Assessment of TAF, METAR, and SPECI Reports Based on ICAO ANNEX 3 Regulation

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60162694%3AG43__%2F21%3A00556996" target="_blank" >RIV/60162694:G43__/21:00556996 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/2/138" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/2/138</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/atmos12020138" target="_blank" >10.3390/atmos12020138</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Assessment of TAF, METAR, and SPECI Reports Based on ICAO ANNEX 3 Regulation

Original language description

The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is one of the most prominent and widely accepted forecasting tools for flight planning. The reliability of this instrument is crucial for its practical applicability, and its quality may further affect the overall air transport safety and economic efficiency. The presented study seeks to objectify the assessment of the success rate of TAFs in the full breadth of their scope, unlike alternative approaches that typically analyze one selected element. It aspires to submit a complex survey on TAF realization in the context of ANNEX 3 (a regulation for Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation issued by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)) defined methodology and to provoke a discussion on the clarification and completion of ANNEX 3. Moreover, the adherence of TAFs to ICAO ANNEX 3 (20th Edition) is examined and presented on the example of reports issued in the Czech Republic. The study evaluates the accuracy of TAF forecast verified by Aerodrome Routine Meteorological Report (METAR) and Special Meteorological Report (SPECI), whose quality was assessed first. The required accuracy of TAFs was achieved for most evaluated stations. A discrepancy in terms of formal structure between actually issued reports and the ANNEX 3 defined form was revealed in over 90% of reports. The study identifies ambiguities and contradictions contained in ANNEX 3 that lead to loose interpretations of its stipulations and complicate the objectification of TAF evaluation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

ATMOSPHERE

ISSN

2073-4433

e-ISSN

2073-4433

Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

138

UT code for WoS article

000622103300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85100636361