RA-VI AMDAR-WIGOS Workshop

Workshop on WIGOS and AMDAR Program

2-3 October 2018, Minsk, Belarus

Programme

Day,

Date

Time

Topic

Tuesday,

2 October

9:00-09:30

OPENING

• Head of the Belarus Hydromet
• Representatives of WMO Secretary-General
• IATA Representative

09:30-10:30

• Introduction to WIGOS (L.P. Riishojgaard)
• Introduction to AMDAR (D. Lockett)
• Discussion of possible synergies

11:00-12:30

• RA VI Work Plan and WIGOS mechanisms (N. Berghi, M. Dacic)
• R-WIP-VI (E. Buyukbas)
• Roundtable discussion

14:00-17:30

• OSCAR and WDQMS (L.P. Riishojgaard)
• GBON (L.P. Riishojgaard)
• GBON for RA VI (L.P. Riishojgaard)
• WIGOS Regulatory Material (I. Zahumensky)
• National WIGOS Implementation (E. Buyukbas) (short version)
• Roundtable discussion

Wednesday, 3 October

9:00-10:30

• Current WMO AMDAR programme operation (D. Lockett)
• AMDAR programme benefits (S. Stringer)
• IATA role in aircraft-based observations (C. Mariscal, IATA) 

11:00-12:30

• IATA-WMO Collaborative AMDAR Programme, Concept of operations and principles (D. Lockett)

14:00-15:30

• Region approach to AMDAR, business case and financial framework (S. Stringer)
• Workshop on AMDAR, Discussion of Issues

16:00-17:30

Workshops conclusion & Close

Discussion, Conclusions, Recommendations, Actions, Close