Opportunities and Risks National Responses Austria Aeronautical MET Services -Part of an ATC Provider

Opportunities and Risks National Responses Austria Aeronautical MET Services -Part of an ATC Provider

AUSTRO CONTROL is the former Federal Office of Civil Aviation. is a company with limited liability. is self financing, with revenues generated by fees charged to the users. has approximately 1.000 employees. 2 SICHERHEIT LIEGT IN DER LUFT

Organization ATM und MET Organized in the same branch 3

Department MET 62 employees for 6 international airports SES certified Designated MET Service Provider for Austria Continuous Weather Monitoring FIR Vienna and surrounding Continuous weather observations according to ICAO at six international aerodromes Continuous weather forecast and warning according to ICAO Briefing and Consultation Special products for ATM 4

National Met Service Austria ZAMG 325 employees in 5 locations in Austria Provides official warnings for extreme weather situations Runs a station network of 250 automatic weather stations Develops regional models in a consortium of 8 regional partners Develops a nowcasting model used in 9 countries Commercial activities provide 40% of total budget ZAMG Director as PR for WMO, focal point for ISDR, Austrian delegate to EUMETSAT, ECMWF, ECOMET....

Sharing Core Services and Infrastructure ZAMG operates the basic synoptic network with mostly automated stations, one radiosonde, NWP activities Strong competence in environmental, societal and public weather service domains Austrocontrol provides observations at airports and selected points along routes Operates weather radar network and 3 radiosondes (contract with military Met service) Joint use of external lightning detection system

Cooperation Agreements Contract between ministries of science and transport. Regular coordination at least 4 times/year Cooperation extends to dedicated sub groups (technical/infrastructure, nowcast methodologies, Vizualisation and NWP) Special projects Use of common visualization software package Visual weather by external provider VAMES : Joint use and coordination of automated observing stations including aviation-relevant paramters such as visibility and cloudiness sensors

Aeronautical meteorology ACG is designated Aviation Met Service Provider in Austria, holding national and EU /SES certification All ICAO Annex 3 regulated services provided under SES performance scrutiny Close cooperation with Air Traffic Management in-house strengthens overall ACG performance

Challenges in aeronautical meteorology

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Risks and Challenges Increasing pressure to centralize and harmonize services for en-route traffic Need to add significant value for users over complex terrain and high density airspace Legacy, Annex -3 regulated services mostly in text form being slowly superseded by user-specific digitized information Need to develop scientific tools and concepts for a harsher environment in a changing climate

Opportunities Emerging awareness of users that Met costs must be seen in the context of overall operating costs ( where MET can help realize significant savings) Close relationship to ATM helps to deliver an excellent package to end users Improved cooperation with neighboring service providers, R&D organizations reduces cost and improves service along busy routes

Cooperation in aeronautical meteorology Excellent cooperation with ZAMG in area of volcanic ash detection and transport based on ZAMG long-standing competence in predicting transport of atmospheric aerosols and pollutants ZAMG leading experts cooperate with WMO/IUGG Volcanic Ash Scientific Advisory Group

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