GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles

EUMETNET The E-AMDAR Programme; activities and achievements Stig Carlberg, Programme Manager Presentation to AMDAR Regional Workshop CONAGUA, Mexico City, 8-10 November 2011

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Content of Presentation Introduction – EUMETNET Operational achievements Development done Development ordered or planned Other activities Administrative Meetings

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles But first a short introduction about who ”we” are … What and who is EUMETNET ? What is E-AMDAR ?

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles EUMETNET Members

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles EUMETNET is …… An Economical Interest Group (EIG) of 29 European NMS’s Provides a framework for co-operative programmes relating to: – observing systems (EUCOS Programme) – data processing – basic forecasting products – research and development – training Aims to: – develop the collective capability of EUMETNET Members – deliver to all European users the best available quality of meteorological information – management of collective resources more efficiently

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles EUMETNET does ….. Member NMHS:s contribute in the EUMETNET budget (11 MUSD) in proportion to their GNP Some of the 20 Programmes are mandatory and others are optional By cost sharing the benefits are maximised at lower cost to the individual Members The individual Programmes have been designed by individual Members or groups of Members Each Programme is managed by a Responsible Member on behalf of all Members during a defined period (currently 5 years)

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles EUMETNET provides … the opportunity for Members to finance extra AMDAR data for national NWP requirements the opportunity for other WMO Member institutes to finance targeted AMDAR data for national NWP requirements

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles E-AMDAR Management Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) is the Responsible Member and One Programme Manager (SMHI) 0.9 FTE One Technical Coordinator (UK Met Office) 0.9 FTE Special Coodinator for the Humidity Project ~0.3 FTE offered in kind by German Weather Service (DWD)

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Content of Presentation Introduction – EUMETNET Operational achievements Development done Development ordered or planned Other activities Administrative Meetings

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles 11 AMDAR Programmes: Network Coverage

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles E-AMDAR – Primary observation area

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles No new hardware is required on the aircraft - the only additional requirement to make AMDAR work is the AMDAR software. This is installed in the aircraft avionics or communications hardware. TYPICAL AMDAR INSTALLATION = FITTED WITH EXISTING SENSORS + AVIONICS HARDWARE + AVIONICS SOFTWARE + COMMUNICATIONS AMDAR SOFTWARE + AMDAR Technical description AMDAR (Aircraft Meteorological DAta Relay)

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Automatic observations Ascent Part 1: 5 or 10 hPa intervals3 to 20 second intervals (default 6) for first 100 hPafor 30 to 200 seconds (default 90) Ascent Part 2: 25 or 50 hPa intervals20 to 60 second intervals (default 20) above first 100 hPafor 490 to 1050 seconds (default 510) Enroute: 1 to 60 minute intervals (default 7)

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles High frequncy profiles – pilot test May Charles de Gaulle, Heathrow, Moscow, Lisbon, Vienna and Naples

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles 13 Cooperating Airlines Air France Blue1 British Airways easyJet Finnair KLM Lufthansa (including Regional, Italia and Cargo Novair SAS Thomas Cook Scandinavia

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Operational – Some Achievements Delivering high quality data (~ obs/day) according to EUCOS requirements Delivering additional data for national purposes to DWD, Météo France and UK Met Office Delivering targeted data to India Meteorological Department, South African Weather Service and Singapore for national requirements More than 800 aircraft in 13 airlines now serving Also the Airbus A380 in Lufthansa is providing data

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles A normal day – 26th October

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles A normal day – 26th October

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles A normal month – September 2011

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles A normal month – September 2011

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Business not always as usual …. Bullet text Sub bullet text

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Global coverage17-18 April 2010

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Oh, no – not again please ….

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Grimsvötn erupting – minimal disturbance! Temporary losses in northern UK and northern Germany May 2011

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Network Performance 2010

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Content of Presentation Introduction – EUMETNET Operational achievements Development done Development ordered or planned Other activities Administrative Meetings

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Development done Infrastructure developed by Members, airlines and aviation vendors and other consultants This was financed by EUMETNET and by Members’ contributions in kind. This will be further described in the next presentation about E-AMDAR

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Development done - examples Software developed for integration of various fleets New General AMDAR BUFR Template designed in WMO/WIGOS Pilot Project for AMDAR Three WVSS-II humidity sensors on three Lufthansa A319 since early 2007 Additional climate chamber testing of the WVSS-II humidity sensor at Jülich with excellent result Two WVSS-II sensors installed on FAAM (UK) research aircraft (first indicative results are good!) Sensors also installed on DENCHAR research aircraft The CleanSky project COMET for AIRBUS successfully finalised

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles E-AMDAR Humidity Trial

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Installation on the FAAM research aircraft

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles E-AMDAR – Oct DENCHAR – Development and Evaluation of New Compact Hygrometers for Airborne Research Joint Research Activity in EUFAR-FP7 in Collaboration with IAGOS & EUMETNET (EUFAR = European Facility for Airborne Research) Learjet 35 A

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Content of Presentation Introduction – EUMETNET Operational achievements Development done Development ordered or planned Other activities Administrative Meetings

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Development Ordered or Planned Integration of BA Airbus fleet to replace the B757 fleet Upgrade of the communication software ARINC 620 initiated in AEEC Negotiate with Lufthansa for installation of 3+6 sensors Purchasing 6 WVSS-II sensors (for installation in 2013) Testing the new sensors Development of replacement for the E-AMDAR Portal Software development for SAS Regional Jet fleet Possible development of software for AF B777 fleet

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Content of Presentation Introduction – EUMETNET Operational achievements Development done Development ordered or planned Other activities Administrative Meetings

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Other tasks Changing data processing to GTS from FM42 to BUFR only, pending the final adoption by WMO of the new BUFR Template Accept one or more airline as/when they are ready to join (depending on cost for software development) Test of increased resolution in profiles in 2012 ??

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Content of Presentation Introduction – EUMETNET Operational achievements Development done Development ordered or planned Other activities Administrative Meetings

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Administrative MoU with Météo France for national data MoU with India Department of Meteorology MoU between Met Office and ARINC for easyJet MoU with DWD for the Extended Humidity Trial MoU with Met Office for the research flight

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Content of Presentation Introduction – EUMETNET Operational achievements Development done Development ordered or planned Other activities Administrative Meetings

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Recent and Planned Activities AEEC Data Link Committee, February, Seattle TAG, March, Plitvice, Croatia SAS and hosted airlines, 24 March, Stockholm-Arlanda Finnair, 25 March, Helsinki-Vantaa airport Air France/KLM 29 March, Toulouse British Airways 15 April, Heathrow DWD and Lufthansa meetings, 4-5 May, Offenbach SITA Meeting, 9 May, London ARINC Customer Workshop, May, Basingstoke British Airways, 15 July, Heathrow WMO AMDAR Panel Preparatory Meeting, July, KNMI AEEC DLUF, 7-8 September, Eurocontrol, Brussels SAS and hosted airlines, 13 October, SMHI, Gothenburg TAG, October, Offenbach WMO AMDAR Panel, 2-4 November, Quebec City WMO AMDAR Regional Workshop, 8-10 November, Mexico City Air France/KLM, 22 November, Schipol, Finnair, 7th December, FMI Helsinki British Airways and Lufthansa (December?, Heathrow)

GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles

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GIE/EIG EUMETNET, Registered Number RPM Bruxelles Contact Details Stig Carlberg E-AMDAR Programme Manager GIE/EIG EUMETNET GIE EUMETNET Secretariat c/o L’Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique Avenue Circulaire Bruxelles, Belgique Tel: +32 (0) Fax: +32 (0) Web: E-AMDAR Programme Manager Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, SMHI Sven Källfelts gata 15 SE Vastra Frolunda,SWEDEN Tel: Fax: Web: