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The following organisations are expected to realise operational benefits from using these High Resolution Pan-European Icing Forecasts:
Air traffic control users
Airspace users
Designated MET Watch Offices
Consumer Usage
Description of what the service consumer is expected to do operationally with the information consumed from the service. This can be considered as the use cases for the service.
The resulting forecasts provide a harmonised, single view of hazardous in-flight icing across Europe, serving as a common reference for greater consistency and improved situational awareness which should support more consistent decision-making within the aviation community. Specifically:
Air traffic control users
Anticipating sectors which airspace users may wish to avoid due to expected hazardous icing conditions
Anticipating higher controller workload from reroute requests, and pilot reports.
Airspace users and flight planning functions
Flight planning – both briefing for awareness of hazardous conditions and potential trajectory considerations for flight plans.
Possible in flight updates of hazardous conditions, particularly for long-haul operators, where icing forecasts may evolve through the duration of the flight, necessitating revisions or updates to flight plans.
Designated MET Watch Offices
As input to the issuance and coordination of SIGMET issuance.