Aviation | Events | 2022 | AeroMetSci Webinars | RA II and RA V
Tuesday 7 June 2022 | Online via Zoom
for WMO Regional Associations II (Asia) and V (South-West Pacific)
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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 7 June 2022, 0400 to 0700 UTC, to showcase some of the latest state-of-the-art scientific and technological advances taking place in aeronautical meteorology in WMO Regional Associations II (Asia) and V (South-West Pacific).
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
| 7 June 2022 Time (UTC) |
Title (tentative) | Speaker | Affiliation |
| 0400 | Opening remarks | Ian LISK | President of SERCOM |
| 0405 | Predicting Convection Induced Turbulence with a Variable Resolution Atmospheric Model: Global Coverage with Regional Refinement Abstract | Presentation |
Xiaoming Bill SHI | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) |
| 0417 | JMA's convection nowcast/forecast and its potential to support ATM Abstract | Presentation |
Michiko IKEDA* | Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) |
| 0428 | New Zealand Rainfall Nowcasting System, RainCast Abstract | Presentation |
Iman SOLTANZADEH | MetService (New Zealand) |
| 0437 | Severe Convection Weather service for Massive Delay Response System in China Abstract |
Wei ZHANG | Aviation Meteorological Center, Air Traffic Management Bureau (ATMB), Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) |
| 0452 | Break | ||
| 0456 | Improving observation and forecasting of the convective system over Indonesia tropical region Abstract |
Heri ISMANTO | Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG, Indonesia) |
| 0507 | Forecasting of convection and its impact in Hong Kong, China Abstract | Presentation |
Sum Yee (Sharon) LAU* | Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) |
| 0518 | Impact of severe convection to aviation - now and looking into the future Abstract | Presentation |
Ping CHEUNG** and Lei GU** | Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) and Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) |
| 0532 | ICAO and WMO response to user requirements for en-route meteorological hazards Abstract | Presentation |
Piers BUCHANAN*, Sum Yee (Sharon) LAU* and Matt STRAHAN* | UK Met Office (UKMO), Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) & National Weather Service (NWS) |
| 0545 | Airlines future requirements for en-route meteorological hazards Abstract | Presentation |
Matthieu DURAND-GOBERT | Air France on behalf of IATA |
| 0553 | Break | ||
| 0600 | Live panel discussion | Moderated by Kent JOHNSON | 2nd vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Services for Aviation (SC-AVI) |
| 0700 | 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 Standing Committee on Services for Aviation (SC-AVI) and Co-Lead 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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