Terms of Reference for WMO CAeM Expert Teams

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Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology (CAeM)
 

Common Terms of Reference for all CAeM Expert Teams and Task Teams

(a) To support Members in their drive to demonstrate compliance with competency standards for meteorological personnel. This is to be achieved by helping to organize workshops, through the sharing of best practices and reviewing and producing competency assessment resources. These resources will be made available in appropriate form, including, primarily, through the CAeM website;
(b) To continue working, in close cooperation with the relevant bodies of ICAO, on proposals for an expanded forecast service addressing also the wider approach and departure area around aerodromes, adapted to the needs of the 21st Century;
(c) To assist Members in the introduction of recognized systems of Quality Management, Cost Recovery and Customer Focus programmes;
(d) To develop guidance on the provision of new and tailored services for all aviation stakeholders including airlines, commercial and general aviation, national and regional air traffic management and airport operators;
e) To cooperate with ICAO through the WMO Secretariat and with the Commission for Basic Systems in the improvements to observations, the updating of codes and formats to meet aeronautical meteorology requirements and the transition to table driven codes including XML in information transmission;
(f) To provide input and feedback for relevant bodies of CBS, CIMO and CAS in planning for new data types, observing and forecasting methodologies;
(g) To inform the Commission of the current scientific understanding of the effects of aviation on the global, regional and local atmospheric environment, the implications thereof for future development of aviation, and of potential effects of impending climate change on aviation operations. A Rapporteur would be nominated to liaise with other organizations such as CAS, UNFCCC, IPCC, ICAO and UNEP and scientific societies to ensure that information is current and complete.

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