Metrology Observation
The Aviation Meteorological Office (AMO) aims to provide aviation weather services to contribute to safety improvement, regularity, and efficiency of air navigation. It conducts aviation weather services according to the technical provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Annex 3 and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), as well as standards and recommended practices of regional agreements and conventions in air navigation.
Course Objectives:
The training course imparts students with:
- Theoretical knowledge and practical skills to enable them to make fully standardized, accurate surface meteorological observation
- How to note the parameters that make up METAR and MET report messages, encode the observations in a standard format and transmit the coded information
- Understand the various systems, equipment and instruments in use, including the maintenance and calibration of the sensors.
- Interpret actual/forecast surface information and any other appropriate charts and forecasts for aviation to assist in the understanding of the weather
Course Outlines:
- An introduction to the course objectives, content, organization, training methods. and weather conditions
- Observation techniques
- Theoretical lessons and practical exercise on observational techniques for creating a meteorological message.
- METAR & METREPORT
- Preparing for Disruptions
- Disruption Countermeasures
- Reliance on Real-Time Data
- Theoretical lessons and practical exercises on encoding and transmitting meteorological reports: met report, METAR and SPECI
Target Audiences:
Target audiences are the specialists.