The Pan-European 3D RADAR Service aims to provide a SWIM Compliant access point to high resolution RADAR data in Grib2 format, including multiple vertical Flight Levels of horizontal reflectivity to visualise the depth and intensity of convection and a series of derived 2D products to evaluate storm severity and assess potential for hail. Data is available at two resolutions: one dataset covers FABEC and UK-Ireland FAB at a 5-minute temporal and 1km horizontal resolution (this 1km product also includes pre-defined spatial subsets), the other covers the wider European geographical area at a 15-minute temporal and 2km horizontal resolution. These products are currently CANDIDATE services and are being exposed by the Met Office now in order to gain feedback on them from external reviewers, they are NOT to be used operationally. In the future they may provide applications for use both strategically in the flight planning phase and in the in-flight phase. This RADAR provision will provide greater situational awareness and enhance safety through pro-active decision making, greater efficiency routing aircraft, reduced fuel burn and informing capacity/constraint management at an earlier stage. They can also be used tactically by specialists and air traffic control to provide in-flight updates. Authorised aviation stakeholders include European Air Traffic Management users, Eurocontrol Network Managers, State ANSPs, airlines, and airports. This data is also available for use by MET ANSPs for Official Duty purposes only. Additional benefits to this service include providing datasets for long term aviation analysis, algorithm development and verification, reduced flight delays, improved safety and fuel efficiency. Please refer to the point-of-contact for further enquiries with regards to authorisation to access this service. Severe convection is a major aviation hazard because this can lead to structural damage to aircraft and cause fatalities. There is an operational need for an authoritative source of 3D RADAR Data across the Pan-European domain for consistent situational awareness and avoidance of hazardous areas of airspace. Pan-European 3D RADAR composites are generated at both the Met Office and Meteo France from radar data contributors. The input radar data of this service has been provided via OPERA, the Radar Programme of EUMETNET, and has been processed and made available by the Met Office and M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France.
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The Met Office is the sole Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) certificated by the UK Civil Aviation Authority to provide and disseminate a range of aviation forecast products and services, in accordance with ICAO Annex 3 to the Chicago Convention, Meteorological Service for international Air Navigation.
ICAO\u2019s Annex 3 provides the main regulatory framework against which the UK is obliged to provide meteorological services, and which the Met Office delivers Met Services against. This ensures that the UK meets its obligations to ICAO to provide safe, efficient and regular air travel.
These services fall into the following main categories:
a) UK services.
b) The World Area Forecast System (WAFS), as provided by World Area Forecast Centre (WAFC) London, in coordination with WAFC Washington.
c) SADIS (Secure Aviation Data Information Service).
d) The Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) London.
In addition to the ICAO Annex 3 determined services, a range of discretionary services that are determined as a requirement in the UK are also provided. Specific services such as Aviation R&D and the provision of information to NATS are examples of this.
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" }, { "name": "Time Behaviour of Service", "description": "<5s delay for 90% of messages
" } ], "reliability": [ { "name": "Availability", "description": "99.95 %
" }, { "name": "Recoverability", "description": "Best effort during Normal Working Hours
" } ], "security": [ { "name": "Confidentiality", "description": "Confidentiality mechanisms have been implemented
" }, { "name": "Integrity", "description": "Integrity mechanisms have been implemented
" } ] }, "accessAndUseConditions": [ { "name": "UserID & Password", "type": "SECURITY_CONSTRAINT", "description": "The access to the service is based on UserId and password.
" }, { "name": "Token valid for 1 hour", "type": "SECURITY_CONSTRAINT", "description": "The access token is valid for one hour, therefore must be regenerated after this has expired.
" }, { "name": "Check Headers", "type": "SECURITY_CONSTRAINT", "description": "Header information in the response will include messages indicating where there is corrupt or missing data. Headers must always be checked with each request.
" } ], "validation": [ { "type": "SELF_VALIDATION", "description": { "validationSteps": "Manual collection and analysis of data", "validationResults": "Email the Service Owner for the validation report", "evidence": "Validation by Met Office Radar Science\r\nBefore releasing the HDF5 service, NWP as checked by qualified and experiences subject matter experts" } } ], "dateInOperation": "2021-06-01" }, "informationDescription": { "informationDefinition": [ { "name": "Pan-European 3D RADAR Data(GRIB2)", "definition": "", "airmCorrespondence": "" } ] }, "technicalDescription": { "serviceMonitoring": { "monitoringDescription": "Model updates of forecast data are expected to arrive for post processing every 6hrs. Automated alerts are set up to alert the support teams if these model updates fail to arrive on time in full.
\r\n\r\nAlarms are also put in place to monitor the health (performance, cost and availability) of the AW services
\r\n" }, "technicalConstraint": [ { "name": "Sign-up", "description": "Please contact SESARServiceManager@metoffice.gov.uk for details of signing up to the service." }, { "name": "Integration Pattern", "description": "REST API." } ] }, "serviceInterface": [ { "name": "IP69 SESAR 3D RADAR Service Grib2", "description": "Provides access to Pan European 3D RADAR data in Feet and in Grib2 format
", "provisionSide": "PROVIDER_SIDE", "endpoints": [ { "name": "Candidate endpoint for High resolution Radar in Grib2 format in feet", "description": "This endpoint will return High resolution 1km Radar at 5 minute intervals in Grib2 format in feet. Note that the user must set the API key into the url at place Token. It is deemed a candidate service as the Grib2 output has not been fully quality assured by any parties outside the Met Office.
", "url": "https://ip69-sesar.api.metoffice.gov.uk/api/v1/radar/high-res/grib2?Token=Token" }, { "name": "Candidate endpoint for Low resolution Radar in Grib2 format in feet", "description": "A candidate service to request and obtain a payload of Low resolution Radar data in Grib2 format in feet at 2KM resolution in 15 minute intervals.
Deemed a candidate service as the Grib2 format payload has not yet been validated by any parties outside of the Met Office.
", "url": "https://ip69-sesar.api.metoffice.gov.uk/api/v1/low-res/grib2?Token=Token" } ], "operations": [ { "name": "HTTP GET", "description": "Provides the consumer with the latest Pan European 3D RADAR Data", "idempotency": "IDEMPOTENT", "messages": [ { "name": "HTTP GET", "direction": "OUT" }, { "name": "HTTP GET", "direction": "OUT" } ] } ], "messageExchangePattern": "SYNCHRONOUS_REQUEST_RESPONSE" } ], "references": { "implementedStandard": [ { "title": "N/A", "standardType": "SERVICE_STANDARD", "conformanceStatement": "Not adherent to a service standard", "description": "N/A" } ] } } }