Ralf Brauner - Use of AMPS in Queen Maud Land Area

Use of AMPS
in Queen Maud Land Area
June 13, 2006!
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  DROMLAN weather forecast service
  Case study: blizzard at Novolazarevskaya runway on the
1st of Febuary 2006
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7/15/14!
Hartwig Gernandt
Weather Forecast at Neumayer !
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User in the DROMLAN community
Do 228
ships
traverses
Basler DC-3
Iljushin76
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C-130
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User in the DROMLAN community
Special Thanks from all the forecasters on RV POLARSTERN .....
.......for the AMPS products via Email!
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forecast area
Westbound:
Eastbound:
contact with BAS/
forecaster at
Rothera
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contact with
USAP/forecaster
at McMurdo or
Casey/Davis
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  DROMLAN weather forecast service was
established in season 2002/2003 to provide
forecasts for intercontinental/feeder flights
and other weather dependent activities!
  forecast centre is Neumayer Station!
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products and service
 Every season more than 2500 forecasts have been
worked and transmitted to DROMLAN partners!
  Twice daily forecasts for all stations, field parties, traverses,
ships!
  Individual forecasts for aircrafts !
  Service is available 24 hours (office hours are 05:00 to
22:00, „one man show“) !
  communication and distribution via email, HF, VHF, Iridium,
telephone, fax!
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Forecast Base Neumayer Station!
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....on top!!
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Case study: blizzard at Novo runway on the 1st of Feb 2006
  Flight with Iljushin 76 from Cape Town to Novo
runway !
  ETD Cape Town 31st of January at 23:00 UTC!
  ETA Novo runway 1st of Febuary at 05:00 UTC!
due to AMPS and ECMWF forecasts flight was
delayed for 2nd of Febuary in the afternoon or night!!
This was done 2 days ahead!!!
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Case study: blizzard at Novo runway on the 1st of Feb 2006
WEATHER INFORMATION FROM NOVO RUNWAY
18:00 UTC
AIR TEMPERATURE
WIND SPEED (m/s)
WIND DIRECTION
AIR PRESSURE
CLOUD AMOUNT (octas)
CLOUD CELLING (m)
VISIBILITY
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
REMARKS
CONTRAST & HORIZON
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08:00 UTC
January, 31
-5.4 C
11.3
100
918.8 hPa
2/0/0
-/-/>20 km
good
February, 01
AIR TEMPERATURE
WIND SPEED (m/s)
-6.7 C
18.4
WIND DIRECTION
AIR PRESSURE
CLOUD AMOUNT (octas)
CLOUD CELLING (m)
115
918.3 hPa
?/?/8
-/-/1850
VISIBILITY
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
REMARKS
CONTRAST & HORIZON
350 m
snowdrift
nil
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Case study: blizzard at Novo runway on the 1st of Feb 2006
WEATHER INFORMATION FROM NOVO RUNWAY
18:30 UTC
February, 01
07:00 UTC
February, 02
AIR TEMPERATURE
WIND SPEED (m/s)
-5.4 C
20.4
AIR TEMPERATURE
WIND SPEED (m/s)
-5.5 C
13,5
WIND DIRECTION
AIR PRESSURE
CLOUD AMOUNT (octas)
CLOUD CELLING (m)
VISIBILITY
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
REMARKS
CONTRAST & HORIZON
115
919.6 hPa
?/?/?
-/-/?
50 m
blizzard
nil
WIND DIRECTION
AIR PRESSURE
CLOUD AMOUNT (octas)
CLOUD CELLING (m)
VISIBILITY
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
REMARKS
CONTRAST & HORIZON
110
922,3 hPa
?/?/?
-/-/?
500 m
snowdrift
nil
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Case study: blizzard at Novo runway on the 1st of Feb 2006
WEATHER INFORMATION FROM NOVO RUNWAY
12:00 UTC
February, 02
.....no landing conditions on the 1st and
2nd February in the morning! !
AIR TEMPERATURE
WIND SPEED (m/s)
-3.6 C
7,2
WIND DIRECTION
AIR PRESSURE
CLOUD AMOUNT (octas)
CLOUD CELLING (m)
VISIBILITY
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
REMARKS
CONTRAST & HORIZON
100
922,1 hPa
?/8/0
-/1430/10 km
mod
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AMPS
27th - 00 UTC
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ECMWF
27th -00 UTC
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Forecast AMPS 30th - 12 UTC
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Forecast ECMWF 30th - 12 UTC
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Final decision:
Canceling flight with Iljushin 76 arriving on
the 1st in the morning!!
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Forecast AMPS 31st - 00 UTC
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......good job done by AMPS and ECMWF!!!!
- safety
- costs
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AMPS and ECMWF
AMPS
+ surface winds
+ meteograms show
cloud layers
+ cross sections
+ and a lot more individual
forecast products
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EMWF
+ EPS-meteogram
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Thank you!
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