Aircraft-Based Observations Reports

Reports and documents relevant to the work of the Aircraft-based Observations Work Teams are tabled here.

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Previous reports of the WMO AMDAR Panel are available here.

Date Published
Work Group / Author
Report / Document
Description / Comments
October 2022 JET-ABO  Final Report Second Hybrid Meeting of the Joint Expert Team on Aircraft-Based Observing Systems (JET-ABO) 
27 – 30 June 2022, Geneva, Switzerland
Septembers 2022 JET-ABO / SG-WVM Aircraft-based Humidity Measurement flyer 2-page flyer on aircraft-based humidity measurement, including WVSS, TAMDAR and IAGOS.
September 2022 RA III TT-ABO Final Report RA III ABO-WICAP Workshop,18-20 July 2022, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
January 2021 INFCOM/JET-ABO WIGOS TR 2021-1 The Benefits of Aircraft-based Observations and AMDAR to Meteorology and Aviation, January 2021.
December 2020 INFCOM/JET-ABO Final Report Virtual First Meeting of the Joint Expert Team on Aircraft-Based
Observing Systems (JET-ABO), 8 – 10 December 2020, Geneva, Switzerland
August 2020 ABOP/IPET-ABO Final Report Virtual ABOP Meeting 2020
November 2019 IPET-ABO, RA V TT-ABO

Final Report

Presentations

Workshop on WICAP and Meeting of the RA V Task Team on Aircraft-Based Observations, 24-26 September 2019, Singapore
September 2019 CBS/IPET-ABO Final Report Workshop on Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for Operational Meteorology, 2-4 July 2019, Toulouse, France
August 2019 CIMO/ET-AO CIMO IOM 133 Tests, Comparisons and Operational Performance of the Water Vapor Sensing Systems (WVSS-II), CIMO Expert Team on Aircraft-based Observations
February 2019 CBS/ET-ABO

Report

Appendices

WMO AMDAR Programme Coverage Status and Potential Extension Study Report, Gaubert
December 2018
CBS/ET-ABO IATA-WMO Regional Workshop on AMDAR for South America, 5 - 6 Dec 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 2018
CBS/ET-ABO Benefits to the Environment and Society from the Availability and Use of AMDAR Data
May 2018
CBS/ET-ABO WMO-IATA Regional Workshop on AMDAR for Region II and V, 29-30 May 2018, Hong Kong, Hong Kong China
Apr 2018
CIMO/ET-AO Expert Team on Aircraft-based Observations, Geneva, Switzerland, 16-19 April 2018
Jan 2018
CBS/ET-ABO WMO Regional Workshop on AMDAR for Eastern Europe, 7 - 8 Dec 2017
Budapest, Hungary
May 2017
CBS/ET-ABO ET-ABO Third Session, Jakarta, Indonesia, 24-26 May, 2017
May 2016
CBS/ET-ABO WMO Regional Workshop on AMDAR for Region V, 22-23 May 2017 Jakarta, Indonesia
Dec 2016
CBS/ET-ABO RA II WIGOS/AMDAR workshop (West Asia), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 4 November 2016
Oct 2016
CBS/ET-ABO AMDAR Benefits to the Air Transport Industry
Sep 2016
CBS/ET-ABO WMO Regional Workshop on AMDAR, Panama City, Panama, 17-18 August 2016
 
Jun 2016
CBS/ET-ABO Currently Developing and Future
Communications and Technology Impact on AMDAR
Dec 2015
CBS/ET-ABO, CIMO/ET-AO Joint Meeting of the CBS Expert Team on Aircraft Based Observing Systems and the CIMO Expert Team on Aircraft-based Observations, Casablanca, Morocco, 7-11 December 2015
Dec 2015
CBS/ET-ABO Regional Workshop on AMDAR, Casablanca, Morocco, 3-4 December 2015
Oct 2015
CBS/ET-ABO WMO/ICAO Workshop on Future Requirements for Meteorological Aircraft Observations, Geneva, Switzerland, 28-29 October 2015
Aug 2015
CBS/ET-ABO Impact and Benefits of AMDAR Temperature, Wind and Moisture Observations in Operational Weather Forecasting
Jul 2015
CBS/ET-ABO

Regional Workshop on AMDAR, 25-26 Jun, 2015
Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 2015
CBS/ET-ABO
ET-ABO, Sub-Group Meeting on WIGOS Regulatory Material, Geneva, Switzerland, 2-5 December 2014
June 2014 CIMO/ET-AO AMDAR Onboard Software Functional Requirements Specification Version 1.1, 2 June 2014
February 2014
CBS/ET-ABO CIMO/OPAG-SI Task Team on Aircraft-based Observations, First Session
March 2014
CBS/ET-ABO Requirements for the Implementation and Operation of an AMDAR Programme (version 1, 3.2014)
February 2014
CBS/ET-ABO The Benefits of AMDAR to Meteorology and Aviation (WIGOS Technical Report 2014-1, Version 1, Jan 2014)
December 2013
CBS/ET-ABO Version 2013.1 (December 2013)
September 2013
CBS/ET-ABO
CBS/OPAG-IOS Expert Team on Aircraft-Based Observing Systems, First Session, Final Report
 
July 2013
CIMO/ET-AO AMDAR Onboard Software Functional Requirements Specification Version 1.0, 16 July 2013
February 2013
CBS/ET-ABO

AMDAR Coverage & Targeting for Future Airline Recruitment