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January/February 2003 OPERATIONAL REPORT 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 E-AM DAR Ne tw or k Tim e line s s OT+120 Period January 2003 - December 2006 100 99 120 98 + T O y 97 b 96 eceived r a 95 t a d f 94 o % 93 92 1 3 4 1 2 3 4 2 1 3 4 03 04 05 06 0 Q Q2 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q1 Q Q3 Q4 0 Q Q2 Q Q 2 20 20 2 % data received at UKMO w ithin OT+120 Target 95% Figure 1:E-AMDAR Timeliness OT+120, Period January 2003 – December 2006 OPERATIONAL REPORT E-AMDAR Network Timeliness OT+45 Period January 2003 to December 2006 100 5 95 4 + T O y b 90 d e iv e c e r 85 a t a d f o % 80 75 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 4 03 04 05 06 0 Q1 Q Q Q Q Q Q3 Q4 0 Q Q Q Q Q Q2 Q3 Q 2 20 2 20 % data received at UKMO w ithin OT+45 Target 85% 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 E-AMDAR Network Development Period January 2000 to December 2006 400 40000 350 35000 300 30000 e) e) ag er 250 25000 averag av y ly ail ai d d ( ( s t l f 200 20000 a a t r o c t r ai n g 150 15000 io n i t vat r o ser p e b R 100 10000 O 50 5000 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 3 4 3 1 2 3 4 4 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 6 1 2 3 4 0 01 0 0 0 0 0 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 0 Q Q Q Q 20 20 20 20 20 20 2 Average number of reporting aircraft Average number of observations Figure 4: E-AMDAR Network Development, Period January 2000 – December 2006 OPERATIONAL REPORT 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.
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