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Application: 2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology

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Name	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology
Description	Application of meteorological information to aviation taking into account relevant developments in science and technology and the study of aeronautical meteorological requirements in support of the safety, regularity, efficiency and environmental sustainability of aviation with users ranging from pilots, air traffic control and management to airline dispatch offices as well as airport authorities.
Organization	World Meteorological Organization
Focal Point	Yiu-Fai Lee
Earth System Application Category	2. Atmospheric Applications

Variables measured in this Application Area

Subdomain	Variables
Basic atmospheric	Air pressure (near surface) Air specific humidity (near surface) Air temperature (near surface) Atmospheric temperature Height of the top of PBL Specific humidity Turbulence Wind (horizontal) Wind (vertical) Wind speed (near surface) Wind vector (near surface)
Clouds and precipitations	Cloud base height Cloud cover Cloud drop effective radius Cloud ice Cloud ice effective radius Cloud liquid water (CLW) Cloud type Freezing level height in clouds Icing potential Precipitation (liquid or solid) Precipitation intensity at surface (liquid or solid) Precipitation intensity at surface (solid) Precipitation type at the surface
Aerosols and radiation	Aerosol Extinction Coefficient Aerosol volcanic ash Aerosol volcanic ash Total Column Aerosol dust concentration Meteorological Optical Range (MOR) (surface) Background Luminance (surface)
Ocean	Sea surface temperature
Land surface	Wind gust
Atmospheric chemistry	SO2
Energetic particles and solar wind	Radiation Dose Rate

Requirements defined for 2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology (36)

This tables shows all related requirements. For more operations/filtering, please consult the full list of Requirements
Note: In reading the values, goal is marked blue, breakthrough green, threshold orange
Application-dependent Technical Priority (ATP) Magenta and Relative priority of the attributes Red

Id	Variable	Layer	App Area	Uncertainty	Hor Res	Ver Res	Obs Cyc	Timeliness	Coverage	Conf Level	Val Date	Source	General Comment
15	Atmospheric temperature	UTLS FT PBL	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	2 K 3 K 5 K	50 km 70 km 100 km	0.15 km 0.3 km 0.6 km	60 min 90 min 3 h	60 min 80 min 2 h	Global	firm	2014-03-27	ET ODRRGOS
16	Cloud drop effective radius	Cloud-top	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	15 μm 20 μm 30 μm	50 km 70 km 100 km		60 min 90 min 3 h	60 min 90 min 2 h	Global	firm	2000-06-23	ET ODRRGOS	gnd - Fl 260
17	Cloud ice	FT PBL	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	10 % 15 % 25 %	50 km 70 km 100 km	0.15 km 0.3 km 0.6 km	60 min 90 min 3 h	60 min 90 min 2 h	Global	firm	2000-06-23	ET ODRRGOS
20	Cloud liquid water (CLW)	PBL	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	10 % 15 % 25 %	50 km 70 km 100 km	0.15 km 0.3 km 0.6 km	60 min 90 min 3 h	60 min 90 min 2 h	Global	firm	2000-06-23	ET ODRRGOS
21	Specific humidity	PBL	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	5 % 7 % 10 %	50 km 70 km 100 km	0.15 km 0.3 km 0.6 km	60 min 90 min 3 h	60 min 90 min 2 h	Global	firm	2014-03-27	J van der Meulen
22	Wind (horizontal)	FT	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	2 m.s^-1 2.7 m.s^-1 5 m.s^-1	50 km 63 km 100 km	0.15 km 0.238 km 0.6 km	5 min 6 min 10 min	60 min 84 min 3 h	Global	firm	2000-06-23	ET ODRRGOS	Near steep topography or jet streams min requirements for vertical gradient information 5m/s1000ft
23	Wind (horizontal)	UTLS PBL	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	2 m.s^-1 3 m.s^-1 5 m.s^-1	50 km 70 km 100 km	0.15 km 0.3 km 0.6 km	5 min 7 min 10 min	60 min 90 min 3 h	Global	firm	2018-03-23	J van der Meulen	Near steep topography or jet streams min requirements for vertical gradient information 5m/s1000ft
681	Background Luminance (surface)	Near Surface	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	50 %			36 sec 108 sec	36 sec 108 sec	Global	firm	2011-06-14	J van der Meulen	For aeronautical meteorology, this measurement is needed at the runway only
682	Meteorological Optical Range (MOR) (surface)	Near Surface	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	5 m 7 m 10 m			36 sec 108 sec	36 sec 108 sec	Global	firm	2011-06-14	J van der Meulen
717	Aerosol volcanic ash	PBL	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology						Global	firm	2013-12-05	J van der Meulen
718	Aerosol volcanic ash Total Column	TC	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology						Global	firm	2013-12-05	J van der Meulen
719	Icing potential	PBL	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology						Global	firm	2013-12-05	J van der Meulen
720	Freezing level height in clouds	n/a (2D)	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology						Global	firm	2013-12-05	J van der Meulen
721	Air pressure (near surface)	Near Surface	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	0.25 hPa 0.5 hPa 2 hPa			30 min 60 min 2 h	5 min 10 min 30 min	Point	firm	2018-01-22	J van der Meulen	At the aerodrome; to derive QNH [and QFE]; not typically measured at 2 m height. source: ICAO Annex 3 (requirements)
722	Air specific humidity (near surface)	Near Surface	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	1 % 2 % 5 %			30 min 60 min 2 h	5 min 10 min 30 min	Point	firm	2014-03-27	J van der Meulen	At the aerodrome; to derive relative humidity and dewpoint temperature (using air temperature [at surface]); not typically measured at 2 m height.
723	Air temperature (near surface)	Near Surface	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	0.5 K 1 K 2 K			30 min 60 min 2 h	5 min 10 min 30 min	Point	firm	2014-03-27	J van der Meulen	At the aerodrome; in combination with humidity. source: ICAO Annex 3
725	Turbulence	PBL	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology						Global	firm	2013-12-05	J van der Meulen
726	Cloud base height	n/a (2D)	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology						Point	firm	2013-12-05	J van der Meulen	At the aerodrome
727	Cloud cover	PBL	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	5 % 7 % 25 %			10 min 30 min 60 min	5 min 10 min 30 min	Point	firm	2014-03-31	J van der Meulen	At the aerodrome Source: ICAO Annex 3, Att A: "Cloud amount" ± 1 okta
728	Cloud ice effective radius	PBL	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology						Global	firm	2013-12-05	J van der Meulen
729	Cloud type	n/a (2D)	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	1 Classes ^-1 2 Classes ^-1 3 Classes ^-1			30 min 60 min 2 h	5 min 10 min 30 min	Point	firm	2014-03-27	J van der Meulen	At the aerodrome
730	Precipitation intensity at surface (liquid or solid)	Near Surface	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	0.001 mm/h 0.01 mm/h 0.1 mm/h			30 min 60 min 2 h	5 min 10 min 30 min	Local	firm	2014-03-27	J van der Meulen	At the aerodrome Variable to be extended to layer LT
731	Precipitation intensity at surface (solid)	Near Surface	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	0.1 mm/h 0.2 mm/h 1 mm/h			30 min 60 min 2 h	5 min 10 min 30 min	Point	firm	2014-03-27	J van der Meulen	At the aerodrome
732	Precipitation (liquid or solid)	PBL	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology						Global	firm	2013-12-05	J van der Meulen
733	Wind (vertical)	UTLS FT PBL	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	1 cm.s^-1 1.7 cm.s^-1 5 cm.s^-1	5 km 17.1 km 200 km	0.5 km 0.8 km 2 km	15 min 25 min 60 min	5 min 8 min 30 min	Global	firm	2014-03-27	J van der Meulen
734	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	0.5 m/s 1 m/s 5 m/s			5 sec 5 min 10 min	5 sec 5 min 10 min	Point	firm	2014-03-27	J van der Meulen	based on requirements for real time operations by ATS; It is expected to have up-to-date & consolidated functional & performance requirements soon via the ICAO MARIE-PT & ICAO ATMRPP
735	Aerosol Extinction Coefficient	PBL	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology						Global	firm	2013-12-05	J van der Meulen
736	SO2	PBL	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology						Global	firm	2013-12-05	J van der Meulen
737	Sea surface temperature	Sea surface	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	1 K 2 K 5 K	5 km 11 km 50 km		60 min 60 min 2 y	1 y 1 y 2 y	Global	firm	2014-03-27	J van der Meulen
762	Precipitation type at the surface	Near Surface	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology				30 min 60 min 2 h	5 min 10 min 30 min	Point	firm	2014-03-27	J van der Meulen
763	Wind gust	Near Surface Land surface	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	0.5 m.s^-1 1 m.s^-1 2 m.s^-1			5 sec 60 sec 2 min	5 sec 60 sec 2 min	Point	firm	2014-03-31	J van der Meulen	From ICAO Annex 3, Att. A; 'Variations from the mean surface wind': ± 1 m/s (2 kt), in terms of longitudinal and lateral components
764	Wind speed (near surface)	Near Surface	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	0.2 m/s 0.5 m/s 1 m/s			5 sec 60 sec 2 min	5 sec 60 sec 2 min	Point	firm	2014-03-31	J van der Meulen	source: ICAO Annex 3, att A: "Mean surface wind" Speed: ± 0.5 m/s (1 kt) up to 5 m/s (10 kt) ± 10% above 5 m/s (10 kt)
765	Wind vector (near surface)	Near Surface	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	0.4 m/s 0.7 m/s 2 m/s			5 sec 60 sec 2 min	5 sec 60 sec 2 min	Point	firm	2014-03-31	J van der Meulen	source: ICAO Annex 3 Att A: "Mean surface wind" Direction: ± 10° Speed: ± 0.5 m/s (1 kt) up to 5 m/s (10 kt) ± 10% above 5 m/s (10 kt) (not formulated into vector values) combination of absolute and relative uncertainty
688	Aerosol dust concentration	FT PBL Near Surface	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology						Global	tentative	2012-05-08	J van der Meulen
724	Height of the top of PBL	n/a (2D)	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology	0.05 km 0.1 km 0.5 km	5 km 10 km 50 km		15 min 30 min 60 min	5 min 10 min 30 min	Point	tentative	2014-03-27	J van der Meulen	At the aerodrome
738	Radiation Dose Rate	UTLS	2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology						Global	speculative	2013-12-05	J van der Meulen