tactical reroutes between 6 airlines and 7 ACCs Majority would not require stop for fuel VAAC handover from Tokyo to Anchorage 60N Transmission of special air-reports (1 by voice) Successful telecons

14 VOLKAM VOLKAM16 debrief recommendations Eight recommendations those relating to routing around ash include:» Standardize reroute requests E.g. FPL format» Include coordination procedures in exercise Letter of Agreement on contingency routing» Include procedures to publish ad-hoc traffic management initiatives ANSPs provide options to fly N or S of ash Saves operators and ATS time

15 VOLKAM VOLKAM17 planning Koshelev (S tip of Kamchatka) 2200 UTC 20 Apr 2017 to 0130 UTC 21 Apr 2017 VA CLD to FL450 moving SE to impact trans-east, NOPAC routes and PACOTS» Test VAAC Tokyo to Anchorage to Washington handover» Test LoA of Magadan (possibly PK) and Fukuoka ACCs» Include aeronautical information (e.g. FIR boundaries) to dispersion model on KVERT website

16 VOLCEX VOLCEX16 Bardarbunga (Iceland) Oct 2016; UTC VA CLD moving E/SE to impact» DAY 1 FIRs Reykjavik, Shanwick Oceanic, Shannon, Scottish, Norway and Sweden» DAY 2 Same as Day 1 plus London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Maastricht, Finland After 1600 UTC (for planning) forecasts of ash up to 0600 UTC on 13 Oct 2016 to include 33 more FIRs for possible participation

17 VOLCEX VOLCEX16 Bardarbunga (Iceland) Test recently merged EUR/NAT VACP Test current supplementary information (Day 1) and prototype column mass loading charts (Day 2) Test coordination between various stakeholders via EACCC and AOCCC Test ATM responsiveness to need for AO operational flexibility Test dissemination of special air-reports on volcanic ash, upload and display on the NM NOP Portal/EVITA Tool Test effectiveness of EVITA with supplementary information

18 VOLCEX VOLCEX16 debrief recommendations»modify EVITA (European Crisis Visualisation Interactive Tool for ATFCM)»Supplementary product improvements Column Mass Loading (CML) products not approved VAACs London and Toulouse to provided suggested changes to the supplementary products including review of the fixed vertical levels Circulate to VOLCEX/SG for feedback Agreed proposal to be provided to EANPG COG and NAT IMG EANPG COG and NAT IMG consider change management process, if applicable Revised proposal to be tested in the next VOLCEX

19 VOLCEX VOLCEX16 debrief recommendations» Continue practicing ATM response considering Greater concentration of traffic at low and mid-levels Non-standard re-route options and opportunities provided by ANSPs (promoted by airspace users) promulgated in an efficient manner (e.g. via NM NOP)» Special air-reports on volcanic ash Plot messages on NM NOP and allow for reporting SO2 Compare receipt of messages on NM NOP and VAACs

20 VOLCEX VOLCEX16 debrief recommendations» NOTAM States should comply to Annex 15 and the merged EUR/NAT VACP» Other Consider inclusion of NAT tracks in Directive Practice cross-border coordination on SIGMET Consider participation of industry supporting AOs

21 VOLCEX VOLCEX17 planning Terceira (Azores, Portugal) UTC 29, 30 November 2017 Eruption will start a day earlier to allow time to reach the States on the Mediterranean Sea; westerly wind desired to impact E Med by end of Day 2 In addition to previous Exercise objectives, VOLCEX17 will include» Test transmission/dissemination of special air-reports on volcanic ash, their upload and display on the NM NOP Portal/EVITA Tool and verify number of reports received at NM and VAACs» Test cross-border SIGMET coordination

22 EUR SIGMET and AIRMET Guide (EUR Doc 014) Proposed updates Include SIGMET examples for tropical cyclone Applicable in States serving Oceanic FIRs such as Portugal, Russian Federation, Spain and the UK

23 EUR SIGMET and AIRMET Guide (EUR Doc 014) Proposed updates Include guidance on cross-fir coordination Many States coordinate (blue arrows)» proposal provides harmonization on how to coordinate/rules to apply» assists in future coordination (gold arrows)

24 EUR SIGMET and AIRMET Guide (EUR Doc 014) Proposed updates Clarify use of»»»» Speed of movement (use two digits for speed 09 or less) Use of SEV TURB instead of CAT Use of ENTIRE FIR for all SIGMET types Include guidance on vertical extent of phenomenon using altitudes (M, FT) in combination with FL depending on transition altitude» Express mid-night as dd0000

25 EUR SIGMET and AIRMET Guide (EUR Doc 014) Proposed updates Include best practices for use of»»»»»» obscured (OBSC) embedded (EMBD) frequent (FRQ) Squall line (SQL) Change in intensity Special air-report dissemination

26 EUR SIGMET and AIRMET Guide (EUR Doc 014) EANPG Conclusion 58/15 EUR SIGMET and AIRMET Guide (EUR Doc 014) That the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic, on behalf of the EANPG, undertake the necessary action to publish the revised EUR SIGMET and AIRMET Guide (EUR Doc 014) to include the proposals as provided at Appendix P to this report that includes:»»»» Guidance material for cross-fir SIGMET coordination procedures between MET ANSPs; Changes related to the alignment with Amendment 77 to Annex 3; best practices on use of OBSC, EMBD, FRQ, SQL, change in intensity and when to issue special air-report; and Guidance to those EUR States with responsibility for issuance of SIGMET for FIRs that may be affected by tropical cyclone.

27 SIGMET coordination for PT/EAST States Pilot project on coordination Some Russian Federation FIRs and Belarus» Successful in developing methods to eliminate inconsistencies at FIR boundary» Single web platform created for information exchange and MWO interaction Expand project and request workshop More MWOs in Russian Federation Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

28 SIGMET Coordination for PT/EAST States EANPG Conclusion 58/16 coordination for PT/EAST States Workshop on SIGMET That the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic, on behalf of the EANPG, undertake the necessary action to coordinate with the Russian Federation on organizing and conducting a Workshop on SIGMET coordination for PT/EAST States in 2017, preferably back-to-back with PT/EAST/17.

29 Special air-reports EUR Data Management Group» Conducted special air-report tests in Feb and Sep 2016 In order to identify routing deficiencies Regional OPMET Centres working with States on issues identified

30 IWXXM Implementation Plans EUR ROCs IWXXM exchange» ROC Toulouse & ROC Vienna 21 Nov 2016» ROC London Nov 2018 EUR RODBs data requests/answers in IWXXM» RODB Toulouse & RODB Vienna 21 Nov 2016» RODB Brussels mid 2017 Translation from TAC to IWXXM» ROC Toulouse & ROC Vienna 21Nov2016 (for METAR and SPECI and TAF)» ROC London Nov 2018

31 Guidelines for the Implementation of OPMET data exchange using IWXXM in the EUR Region (EUR Doc 033) Proposed revision align with global template maintained by WG-MIE» Document name change to the above» Update the way requests for IWXXM data are made to RODBs» Update file naming to include 4 digits that express the year» Clarity on use of extensions (additional parameters not yet defined in Annex 3)» Clarity on validation using principles agreed by WG/MIE» General restructuring of document

32 Guidelines for the Implementation of OPMET data exchange using IWXXM in the EUR Region (EUR Doc 033) EANPG Conclusion 58/17 Guidelines for the Implementation of OPMET Data Exchange using IWXXM in the EUR Region (EUR Doc 033) That the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic, on behalf of the EANPG, undertake the necessary action to publish the Guidelines for the Implementation of OPMET data exchange using IWXXM in the EUR Region (EUR Doc 033) as provided at Appendix Q to this report.

33 EUR OPMET Data Management Handbook (EUR Doc 018) Proposed revisions in main document» Updating composition of DMG» Updating references to ICAO Annex 3 Amendments for IWXXM data exchange (MET Panel/2 Recomm. 5/8)» Referencing ICAO EUR Docs 020, 033 and ICAO Doc 10003» Replacing FASID MET Table 2A with eanp Table MET II-2» Providing clarity on RODB procedures» Including bulletin header for SIGMET on tropical cyclone in IWXXM» Including IWXXM message correction procedures

34 EUR OPMET Data Management Handbook (EUR Doc 018) Proposed revisions in Appendices» ROC FTP sites for documentation removed & addition of IWXXM request/reply for RODBs including the new bulleting headers for IWXXM bulletins (App A & C)» IWXXM data added & AIRAC dates included for 2016 to 2019 (App B)» Inclusion of Regional OPMET Data Exchange (RODEX) area of responsibility and AFTN addressing (App E)» FTP sites removed & reference to EUR eanp Table MET II-2 included & thresholds used for timeliness of OPMET data updated (App F)

35 EUR OPMET Data Management Handbook (EUR Doc 018) EANPG Conclusion 58/18 EUR OPMET Data Management Handbook (EUR Doc 018) That the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic, on behalf of the EANPG, undertake the necessary action to publish the revised EUR OPMET Data Management Handbook (EUR Doc 018) as provided at Appendix R to this report.

36 IWXXM workshops past and future Workshop on Implementing the ICAO Meteorological Information Exchange Model (IWXXM) for the exchange of OPMET data (EANPG C57/23 refers)» 31 May to 2 June 2016, Paris» 11 of 14 OPMET exchange hubs from AFI, EUR, MID, APAC attended» Implementation issues discussed and harmonization of method of notification on exchanging in IWXXM as well as implementation survey» High level implementation plans and potential testing between centres developed IWXXM workshop for States (EANPG C57/23 note refers)» 17 to 18 May 2017, Paris» Experts from these hubs will lead workshop for States» To develop implementation plan for States in light of high level IWXXM implementation plan of OPMET exchange hubs Inter-regional APAC/EUR/MID Seminar on service improvement through integration of AIM, MET and ATM information» 2 to 5 October 2017, EUROCONTROL - Brussels» Includes AIXM, FIXM and IWXXM

37 Translating SIGMET TAC to IWXXM Issues identified» Translating of ENTIRE FIR & translating relative position indicators Annex 3 allows various expressions to describe a shape Annex 3 could be updated to express SIGMET only as a polygon and allow for more than 7 points to assist the transition to IWXXM noting complicated FIR shapes would need more than 7 points to express» Ambiguity for cancelling SIGMET in IWXXM since SIGMET type (e.g. WS) is not in IWXXM data model A common practice on SIGMET numbering based on phenomenon would assist» Use of FIR, FIR/UIR, CTA in SIGMET not aligned with IWXXM data model Annex 3 needs to be updated to allow SIGMET for FIR separately from UIR

38 Translating SIGMET TAC to IWXXM EANPG Conclusion 58/19 Translating SIGMET TAC to IWXXM That the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic, on behalf of the EANPG, request the appropriate global ICAO working group to consider resolving the following issues identified related to translating SIGMET from TAC to IWXXM:»»» Ambiguity when cancelling SIGMET; Various interpretations of the position of phenomena in SIGMET when polygons are not used; and The use of FIR/UIR in Annex 3 is incompatible with IWXXM.

39 MET Deficiencies OPMET data required Finland missing identification of the type of report METAR for» EFHF, EFMA, EFTV Status - COG/65 agreed to remove this deficiency implementation verified by ICAO and ROC London in that METAR was received on SADIS with indication type, METAR

40 MET Deficiencies OPMET data required Monaco METAR not available internationally» LNMC» Note that this could only be served as a alternate for helicopter operations Status no change

41 MET Deficiencies OPMET data required Tajikistan 24-hour TAF required» UTDD only provides 12-hour TAF Status - no change Turkmenistan 24-hour TAF required» UTAA only provided 12-hour TAF Status ICAO and ROC London confirmed that 24-hour TAF was produced and disseminated on 29 June 2016 deficiency removed (COG Conclusion 66/01 refers) operators need info for flight planning as alternates for flights from EUR to ASIA or ASIA to EUR

42 MET Deficiencies WAFS forecasts needed for briefing and flight documentation» Belarus Status no change» Kyrgyzstan Status no change» Norway Status SADIS FTP Service operational as of 0100 UTC 19 Aug 16 deficiency removed (COG Conclusion 66/01 refers)

43 MET Deficiencies WAFS forecasts needed for briefing and flight documentation» Tajikistan Status no change» Turkmenistan Status no change» Uzbekistan Status propose to add to list of EUR Air Navigation deficiencies since implementation documentation shows Uzbekistan did not migrate from SADIS 2G to SADIS FTP

44 MET Deficiencies EANPG Conclusion 58/29 Update to Air Navigation Deficiencies in the EUR Region for MET That the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic, on behalf of the EANPG, update the list of Air Navigation Deficiencies in the EUR Region for MET as provided at Appendix W to this report which adds the deficiency EUR-MET01-14 for Uzbekistan.

45 METG ToRs Proposed updates include» Synchronize METG tasks associated with MET Panel and its associated working groups» Include terms of reference of DMG and PT/EAST These groups are expected to last several years or more in order to assist in the implementation of IWXXM as well as implementation of Regional/Global Centres when selected

46 METG ToRs EANPG Conclusion 58/20 update to the METG Terms of Reference in EANPG Handbook (EUR Doc 001) That the ICAO Regional Director, Europe and North Atlantic, on behalf of the EANPG, undertake the necessary action to update the EANPG Handbook (EUR Doc 001) to reflect the updated Terms of Reference of the Meteorology Group as provided at Appendix S to this report.

47 METG Elections Chair Ms. Dorothea Banse Head of the Systems and Operations Division, Aeronautical Meteorology Department, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenback am Main, Germany Vice-Chair Ms. Larisa Nikitina Chief of the Forecasts Verification Group, ATM Met Department, Aviamettelecom of Roshydromet, Russian Federation Confirmed at EANPG/58

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