Dear #Customer.FirstName#,Username: #Customer.Username# Our guest this week is Ray Thorpe General Manager Aviation for the Metserive and he is talking about New Zealand’s National Airspace and Air Navigation Plan Meteorological Services – Integrating weather data
At time of writing, the industry is being provided with the opportunity to review the final draft of New Zealand’s proposed National Airspace and Air Navigation Plan (5 consultation workshops are being conducted by CAA around the country between 18- 25 November 2013).The provision of meteorological services – integrating weather data is obviously of great interest to MetService and the industry. Having chaired the MET Task Force which helped compile the MET component of the Plan, I thought it might be opportune to provide an overview of what is envisaged, coupled with the progress being made in the international forum to develop actual specifications for the meteorological products and services envisaged in the Plan (as well as test your knowledge of ICAO acronyms!). OVERVIEW Meteorological services, including warnings, forecasts, observations and delivery systems, are an essential component of national and international air navigation and aviation operations, contributing to safety and efficiency. Full integration of meteorological information into air traffic management (ATM) and for performance-based navigation (PBN) applications will be an essential enabler for the globally interoperable, seamless ATM system of the future. The ultimate aim is the effective translation of traditional meteorological data and information into weather impact and risk metrics of defined confidence for use as input factors in ATM and PBN systems. International Developments Internationally, changes to the provision of meteorological information will be based on the integration of meteorological and ATM information to support operational decision-making. This direction was confirmed at the ICAO 12th Air Navigation Conference back in November 2012, and is outlined in the Global Air Navigation Plan (Table 8). The Conference noted that meteorological information was an integral component of the future system-wide information management (SWIM) environment, alongside aeronautical information, flight and flow information, and other information sources. This would enhance the safety and the efficiency of the global ATM system through availability and use of meteorological information. The concepts for Global ATM and PBN are well documented in:
However, all of the above documents currently only mention or reference “weather” (meteorological services) in general terms. The documents do not as yet specify the particular meteorological services required for global ATM and PBN. Despite the lack of international clarity, meteorological information is already being integrated into Flight Management Systems and is expected to be factored into ATM Decision Support Tools (DSTs) and airline Safety Risk Assessments (SRAs) to mitigate risk and support safe and efficient flight operations, especially where airspace and aerodromes are congested or capacity constrained. Addressing the lack of clarity on specifications around THE Meteorological requirements This lack of clarity on the specifications of required meteorological information/services has been identified, and has begun to be addressed by some sterling work currently underway within ICAO in the Asia Pacific Region by the Air Traffic Management Requirements & Performance Panel (ATMRPP), together with the Meteorological Aeronautical Requirements and Information Exchange Project Team (MARIE-PT) and MET Requirements Task Force 3(MET/R TF/3) as part of the on-going work of the Asia Pacific Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group (APANPIRG). The groups are conjointly developing a MET Trajectory Based Operations Concept and Roadmap to better understand MET information integration and provide guidance on how MET information services could be specified, categorised and linked to Operation Concept Components, including the contribution to relevant performance areas for ATM and PBN. New Zealand representatives from MetService, Airways Corporation and CAA will be attending the ICAO Asia Pacific Meteorological /Air Traffic Management Seminar and MET TF3 meeting 25-29 November in Bangkok, to help shape and specify the meteorological services required and we will keep the industry appraised on progress in the months ahead. Ray Thorpe ContentsMember "must knows"November/December What's on Protecting and Enhancing your interests Growth opportunities Creating Presence, Building brand Aviation Value ADD for members Member "must knows"Postponement of Stakeholder function 11 December its a busy time of year and we haven’t quite got our new brand positioned the way we would like it to be. Given that AIA and our silver arrow stuck around for 60 plus years we really want to get this right. So we have deferred our key stakeholder function until early March/April next year. Same venue but we can gurantee this brand launch will attract all our key stakeholders and it will raise the profile of aviation both in this country and off shore. From the Board meeting
Thank you a big thank you to the Boston Marks Group click here and Bell Helicopters click here for renewing their sponsorship support of NZHA. Their support is critical to the work John sinclair does as EO for NZAAA click here and NZHA. We’d make a big plea to you aviators out there to support those who support us. Acknowledgement we would like to add our sympathy and thoughts to the managment and staff of Helicopter Service BOP on the sudden death of Dave Vallance – In house company solicitor November/December What's on15 November submissions close on Tertiary Education Strategy click here 15 November Health and Safety Reform Bill Exposure draft parts 1_3 click here This is very much a mixed bag from aviaiton’s perspective but here’s an interesting briefing we recieved today. A big thank you to Rob George at Marsh for providing it and scaring me in terms of what futher documentation is going to have to look like. Rob tells me its also got some pretty interesting implicaitons for Director’s and Senior Officers liability click here 18-22 November consultation on CAA Draft National Airspace and Navigation Plan Workshops
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