Aviation | Events | 2022 | AeroMetSci Webinars | RA I and RA VI
Wednesday 8 June 2022 | Online via Zoom
for WMO Regional Associations I (Africa) and VI (Europe)
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Introduction
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Services Commission (SERCOM), in collaboration with the Research Board (RB) Aviation Research and Development Project 2 (AvRDP2), convened a web-based seminar (‘webinar’) on 8 June 2022, 1100 to 1400 UTC, to showcase some of the latest state-of-the-art scientific and technological advances taking place in aeronautical meteorology in WMO Regional Associations I (Africa) and VI (Europe).
The theme of the webinar was: “Scientific and technological innovation in observation and forecast of severe convection to enable service delivery transformation and improve aviation safety”.
Webinar Information
The webinar comprised a blend of pre-recorded video presentations and live panel discussions.
Concept Note (English only)
Information Note for Zoom (English only)
Official Announcement (English only)
Provisional Programme
| 8 June 2022 Time (UTC) |
Title (tentative) | Speaker | Affiliation |
| 1100 | Opening remarks | Ian LISK | President of SERCOM |
| 1105 | Nowcasting significant convection – present and future applications Abstract | Presentation |
Morné GIJBEN* | South African Weather Service (SAWS) |
| 1118 | Deterministic / probabilistic convection forecasting Abstract | Presentation |
Piers BUCHANAN* | UK Met Office (UKMO) |
| 1130 | A case study evaluating the Convective Scale Ensemble Prediction System against pilot reports of clear air turbulence, over South Africa Abstract |
Lauren SMITH | South African Weather Service (SAWS) |
| 1143 | Integration of Meteorological Data in the ATM System Abstract | Presentation |
Caine MAINGANYA | Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS), South Africa |
| 1155 | Break | ||
| 1158 | Satellite and radar-based nowcasting of convection for aviation Abstract | Presentation |
Clemens WEIDEMANN | Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) |
| 1210 | SESAR Deployment convection nowcasting project for Aviation Abstract | Presentation |
Stephen MOSELEY | UK Met Office (UKMO) |
| 1218 | Impact of severe convection to aviation - now and looking into the future Abstract | Presentation |
Anil PADHRA** and Björn-Rüdiger BECKMANN** | UK Met Office (UKMO) & Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) |
| 1229 | ICAO and WMO response to user requirements for en-route meteorological hazards Abstract | Presentation |
Piers BUCHANAN*, Sum Yee (Sharon) LAU* & Matt STRAHAN* | UK Met Office (UKMO), Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) & National Weather Service (NWS) |
| 1242 | Airlines future requirements for en-route meteorological hazards Abstract | Presentation |
Matthieu DURAND-GOBERT | Air France on behalf of IATA |
| 1250 | Break | ||
| 1300 | Live panel discussion | Moderated by Gaborekwe KHAMBULE | 1st vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Services for Aviation (SC-AVI) |
| 1400 | Close of webinar | ||
*Member of the Standing Committee on Services for Aviation (SC-AVI) and the Expert Team on Aeronautical Meteorological Hazards Science (ET-MHS)
**Member of the Expert Team on Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Aviation (ET-CCV)
Webinar summary
The summary of the webinar consisting of an overview of presentations and a summary of the key points of the panel discussion is available here.
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding the webinar, please contact the Organizing Committee via email: aviation@wmo.int
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