Aircraft-Based Observations Reports

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

Previous reports of the WMO AMDAR Panel are available here.

Date Published
Work Group / Author
Report / Document
Description / Comments

December 2024

TT-ABO III - ET-SBW IV / ET-ABO

Final report 

Regional Workshop on Aircraft-based Observations for the Americas, 10-12 December 2024, Panama City, Panama.

December 2023

SG-WVM/JET-ABO

Final report

Workshop on Aircraft-based Water Vapour Measurement for Aviation Application from 7 to 8 December 2023 in Offenbach, Germany. 
October 2022JET-ABO Final ReportSecond Hybrid Meeting of the Joint Expert Team on Aircraft-Based Observing Systems (JET-ABO) 
27 – 30 June 2022, Geneva, Switzerland
Septembers 2022JET-ABO / SG-WVMAircraft-based Humidity Measurement flyer2-page flyer on aircraft-based humidity measurement, including WVSS, TAMDAR and IAGOS.
September 2022RA III TT-ABOFinal ReportRA III ABO-WICAP Workshop,18-20 July 2022, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
January 2021INFCOM/JET-ABOWIGOS TR 2021-1The Benefits of Aircraft-based Observations and AMDAR to Meteorology and Aviation, January 2021.
December 2020INFCOM/JET-ABOFinal ReportVirtual First Meeting of the Joint Expert Team on Aircraft-Based
Observing Systems (JET-ABO), 8 – 10 December 2020, Geneva, Switzerland
August 2020ABOP/IPET-ABOFinal ReportVirtual ABOP Meeting 2020
November 2019IPET-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 2019CBS/IPET-ABOFinal ReportWorkshop on Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for Operational Meteorology, 2-4 July 2019, Toulouse, France
August 2019CIMO/ET-AOCIMO IOM 133Tests, Comparisons and Operational Performance of the Water Vapor Sensing Systems (WVSS-II), CIMO Expert Team on Aircraft-based Observations
February 2019CBS/ET-ABO

Report

Appendices

WMO AMDAR Programme Coverage Status and Potential Extension Study Report, Gaubert
December 2018
CBS/ET-ABOIATA-WMO Regional Workshop on AMDAR for South America, 5 - 6 Dec 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 2018
CBS/ET-ABOBenefits to the Environment and Society from the Availability and Use of AMDAR Data
May 2018
CBS/ET-ABOWMO-IATA Regional Workshop on AMDAR for Region II and V, 29-30 May 2018, Hong Kong, Hong Kong China
Apr 2018
CIMO/ET-AOExpert Team on Aircraft-based Observations, Geneva, Switzerland, 16-19 April 2018
Jan 2018
CBS/ET-ABOWMO Regional Workshop on AMDAR for Eastern Europe, 7 - 8 Dec 2017
Budapest, Hungary
May 2017
CBS/ET-ABOET-ABO Third Session, Jakarta, Indonesia, 24-26 May, 2017
May 2016
CBS/ET-ABOWMO Regional Workshop on AMDAR for Region V, 22-23 May 2017 Jakarta, Indonesia
Dec 2016
CBS/ET-ABORA II WIGOS/AMDAR workshop (West Asia), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 4 November 2016
Oct 2016
CBS/ET-ABOAMDAR Benefits to the Air Transport Industry
Sep 2016
CBS/ET-ABOWMO Regional Workshop on AMDAR, Panama City, Panama, 17-18 August 2016
 
Jun 2016
CBS/ET-ABOCurrently Developing and Future
Communications and Technology Impact on AMDAR
Dec 2015
CBS/ET-ABO, CIMO/ET-AOJoint 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-ABORegional Workshop on AMDAR, Casablanca, Morocco, 3-4 December 2015
Oct 2015
CBS/ET-ABOWMO/ICAO Workshop on Future Requirements for Meteorological Aircraft Observations, Geneva, Switzerland, 28-29 October 2015
Aug 2015
CBS/ET-ABOImpact and Benefits of AMDAR Temperature, Wind and Moisture Observations in Operational Weather Forecasting
Jul 2015
CBS/ET-ABORegional 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 2014CIMO/ET-AOAMDAR Onboard Software Functional Requirements Specification Version 1.1, 2 June 2014
February 2014
CBS/ET-ABOCIMO/OPAG-SI Task Team on Aircraft-based Observations, First Session
March 2014
CBS/ET-ABORequirements for the Implementation and Operation of an AMDAR Programme (version 1, 3.2014)
February 2014
CBS/ET-ABOThe Benefits of AMDAR to Meteorology and Aviation (WIGOS Technical Report 2014-1, Version 1, Jan 2014)
December 2013
CBS/ET-ABOVersion 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-AOAMDAR Onboard Software Functional Requirements Specification Version 1.0, 16 July 2013
February 2013
CBS/ET-ABOAMDAR Coverage & Targeting for Future Airline Recruitment