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JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH 2004 E-AMDAR
Significant AMDAR Problems During Period
Identifier Description Status/Date EADAS1 down and all data rerouted through 09/01/04 – 12/01/04 EADAS2 since 1005UTC All data between 06:46-10:18 was queued. Data flowed wef 10:20 with data being 20/01/2004 mirrored to EADAS2. Webserver replication programme also restarted. Interruption of the BUFR IUAg01 EGRR transmission from 03:03 to 10:21 UTC. The 22/01/04 transmission of IUAX01 EDZW was undisturbed in both cases. Interruption of BUFR EGRR of Lufthansa data(EGRR -> EDZW) 03:01 UTC - 06:33 UTC. No problem at the EGRR FROST end 29/01/04 E-ADAS and no outages at Offenbach for the times in question. Interruption of the transmission 18/02/2004 (EGRR -> EDZW03:02 UTC - 06:18 UTC). ADAS: No data has been received for "30" minutes from Eadas1 Investigated and the system is operating 01/03/2004 correctly. The warning message was triggered by a genuine lack of AMDAR observations due to flight scheduling. No Lufthansa data processed 08:50 UTC – 15:23 UTC. Due to the circuit from FROST not being migrated.. 04/03/2004 Data feed switched back from EADAS2. There should be no affect on data to the GTS. Fault of the Lido central database from 24th 05:00 to 25th 05:00 UTC and from 25th Jan 20:00 UTC to 26th 10:00 UTC, but E-ADOS 24/01/04 – 26/01/04 needs some hours to run "round" again. BUFR data transmitted only sporadically during this period. EADOS shows 28th and no data available for th E-ADOS 29 . Lido had problems with the receipt of the OBS data. These data are the basis for the E-ADOS optimization. The consequence was sub-hourly profiles. 01/04/2004 Other important note: On 28th Feb (10:07 - 20:20 UTC) and 29th Feb (16:29 - 20:27 UTC) was again an interruption of the transmission EGRR to EDZW. The Met Office external internet services were disrupted between 08:00 - 11:05. This was caused by a "break" in the routing to the Met Office. This prevented E-ADAS from receiving data over the ARINC ftp service. All data was ARINC 23/01/2004 stored on the Met Office server at ARINC. Once Internet services were restored, queued data was processed and inserted on the GTS. Lufthansa data processed as this is routed separately. On one occasion, 17th Dec, both EUCOS and KNMI stats reported a daily bias of >9deg. However, the Meteo France December 2003 monitoring at Toulouse indicates that EU 8736 undergoes a temperature bias between 1 and > 2°C. On this occasion, it 27/01/04 - is agreed that EU8736 be deactivated until after the next maintenance period.
Transport (Trade Union recruiting among others also technical ground staff at airports) has announced strike actions directed towards Braathens, Spanair, SAS Commuter, 28/01/04 - Blue 1 and Snowflake on Friday and Monday mornings. Negotiations between SAS and Transport on going
OPERATIONAL REPORT British Airways implementation of the compressed software on the B737 fleet has been further delayed by staff resource shortage at BA - data costs for the short haul fleets Ongoing continues to be monitored closely The problem with ftp transfer to the EADAS WebServer continues (update to monthly Ongoing graphs etc) The system developer and TC are working on resolving this issue. UAL has increased the number of aircraft reporting EDR. Most of these additional reports, however, include only EDR, not wind and temperature. 25/03/2004
Saudi Data on GTS:Data exchange on the GTS stopped suddenly because the agreement between the airline and PME is awaiting signature. All transmissions from the aircraft have been switched off until this approval. The airline is also upgrading the 31/03/2004 software and aircraft configurations as quickly as possible. A new operational trial is due to commence just as soon as the agreement is signed. A strike by French air traffic controllers caused the mass cancellation of flights at Orly 16/02/2004 Airport south of Paris. Significant Network Developments During Period Description Status/Date New Lufthansa AMDAR aircraft:EU6148 A340-600 27/01/04 SAAB Aircraft: Development of a service bulletin for implementation of TAMDAR on January 2004 SAAB 340 aircraft. The work is made on behalf of the TAMDAR manufacturer AirDat LCC. SAS B767 – some units still temporarily active. Reduced tariff agreed with SAS until January 2004 complete phase out of this fleet A cost summary regarding AMDAR data from BA aircraft sent to Hong Kong January 2004 Observatory. Delay in development of Air France long haul aircraft is having a “knock-on” effect on January 2004 the planned provision of data to ASECNA. PM has raised this issue with the WMO AMDAR Panel. SAS aircraft EU6113 A330 added to the fleet 10/02/2004 LH aircraft EU6188 A340-600 added to the fleet 16/02/2004 First AMDAR data from Saudi Arabia appeared on the GTS. IDs SVHZAPx where x is 25/02/2004 alpha A-Z or numeric 1-5 New aircraft & New destinations & Lufthansa CityLine 15/03/2004 EU6870 A330-300 15/03/2004,EU6200 A340-600 25/03/2004, EU6900 A330-300 by the end of March. Hungarian AMDAR Workshop from 24-26 May 2004 26/03/2004
E-AMDAR Network Performance Graphs
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Figure 1:E-AMDAR Timeliness OT+120, Period January 2003 – December 2006
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Figure 2:E-AMDAR Timeliness OT+45, Period January 2003 – December 2006
Figure 3:E-AMDAR Monthly average number of observations against Target, Period January 2003 – December 2006
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Figure 4: E-AMDAR Network Development, Period January 2000 – December 2006
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Figure 5: E-AMDAR aircraft totals Period January 2000 – December 2006
Figure 6: E-AMDAR Number of suspect aircraft error bias (O-B)> T = +/-1.5°K Period January 2000 – December 2006
ASAP ships
Significant ASAP Problems During Period Station Description Status/Date Hornbay (ELML7) Part B of TEMP missing. 09/02/04 Hornbay/ELML7 between the Caribbean islands. The system is working, but the transmission of all temp parts is late.
Reissued Fault report 78:Frequently reports 18/03/2004 below the agreed target of 90% of all data achieving 100hPa height, and 75% of all data achieving 50hPa height.
The E-ASAP unit (WPKD), the DWD Continued their intense observing - 17/03/2004 units (ELML7 and KHRH) and the UK programme with 3 or 4 soundings per day. Met Office unit (ZCBP6) Fort Saint Pierre (FQFM) Reissued Fault report 79: Frequently reports 18/03/2004 below the agreed target of 90% of all data achieving 100hPa height, and 75% of all data achieving 50hPa height.
OPERATIONAL REPORT Fort Saint Louis (FQFL) Reissued Fault report 80:Frequently reports 18/03/2004 below the agreed target of 90% of all data achieving 100hPa height, and 75% of all data achieving 50hPa height.
Naja Arctica (OXVH2) Reissued Fault 81: Occasionally reports 18/03/2004 below the agreed target of 90% of all data achieving 100hPa height, and recent reports are below the agreed target of 75% of all data achieving 50hPa height. Sealand Motivator (WAAH) 24 TEMPs had been transmitted to the GTS. January 2004 Problems with the GPS antenna on SL MOTIVATOR could be solved by the E- ASAP Project Team during her call in Bremerhaven CanMar Pride (ZCBP6) Arrived in Hamburg was provided with 17/01/04 Helium by the E-ASAP Project Team. The crew was informed to start the launchings on time to avoid timelags in the bulletin header. Reissue Fault report 82: Frequently reports below the agreed target of 90% of all data achieving 100hPa height, and has recently dipped below the agreed target of 75% of all data achieving 50hPa height. Action on Fault report 82:Visit to Hamburg. 08/02/2004 Protection rubber installed round the Launcher door to save the ballons as they were bursting on the hard edge. Note:Canmar Pride uses RS80-15G sondes, but RS92 maybe introduced from July 2004.
Action on Fault 82:There have been several 17/10/2003 times when the pre-flight ground control corrections have been outside their tolerances. PMO visited the Canmar Pride in Antwerp on 17th October 2003 and discussed this problem with the crew. The CanMar Pride has recently changed to 17/03/04 the summer launching schedule. However, they will shortly resume three observations daily as they did in the winter half including St. Lawrence Seaway, to meet the 2004 ASAP programme observation target. Sealand Performance (KRPD) Communication problems: A faulty antenna Resolved February 2004 was replaced and a new software version was installed by a Vaisala engineer. Skogafoss(V2XM) Reissue Fault report 83: Consistently reports 18/03/04 below the agreed target of 90% of all data achieving 100hPa height, and 75% of all data achieving 50hPa height. Significant Network Developments During Period Description Date French ASAP units Météo-France will be using MODEM, 31/03/03 SR2K2 ground equipment for the 4 ASAP units and GPSondes M2K2 during 2004.
OPERATIONAL REPORT ASAP Network Performance Graphs
Figure 7: ASAP Network Development:Timeliness. Number of ASAP TEMP soundings received within HH+120 Period January 2003-December 2006
Figure 8: ASAP Network Development based on data received within HH+120 for the purposes of NWP. Period January 2003-December 2006
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Figure 9: E-ASAP Network Performance:Percentage of ASAP TEMP achieving 100hPa height. Period January 2003-December 2006
Figure 10: E-ASAP Network Performance:Percentage of ASAP TEMP achieving 50hPa height. Period January 2003-December 2006
Figure 11: National ASAP Network Performance:Percentage of ASAP TEMP achieving 100hPa height. Period January 2003-December 2006
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Figure 12: National ASAP Network Performance:Percentage of ASAP TEMP achieving 50hPa height. Period January 2003-December 2006
OWS Mike and Ekofisk
Significant OWS Mike and Ekofisk Problems During Period Station Description Status EUCOS Programme Manager visited Ocean LDWR 23-24/02/2004 Weather Ship MIKE. Significant Network Developments During Period Description Date Nil report
OWS Mike and Ekofisk Network Performance Graphs
Figure 13: Ocean Weather Ship ’MIKE’ and Oil rig EKOFISK Timeliness OT+120 Period January 2003-December 2006
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Figure 14: Ocean Weather Ship ’MIKE’ and Oil rig EKOFISK Data Availability. Period January 2003-December 2006
Figure 15: Ocean Platform Performance: Percentage of soundings achieving 100hPa height against EUCOS Target. Period January 2003-December 2006
Figure 16: Ocean Platform Performance: Percentage of soundings achieving 50hPa height against EUCOS Target. Period January 2003-December 2006
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Significant Radiosonde Problems During Period Station Description Status Lajes (08508) Consistently launch >2 radiosondes/day January – March 2004 Lisboa (08579) Funchal (08522) Portuguese upper-air observations suspended on the 12/03/03 at 18/03/2004 Lisboa and Funchal on 16/03/04,due to delay of radiosondes supply. The 12 UTC observations at those stations are expected to restart within a few days Portuguese upper-air observations at Lisboa were resumed on the 23/03/2004 23/03/04, at 12 UTC; At Funchal, the 12 UTC launchings were suspended on the 24/03/04, but resumed on 25/03/04. Thessalonik (16622) Consumables were provided by EUCOS for the Greek sites. January – March 2004 Heraklion(16754) Frequently launch >2 radiosondes/day Significant Network Developments During Period Description Date
Radiosonde Network Performance Graphs
Figure 17: Radiosonde Performance Timeliness: Percentage of soundings received within HH+120 Period January 2003-December 2006
Figure 18: Radiosonde Performance Daily availability of current EUCOS network. Period January 2003-December 2006
OPERATIONAL REPORT * (1) 9 EUCOS sites frequently launch >2 radiosondes /day, (2) 5 EUCOS sites frequently launch <2 radiosondes/ day. (3)** Timeliness used for EUCOS sonde statistics is measured by subtracting the nominal ascent time from the time of receipt. 'nominal ascent time' is defined as a multiple of 3 hours (HH) such that the launch time lies between HH -2 and HH +1. For example, any launch between 10Z and 13Z would have a nominal time of 12Z.
Figure 19: Radiosonde Performance Percentage of selected EUCOS radiosondes achieving 100hPa height against EUCOS Target. Period January 2003-December 2006
Figure 20: Radiosonde Performance Percentage of selected EUCOS radiosondes achieving 50hPa height against EUCOS Target. Period January 2003-December 2006
SURFACE LAND
Significant RBSN Problems During Period Station Description Status 01389 > 1.0 hPa bias outside the EUCOS performance Monitoring continues criteria. 11212 > 1.0 hPa bias outside the EUCOS performance Monitoring continues criteria. 04208 > 1.0 hPa bias outside the EUCOS performance Monitoring continues criteria. Significant Network Developments During Period Description Date Nil Report
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Surface Land Network Performance Graphs
Figure 21: Surface data availability: Average number of observations received per day. Period January 2003 - December 2006
Surface Data Performance: Timeliness HH+120 : Percentage of surface data received w ithin HH+120 Period January 2003 - 2006 100
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Figure 22: Surface Data Timeliness Performance Timeliness: Percentage of soundings received within HH+120. Period January 2003-December 2006
Figure 23: Surface Data Timeliness Performance Timeliness: Percentage of soundings received within HH+15. Period January 2003-December 2006
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Figure 24: Surface Pressure PP(O-B) Bias January - March 2004
Voluntary Observing Ships
Significant VOS Problems During Period Station Description Status
Significant Network Developments During Period Description Date Nil Report #
• In the following histograms all VOS observations reported into the EUCOS area are taken into account, not just those of EUMETNET members.
Voluntary Observing Ships Network Performance Graphs
Figure 25: Automatic VOS Network Performance: Data Availability Period January 2003 - December 2006
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Figure 26: Manned VOS Network Performance: Data Availability Period January 2003 - December 2006
Figure 27: VOS Network Performance:Timeliness HH+45 Period January 2003 - December 2006
Figure 28: VOS Network Performance:Timeliness HH+115 Period January -December 2006
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Figure 29: Automatic VOS Data Quality: Percentage of Gross Error Period January 2003 - December 2006
Figure 30: Automatic VOS Data Quality: RMS of differences Gross Errors excluded Period January 2003 - December 2006
Figure 31: Manned VOS Network Performance:Data Availability Period January 2003 - December 2006
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Figure 32: Manned VOS Data Quality: Percentage of Gross Error Period January 2003 - December 2006
Figure 33: Manned VOS Data Quality: RMS of differences Gross Errors excluded Period January 2003 - December 2006 Moored and Drifting Buoys
Significant Moored and Drifting Buoy Problems During Period Station Description Status Rarh buoy (WMO 62106 28/04/2003 - Non operation
K5 buoy (WMO 64045) 18/08/2003 - Adrift since June 2003. Stopped reporting onto the GTS on 18/08/2003. Significant Network Developments During Period Date LUT of Sondre Stromfjord has been connected to Service Argos since mid-February. In practice, the raw Argos data received at Sondre Stromfjord are sent to CLS/Argos through FTP and then processed in Toulouse before GTS transmission as the raw data coming from other receiving stations. 01/03/2004
No future drifting buoy data are sent onto the GTS from Sondre Stromfjord.
# Statistics provided by E-SURFMAR *only ten EUCOS moored buoys out of the twelve are operating ** This target corresponds to 40 buoys reporting 90% of hourly data, it replaces a target which was "24 obs/buoy/day".It is in agreement with the present monthly figures and those of other components. This target will be reviewed and approved by PB-OBS
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Figure 34: Moored Buoy Data Availability. Period January 2003 - December 2006
Figure 35: Moored Buoy Network Performance: Timeliness OT+15 Period January 2003 - December 2006
Figure 36: Moored Buoy Network Performance: Timeliness OT+120 Period January 2003 - December 2006
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Figure 37: Moored buoy Data Quality: Percentage of Gross Error Period January 2003 - December 2006
Figure 38: Moored buoy Data Quality: RMS of differences Gross Errors excluded Period January 2003 - December 2006
Figure 39:Drifting Buoy Data Availability. Period January 2003 - December 2006
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Figure 40: Drifting Buoy Network Performance: Timeliness OT+120 Period January 2003 - December 2006
Figure 41: Drifting Buoy Data Quality: Percentage of Gross Error Period January 2003 - December 2006
Figure 42: Drifting Buoy Data Quality: RMS of differences Gross Errors excluded Period January 2003 - December 2006
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Annex 1 Performance of EASAP integrated units Q1 2004
Figure 1: The number of EASAP soundings achieving 100hPa height against 90% target
Figure 2: The number of EASAP soundings achieving 50hPa height against 75% target
The Performance of DWD units Q1 2004
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Figure 3: The number of DWD ASAP soundings achieving 100hPa height against 90% target
Figure 4: The number of DWD ASAP soundings achieving 100hPa height against 90% target
Figure 5: The number of DWD ASAP soundings achieving 50hPa height against 75% target
Figure 6: The number of DWD ASAP soundings achieving 50hPa height against 75% target
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The Performance of UK unit Q1 2004
Figure 7: The number of UK ASAP soundings achieving 100hPa height against 90% target
Figure 8: The number of UK ASAP soundings achieving 50hPa height against 75% target
The Performance of Meteo France units Q1 2004
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Figure 9: The number of MeteoFrance ASAP soundings achieving 100hPa height against 90% target
Figure 10: The number of MeteoFrance ASAP soundings achieving 100hPa height against 90% target
Figure 11: The number of MeteoFrance ASAP soundings achieving 50hPa height against 75% target
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Figure 12: The number of MeteoFrance ASAP soundings achieving 50hPa height against 75% target
The Performance of DMI ASAP units
Figure 13: The number of DMI ASAP soundings achieving 100hPa height against 90% target
Figure 14: The number of DMI ASAP soundings achieving 100hPa height against 90% target
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Figure 15: The number of DMI ASAP soundings achieving 50hPa height against 75% target
Figure 16: The number of DMI ASAP soundings achieving 50hPa height against 75% target
The Performance of INM Spain ASAP units
OPERATIONAL REPORT Figure 17: The number of INM Spain ASAP soundings achieving 100hPa height against 90% target
Figure 18: The number of MeteoFrance ASAP soundings achieving 50hPa height against 75% target
The Performance of Icelandic/Swedish ASAP unit
Figure 19: The number of Icelandic/Swedish ASAP soundings achieving 100hPa height against 90% target
Figure 20: The number of MeteoFrance ASAP soundings achieving 50hPa height against 75% target