Digital SNOWTAM Trial User`s Guide & References
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1. 5 2 2 3 Friction coefficient The friction coefficient aka braking action is displayed using the following two conventions A number 1 5 or 9 A background color red yellow green or gray AAAA The number always corresponds to the estimated friction coefficient even 1f the actual value contained in the SNOWTAM or contamination is measured the real coefficient is still available in the application The application uses the same conventions as the ICAO SNOWTAM form except for the color Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 46 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions Measured Coefficient Estimated friction 0 40 and above 0 39 0 36 MEDIUM GOOD 4 0 35 0 30 MEDIUM 3 0 29 0 26 MEDIUMIPOOR 2 0 25 POOR 1 9 unreliable UNRELIABLE 9 Grey color is used when no coefficient is available However this should not happen As an example consider the following SNOWTAM message A ENAT B 10290728 C 11 F 67 1 1 G 4 H 3 5 5 It will be displayed using the following icons Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 47 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions 6 Working with Google Maps Here are a few condensed things to know about Google Map usage satelite2. FMT 41 41 HY5 45 7065KH JSON LR KILIM NY P C 15L B30128183 47 A EKCH B 01 281816 C FAVY AL F 788 788 788 6 1 1141 H 75 70 55 SFH 789 CIRWYO4R F 7 77 7 0 174 Y ALOWW 01281700 CH1 G XXX XX XX Hi5 555 281710 CHB FAA G XXX XXXUXXX HBSS MET Y AYLTCG B 01281538 C 11 F NIL N L N L 0 33 0 92 0 330 J 30CM LR TITHERE ARE 40 50 CM SNOWBANKS Y AQLFCR B t 281620 033143 EJF 55 65 HER JK LOM M PIRI 5 TRAY TREATED 4 AJEKRK B01 281623 C903 F 9 9 89 6 01 01 01 80 79 80 SFH B 01281632 11 F999 G 01 01 01 H 79 76 76 SFH Y AQUKLL B01 280400 0113 F 8 88 61041040 50 50 50 20 1 ME T TWY APRON ARE SLIPPERY x ALLI B01281600 CH 4 4 4 GB55 H655 KIVES RL M4 RM 5301290400 47 ci 8 xl Click on the icon or double click on a grid row to open the Edit rejected SNOVVTAM popup for the corresponding SNOVVTAM message 4 4 1 Search criteria By default only rejected SNOWTAM messages that have been received in the last 24 hours are displayed t is however possible to display all SNOWTAM messages by unchecking the reyected SNOWTAMS only or the last 24 h only checkboxes It s also possible to limit the list to SNOWTAMS containing a specific keyword entered in the Keyword field this 1s a full text search For example the following search string will display only the SNOWTAM messages rejected on 05 January u
3. aes n sosselies 6420 a ok Charleroi Jumet j Jumet y R3 Bois INS d Heigne 1 A it ce Oe Fr E420 The graphical visualization of SNOVVTAM messages and contaminations relies heavily on features geometries If no geometrtes are available a warning shall be displayed under the reference point Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 38 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions Fieury la Valles b 73 i La Bailly 4 w dr 215 E k 54 mi o uz k an Les Bries oa i D319 A rodrome Auxere Branches pam d No graphical data available for this airport Cannot display graphical surface contamination Brecy Chaumol Breandes Imps POWERED EY 3 5000 2 Charbuy Google AA NE 9 as i A Ru AALS 5 1 2 Runways Runways are displayed as outlined blue polygons In order to be compliant with ICAO Annex 15 Appendix 2 and OPADD document for the encoding of contaminations and SNOWTAM messages runways are divided into thirds The thirds are numbered from the lower runway designator threshold gt 2 d d 2 v Flughafen ka Z rich Kloten Third Third 2 Third 3 Ro E Lower threshold y a ae El Cl iG 5 i e v y Sa Gi
4. m Figure 3 Satellite view of airport map Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 22 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar 00000 EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOVVTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions Y Th Satellite _ Tha b r mi Lee POWERED A 7 i A y Figure 4 Map view of airport map Digital SNOVVTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 23 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions picture from the satellite vue Satellite Hybrid Terrain y el pu v l Figure 5 fee view y of 00 A lla Pili A Da Figure 6 Terrain view of airport map Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 24 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions 3 5 5 Viewing SNOVVTAM Text When a SNOWTAM message or contaminations are available for the selected airport the SNOVVTAM Text button in the bottom right corner of the map will be enabled Click on this button to open a dialog showing e The Original EAD SNOWTAM as received from EAD if applicable e Contaminations as plain text e Contaminations as SNOWTAM draft as generated by the application Currently airport wide contaminations can only be viewed in the item
5. N 33 2177 AD an AAA R 33 200 2701070060 rr o DU a 33 55 Contaminatonb 33 ZA COMTGININGLION Up YR a a 33 CONTAMINAR 0020500000 0 000 O NA 33 5221 te A 0 33 3 222 Type OE COMA SS OR 33 2223 Ericioncocilicienb 33 6 WORKING WITH GOOGLE 2 22 2 33 1167102 the Maia ai 33 0 7 LOMAS ME MD SS SA A a ace 33 Eho0smo a map Pe la 33 Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 4 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions EUROCONTROL does not review approve or take any obligation and or responsibility with regard to the adequacy reliability accuracy safety or conformance of the Digital SNOWTAM Trial Data with government standards or any government flight procedures The User shall inform EUROCONTROL by contacting the trial helpdesk of any inaccuracy or error in the Application or Data which may affect the safety of air navigation The User shall not a take any operational and or safety critical decision based on information displayed by the Application or on Data retrieved from the Trial All operational decisions shall continue to be based on official SNOWTAM messages received from the official sources to which the User has access b make available the information displayed by the Application to any third party not being part
6. i Tassa E z 4 Ferg inesse 50 1000 fi se 200 m 3 Fran islas Zurich g IL ALL A AA Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 39 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions When no AMDB data is available runway geometries are computed by using the two threshold point s coordinates and the published runway width So at the very least runway thresholds should be available in EAD to be able to visualize runways It may happen that for some airports the runway geometry doesn t match the picture of the runway on the map This may be due to An incorrect GoogleMap image Wrong threshold coordinates or displaced thresholds An incorrect runway width in EAD No runway width in which case a default value of 45 meters 1s used No threshold and no AMDB data available in which case the application can t display the runway e Maps of type Terrain and Map may be less precise than the satellite map and thus the displayed picture may appear shifted If needed the information can be corrected or completed in EAD and sent as an update which the application will take into account automatically Here s a sample representation of a runway displaying The runway itself the blue box runway thirds runway thresholds runway label and threshold labels Digita
7. wildcard characters which stand for any group of character both at the beginning and or at the end of the criterion Both characters have the same meaning and can be used indifferently depending on your preference Examples e in ICAO field will find all airports whose designator ICAO starts with 1 EBBR EBOS Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 11 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOVVTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions STOCK in Name field will retrieve all airports whose name contains the word STOCK i e STOCKHOLM ARLANDA STOCKTON METROPOLITAN The Query Time UTC field 4 allows for historical searches This field is used by the application to retrieve SNOWTAM information It will also be used when displaying the Airport Map Page of the selected airport By default the field contains the current UTC date time Clicking on the Now button 5 will reset the query time by retrieving the current UTC time from the server Click on the Search button or press the RETURN key in any field to do the search While the server processes the request the result grid becomes disabled and a loading mask 15 displayed Search results 12 airports found 5 Designator Name IATA Type Served City Elevation Control type A MATANE MATANE 102 FT MANTOUWAD
8. Hybrid er sh F Ta a i E k yir f ER ET re J i ns 27 iz ne L 4 FT i 5 Zoom level move to adjust level m n i m E A E 2 a j ni i n iA 3 m 7 yi e a gt a m peed aa a e mi H 1 ki E m 1 4 E Yuxa ni LER m j a il fee Zoom out f b E b all y a e a i F 1 i A 11 ta hi a hat j 7 d Y i T a m bb 6 1 Moving the map The map can be moved e By using the map control on the left as explained in the screenshot By using drag amp drop click on the map keep the mouse button down and move the cursor to move the map By using the arrows Page Up Page Down Home and Insert keys on the keyboard The map can also be centred on a specific place by double clicking on the corresponding point on the map Clicking on the little hand icon in the map control will move the map back to the last known position Note In the Airport Map Page the map can be centered on a feature by clicking on the corresponding feature in the textual feature list provided that a geometry 1s available for that feature 6 2 Zooming the map The map can be zoomed in and out Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 48 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM
9. Runway BW 14 32202000 0 Observation Date Time UTC 29 Oct 2009 at 11 30 E 57 57 riction R Measured Good Measured Good Measured Good t Third Landing areal 2nd Third Mid runway 3rd Third f pposite endi Frost Frost Frost Deposita Ice Ice Ice Mean Depth 2 mu 2 mm 2 mm Taxiway TW pe over taxiway mean depth None Wet Snow None Apron APRON pa over apron mean denihl Damp None None Note the fact that the apron was sanded was provided in item T of the original SNOWTAM A BGSS B 10291130 C 14 F 37 37 37 G 2 2 2 H 50 57 57 TAP N O50PCT 2MM TYP37 BA 65 TAP R 100PCT 3MM TYP7 PCT 100PCT 1MM TYP3 BA 40 TAP T RWY CONTAMINATION 025PCT 1MM RIME PCT 010PCT 1MM ICE APRON SANDED The information could therefore not be processed by the application and has been left unchanged and attached to the global remarks 3 5 5 3 EAD SNOWTAM The EAD SNOVVTAM tab contains the original SNOWTAM message as 1t was received from EAD without any interpretation or correction If the SNOVVTAM was created within the application so didn t come from EAD the tab will only contain the NIL value Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 26 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 TT Design amp Solutions Contami
10. T m PS mm 4 Page 1 uq Pj Display erpor ti L 15 67 ics b A Previous results Next results Total number of airports matching the search criteria Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 13 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar 00000 EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOVVTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions 3 4 Airport Overview The Airport Overview screen shows a summary of the contamination status of a region for airports having an IATA code in the Trial Database This selection criteria has IATA code was chosen in order to de clutter the image as displaying all airports in the database could make the image very heavy especially in the Western Europe area It is important to remember that this page does not display the situation of all the airports available in the Trial database EUROCONTROL s Digital SNOWTAM Trial monas dl Find Aporta Manage EMOWTAMS Administration ick saree Provider EDUARD POROSMICH 4p EUROCONTROL Helpdesk Mat The view is initially centred on Europe The displayed airports are refreshed every time the map is moved or zoomed Note some airports might seem to be missing in the bottom of the map especially at low zoom levels This is due to the fact that our geographic queries take the ea
11. This will allow for example to use the application to encode and generate an ICAO SNOWTAM draft and compare it with the official SNOWTAM issued by the same authority Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 37 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions 5 Symbols and Graphical Representations Aeronautical experts have investigated the existence of civil military and other industry conventions and standards that provide requirements or guidelines for the graphical representation of the surface contamination status 5 1 Features Features for which geometries are available are displayed graphically on a map Both features represented by a surface and features represented by a point are supported Atrport features represented by a surface are displayed using an outlined blue polygon the shape 1s not filled This is the case for runways taxiways and aprons Airport features represented by a point aircraft stands thresholds are displayed using an icon depending on their type 5 1 1 Airport Reference Point The airport reference point is displayed using the usual ICAO symbol A Satellite y p x a CE 1 R A rop le T ni Gosselies E420 TEA f b Yi Charleroi 48 of Bruxelles Sud poo 4 F 2 a teroi Rue 454
12. 5 e From the airport contextual menu you can e Centre the map on the airport reference point e Show the current SNOWTAM text if available View the currently active baseline details about the airport this will open in a new popup Important notice Currently global information contaminations about the whole airport are only available through the View SNOWTAM text feature This includes the content of item T plain text remark See chapter 3 5 5 Viewing SNOWTAM Text page 23 for more information Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 19 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions 3 5 2 2 Other feature types If the feature has a geometry that can be displayed clicking on the designator will centre the map on the corresponding feature Click on the arrows icon on the right hand side of the feature designator to open its contextual menu View contamination 42 View details From the airport contextual menu you can e Show the current contamination if any e View the currently active baseline details about the feature this will open in a new popup When contaminations affect a specific feature the corresponding contamination icon is also visible nearby the feature designator Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 20 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar 00000 EATM DAP AIM Digital SNO
13. DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions e By using the map control on the left as explained in the screenshot e By using the mouse wheel if your mouse has one e Use the Insert key to zoom out A double click anywhere on the map will centre it on the clicked point 6 3 Choosing a map type Choosing a map type is as easy as clicking on the select type in the upper right corner of the map As map types add a real value to this application they are further explained in chapter 3 5 4 Visualization Options on page 21 The application has the capability to retain the selected map type for next time the map is displayed Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 49 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44
14. RETURN key to select the airport You can also use the mouse and click on the desired airport If the search results contain too many airports they will be divided in multiples pages that can be browsed with the help of the paging toolbar at the bottom of the list Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 9 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOVVTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions Quick search KO D Provider Ludovic LAMBREC KOEBENHAVN HUOSKILDI AH ROSKILDE 146 FT RKE EKVD KOLDING VAMDRUP AD KOLDING 143FT GOGK KOLDA KOLDA KDA GUSB KOUNDARA SAMBAILO AD 581 HTKD KONDOA KONDOA n s AD KONDOA HUKO KOTIDO ADJ K76MI1 KOZAL FIELD AD SPARTA 775 FT KOGD OGDEN HINCKLEY 4 AD OGD KOLD DEWITT FLD OLD TOWN MUNI F AD OLD TOWN 126 FT OLD YL10 KOVIN DINU Ls 59M lof2 pb First results Last results Previous results Next results Example search results Criterion Results No results minimum 3 characters needed All airports where designator ICAO or designator IATA starts with LS no airport name starts with LS All airports where designator ICAO or designator IATA contains LSZ no airport name contains with LSZ LSZH LSZH Zuric
15. of the User s organisation c disclose sell assign lease or otherwise provide the Data to any other parties or b commercially exploit or enable the commercial exploitation of the Application and or the Data Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 5 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions 2 Accessing the application The Digital SNOVVTAM application is accessible via the Internet as a Web Application You will therefore need a working Internet connexion in order to use it On the other hand as far as the technical requirements are fulfilled no other third party software or components need to be installed on your computer 2 1 Technical requirements Internet Explorer 6 7 or Firefox 2 and greater 1s needed in order to use the web application All application screens have been developed to accommodate a minimum resolution of 1024x768 Note however that the application also supports higher screen resolutions to allow you to take full advantage of the graphical capabilities of the maps Memory requirements will vary greatly depending on your browser and configuration 2 2 Accessing the application The Digital SNOWTAM Application is accessible through EUROCONTROL s Portal at the following address http extranet eurocontrol int You can also use the following direct link https extranet eurocontrol int http prisme w
16. 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar 00000 EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOVVTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions amm ee Terain k imageny 2009 DigitalGlobe 5 gt Ccankort Ge In order to avoid overloading the map aircraft stands labels are not displayed as other feature labels The labels with the stand designator are displayed when the mouse moves over a stand Aircraft stands are made available from EAD data 5 2 Contaminations Feature contaminations are displayed in two ways 1 The surface of the feature is filled with a color corresponding to the contaminant of the upper layer 2 A color coded and triangle shaped icon is placed on the feature showing the most important information the friction coefficient and the type of contaminant of the upper layer Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 43 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar 00000 EATM DAP AIM__ SNOWIAM User s Manual 2 0 IT ee amp Solutions _ 5 2 1 Contamination surface When features are contaminated their surface is filled using a semi transparent color which corresponds to the type of the upper most layer of contaminant Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 44 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 NAL choir Aranda m flygplats i 4 Dry snow G v es on uu 2 Water K Bl Arlanda
17. AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions EUROCONTROL s Digital SNOWTAM Trial Find Airports Manage SHOWTAJAE Quick s LS Powder Ludowc LAMBRECHTS d EUROCONTROL EAD HALI LOSE 154 FT Laz M 1574 LUGAMO la AD 1915 FT LUG LAFA BERN AD BERME 1673 FT ERM 118 baz f Bu CHS AD ROCKS 1475 8x0 Lt n 3 LEFF BAD RAGAZ r AD J 2 LEFF BIRRFELO AD DADEN 1300 FT 1525 GRENCHEN te AD GREMCHEN L411 FT hd Bin LSZH ZURICH Ay AD j IERCH 1416 FT JAH 1521 LL AD 1723 FT AD BEL o FT f EEN t CPD4 BRUSSELS ARMSTRONG FIELD LDLO LOSIN LOSINJ L x Hybrid Terrain Suri LSzK SFEC K FEHKAL TORF AD 1ET MTERTHUR 1758 FT j LSEL LUCARINU ATA Tann ET FT i Page 1 oof 2 P bl d al FE ja Fal Hal i Bal ala E Em l m x Li un v 17 Pulsar mr This search field also support the or wildcard characters replacing any group of letters Note that the Quick Search feature doesn t support temporal queries and that the Airport Map Page will always be opened with the current date and time Once the search results are displayed you can navigate through the airport list with the keyboard with up down arrows and press the
18. EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOVVTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions Digital SNOVVTAM Trial User s Guide dt References Manual Version 1 1 Digital SNOVVTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 1 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions DOCUMENT CHANGE RECORD Date 06 01 2010 v1 0 first public version 28 02 2010 V1 1 updated after installation of version 1 0 6 of the application Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 2 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions CONTENTS t DISCLAIMER cana 5 ACCESSING FHE APPLICATION aeoiee oat 6 2 1 Technicailrcgurem n As 6 22 ACCESS AS applicano se 6 gt DATA USER ENTERA Cbs arial bad 7 5 MO IOs A ob 7 3 2 Typical usage Error Bookmark not defined 55 a ba s d b 8 IS b b 8 207 RA UI A GL l 8 207 S 7 Find nori b bi 11 00 AA o A dT SR AN 11 047 DAN RESUS b P Error Bookmark not defined 3 5 AIPOM VETV EM si D l lali 14 Seb CONTAMINATION Summary ICONS doin 14 50 uporllan Paste Duas 16 505 1777070 0 OREN eR a RE A o b RR ne 17 207 171 O OE ae ah b a 18 3 6 2 1 ARPO SOL
19. GE YMG AD MANTOUWADGE 1198 FT CYMH MARY S HARBOUR YMH 38FT AIR VICE MARSHALL MCEWEN hd 1692 FT YML CHARLEWOD Y ML AD ST IRENEE 977 FT o Crh FORT Tah AD FORT MCMURRAY 1211 FT o AD MOOSONEE 30 FT o When the results are available the grid becomes enabled again and the first row 15 selected highlighted EUROCONTROL s Digital SNOWTAM Trial Sine LAN Find Airports Manage Rejected SNOWTAMS E Administration Quick search Promlar Jem L E OALLE Pulsar s Find Airports search criteria Ia Mare R i Query Time 2000 05 10 13 20 Emy organization wekdicardis or Y Search results 8 sports found BRL SA ARSS 6 TIONAIL RL CHAR ERCUBALISSELS SOLITA BARS TR ee JOH OPS MALMO ES T HCEHAHLM AHLANDA BOER CAPT EluAIFII Y ti ofi i Pond b v 15 oben Es Poulenc The result table contains the list of airports heliports matching the search criteria Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 12 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions A row displayed in bold with a snowflake SA in the first column means that the corresponding airport heliport has a valid active SNOWTAM at the Query Time A single click on the plane icon in the last column or double cl
20. KEN E k s POWERED 500 f 200 m l Pa While not displayed graphically the other contaminants are still available in the view edit dialogs in the application As an example consider item F of the following SNOWTAM message A LSZH B 09280852 C 10 F 27 5 9 The 1 third of the runvvay is contaminated by vvater over ice value 27 only the vvater layer is visible for this third 5 2 2 Contamination icon The contamination icon carries the most important information about the contamination of the corresponding feature e Single or multiple layers e Type of contaminant of the top layer e Friction coefficient textual number and color code It is meant to be a visual quick summary of the contamination Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 45 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions 5 2 2 1 Single and multiple layers A single triangle is used when there is a single layer of contamination one single contaminant Figure 8 Single layer contamination icon When the contamination consists in multiple layers of contaminants the icon is displayed as a double triangle Figure 9 Multiple layer contamination icon Important notice the number of triangles does NOT depict the number of layers 5 2 2 2 Type of contaminant The icon contains the denomination of the upper most contaminant the top layer
21. T and global remarks fields This is also the case for information contained in an original SNOWTAM message that couldn t be attached to a particular feature This fact is emphasized in the screenshots below 3 5 5 1 SNOWTAM Draft The SNOWTAM Draft is generated by the application based on the contaminations provided by Data Providers and on the parsing and translation of official ICAO SNOWTAM messages coming from EAD The SNOWTAM Draft is ICAO compliant SHOWTAM and Contamination Text format Contamination as 5 draft Contamination as plain text EAD SNOWTAM SW 1 10140944 SNOWTAM AJEBCI B 10140044 07 F 2 9 6 1 2 3 Close d Ccdu xm E o min mmm x ox om A E A Pe mn o mum Arda 3 5 5 2 SNOWTAM plain text The Plain Text SNOVVTAM translates the contamination into a formatted human readable plain text message Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 25 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 _ IT Design amp Solutions SNOWTAM and Contamination Text format a SNOWTAM draft 1 Conta mination as plain text EAD SNOWTAM SNOWTAM identification emitter code ni lt SW Location BGS5 Valid starting from 29 Det 2009 at 11 30 UTC Global remarks CONTAMINATION 025PCT 1 RIME PCT O10PCT 1MM ICE APRON SANDED
22. WTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions EUROCONTROL s Digital SNOWTA C EBBR BRUSSELS BRUSSELS NATIONAL Filters UTC Date Time 2009 10 02 09 33 G Dataset 2 EAD Loca kul ary id Wed te ties b 1 q i 0 A Imagery W v0 17 3 5 3 Airport Map The Airport Map is the central piece of the application It allows graphical visualization of airport features and contaminations when available For more details about how features and contaminations are displayed on the map please refer to chapter 5 Symbols and Graphical Representations on page 33 3 5 4 Visualization Options For some airports with a lot of feature geometries the map can quickly become overloaded The Visualisation Options panel gives you full control over what is visible on the map Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 21 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions Visualisation Options 59 Runways Feature Label Thirds a ee Feature Label C Taxiway Feature Label LT Aprons Feature E Label A Feature By checking unchecking the boxes you can show hide the corresponding feature geometries and or labels The box nearby the feature type Runways allow you to completely show hide specific features in one click MR E EE z ji A
23. ation relies on multiple data sets 4 1 Static data baselines from EAD The static data about airport features is exported from EAD SDO in AIXM 4 5 format and 1s converted and imported in the application in ATXM 5 1 format The following features are available Airport heliports Runways Runway directions Runway centreline points thresholds Taxiways Aprons Aircraft stands These features are regularly and automatically updated trough the EAD ESI ENA connection It is not modifiable through the application Runway geometries are computed using the two thresholds 4 2 Geometric data from AMDB Feature geometries in AMDB format can be uploaded in the application AMDB provides precise geometries for the following features e Runways through runway elements Taxiways through taxiway elements e Aprons through apron elements Runway geometries uploaded from AMDB will always have priority over geometries computed with threshold points AMDB files must be sent to EUROCONTROL via email Validity tests against the features already available in the database will be run before the file can be uploaded EUROCONTROL will take care of the whole processing 4 3 EAD SNOWTAM Messages The application regularly and automatically receives ICAO SNOWTAM messages through EAD INO and converts them into valid surface contaminations as soon as they are available The converter uses a set of rules to validate and translate SNOWTAM messag
24. but that do not prevent 1t to process the SNOWTAM Messages with Warnings only are not rejected and are available as usual in the Airport Overview and Airport Map pages ConversionErrors happen when syntactically valid SNOWTAM messages refer to unknown features runways alrports Errors prevent the application from handling the SNOWTAM message which will then be rejected A SNOWTAM containing only warnings will be processed normally by the application Note however that some information it contains could be generalized For example unreadable information Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 36 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions about taxiways could be put at the airport level during the creation of contaminations The information is not lost but is available at a higher level 4 5 Local Contaminations In addition to EAD SNOWTAM messages the application also supports local contaminations During the trial local contaminations can be provided by local airport authorities and or NOTAM offices This will allow data providers to encode test data directly within the application with the help of wizards and graphical editing capabilities Local contaminations can coexist with EAD contaminations as they are both considered as completely separate data sets In other words local and EAD contaminations won t impact each other
25. dden to give more space to the map This may come in handy with smaller screen resolutions ESMS MALMO op New observation Filters UTC Date Time Feature 2009 10 05 13 31 4 Labe HEG TINE S Once collapsed the panels become only a narrow vertical bar Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 16 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions e EUROCONTROL s Digital SNOWTAM Trial SHOT E verity E Find Airports Manage Rejecied SNOWTAMS E Administration Quick search Usen Dala USER El Pulsar rsus MALMO o PB A 1 LM P m OLLA Powered Bry Pulsar Click on the bar itself to reopen the panels temporarily the panel will collapse back as soon as the mouse cursor moves over the map or click on the little arrows on top of the bars to expand the panels normally Note that each panel can be collapsed and or expanded individually 3 5 1 Filters Filters allow you to reload the map with a different query time or a different dataset Datasets are further explained in section 0 EUROCONTROL does not review approve or take any obligation and or responsibility with regard to the adequacy reliability accuracy safety or conformance of the Digital SNOWTAM Trial Data with government standards or any government flight procedures The User shall inform EUROCONT BOL b
26. ea 19 2622 Other te atte Des aa aaa a a baa ala s h 20 20 117070 o o a aad 21 565 Visual Gnor OPON S ca ia 21 202 VEW SINO WEAM T OU tao erste cis 25 3 6 5 1 SNOW TAM DEE UN DU ba 25 3 02 SNOWTAM plainte Xi iia 25 3 6 5 3 Er r r LL 26 2 7 VieV ing COMAMINACIONS escitas cdta 21 3 0 Viewing Runway COMANDOS d 28 39 Xeyin laxiway Contanos 28 S10 Vi wmme Apron Contamination iaa 29 3 11 Viewing Aircraft Stand 1 65 22 29 5 12 Usine the contam nat nmd aloss is 30 2417 Vua ZON ODIO tod 30 E ac ma RMG eere l N 31 A DATASETS nr AEE A 33 4l Sauc data Daselines Trom PAD a E E walee alae 33 412 Geomemie data rom AMD bi 33 Ao JAD SINOW TAM Mesas ura da 33 Ae lana rejected SING WA Menciona 33 ANO 33 4100000010 006060 r D 33 140 0 aa 33 dAd TYPES OF ITON O o T 33 Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 3 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions As Boca lC onta mina onun A O 33 5 SYMBOLS AND GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS ssssscccccsssssccccccssssscccccceesscees 33 uc A 33 057 DO RECREA POINT r b o bu s 33 755 33 y y C r y y y y Q y
27. eature or the Airport Overview page 3 5 2 Airport features The airport features area is a textual list of available features for the selected airport Features are displayed by their designator identification and are grouped by feature type Airport ESMS Runvvays 11 29 17 35 Aprons N 5 WW Taxiways Aircraft Stands kal a a a a a a a kal No Aircraft Stand data available Only the features available through EAD can be displayed here Feature groups Airport Runways Aprons may be expanded or collapsed individually by clicking on the arrows on the right Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 18 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions Click here to collapse Airport FSSA was Runways n 011 19 m sea gt Aprons Taxiways s Aircraft Stands No Aircraft Stand data available Click here to expand Click on the arrows on the right hand side of feature designators to open a contextual menu which will allow you to interact with the corresponding feature described below 3 5 2 1 Airport feature Click on the arrows icon on the right hand side of the airport designator to open its contextual menu gt gt 5 5 5 Runways i Center on map 11 29 2g Show SNOWTAM text 17 35 View details Pe T TEE N
28. ebsrv hq corp eurocontrol int xsnowtam After login to the Eurocontrol Extranet the following image will be displayed either in a separate browser window or a separate browser tab page depending on the browser version Click on the image to launch the Trial Application Pulsar 01 da Welcome to the 3 a EVEOCONTROL Digital SHOWTAM Trial Application O 10 010 110 5 4 1 0 1011 100 0111 1011 BIBL ds 110 Click cn te logo to peress che applic ad n n 010 DIO 1011 Figure 1 Home page Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 6 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions 3 Data User Interface 3 1 Introduction As Data User you have access to the Data User Interface which provides read access to textual and eraphical representations of features and contaminations for all airports world wide The typical usage flow of the Data User Interface 1s as follows Login Enter your login name and password Find airports Airport Overview Find Airport Page An overview of the current Quick Search Feature SNOWTAM situation Focus on Europe View airport contaminations View the airport its associated features and contaminations on a map More than 15000 airports are available through EAD export Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 7 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar C
29. ed to see the map while keeping the dialog at hand A double click on the dialog title has the same effect Edit surface contamination of Runway 07L 25R Contamination L Whole Runway Third i Dest 2 Mean depth sE Tu A A m Edit surface contamination of Runway 021 258 3 12 Visualization Options The Visualization Options panel is located on the right of the Airport Map view The panel allows for fine tuning which visual information is overlaid on the airport map This 1s especially useful when the airport map is cluttered as shown below Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 30 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual vd 0 IT Design amp Solutions Runways Feature Label Thirds Runway Thresholds 2 Feature Label Taxiways Feature Label iwi Aprons Feature Label Aircraft Stands Feature iby q Figure 7 Visualization ations panel Each information category can be selected deselected individually In addition all the categories of a feature can be selected deselected at once using the feature check box Check a category e g label in runway section to show it uncheck the category to hide it Check a feature e g runway to show all the corresponding categories uncheck the feature to hide them Click on the icon in upper rig
30. es This set of rules takes the ICAO Annex 15 Annex II and many common variations into account Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 33 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions Consulting Despite the relative flexibility of the import tool some SNOWTAM messages might be rejected They will still be available in the application for further processing and fixing but their contaminations won t be processed or available in the application See 4 4 for additional information 4 4 Manage rejected SNOVVTAMs As Data User you also have access to the Rejected SNOVVTAMs screen which allows you to fix any errors that prevented the EAD SNOWTAM Messages to be automatically processed by the application Search criteria F rejected SNOWTAMS only a Search Y last 24h only Key vor cl wildcards For Yo Search results Seqld gt Status Date Filing 3007076 300401 2 3002939 2079041 30791085 3070104 3078022 3077946 S077 763 2010 01 38 22 42 2010 01 26 21 14 REJECTEL 2070 01 26 20 22 REJECTEL 2010 01 26 18 15 REJECTEL 2070 01 26 17 54 REJECTEL 2070 01 26 17 52 2010 01 26 17 51 2010 01 28 17 47 REJECTEL 2010 01 26 17 42 Text E A EDOL 6901262130 CSR FIL CSL PNIL 01 281637
31. ewing Runway Contaminations Runway contaminations are always displayed by thirds View surface contamination of Runway RWY 10 28 Contamination Whole Runway Third 1 Third 2 Third 3 Deposits Mean depth xx xx Friction device same device for the three thirds Cleared surface Further clearance Critical snow banks Cleared length y Further clearance Is total Present Cleared width WF Further clearance length w Distance Cleared Side Further clearance width Depth Further clearance time Distance Side From Ml E 7 threshold Obscured lights Observation time IH Remark Close 3 8 Viewing Taxiway Contaminations Detailed information about taxiway contaminations 1s always accessible through the feature list on the right by clicking on the View contamination in the corresponding menu Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 28 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions View surface contamination of Taxiway M5 Obseruati n time Critical snow banks Deposits upper Byer first Present Mean depth y WE Distance Friction coefficient Est MEDIUM GOOD Depth v Friction device Side Obscured lights Remark Further clearance Is total Further clearance time Cleared width Cleared Side Close 3 9 Viewing Apron Contaminations Detailed information about apron contami
32. h Zurich Airport Switzerland BRUSSEL All airports whose name contains BRUSSEL as ICAO and IATA designators have a max length of 4 characters they will never match any criterion with more than 4 characters so in that case only the airport name is taken into account BRUSSEL will match the following airports e CPD4 BRUSSELS ARMSTRONG FIELD EBBR BRUSSELS BRUSSELS NATIONAL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 10 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOVVTAM User s Manual v1 0 e EBUB BRUSSELS ULB TT Design c Solutions e EBUC BRUSSELS UCL 3 3 Find airports The Find airports screen always accessible through the Find Airports menu item allows you to find specific airports and show if a SNOWTAM 1s active for each retrieved airport at query time EUROCONTROL s Digital SNOWTAM Trial Sut TA o Find Quick search User Tata USER gi Pulsar E Find Airports search criteria G FAQ Marne IATA Query Time UTC 5 1 3 Ca y 09 06 7 Search wldcards r b search results 5 Designalor Mame IATA Served City Eleval r r Canina type Y Page a Figure 2 Find airport page for data users 3 3 1 Search criteria Search for airports is allowed by e ICAO designator 1 e Airport name 2 e ATA designator 3 All those search criteria accept the and
33. he database The number of bullets to calculate and display in this screen depends on the size of the geographical area to display hence to the zoom level In addition in some regions of the world the high density of airports heliports at some high altitude zoom level might make the map look cluttered The bullets can be so close of each others that it s almost impossible to click on the right one For these reasons only airports heliports that have an IATA code in the Trial database are displayed Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 15 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar 00000 EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions 3 5 Airport Map Page The Airport Map is the second main screen of the application It offers both textual and graphical view of airport features and contaminations EUROCONTROL s Digital SNOWTAM Trial Show Lal d m Oven A Fina Aaron Quick sa3ren User Data USER gl Pulsar m Runways E Feature fe Late Thirds E Feature Late 1 aprons E Feature Late 2 Aircralt Stands fw Feature rommed by 0 17 _ The screen is divided into four areas Filters Airport features Airport map Visualisation options The left and right columns the filters airport features and visualization options areas can be almost completely hi
34. ht corner of the panel to show hide it Hiding the panel allows for saving a significant area of the screen Runways L PS AA i Satellite Hybrid Visualisation Options Ei 3 is eS e Feature 7 Label click here to hide Thirds Runway Thresholds Feature Label Taxiways Feature L Label 1 Aprons Feature Label Aircraft Stands Feature 3 13 Viewing KML Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 31 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar 00000 EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOVVTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions When a SNOVVTAM is available for the selected airport the application allows downloading a KML export of the airport features and contaminations This KML file can be opened in Google Earth to display a three dimensional view of the airport Note once opened in another application the data contained in the file 1s totally detached Editions made to the data in third party applications vvon t be imported in the Digital SNOVVTAM application in any way e A a m i E i i E OF Li 25Ra nid po ee sl oe 20 Third gt r vv azo unt El IN Contamin ation 7 a rr fUR LCEE T Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 32 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions 4 Data sets The Digital SNOVVTAM Applic
35. ick on a row will open the Airport Map Page for the corresponding airport The result grid also supports keyboard navigation so it 1s also possible to use the up down arrow keys to navigate through the results and press the RETURN key to open the Airport Map Page of the highlighted airport heliport TIP if you know the airport designator type it in the designator field press the return key wait for the grid to load press the return key again This will load the Airport Map Page for the corresponding airport without using the mouse and without complicated handling I e EBBR Return Return If the query returns too many results the list of airports heliports will be paginated split in multiple pages Navigating through multiple result pages is possible with the help of the navigation toolbar at the bottom of the grid Search results 355 airports found Sa a eS x a x x q py ET 5 Denignator Mare Type Aereo cir Control ipn TAN an LA GHAHDE 3 TTS FT HCP ALITY Tr All FORT FRANCES 1125 71 g LA GRANDE 4 TAH Lu GRANDE 4 1005 FT 3 ALE aa Total ol resul pages at ALLET Airports currently visible in the grid SAULT STE MARE TAM AD SAUL o First results wS T SAADI 672 i i fs KASAR i x r af RAS AB OMIA FT E Eras KAN KSUR Last resullz ap KANH SESUK 0371 M
36. l SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 40 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar 600109 EATM DAP AIM Dig tal SNOVVTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions sar E runway threshold runway aircraft stand airport reference point rumevay label 5 1 3 Taxiways Taxiways are displayed as outlined blue polygons Here s a sample view of several taxiways on an airport Taxiway geometries are only available through AMDB data If such data is available send the AMDB file for the corresponding airport to EUROCONTROL in order to take advantage of this functionality 5 1 4 Aprons Aprons are displayed as an outlined blue polygon Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 41 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar 00000 EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOVVTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions di m EN Satellite Hybrid Terrain i 4 l 4 1 1 1 i pae La i Ri c mi E 1 5 Apron geometries are only available through AMDB data Send an AMDB file for the corresponding airport to EUROCONTROL in order to take advantage of this functionality see chapter 4 2 Geometric data from AMDB on page 33 5 1 5 Aircraft Stands Aircraft stands are displayed as blue dot shaped icons Here s a sample representation of some aircraft stands Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 42 49 Printed on 29 01 10
37. nation as SNOWTAM draft Contamination as plain text EAD SNOWTAM AJESPA B 11100447 014 F 2 2 2 G 01 01 01 H 66 49 55 SFH N 37 BA 20 40 R 37 BA 20 40 DUREA SPREAD ON RWY 3 6 Viewing contaminations When contaminations are available they are accessible through the textual feature list on the right by clicking on the View contamination in the corresponding menu LSZH ZURICH sw r Filters _ a UTC Date Time 2009 10 12 10 00 A Now Dataset EAD Loca Apply Filters Runways 1 rwr 10 28 F FY Y bl View contamination RV Y 14 32 Airport Y LSZH o gt No apron data available Taxiways Aircraft Stands This will open a new dialog containing detailed information about the conditions on the selected feature The contamination information 1s new read only 1t cannot be edited The dialogs differ depending on the specificities of each feature type and are described in the following chapters Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 27 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions Remember Currently global information about the whole airport is only available through the SNOWTAM Text feature This includes the content item T plain text remark 3 7 Vi
38. nations 1s always accessible through the feature list on the right by clicking on the View contamination in the corresponding menu View surface contamination of Apron P1 ME Critical snow banks Observation time Deposits upper ayer first Present Mean depth v Distance x Friction coefficient Est POOR Depth v Friction device Side Obscured lights ara Furthar clearance 15 total Further clearance time Close 3 10 Viewing Aircraft Stand contaminations Detailed information about aircraft stand contaminations 1s always accessible through the feature list on the right by clicking on the View contamination in the corresponding menu Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 29 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions Critical snow banks Observation time 2 pore Deposits upper Byer frst ICE Present Mean depth Distance Friction coefficient Est POOR Depth Friction device Side Obscured lights Remark Further clearance Is total Further clearance time 3 11 Using the contamination dialogs Tip The dialogs can be closed by clicking on the Close button or on the X symbol in the upper right corner The _ symbol nearby can be used to show hide the dialog temporarily this can be us
39. onsulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions 3 2 Main screen layout Application screens are divided in multiple sections Your profile data user EUROCONTROL s Digital SNOWTAM Trial NOTA l Find ill Man menu Quick sarci User Data USER E Pulsa Quick search for airports Your credentials Malin working area 40 Corren version of the applesion Er Pulsar R 3 2 1 Main menu The Main menu is the heart of the navigation into the application This is where you can choose the actions you want to perform within the application Each menu item can be clicked This will load the requested page into the Main working area 3 2 2 Main working area The main working area is where the application pages are loaded 3 2 3 Quick Search The Quick Search feature 1s a convenient way to find airports very easily and quickly based on designators and airport name The selection of an airport will open the corresponding Airport Map page which is used to display the contaminations Type any combination of characters to trigger the search a minimum of 3 characters 1s required for the search to take place The search results will contain all airports whose designators or name match the specified criterion Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 8 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP
40. rth curvature into account but Google Maps doesn t coordinates are projected 3 4 1 Airport contamination status icons Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 14 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions A contamination status icon 1s associated to every airport The table below illustrates the possible icon colours and their respective meaning No contamination information on the airport no SNOWTAM received and successfully parsed by the application There exists contamination information but the friction coefficient 1s GOOD or between 0 40 0 99 for all runvvays coefficient is POOR below 0 25 or UNRELIABLE There exists contamination information and the friction for at least one of the runways HE All other situations including airport heliport closed latest SNOWTAM received for this airport could not be parsed because of syntax errors and it is available through the Manage Rejected SNOWTAM menu Possible actions on the map Change the map type using the map type selector Zoom in zoom out Drag the map move it using the mouse to show a different zone Hover the cursor over a bullet to see the corresponding airport designator Click on a bullet to open the airport page of the corresponding airport heliport Performance issue There are more than 15000 airports heliports in t
41. sages that have syntax errors are provided on the following Web site https extranet eurocontrol int http prisme oas hq corp eurocontrol int aixmwik1_public bin view Mam SNOWTAM correction When you click on the Resubmit button the edited SNOWTAM text will be completely reprocessed parsed and validated by the application The popup will close itself and the search results will be refreshed The original SNOWTAM message will be given an updated status If the new SNOWTAM contained errors 1t will appear in the list with a rejected status Clicking on the Cancel button will close the popup without warning Any modification made in the Edit Text section will be lost nothing will be saved in database 4 4 3 Statuses SNOWTAM message may be in the following statuses Rejected the application was not able to process the message automatically Accepted the message has been processed and converted to contaminations Updated a rejected message has been fixed and replace by a newer version by using the application 4 4 4 Types of errors Problems encountered during automatic parsing of EAD SNOVVTAMS can be of the following types ParsingWarnings e ParsingErrors e ConversionErrors ParsingErrors happen when the application is not able to parse the SNOVVTAM due to erroneous syntaxes ParsingWarnings spot deviations from ICAO standard or values that cannot be understood correctly by the application
42. sing the content of B field as filter criteria oB 76010596c Digital SNOVVTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 34 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions 4 4 2 Editing a SNOVVTAM Message Edit a Rejected SNOWTAM Mozilla Firefox PR Edit a Rejected SNOWTAM Original Snowtam Text Initial Errors ParsingWarning Invalid value in field R 7 3040 ParsingError Invalid format of value in field N 7 2540 a L Done El 1 7 SEA ICO de X 1 error 0 warnings 8 e The screen 1s divided into three sections The Original SNOWTAM Text contains the SNOVVTAM Message as it was received from EAD or previously resubmitted within the application The field 1s read only as 1t serves only as a reference for the edited text Initial Errors are validation messages generated by the parsing of the SNOWTAM The various types of errors are discussed in paragraph 4 4 4 Types of errors below Errors must be fixed otherwise the SNOWTAM will be rejected again Warning should be fixed but this 1s not mandatory Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 35 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Pulsar Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOWTAM User s Manual v1 0 IT Design amp Solutions The Edit Text allows you to clean up the SNOWTAM Text before resubmitting it Guidelines for correcting Rejected SNOWTAM mes
43. y contacting the trial helpdesk of any inaccuracy or error in the Application or Data which may affect the safety of air navigation The User shall not d take any operational and or safety critical decision based on information displayed by the Application or on Data retrieved from the Trial All operational decisions shall continue to be based on official SNOWTAM messages received from the official sources to which the User has access e make available the information displayed by the Application to any third party not being part of the User s organisation f disclose sell assign lease or otherwise provide the Data to any other parties or c commercially exploit or enable the commercial exploitation of the Application and or the Data on page 5 The first time the page is loaded the dataset 1s selected using the following criterion Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual doc Page 17 49 Printed on 29 01 10 09 44 EUROCONTROL Consulting EATM DAP AIM Digital SNOVVTAM User s Manual v1 0 Pulsar TT Design c Solutions e Local will be selected 1f the airport has local contaminations encoded by a local authority e HAD will be selected otherwise If you select a different dataset this dataset will be used once you apply the filter and the page 1s reloaded By default the UTC Date time uses the value selected in the Find airports page or the current UTC date time if you used the Quick Search f
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