World Meteorological Organization

The first issue of the CAeM Newsletter has been published. You can access it here: link to the CAeM Newsletter .

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The WMO qualification requirement for the aeronautical meteorological forecasters (AMF) included in the WMO Technical Regulations, Volume I (WMO-No. 49) will become a standard requirement as of 1 December 2016. To assist Members achieve conformity with this requirement, the CAeM ET-ETC has developed guidance material in the form of a "compliance flow chart" and "frequently asked questions". This material was sent to all Members through a circular letter on 28 January 2016. Members were also requested to provide information on the status of compliance with the AMF qualification standard.

The final report of the European Conference on Meteorolog for Aviation (ECMA-2015) held in Vienna, Austria, 13-14 October 2015, is now online (link)

The report of the joint meeting of the ET-ETC and ET-GOV held in Wellington from 30 November to 3 december 2015 has been posted on the website (link).

SciDev.Net, a leading source of reliable and authoritative news, views and analysis on information about science and technology for global development, published an interesting article: Volcanic ash study could help keep planes in the skies

A side event on Aeronautical Meteororlogy took place on 27 May 2015 at CICG, Geneva, as part of the programme of the 17th Congress of WMO. The event was well attended by Congress delegates from different countries and regions. The purpose of the event was to highlight the main issues presented in the aviation documents for Congress, related to the plans for implementation of the MET elements of the ICAO GANP and ASBU. The programme of the meeting included presentations by the president of CAeM, ICAO, WMO and the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI).

Presentations:

Training workshops on the implementation of Competency Assessment of Aeronautical Meteorological Personnel (AMP) had been held in all WMO Regional Associations except RA-III. To fill this gap, a workshop was held in Buenos Aires from 17 to 21 November 2014, kindly hosted by the National Meteorological Service (SMN) of Argentina. 

The final report of the 15th session of the Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology is now available. 

CAeM-15 Final Report