service definitions for meteorological information services
Meteorological SWIM Services Portfolio
- WILSON Scott
Service Sources
The following sources were used to identify services and their information exchange requirements.
Source | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
European Union | ||
EU Common Project One (2021/116) (CP1) | List the information exchanges to be implemented. | https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32021R0116 |
SESAR Deployment Programme | Explains how to deploy CP1. | https://www.sesardeploymentmanager.eu/publications/deployment-programme/ |
ICAO | ||
ICAO Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP) | ICAO’s highest air navigation strategic document and the plan to drive the evolution of the global air navigation system. | |
ICAO Annex 3 | Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation | https://store.icao.int/en/annex-3-meteorological-service-for-international-air-navigation |
ICAO Doc 10003 | Manual on the ICAO Meteorological Information Exchange Model (IWXXM) | |
Identified Services and Information Exchange Requirements
Service definitions are needed for the following services.
Identified Service | Service Name in Service Definition | Service Source | Information Exchange Requirement(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
TAF information service | EU Common Project One (2021/116) (CP1) | TAF as specified in ICAO Annex 3
| |
METAR-SPECI information service | EU Common Project One (2021/116) (CP1) | METAR and SPECI as specified in ICAO Annex 3 | |
En-route Significant Weather information service | EU Common Project One (2021/116) (CP1) | the information currently included in the SIGMET as a minimum requirement | |
Quantitative Volcanic Ash information service | Quantitative Volcanic Ash Information Subscription and Request Service | EU Common Project One (2021/116) (CP1) | volcanic ash concentration |
(enhanced) Aerodrome Forecast information service | Meteorological Aerodrome Forecast Subscription and Request Service |
| the information currently included in the TAF and TREND as a minimum requirement |
(enhanced) Aerodrome Observation information service | Meteorological Aerodrome Observation Subscription and Request Service |
| the information currently included in the METAR, SPECI, local routine report and local special report as a minimum requirement |
The complete list of existing meteorological SWIM services:
The complete list of identified meteorological SWIM services:
including enhanced services:
Hazardous Weather information service
Other identified services including those not related to the meteorological information domain are listed in the Service Portfolio maintained by the SWIM Service Community of Interest.
Explaining the split between observation and forecast
The enhanced aerodrome observation and aerodrome forecast services are kept separate. There is some argument that they could be merged into one service. However, it was felt that there are good reasons to keep them separate for now e.g.
some service consumers are only interested in one or the other;
users are used to have two different messages, one for the observation and one for the forecast.