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Aeronautical Meteorology Service of China . Xu Jianliang MET Division of ATMB,CAAC. Aeronautical Meteorological authority. CAAC is designated the aeronautical meteorological authority by the government of China.
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Aeronautical Meteorology Service of China Xu Jianliang MET Division of ATMB,CAAC
Aeronautical Meteorological authority • CAAC is designated the aeronautical meteorological authority by the government of China. • Air Traffic Management Bureau of CAAC is charged with the management of aviation weather service • Operational • Law and Rules • Training • Technical Plan • Research • Etc.
OBJECTIVE • The objective of aeronautical meteorological service for air navigation shall be to contribute towards the safety, regularity and efficiency of air navigation.
LAW & REGULATIONs • Civil Aviation Law • Meteorological Law • Annex 3 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation -- Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation, ICAO • Regulation on Civil Aviation Meteorology of China, CAAC
Five standards • Aeronautical Weather Forecasting • Aeronautical Weather Observation and report • Aeronautical Meteorological Service • Technical Requirement of Meteorological Facility • Equipping Scheme of Meteorological Facility
MAIN SERVING OBJECTS • Airlines ( carriers or operators) • Air Traffic Control • Aerodrome operators • Aeronautical information services • Search and rescue services • Etc.
OPERATIONAL CONSTRUCTION • Two Level Management • ATMB • Regional ATMB • Three grades operation • Aeronautical Meteorological Center • Regional Aeronautical Meteorological Center /MWO • Aerodrome Meteorological Office
Condition of Aeronautical MET Service • Meteorological Operational contents • Meteorological equipments • Meteorological Service contents • Meteorological Service methods • Current products
Contents of met. operation • Automatic collecting & processing of aeronautical met. Data • Automatic and semi-automatic analyses & producing of aeronautical met. Data • Prepare and issuing METAR/SPECI, TAFs, W&T Chart, SIGWX Chart, SIGMET and Warning • Briefing and Consulting • Network-based transmission of aeronautical met. Data • Network-based aeronautical met. service
Meteorological equipments • AWOS and automatic Meteorological stations • Weather Radar • Met. satellite data reception & processing system • WAFS VSAT • Civil aviation met. Database system • Civil aviation met. Satellite facsimile & broadcasting system • VOLMET • Aerodrome met. Information and met. Service System • Etc.
Met. Service contents (for airlines) • Pre-flight planning by operators • In-flight re-planning by operators using centralized • Operational control of flight operations • Flight documents -Use by flight crew members before departure • Aircraft in flight
Met. Service contents (for ATS) • MET service is offered to Control Tower, Approach Control Officer and Area Control Center in the light of requirements
Meteorological Service methods • Face to face • Intranet • Dispatch Agency • VOLMET • ATIS • Air-ground data link • Other consulted methods
Aeronautical met. Information METAR & SPECI/TAF TREND Landing Forecast & taking-off forecast SIGMET Aerodrome warning/Wind shear alert Significant weather chart Upper wind/temperature chart AIREP (Air report) Etc. Current products
Continue • Basic met. Data • Satellite images • Radar data • Numerical weather prediction data • AWOS data • Weather Charts
Continue • Aeronautical specific guidance Index of icing, Turbulence, Convective weather, Height of tropopause, Max-wind level, 0℃ Level etc.
Wind forecast Temperature forecast Height forecast Vortex forecast Divergence forecast Vertical velocity forecast Humidity forecast Rainfall forecast Mean sea level pressure forecast Depression of dew point Etc. NWP products
METAR & SPECI TAF TREND Landing & taking-off forecast ROFOR SIGMET AIRMET GAMET . Aerodrome warning Wind shear alert Significant weather chart Upper wind/temperature chart AIREP (Air report) Etc. Aeronautical met. Information
Icing index turbulence index convective developing index height of tropopause height of 0℃ level height of max-wind level etc. Aeronautical specific guidance
TENDENCY • Detecting and monitoring (severe weather) • Transition and exchange of aeronautical MET information • Forecasting skills
Terminal and surface detection • Terminal Weather radar • Lightning detection network • Wind profiler • LIDAR • Wind shear alert System • Etc. These advanced detectors will be used to detect and monitor significant weather in aerodrome and nearby area.
Upper air detection • Commercial aircrafts observation platform • Wind & Temp profile Radar • MET satellite data
Transition and exchange of aeronautical MET information • GTS (WMO) • AFTN/AMHS • Short wave & VHF • Network & internet • Satellite communication/Data link
Development of forecasting skills • Nowcasting • High resolution NWP model • Statistical forecast & Probability forecast • Warning System of Terminal Significant Weather
Development of forecasting skills • Numerical weather prediction models • Improvement of the forecasting methods • Constructing or improving the platform of weather forecast system