Terms of Reference for WMO CAeM Expert Teams
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.