DMG Monitoring
The OPMET Monitoring is part of the DMG-Monitoring Procedure. Detailed information on the whole subject can be found in the EUR Doc 018, App. C.
General Information
The DMG OPMET-monitoring is performed each year from the 1st until the 14th February. The monitoring is divided into a Routine OPMET data monitoring (first three days) and a Non-Routine OPMET data monitoring (whole 14 days period). At the moment only TAC-data is monitored. IWXXM-data is planned to be integrated by February 2024.
The following OPMET data types are monitored:
- Routine data:
- SA - METAR
- SP - SPECI
- FA - GAMET
- FC - Short TAF
- FT - Long TAF
- Non-Routine data:
- FK - Tropical Cyclone Advisory
- FV - Volcanic Ash Advisory
- FN - Space Weather Advisories
- WA - AIRMET
- WC - Tropical Cyclone SIGMET
- WS - SIGMET
- WV - Volcanic Ash SIGMET
- UA - Special AIREP
The DMG-focal point collects the results of the participating centres. All results are analysed and proposals for actions generated with the goal to improve the OPMET data exchange within the EUR-region. Besides the following list of centres, which are required to participate to this monitoring exercise, any NOC can, on a voluntary basis, participate and provide monitoring results. In case you are interested, please contact your responsible ROC for further information.
- Regional OPMET Centres (ROCs)
- Regional OPMET Databanks (RODBs)
- SADIS
- UK NATS as the SADIS provider (upload)
- NOC Bucharest as SADIS user reference point (download)
The results are presented during the DMG-meeting in March to discussed further actions, especially in cases where structural problems were identified. Any identified and confirmed issue will lead to an action to open a ticket via the DMG Problem Handling Procedure tool.