afi met bulletins exchange (ambex) handbook - ICAO
afi met bulletins exchange (ambex) handbook - ICAO
afi met bulletins exchange (ambex) handbook - ICAO
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Appendix A Future Work Programme<br />
Task Source<br />
Establish and maintain detailed lists, State by State of the specific<br />
deficiencies of facilities for the provision of atmospheric<br />
measurements pertaining to surface wind, pressure, visibility/runway<br />
visual range, cloud base, temperature and dew point temperature<br />
considered critical for flight safety.<br />
2 Monitor the <strong>exchange</strong> of OPMET information through the AMBEX<br />
scheme in the AFI Region and between the AFI and ASIA/PACIFIC<br />
and EUR Regions<br />
3 Plan for the introduction of efficient inter-regional OPMET <strong>exchange</strong>s<br />
in coordination with the CNS Sub-group as required<br />
4<br />
5<br />
6<br />
Monitor the degree of implementation of very small aperture terminals<br />
(VSATs) for the reception of WAFS products<br />
Monitor the quality of WAFS high and medium level significant<br />
weather charts in the AFI Region, provide feed back to WAFC,<br />
London as appropriate<br />
Monitor the implementation of regional procedures for the issuance of<br />
volcanic ash and tropical cyclone advisories<br />
APIRG/13<br />
Con. 13/96<br />
APIRG/8<br />
Con. 8/43 c)<br />
Recent Progress<br />
Next milestone and its deadline<br />
• State by state MET deficiencies<br />
have been established and included<br />
in APIRG/17 Report<br />
• Surveys are in progress<br />
• Continuing task<br />
• Next monitoring with three events<br />
in 2011<br />
Final Result (completion)<br />
Deficiencies on MET<br />
para<strong>met</strong>ers measurements<br />
established and compiled<br />
Exchange of OPMET<br />
information through AMBEX<br />
and SADIS, improved<br />
Efficient inter-regional<br />
AFI/7 Implementation of a new AMBEX<br />
Scheme (Handbook 7 th Ed.) OPMET <strong>exchange</strong>s<br />
AFI/7 Rec. • A large number of AFI States have Information on the<br />
14/12 implemented SADIS2G VSATs implementation of SADIS<br />
with others using the SADIS FTP VSAT and FTP established<br />
Service<br />
and compiled<br />
APIRG/12 • Continuing task<br />
Improvement of the quality<br />
Con. 12/34 • Monitoring is in progress of WAFS high and low level<br />
significant weather charts in<br />
the AFI Region<br />
AFI/7 Rec. • Continuing task<br />
Regional procedures for the<br />
7/3 and 7/4 • SIGMET Tests conducted yearly: issuance of volcanic ash and<br />
Next test scheduled for Nov. 2011 tropical cyclone advisories<br />
Implemented
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