Digital SNOWTAM Trial User Manual
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1. Contamination as SNOWTAM 4 draft f Close 3 5 5 2 SNOWTAM plain text The Plain Text SNOWTAM translates the contamination into a formatted human readable plain text message SNOWTAM Egi copiamos Text format zo a Contamination as SNOWTAM draft Contamination as plain t text t EAD SNOWTAM SNOWTAM identification emitter pud nig SW Location BG55 valid starting from 29 Oct 2009 at 11 30 UTC Global remarks RW CONTAMINATION 025PCT 1MM RIME PCT O10PCT 1MM ICE APRON SANDED Runway RWy 14 32 Observation Date Time UTC 29 Oct 2009 at 11 30 50 57 57 Friction Measured Good Measured Good Measured Good Frost Frost Frost Deposits Ice Ice Ice Mean Depth 2 mm 2 mm 2 mm Taxiway TW fat Third Landing area 2nd Third Mid runway 3rd Third Opposite end Deposits over taxiway mean depth None Wet Snow None Apron APRON Deposits over apron mean depth 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 l4 E 37 31 37 G 272 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 O10PCT 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 242. l f Rietr uw AAN y T 4 y 3 XK E Biel Era Kreis 11 E nar NON ES Dietlikor fa m NI y ir 7 Opfikon Mis WE Affoltem E gt DA RA i 4 1 NM sa un eril d urs rara f a 7 AL Figure 5 Terrain view of airport map 3 5 5 Viewing SNOWTAM Text When a SNOWTAM message or contaminations are available for the selected airport the SNOWTAM 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 T and global remarks fields This 1s also the case for information contained in an original SNOWTAM message that couldn t be attached to a particular feature This fact 1s 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 23 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 SNOWTAM dh Contaba Text format Pes d a Contamination as dm text EAD SNOWTAM SW EBCI 10140944 SNOWTAM A EBCI B 10140944 0 07 F 2 9 6 H 1 2 3
3. e xo P g 73 z Melsbroek S A e Last Updated at S a i go 04 10 TC 25 Dec X ES P o N21 oi observation time vive gt gt Haachtse steer a a 3 LA 5 Bi cargo E 5 A 07L 25R T Humelgem A roport de r E Bruxelles Y uU 7e e Melsfroek icm Air Base 3 So E 6 o 9 2 25L a c gt bolas Leopoldiaa Ome Cite Stra e Witte Cite o i RU g we e 2 Espsestraal Diegem l 1 z kc e PEE pr Doo ft Zaventem s E i a Google r4 uet gt kw S SNOWTAM Text 300 n amp Nossegem alis moros Last updated message shows the time of last observation within the selected time frame 20 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 For more details about how features and contaminations are displayed on the map please refer to chapter 5 Symbols and Graphical Representations on page 39 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 Visualisation Options M Iv Runways Feature e Label Thirds IV Runway Thresholds W Feature W Label Iv Taxiways W Feature Label e Contamination Iv Aprons W Feature e Label e Contamination Iv Aircraft Stands W Feature By checking unchecking the boxes you can show hide the corresponding feature geometries and or label
4. v2 0 RC1 SNAPSHOT Type Served City Elevation Control type AD TUZLA 883 FT AD LIVNO 2349 FT AD MOSTAR 49 92 M AD PRIJEDOR 591 FT AD SARAJEVO 508 26 M AD TUZLA 237 44 M AD WISOKO 1470 FT LS VELIKA KLADUSA 449 FT Displaying airports 1 oeocooooocoQoQ b 4 12 of 12 Powered by fJutsoc The result table contains the list of airports heliports matching the search criteria 12 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 A row displayed in bold with a bullet 2 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 ES in the last column or double click 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 resul
5. EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 3 5 5 3 EAD SNOWTAM The EAD SNOWTAM tab contains the original SNOWTAM message as it was received from EAD without any interpretation or correction If the SNOWTAM was created within the application so didn t come from EAD the tab will only contain the NIL value SNOWTAM and Contamination Text format X Contamination as SNOWTAM draft Contamination as plain text EAD SNOWTAM AJESPA B 11100447 C 14 F 2 2 2 G 01 01 01 H 66 49 55 SFH N 37 BA 20 40 R 37 BA 20 40 TJUREA SPREAD ON RWY Plain text remark applicable to the whole airport Close 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 E ESSA STOCKHOLM ARLANDA Filters UTZ Date Time 2010 12 25 13 41 B iow Dataset f EAD Local Apply Filters Airport Y E554 x Apene Cha fottenberg Runways Y cuum WOW Y D1R 19L ope F F Y Taxiways APRON D T gt M Y gt U T gt rE s This will open a new dialog containing detailed information about the conditions on the selected feature The contamination information is new read only it cannot be edited The dialogs differ depending on the specificities of each feature type and are described in the following chapte
6. 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 feature 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 Y EBBR a Aprons o gt Runways Y cro YY Y ocr WS wow orejas Y YY Taxiways M Aircraft Stands gt gt 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 click here to collapse Airport EBBF M Aprons e Runways Y oen WOW F onm Y YY oras YY Y Taxiways e Aircraft Stands 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 18 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 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 Airport Y B Cargo EBER d Aprons fci Center on map Runways BE Show SHOW TAM kext 02 20 Y V Y P view details ozs Y YY gt ia ma WWW gt a Taxiways e A DL Aircraft Stands M From the airport
7. x or 110 DIGITA ei HS rca E UR yee 010 T 101 Nou 5 5 011 A LOTI 010 101 Click on the logo to access the application 1 0 1010 10107 31011 Figure 1 Home page EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 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 graphical representations of features and contaminations for all airports world wide The typical usage flow of the Data User Interface is 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 7 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 3 2 Main screen layout Application screens are divided in multiple sections Your profile data user e EUROCONTROL s Digital SNOWTAM Trial 9 Find Airports 4 Main menu Quick search User Data USER Pulsar Quick search for airports Your credentials Main working area Ae Current version of the application Powered by Pulsar v1 0 r e amina 3 2 1 Main menu The Main menu is the heart of the navigation into the application This is where yo
8. 7 t SSNOWTAM Text Nossegem a nem Powered by fJutsoc The left and right columns the filters airport features and visualization options areas can be almost completely hidden to give more space to the map This may come in handy with smaller screen resolutions Map Satelite Teram Misualsation Options Filters f V Runways UTC Date Time E v Feature 2011 02 25 13 26 P click here to collapse y AO i v Label Now E wart Y 4 E 3 Y M Thirds Dataset C EAD Local zm Waa LY V Runway Thresholds Apply Filters E b S v Feature Once collapsed the panels become only a narrow vertical bar 16 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 e EUROCONTROL s Digital SNOWTAM Trial SNUWIAN Airport Overview X Find Airports Manage Rejected SNOWTAMS Administration Quick search Provider Edin SARIC EUROCONTROL Helpdesk ES EBBR BRUSSELS BRUSSELS NATIONAL Map satellite Terrain f LE v2 0 RC1 SMAPSHOT 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 explaine
9. AD KONDOA HUKO KOTIDO AD Jf T i K7 6I KOZAL FIELD AD SPARTA Z75FT KOGD OGDEN HINCKLEY 4 AD OGD sy KOLD DEWITT FLD OLD TOWN MUNI AD OLD TOWN 126 FT OLD Paging toolbar LDVK KOPRIVNICA DANICA LS KOPRIVNICA 441FT LYL10 KOVIN DE 15 69M Page ll of2 b ij First results Last results Previous results Mext results Example search results Criterion Results No results minimum 3 characters needed LS 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 Zurich 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 CPD4 BRUSSELS ARMSTRONG FIELD EBBR BRUSSELS BRUSSELS NATIONAL EBUB BRUSSELS ULB EBUC BRUSSELS UCL 3 3 Find airports 10 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 The Find airports screen always accessible through the Find Airports menu item allows you to find specific airports and show if a SNOWTAM is active for each retrieved airport at q
10. contextual menu you can e Centre the map on the airport reference point e Show the current SNOWTAM text 1f available e View the currently active baseline details about the airport this will open in a new popup 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 Airport EBBR Aprons 1 15 View contamination PD view details N 25 3M 35 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 1s also visible nearby the feature designator 19 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 dor Dataset f EAD Local Apply Filters hd A Airport Y maa rlottenb erg Aprons e Runways Y oui WOO WO gt 1 TF D1RJ19L gt TL v 1 ce FF YW gt contamination icons MN Taximays Y APROND To T M TY F Y gt LIF TY 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 eU E E oe Map Satellite Terrain
11. provide the Data to any other parties or b commercially exploit or enable the commercial exploitation of the Application and or the Data EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 2 Accessing the application The Digital SNOWTAM 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 Application was only tested with Firefox 3 5 and higher By using Internet Explorer some functions might not always work 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 After login the following 1mage 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 Pulso 08 011 Welcome to the a E EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial Application b 010
12. sample representation of some aircraft stands a q Tip ei oom Jmag nyE2009 DigitalGlobe Scankort GeoE yea 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 42 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 m Contamination icons po CON MAE Mo A VAM y um TW r F f AN N LA i S 1 E n E E ANN t J ie es te f Jat T de de E Sar Nl OR Imagen eg bU ben EM T oe Miu Aa E A ee rd 5 2 1 Contamination surface When features are contaminated their surface 1s filled using a semi transparent color which corresponds to the type of the upper most layer of contaminant qe gt v 3 Frost Arlanda ome JN quee POWERED 500 fi l A 43 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 While not displayed graphically the other contaminants are still available in the view edit dialogs in the application As an examp
13. the import tool some SNOWTAM messages might be rejected They EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 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 SNOWTA Ms As Data User you also have access to the Rejected SNOWTAMSs screen which allows you to fix any errors that prevented the EAD SNOWTAM Messages to be automatically processed by the application Search criteria Key wor cr wildcards cr Yo Sead 30067076 300401 2 3002939 2079041 30791085 3070104 3078022 3077940 S077 753 Click on the icon or double click on a grid row to open the Edit rejected SNOWTAM popup for Status REJECTEI REJECTED REJECTED REJECTED REJECTED REJECTED REJECTED REJECTED REJECTED IV rejected SNOWTAMS only Search IV last 24h only Date Filing 2010 01 2010 01 2010 01 2010 01 2010 01 2010 01 2010 01 2010 01 2010 01 28 22 42 28 21 14 28 20 22 28 18 15 28 17 54 28 17 52 28 17 5 2817 47 28 17 42 Text E A EDOL 6301262130 CESR PNIL CRIL FNIL iw AJLIKBB B 01281837 CHAR DESO FM1 41 41 GJ 0710 1 0 HIBB 48 70 SKH JSON IER LIM NT P C H8L B30128183 0 A EKCH B 01281816 C RWYD4L F 789 789 788 G1 11 11 H TS T 85 SFH N 789 C RWYO4R FP 7 1
14. 717 G 1 11 X ALOA B01261700 Cy 1 FAAA GMM HyS 5 5 NEF BH 281710 CB PAA GRRORUIXXGNNX HBSS N27 Y AJLTCG B 01281638 C 11 FJNILINILINIL H30 93 0 92 0 93GRT J 30CM LR TJTHERE ARE 40 50 CM SNOWBANKS AT Y AYLFCR B 01 281620 033143 D EJF 64S 65 HER J K LIM J NJ PIRI S TRAY TREATED X AJEKRK B01 281623 C303 F 9 9 9 6 01 01 01 H 80 78 80 SFH B 01281632 C 11 F999 G 101001 H 7 76 78 SFH Y AJJKLL B01 280400 C313 FEES 61041040 H35 0 50 50 JJ20 LR ME RS TITY APRON ARE SLIPPERY X ALLI BH 281800 C1 0R Fii GB55 HE 5 5 KIVES RL N 4 RH 5301290400 X the corresponding SNOWTAM message 4 4 1 Search criteria By default only rejected SNOWTAM messages that have been received in the last 24 hours are displayed It is however possible to display all SNOWTAM messages by unchecking the rejected 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 is a full text search For example the following search string will display only the SNOWTAM messages rejected on 05 January using the content of B field as filter criteria B O105 32 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 4 4 2 Editing a SNOWTAM Message Edit a Rejected SNOWTAM Mozilla Firefox Edit a Rejected SNOWTAM Original Snowtam Text Initial Errors inva vale Invalid format of value in field N 7 25 40 ParsingWarning Invali
15. AIXM 4 5 format and is converted and imported in the application in AIXM 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 e 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 messages This set of rules takes the ICAO Annex 15 Annex II and many common variations into account 3l Despite the relative flexibility of
16. EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial Users Manual v1 2 Digital SNOWTAM Pre Operational Trial User s Guide amp References Manual Version 1 2 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 DOCUMENT CHANGE RECORD 06 01 2010 v1 0 first public version 28 02 2010 V1 1 updated after installation of version 1 0 6 of the application 28 02 2011 V1 2 updated after upgrade for All EAD installation EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 CONTENTS LE SUS CUA VG RR sia a SIE Aita 5 2 ACCESSING IHE APPLICATION da e ecu ve aUe EAEE EEE ETES E ASEE 6 2L Technical require miellls is a a 6 22 dXGCESSIDE Me applica ON ox eia data 6 2 DATA USER EN DERE AC Es n A E ES 7 Sok IMEI A AA aa a 7 Biz MA Dii OUDssteuden uim buses abe tomcat treed ee cee ee nd lud tM DEI ILE D 8 Dek VII INCI ERE S O2 JIMOUTWOZKULS AIC G5 casas cies eh US Ee b a etui e E n ut edue a d E N S SP ME A PP E E E T E ERE e Door A debut caedi sa toe cde ba donatio cum dite ioter ee uat aoc dr ef 10 om MEME cU dicam 11 IT APOLON EW ices cee ca ig te eects Yaa sta ER 13 ol Airport contamination status COT este ee xe ba UR o eee ERE t EY e a ER de uat ates 14 S MEME OR AAA LI Dd E 16 IAA A T TEE I T ESA 17 oos AUDOIS COUTE S roi EE EE E E E T un reso eate 18 3 521 APO Ee QUU e a 19 S22 Other Teatute By DE Susie hebr ce ptos leida 19 IO APOM GD pa easiest teni nu ce sends lean Sate
17. HUR 1617 FT LSZF BIRRFELD AD BADEN 1300 FT LSZG GRENCHEN AD GRENCHEN 1411FT ZHI 2llite LSZH ZURICH AD ZUERICH 1416 FT ZRH LSZI FRICKTAL SCHUPFART AD 1788 FT LSZ3 COURTELARY AD BIEL 2247 FT L5ZK SPECK FEHRALTORF AD WINTERTHUR 1758 FT LSZL LOCARNO E An RCA CAGA FT 71 iv F3 ay Pagel jof2 b Fl E ii I TEDL CELILLI AA MT Powered by fJutsoc jm E Lec 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 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 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 Quick search KO D Provider Ludovic LAMBREC EKRK KOEBENHAVN RUSKILDE P AH ROSKILDE 146 FT RKE i EKVD KOLDING VAMDRUP AD KOLDING 143 FT E GOGK KOLDA AD KOLDA KDA GUSB KOUNDARA SAMBAILO th Mo AD SBI E HTKD KONDOA KONDOA aeaa
18. J E m ts 4 i Ds ci 1 Zelgli x d d 5 ey l Rg IS a L4 t e eon Wilenhof 3 OR e Ua e alhof Jis M E Wank 7 A Egetswil ug ty 7 Mettmenhasli po a y Wilenholz g i z Elektrohof 44 y a P wr eS BS oe c Eiger ES Oberhasli chlossroinkel o Pg ANE E Steinacher E Rimga 3 et o ow Chranzier s 771 AS A B n l f Pa ge A 1 i 4 ay Nur 4 i a e SX m gt m Z e 4 a mit E LS E S J R thot eun t j Gariisoe Wa T A iedmatt 3 po imenhaster ee y sg i a 5 EB SA Rank A 4 A aa E M l b taista LA AS a uliber x ee sh C bery 2 C Fluahafen Lands o Eroi ty No graphical data available for this airport Kloten y D ya T PuE rob l Hostrass j Ww E OY ye 24 I e oci Cannot display graphical surface contamination C Gheid A Y no J A zu R mlang EN uw Pure DEP 4 4 aE Cart gt D A t 1 t ENSE HA E x a le on r e 8 2 YE Spitz Es erste anu uA e A E Pd 2 bom ESAME SEA Ne ah a Mec eed act M La o m LM T D Y gt Vorbuechen Sand ang EP f A We w AN Y Mi Sa Rotgrueb ye 3 J 4 amp gt 6 gt d y e Ls a A i amenas Ali Asp CON M hl Pr pg s eol A v 7 pi z x uu o NES 1 o o i E D So J 2 B uler y EN x acento E a Og pn Pm KE 3Glatbrugg r E da ENS r ao e 7 e E E J r r R wt as cT j y C rq A SA i a Opfikon Cor fo ht cee ey mT oo T sr y f KA A Neh
19. NOWTAM 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 15 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 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 e EUROCONTROL s Digital SNOWTAM Trial Airport Overview e Find Airports _ Manage Rejected SNOWTAMS a Administration o EBBR BRUSSELS BRUSSELS NATIONAL Filters UTC Date Time 2010 12 25 18 34 3 row Dataset le EAD ocal Apply Filters Melsbroek ono WY V airportfunctions O7RJ25L Taxiways Rode Cite Witte Cite v2 0 RC1 SNAPSHOT The screen 1s divided into four areas Filters Airport features Airport map Visualisation options EMEA r A de Bruxelless Quick search Provider Edin SARIC EUROCONTROL Helpdesk r Runways v Feature IV Label iv Thirds V Runway Thresholds v Feature IV Label V Taxiways J wres Visualisation Lab options v Contamination ted u 96 Hovenstraat Achter v Feature v Label v Contamination IV Aircraft Stands v Feature a Expsestraat
20. ONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 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 rn Flughafen Z rich Kloten j i 1 l is 3 g Mo A Oy Vo E T ON gt Le pe E K ve maggi A asl rs We ho AN IS To Frachtstrassa PONER EY D NW E Z rich e 7 J 1 000 fi Erase une E s ER E we Sookie 200m IN AN x IB LEE ELELLE e a 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 38 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 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 is 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 sat
21. P MM UD E MM IDE E Mi UE 41 D A ESTAN ecd siesta tunt Redon Siete eT ee ee ee emet a cera tp f 41 NUMEROSIS ONS D EE UI UTE RENE 42 Og CONTAMOS MA CO Ho inquo E na on desees eios Cop ERE 43 ba CONTAIN GLION ACNE E E 44 5 2 21 Sino le and amultple Tay CFS 5 idiom ii 44 M22 Type Ob CAMA ta a 45 5 2 2 3 PrctiOn COSTA CINE 45 6 WORKING WITH GOOGLE MAPS inca ies 46 oO Moving tlie Mi A a 46 0 2 FOO min Ste MAD aid odas 4 Gir ChOOSDIWO a Map Wy DC ei ino dao asi 4 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 1 Disclaimer 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 of the User s organisation c disclose sell assign lease or otherwise
22. amination 1s measured the real coefficient 1s still available in the application The application uses the same conventions as the ICAO SNOWTAM form except for the color Measured Coefficient Estimated friction 0 40andabove GOOD 5 0 39 0 36 MEDIUMGOOD 14 035 030 MEDIUM 3 0 29 0 26 MEDIUMPOORR 2 025andbeliw 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 45 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 6 Working with Google Maps Here are a few condensed things to know about Google Map usage a E i i a jue igna rr Ma f n AR E 4 gs Le i F Li a P p Mart MT I t EC in a wu n i P rg 1 FI 4 B B E LES oh B LN M n Zoom out yq 5 cr d LET r P i i a e n i mm i m y Lr 4 A d i 1 d y E 13 i i LZ 3 a i s j i E i do 6 1 Moving the map The map can be moved e By using the map control on the left as explained in the screenshot e By using drag amp drop click on the map keep the mouse button down and move the cursor to move the map e By using the arrows Page Up Page Down Home and Insert keys on the keyboard The map c
23. an 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 46 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 6 2 Zooming the map The map can be zoomed in and out 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 47
24. d 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 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 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 The first time the page 1s loaded the dataset 1s selected using the following criterion 17 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 e Local will be selected if the airport has local contaminations encoded by a local authority e EAD will be selected otherwise If you select a different dataset this dataset will be used once you apply the filter and the page is
25. d value in field R 7 30 40 Edit Text The screen 1s divided into three sections The Original SNOWTAM Text contains the SNOWTAM Message as it was received from EAD or previously resubmitted within the application The field 1s read only as it 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 is not mandatory The Edit Text allows you to clean up the SNOWTAM Text before resubmitting it Guidelines for correcting Rejected SNOWTAM messages 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 33 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 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 it 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 w
26. diy oat deck Sean AA Aid 20 5 94 VisHaltcatton O DON Sas tates AS EA adir uo IS 21 He VEC WII SNOWTAM TOI eio iva co inani baeo IAS ond Su muM esther red e RU SR etu c oU UM Rem UM actus 20 ANOTADAS 23 3 5952 SNOWLANM ati IS XE edicto ote ic do 24 35 59 BAD SNOW TAM ttti atiis ida 25 SO ViC EDDIE DICHTER Abal 25 3 l Miewang Runway Contamunatioris doeet rne A iube eder doi ues 26 o9 Niewine Taxiway Contando 26 29 99 Nie wine Apron C Omani atl Oi auod mes dori A A da 24 3 10 Viewing Aircraft Stand contaminations cccccccccsssssssseccccccsceeesseseccccessaeessseeeceeeeuaeeesses 2 IL jUsmeithecohbbdminadon didlos adn ds 28 o2 Vistalization Options eie Il la 28 A PP O o II 30 4 DATA SEDES acia AO 31 d Snc data Dasclnes tome Di is 31 AD Geometuc data rom AMID DB rro dio iaa 31 AS EADSNOWTAM MESSAGES eiii sii 31 Zo Manasereljected NOW LANES AAA E 32 AAT A A T AEE 32 qus EUU sNOWIAM Message sioe TNE O usb Pes 33 A AUS O EET E TO ONE TEE TO E TEA 34 D SO IES T UTER 34 A e ONS a a E A 34 5 SYMBOLS AND GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS eeeeeeeeeccocscccsssssesssceceeeccccessssssssssssssoe 36 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 SE UU TRITT e 36 DL APO RS TACE T OUM utc E E o d Rb E mb mt e EM EO E 36 DEN NONS E ehh aaa td eet aretha boonies eure tana teahe oot ENN 38 DS A e E ECO TI thu doas uer at etu oic decima o sellout 40 EU JADPOHS suse cc a ee Re Rd
27. e the dialog temporarily this can be used to see the map while keeping the dialog at hand A double click on the dialog title has the same effect P t amp 2 Minimize dialog Edit surface contamination of Runway 07L 25R Contamination Whole Runway Third 1 Deposits None ss POS NONE Mean depth 7 ix p C e Cee Y Runway 07L 25R mr ari eec T4 E T mo s re LE 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 28 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 Visualisation Options M Last Updated at s 14 30 UTG 25 GRES v Runways mr pee M Feature y Label L e Thirds M Runway Thresholds v Feature RAMS M Label lw Taxiways W Feature y N a M Label I Contamination v Aprons W Feature W Label I Contamination Iv Aircraft Stands km 8 SNOWTAM Text m Feature Figure 5 Visualization options 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 a
28. ellite 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 runway airport reference point rumway label runway direction label 39 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 5 1 3 Taxiways Taxiways are displayed as outlined blue polygons Here s a sample view of several taxiways on an airport L4 SINE o WC Von SESNOWTAMTex E BLU UE AULA da A AN A EE E Pale Y 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 40 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 5 1 4 Aprons Aprons are displayed as an outlined blue polygon lt gt wv hh _ R 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 31 5 1 5 Aircraft Stands 4 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 Aircraft stands are displayed as blue dot shaped icons Here s a
29. ill be lost nothing will be saved in database 4 4 3 Statuses SNOWTAM message may be in the following statuses e Rejected the application was not able to process the message automatically e Accepted the message has been processed and converted to contaminations e 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 SNOWTAMS can be of the following types e ParsingWarnings e ParsingErrors e ConversionErrors ParsingErrors happen when the application is not able to parse the SNOWTAM due to erroneous syntaxes ParsingWarnings spot deviations from ICAO standard or values that cannot be understood correctly by the application but that do not prevent it to process the SNOWTAM Messages with Warnings only are not rejected and are available as usual 1n the Airport Overview and Airport Map pages ConversionErrors happen when syntactically valid SNOWTAM messages refer to unknown features runways airports 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 about taxiways could be put at the airport level during the creation of contaminations The information is not lost but 1s availab
30. ime Cleared width x Cleared Side 3 9 Viewing Apron Contaminations Critical snow banks Present Distance Depth x Side Remark Close Detailed information about apron contaminations is 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 Observation time Deposits unper ayer first Mean depth i A Friction coefficient Est POOR Friction device Obscured lights Further clearance Is total Further clearance time 3 10 Viewing Aircraft Stand contaminations 2 Critical snow banks Present Distance ha Depth v Side Remark Close EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 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 Critical snow banks Observation time Deposits upper Byer first ICE Present Mean depth ww xx 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 oe 5 right corner The _ symbol nearby can be used to show hid
31. le consider item F of the following SNOWTAM message A LSZH B 09280852 C 10 F 27 5 9 The 1 third of the runway is contaminated by water over ice value 27 only the water 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 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 6 Single layer contamination icon When the contamination consists in multiple layers of contaminants the icon is displayed as a double triangle Figure 7Multiple layer contamination icon Important notice the number of triangles does NOT depict the number of layers 44 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 5 2 2 2 Type of contaminant The icon contains the denomination of the upper most contaminant the top layer 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 VVYVYVIVV The number always corresponds to the estimated friction coefficient even if the actual value contained in the SNOWTAM or cont
32. le at a higher level 4 5 Local Contaminations 34 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 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 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 35 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 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 Airport features represented by a surface are displayed using an outlined blue polygon the shape is not filled This is the case fo
33. ll the corresponding categories uncheck the feature to hide them Click on the icon in upper right corner of the panel to show hide it Hiding the panel allows for saving a significant area of the screen 29 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 Visualisation Options gt Last Updated at 14 30 Y Runways e Feature Label e Thirds Iv Runway Thresholds Jv Feature e Label Taxiways Feature Label T Contamination Ww 3 n Aprons pon 7 Feature casio Label desto o Contamination Iv Aircraft Stands FOWERED BY e Feature SSNOWTAM Text 3 13 Viewing KML When a SNOWTAM 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 is totally detached Editions made to the data in third party applications won t be imported in the Digital SNOWTAM application in any Way e AA 1 92 20 Third 1 T SO igle gt rd ir intude 20km 30 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 4 Data sets The Digital SNOWTAM Application relies on multiple data sets 4 1 Static data baselines from EAD The static data about airport features is exported from EAD SDO in
34. r 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 NU us a e A 5 e Map Satellite Terrain 2n zi m lt gt D a m i S amp x m i 3 d zy ay iy o E fi 1 ee ae B pt i e E TR m OTRS E E E a in E cl En xm a E E a s E EE E fr a 5 a Chats e de Fleurus Dr E E E l gi s m E C he E LT bu 22 op t E FR T QUO Uni qu e A roport de Charleroi v Bruxelles Sud 2 a i 5 aa Cnaussbe de 308 m g ue s pa q q te dy vae p Oo 3 mu e al gt ET 299 V uU c a tell E Rm m a k A RSS amp e E KA E E i o aT e cus T Fk ag m a zx d r 2 ane K a t ame Rue Qe qu ET c prr idi 3 Letrou gu a uu 8 N568 68 E T8 5 L4 Faubourg Ch de Charleral n i he aet ch SE SNOWTAM Text asl FOWEREC c 1 ms CT E ro Gasgle 200m Af A 36 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 The graphical visualization of SNOWTAM messages and contaminations relies heavily on features geometries If no geometries are available a warning shall be displayed under the reference point Ma graphical data available for this airport Cannot display graphical surface contamination 2d EUROC
35. reset the query time by retrieving the current UTC time from the server My organisation button is only available for Data provider function Click on the Search button 6 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 is displayed Search results 12 airports found S Designator Name CYME MATANE YME CYMG MANTOUW ADIGE MG CY MH MARYS HARBOUR Y MH CY MJ AIR VICE MARSHALL C M MCEWEN Y M CYML CHARLEVOIX Y ML C MM FORT MCMURRAY Y MM CYMO MOOSONEE YMO Page 1 af 1 3 T IRENEE FORT MCMURRAY MOOSONEE e Control type 2 020000 offs Displaying airports 1 120f 12 When the results are available the grid becomes enabled again and the first row 1s selected highlighted x Find Airports Search criteria EUROCONTROL s Digital SNOWTAM Trial airport Overview Find Airports Manage Rejected SNOWTAMS amp Administration Y Quick search Provider NOAA Edin SARIC EUROCONTROL Helpdesk Query Time UTC 2011 01 25 09 25 4 Now l My organisation 14 Search ICAO Name IATA Lor wildcards or Search results 12 airports found S Designator Name IATA LGJL JEGIN LUG TUZLA LGLV BRDA LIVNO LOMO MOSTAR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OMO LOPD URIJE PRIJEDOR m Lasa SARAJEVO IHTERHATIOHAL AIRPORT SJJ LQTZ TUZLA TZL Lavi WISOKO LOYK VELIKA KLADUSA Page EE of 1
36. rs 23 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 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 Viewing Runway Contaminations Runway contaminations are always displayed by thirds View surface contamination of Runway RWY 10 28 Contamination Whole Runway Third 1 Third 2 Deposits le epth Mean depth XX x Xx Friction device same device for the three thirds Cleared surface Further clearance Cleared length a Further clearance Is total Cleared width Further clearance length Cleared Side v Further clearance width Y Distance w Further clearance time From threshold I Remark 3 8 Viewing Taxiway Contaminations 26 Third 3 MF XX Est POOR Critical snow banks Present Distance Depth Side Obscured lights Observation time Close A AA A A RA SR a cm J nm T EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 Detailed information about taxiway contaminations is always accessible through the feature list on the right by clicking on the View contamination in the corresponding menu View surface contamination of Taxiway M5 Observation time Deposits upper Byer first Mean depth v XX Friction coefficient Est MEDIUM GOOD Friction device Obscured lights Further clearance Is total Further clearance t
37. s The box nearby the feature type Runways allow you to completely show hide specific features 1n one click 21 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 E Map Satellite Terrain D ame d a te 4 A rA E c A JA Stockholm Arlanda a Seer a ygplats UNI LN 9 y a DT A y Li k do i l M Y diu f BL ESNOWTAM Text Imagem 2014 DigitalGlobe Cnes Spalimage GeoEye Lantmateriet Metria PKML SSNOW AM Text J Figure 3 Satellite view of airport map an TAN Map satelite Terain aggatorps naturreservat p Last Updated at 09 30 UTC 25 Dec observation ti riottent rg Es Stockholm Arlanda flygplats N EX s a Q de e A Arlanda 273 3 rade v Usi 2000 ft Google 1 km Y km 58 SNOWTAM Text Figure 4 Map view of airport map 22 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 ari E y Satellite v 0 d Noschikon Grafschaft a Niederglatt Lo E 3 Zu a xd A 3 L 5 mm X74 i J TAAR ZN go GA A Weste aud IS lt i V Y i X X P aps Ate y T odi Nee em M hle Hellbfunn Oberembras ge b 2 v so aren oroi e FA 9 q a we t y de En Lh B J bach Niederhasl 4 Bihor Hinter osi e t ARI R Balen a e Marchlen ly e ds Are Jf vers PURIS UE ys A h n 7 ri 2 3 tp 4 o
38. t pages is possible with the help of the navigation toolbar at the bottom of the grid Search results 355 airports found wle AD LA GRANDE 3 775 FT G3 AD FORT FRANCES 1125 FT E 1 AD LA GRANDE 4 1005 FT R AD A E YAM AD A XKS AD KASABONIKA 672 FT amp j Lastresults AD KANGIRSUK 403 FT o ie x al o gemere PES S CURE SS ae es arr re ney coos s Page li jof 24 P b Displaying airports 1 15 of 355 gp Total number of airports matching the search criteria 3 4 Airport Overview 13 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 The Airport Overview XE Airport Overview fJ 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 1n 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 e EUROCONTROL s Digital SNOWTAM Trial ELIT 3 Find Airports le Manage Rejected SNOWTAMS R Administration y Quick search Provider Edin SARIC amp EUROCONTROL Helpdesk Airport Overview Ia il ERES y al Turkmenistan O O iE gt O O S 2 htt Ira isn Ricon E e v2 0 RC1 SNAPSHOT The view is initially centred on Europe The Quer
39. u can choose the actions you want to perform within the application Airport overview Find Airports Manage Rejected SNOWTAMS Administration 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 is a convenient way to find airports very easily and quickly based on ICAO IATA 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 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 mat x e EUROCONTROL s Digital SNOWTAM Trial SKUWIAN E Airport Overview DX Find Airports Manage Rejected SNOWTAMS Quick search LSZ Provider Ludovic LAMBRECHTS EUROCONTROL EAD CPD4 BRUSSELS ARMSTRONG FIELD M M4 lt a E Si E Ty es eg y sunshine POWERED EY Google L 3 v0 17 Mo y LDLO LOSINJ LOSINJ L A AH MALI LOSINJ 154FT LSZ LSZA LUGANO AD LUGANO 915 FT LUG LSZB BERN BELP AD BERNE 1673 FT BRN LSZC BUOCHS AD BUOCHS 1473 FT BXO LSZE BAD RAGAZ AD C
40. uery time e EUROCONTROL s Digital SNOWTAM Trial Shwe TA Airport Overview Find Airports Manage Rejected SNOVYTAMS Administration Quick search Provider Edin SARIC EUROCONTROL Helpdesk o ES Find Airports Search criteria IC 1 wildcards or Search results S Designat Ham Control type V Page f of 1 y2 0 RC1 SNAPSHOT asi Pulsar Figure 2 Find airport page for data users 3 3 1 Search criteria Search for airports 1s allowed by e CAO designator 1 e Airport name 2 e ATA designator 3 All those search criteria accept the and 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 EB in ICAO field will find all airports whose designator ICAO starts with EB 1 e EBBR EBOS e 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 11 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 Clicking on the Now button 5 will
41. y time UTC field 1 allows for historical searches Click on the Search button 2 to do the search Clicking on the Now button 3 will reset the query time by retrieving the current UTC time form server The image will refresh automatically every 5 minutes under the condition that the mouse is not moving in the window 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 1s due to the fact that our geographic queries take the earth curvature into account but Google Maps doesn t coordinates are projected 3 4 1 Airport contamination status icons A contamination status icon 1s associated to every airport The table below illustrates the possible icon colours and their respective meaning 14 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 2 Icon 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 runways There exists contamination information and the friction coefficient is POOR below 0 25 or UNRELIABLE for at least one third of each of the runways at the airport The latest SNOWTAM received for this airport could not be parsed because of syntax errors and it 1s available through the Manage Rejected S
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