CAeM-MG/2015/Doc. 4.1.4, ANNEX 2
ET-ISA WORKPLAN
TEAM
Commission
WMO Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology (CAeM)
Expert Team on
Expert Team on Information and Services for Aviation (ET-ISA)
Start Date / End
Date
30 September 2014
Stakeholders
ATM community, NMHS Aviation Weather Services, VAACs, Space Weather community
Team
Name
Organization / Country
E-mail
Chair / Co-chairs
Stephanie Desbios
Jun Ryuzaki
Meteo-France, France
Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan
stephanie.desbios@meteo.fr
jryuzaki@met.kishou.go.jp
jryuzaki18@gmail.com
Core Members
Cecilia Miner
Bart Nicolaï
P.W. Chan
cecilia.miner@noaa.gov
bart.nicolai@belgocontrol.be
pwchan@hko.gov.hk
Michael Berechree
NOAA/NWS, USA
Belgocontrol, Belgium
Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong,
China
South African Weather Service,
South Africa
Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
Xiao Xin Zhang
Gabriel Arturo Lomas
Juliya Naryshkina
Jaakko Nuottokari
Kent Johnson
CMA, China
Aviacion Civil, Ecuador
Roshydromet, Russian Federation
FMI, Finland
Environment Canada, Canada
Albert Moloto
ET/ISA other
ET/ISA invited
experts from user
2018
Albert.moloto@weathersa.co.za
m.berechree@bom.gov.au
IATA, IFALPA, IFALDA, IFATCA,
CANSO, ACI & ASA
DESCRIPTION
Objectives
To develop proposals for enhanced Meteorological Information and Services for Aviation (ISA) which will
meet future requirements from the ICAO’s GANP/ASBU framework, including digital exchange of
meteorological information via SWIM environment. The proposals for ISA should be developed in
response to user needs identified in coordination with the relevant ICAO expert group(s) and grounded
on high-level scientific basis. The proposal(s) may be put forward to the relevant ICAO expert group(s),
when necessary, during the inter-session period and finally shall be reported to the WMO CAeM 16th
session in 2018.
Background
With increasing air traffic in several regions leading to severe issues of aerodrome and route capacity
limits, different regions are developing different tailored meteorological products to support Air Traffic
Management (ATM) to fill the perceived gap between the legacy products required by Annex 3 and ATM
requirements on MET. To avoid further costly parallel development of similar products, with a high risk of
confusion between similar products using different ways of presentation to users, the WMO Commission
for Aeronautical Meteorology (CAeM) has undertaken an initiative to develop, harmonize, and promote
new meteorological services for the wider terminal area1 intended mainly for ATM/ATC and operations
1
The terminal area is defined as that portion of the airspace within the proximity of a controlled aerodrome within
which arriving and departing aircraft are managed to provide separation, assurance, appropriate arrival spacing, appropriate
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staff. In the context of the two major regional programs SESAR and NextGen and the emerging project in
other regions (e.g. CARATS in Japan) and taking into account that ICAO has recently embarked in the
development of requirements for MET support to ATM and information exchange through its MARIE -PT,
the scope of the CAeM initiative has been expanded to be performed to all MET Services to ATM and to
also include MET Information Exchange related activities. In this way, the CAeM expert team for Met
Services To ATM & Met Information Exchange (ET/M&M) has been supporting the work of the MARIE-PT
in coordination with the ICAO ATMRPP for the development of the Meteorological Information Integration
for Trajectory-Based Operations (TBO) Concept and Roadmap, by providing a detailed description of the
current, emerging and foreseen MET capabilities in terms of services in support to ATM, with a focus on
the
terminal
area.
In July 2014 in Montreal, the ICAO MET Divisional Meeting agreed on the development of the MET
components of the Aviation System Block Upgrades (ASBU) methodology for the Global Air Navigation
Plan (GANP). The Meeting also endorsed the recommendation for the inclusion of ATM-tailored
meteorological services for the terminal area in Block 1 and subsequent blocks of the ASBU
methodology, and their integration into the future system-wide information management (SWIM)
environment. The future development of the MET Information Integration for TBO Concept & Roadmap,
as well as of the other concept of operations and roadmaps for the future WAFS, for the International
Airways Volcano Watch (IAVW) or space weather services has also been adopted by the Meeting. The
service-related components of these roadmaps and concepts of operations need to be addressed by the
ET-ISA, in collaboration with ICAO and in cooperation with relevant subsidiary bodies of WMO, such as
the CBS and the CAS.
In July 2014 in Montreal, the ICAO MET Divisional Meeting agreed on the development of the MET
components of the Aviation System Block Upgrades (ASBU) methodology for the Global Air Navigation
Plan (GANP). The Meeting also endorsed the recommendation for the inclusion of ATM-tailored
meteorological services for the terminal area in Block 1 and subsequent blocks of the ASBU
methodology, and their integration into the future system-wide information management (SWIM)
environment. The future development of the MET Information Integration for TBO Concept & Roadmap,
as well as of the other concept of operations and roadmaps for the future WAFS, for the International
Airways Volcano Watch (IAVW) or space weather services has also been adopted by the Meeting. The
service-related components of these roadmaps and concepts of operations need to be addressed by the
ET-ISA, in collaboration with ICAO and in cooperation with relevant subsidiary bodies of WMO, such as
the CBS and the CAS.
Terms of
Reference
(a) To work closely with ICAO and other partners in developing relevant background material,
methodologies and implementation guidance on the meteorological components of the Aviation System
Block Upgrades, based on identified user requirements;
(b) To develop relevant performance metrics and verification methodologies;
(c) To contribute to the development of aeronautical meteorological services that underpin collaborative
decision-making and common situational awareness, in close collaboration with ICAO;
(d) To address the service-related components of the road maps and concepts of operations, including
the development of meteorological information services, in collaboration with ICAO;
(e) To cooperate with relevant subsidiary bodies of WMO and ICAO on exchange models for
aeronautical meteorological data and information;
(f) To report regularly on progress to the president of the Commission;
departure spacing and final approach sequencing.
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DESCRIPTION
Objectives
To develop proposals for enhanced Meteorological Information and Services for Aviation (ISA) which will
meet future requirements from the ICAO’s GANP/ASBU framework, including digital exchange of
meteorological information via SWIM environment. The proposals for ISA should be developed in
response to user needs identified in coordination with the relevant ICAO expert group(s) and grounded
on high-level scientific basis. The proposal(s) may be put forward to the relevant ICAO expert group(s),
when necessary, during the inter-session period and finally shall be reported to the WMO CAeM 16th
session in 2018.
Background
With increasing air traffic in several regions leading to severe issues of aerodrome and route capacity
limits, different regions are developing different tailored meteorological products to support Air Traffic
Management (ATM) to fill the perceived gap between the legacy products required by Annex 3 and ATM
requirements on MET. To avoid further costly parallel development of similar products, with a high risk of
confusion between similar products using different ways of presentation to users, the WMO Commission
for Aeronautical Meteorology (CAeM) has undertaken an initiative to develop, harmonize, and promote
new meteorological services for the wider terminal area1 intended mainly for ATM/ATC and operations
staff. In the context of the two major regional programs SESAR and NextGen and the emerging project in
other regions (e.g. CARATS in Japan) and taking into account that ICAO has recently embarked in the
development of requirements for MET support to ATM and information exchange through its MARIE -PT,
the scope of the CAeM initiative has been expanded to be performed to all MET Services to ATM and to
also include MET Information Exchange related activities. In this way, the CAeM expert team for Met
Services To ATM & Met Information Exchange (ET/M&M) has been supporting the work of the MARIE-PT
in coordination with the ICAO ATMRPP for the development of the Meteorological Information Integration
for Trajectory-Based Operations (TBO) Concept and Roadmap, by providing a detailed description of the
current, emerging and foreseen MET capabilities in terms of services in support to ATM, with a focus on
the
terminal
area.
In July 2014 in Montreal, the ICAO MET Divisional Meeting agreed on the development of the MET
components of the Aviation System Block Upgrades (ASBU) methodology for the Global Air Navigation
Plan (GANP). The Meeting also endorsed the recommendation for the inclusion of ATM-tailored
meteorological services for the terminal area in Block 1 and subsequent blocks of the ASBU
methodology, and their integration into the future system-wide information management (SWIM)
environment. The future development of the MET Information Integration for TBO Concept & Roadmap,
as well as of the other concept of operations and roadmaps for the future WAFS, for the International
Airways Volcano Watch (IAVW) or space weather services has also been adopted by the Meeting. The
service-related components of these roadmaps and concepts of operations need to be addressed by the
ET-ISA, in collaboration with ICAO and in cooperation with relevant subsidiary bodies of WMO, such as
the CBS and the CAS.
In July 2014 in Montreal, the ICAO MET Divisional Meeting agreed on the development of the MET
components of the Aviation System Block Upgrades (ASBU) methodology for the Global Air Navigation
Plan (GANP). The Meeting also endorsed the recommendation for the inclusion of ATM-tailored
meteorological services for the terminal area in Block 1 and subsequent blocks of the ASBU
methodology, and their integration into the future system-wide information management (SWIM)
environment. The future development of the MET Information Integration for TBO Concept & Roadmap,
as well as of the other concept of operations and roadmaps for the future WAFS, for the International
Airways Volcano Watch (IAVW) or space weather services has also been adopted by the Meeting. The
service-related components of these roadmaps and concepts of operations need to be addressed by the
ET-ISA, in collaboration with ICAO and in cooperation with relevant subsidiary bodies of WMO, such as
the CBS and the CAS.
1
The terminal area is defined as that portion of the airspace within the proximity of a controlled aerodrome within
which arriving and departing aircraft are managed to provide separation, assurance, appropriate arrival spacing, appropriate
departure spacing and final approach sequencing.
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Terms of
Reference
(a) To work closely with ICAO and other partners in developing relevant background material,
methodologies and implementation guidance on the meteorological components of the Aviation System
Block Upgrades, based on identified user requirements;
(b) To develop relevant performance metrics and verification methodologies;
(c) To contribute to the development of aeronautical meteorological services that underpin collaborative
decision-making and common situational awareness, in close collaboration with ICAO;
(d) To address the service-related components of the road maps and concepts of operations, including
the development of meteorological information services, in collaboration with ICAO;
(e) To cooperate with relevant subsidiary bodies of WMO and ICAO on exchange models for
aeronautical meteorological data and information;
(f) To report regularly on progress to the president of the Commission;
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COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
Description
Target Audience
Delivery Method
Frequency / Date
Responsibility
Work Plan
CAeM (MG, ET/ISA)
Document via email
3-monthly reviews from Sep 2014
ET co-chairs
General
correspondence
CAeM ET/ISA
Email
As required
ET/ISA
Team Meetings
CAeM ET/ISA
Teleconference
As required, approx. 3-monthly from ET/ISA
Sep 2014
Team Meetings
CAeM ET/ISA
Meeting
Q1 or Q2 2015
ET co-chairs &
Dimitar
Team Meetings
CAeM ET/ISA
Meeting
2017 TBC
ET co-chairs &
Dimitar
Milestone
Reports
CAeM (MG, ET/ISA)
Report via email and
meeting with
management group
Annually from Sep 2014
ET co-chairs
Correspondence
with other CAeM
ETs
ET/ASC, ET/GOV,
ET/CCP
Email, document via
email, joint meetings
As required
ET co-chairs
Aviation MET
User Community
Meetings
User community (in
Member states)
Paper, presentation
and consultation
As available (see activities 2 , 4 &
5)
ET/ISA
ICAO meetings
of the successor
of the MARIE-PT
ICAO new group
members, including
user groups
Paper, presentation
and consultation
As required (see activity 3)
ET/ISA
Communication
to the CBS on
the aviation MET
community
needs
CBS-Ext 2014
Presentation
11 Sep 2014
Stéphanie & CM
WMO CBS adhoc groups on
aviation MET
data exchange
(format)
WMO CBS
successor of the TT
on Aviation XML
Email, document via
email, consultation
As required (see activity 14)
ET/ISA
Final report
CAeM-16
Working paper and
presentation
2018
ET co-chairs
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MILESTONES / WORKPLAN
Milestone / Activity / Task
ACTIVITY 1:
ET
TOR(s)
Accountability
Deliverables
Dates
COORDINATION WITHIN ISA TEAM, WITH ET-ASC, ET-GOV AND ET-CCP AND WITH MG
Milestone 1.1: CAeM MG meetings
f
Milestone 1.2: CAeM-16 session
Task 1.1: ET/ISA coordination
Task 1.2: Consider the involvement of further experts in the ISA activity
when necessary
Task 1.3: Coordinate with the ET-ASC about the scientific basis of the
MET services for the Terminal Area, and the accompanying verification
and validation methodology
Task 1.4: Coordinate with the ET-GOV when addressing governance
issues of the service-related components of the ICAO roadmaps and
concepts of operations
Stéphanie & Jun
TBC
All
2018
Stéphanie & Jun
As required
f
Stéphanie & Jun
As required
a, b
Stéphanie & Jun
As required
d
Stéphanie & Jun
As required
a (d)
Stéphanie & Jun
As required
Bart, Dimitar
Early 2016
Jun, Michael,
29 June-3 July
2015
ET/ISA European
experts & Dimitar
Mid-October
2015
Milestone : RA-V 2-day forum
Dimitar
29-30 April
2015
Milestone : Meeting in Costa-Rica
Cecilia
6-10 July 2015
Milestone : RA-I conference in Tanzania : ACMA
Albert
2016
Task : Coordinate with the regional associations
Dimitar
Task 1.5: Coordinate with the ET-CCP
ACTIVITY 2:
Status
DETERMINE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH USER COMMUNITY
Milestone 2.1: ICAO EUR MET/ATM Task Force meeting
Milestone 2.2: ICAO APAC MET/ATM Seminar and MET/R TF 4th meeting
and feedback to ET/ISA
Milestone 2.4: RA-VI European Conference of Meteorology for Aviation
(ECMA-15)
Task 2.1: Determine opportunities to represent at domestic Aviation
Industry/User/Stakeholder meetings/workshops and report
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2014-2017
Date TBC
Date TBC
Date TBC
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ACTIVITY 3:
COORDINATION WITH RELEVANT ICAO EXPERT GROUP(S)
Milestone 3.1: First meeting of the MET Panel ; feedback to the team on
ICAO workinggroups
a, c, d
Jun, Michael
Task : Ensure that the envisaged ICAO METPanel working group in
charge of the coordination with other Panels is created and that WMO is
member of it
Dimitar
ET/ISA members
as advisors in
this group
ET/ISA members
as advisors or
members in
those WG
Task 3.1 : Assist the envisaged ICAO METPanel working group in
charge of the coordination with other Panels
Task 3.1: Assist relevant ICAO MET Panel working group(s) in
developing their deliverables
Task 3.1 : Update and consolidate the existing and foreseen Met
capabilities document (appendices A&B to the ICAO Met Info Integration
for TBO document) and provide it to the ATMRPP via D. Hart
Task 3.2: Coordinate with relevant ICAO expert groups on the
development of proposals for requirements of Met Services for the
Terminal Area
Task 3.3: Update and consolidate the existing and foreseen Met
capabilities document (appendices to the ICAO Met Info Integration for
TBO document) and provide the document to the relevant ICAO METrelated expert group (successor of the MARIE-PT)
Task 3.4: Coordinate with relevant ICAO expert groups on the servicerelated components of the roadmaps and concepts of operations (TBO,
WAFS, VA, Space Weather)
Task 3.5: Assist joint sub-group ATMRPP & ICAO MET expert group in
the development of the Manuals related to the future improved
Meteorological Services to ATM and digital data exchange under SWIM
environment
Task 3.6: Provide generic examples and some best practices examples
existing today, including user and performance requirements they are
based on, to relevant ICAO meetings
ACTIVITY 4:
20-24 April
2015
As required
As required
Stephanie
a (c)
ET/ISA
End
January
2015
d
ET/ISA
TBD
d
ET/ISA
As required,
after set up
of ICAO
groups
a, e (c, d)
ET/ISA
TBD
a, c, d
ET/ISA
TBD
Bart & Cecilia & Jun
& Michael & Albert
As available
CONSIDER OTHER REGIONAL MET/ATM PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES
Milestone 4.1:
Task 4.1: Communicate to ET/ISA on regional or national MET/ATM
programs (SESAR, NextGen, CARATS)
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to the ET on 4
May.
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Task 4.2: Communicate on documentation/events on MET/ATM topics from
other organizations such as EUROCONTROL (e.g. Network Manager
forum), EASA, …
ACTIVITY 5:
Bart
As available
ET-ISA
From the 1st
telecon
a, d (c)
ET/ISA
End
01.2015
b
ET/ISA
TBD
SCIENTIFIC POTENTIAL FOR NEW INFORMATION AND SERVICES
Milestone 5.1:
Task 5.2: Review of the current scientific potential for new services in
coordination with the ET-ASC with a focus on MET services for the
Terminal Area ; review the outcomes from the AvRDP
ACTIVITY 6:
UPDATE THE MSTA CAPABILITIES DOCUMENTATION
Milestone 6.1:
Task : Collate and review information on existing/trial/planned
information services for aviation, with a focus on services &
products for the terminal area , and gather the information in the
documentation for the Caem members; include expert advice
services
Task 6.1: Update the MET potential document stem from scientific
potential part and “end product” potential or possibilities part; include
estimated timeframe for emerging and foreseen capabilities according to
the ASBU timeframe
ACTIVITY 7:
UPDATE THE MSTA VERIFICATION/VALIDATION DOCUMENTATION
Milestone 7.1:
Task 7.0: Develop relevant performance metrics and verification
methodology for the existing and foreseen MSTA capabilities
coordination with relevant WMO (CBS) and ICAO expert groups (see
note 1)
* including LLWS
Task 7.1: Explore the verification/validation methods in use at team
members “home” service, find and edit any existing documentation for
the methodologies, analyse common approaches and differences,
Task : identify how the impact of MET on ATM processes is addressed in
these methodologies (case studies or scenarios), in coordination with the
ET/ASC (see note 1) , contribute to the development of relevant
performance metrics and verification methodology for the existing and
foreseen MSTA capabilities
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Michael
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Task 7.2: rpropose a "common understanding" in terms of validation of
service quality with regards to the ATM impact, in coordination with the
ET/ASC (see note 1)
Task 7.3: Present the approved "common understanding" to users, CBS
relevant groups, MG of CAeM, ICAO Study Groups where applicable
ACTIVITY 8:
b
Herbert &
Stéphanie & Jun
b
ET/ISA
MET INFORMATION EXCHANGE
Milestone 8.1:
Task 8.1: Follow-up all Aviation XML (e.g. WXXM) related activities
Task 8.2: Collate all Aviation XML related information and make it
available to CAeM Members, in coordination with the ET-CCP
Task 8.3: Follow up of activities and outcomes from the CBS ISS IPETMDRD Task Team on Aviation XML and feedback to the ET-ISA
Task 8.4: Cooperate with relevant bodies of WMO and ICAO on
exchange models for aeronautical meteorological data and information
e
e
Bart with support
from all
Bart& Stéphanie
& Jun
e
Bart
e
Bart with support
from all
As available
As available
As required
Notes:
(1) Further information to be provided, relevant for:
Tasks 6.2 and 7.1&2:
- Documentation for the existing verification/validation methodologies, where available for different time-and space scales (Nowcasting for aerodromes, VSRF and SRF for wider terminal area and FIR),
- Each methodology to contain as a minimum: ground truth data description (surface stations, WXR, lightning, satellite imagery etc), rules on what is considered hit/fail (time/space window, intensity range, 2-3-4
dimensional matching), any event/phenomena specific rules and methodologies, typical performance measurements (POD, FAR, CSO or what has been used, with clear definition of entry and data and recent
statistical results)
- As a result of the verification & validation process, what is the attainable accuracy?
Meetings :
- First meeting , 30 March-1 April 2015, Toulouse, France
Teleconferences:
23 Jan 2015
28 Apr 2015
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