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1. Airport Brucarga Aprons Y Al IN gt 15 VIEW contamina tnan View details T M M gt Ten HE NIE ME B 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 Dataset EAD Local Apply Filters Airport ESSA Aprons Runways onm Y Y oni YY oe F F Taxiways contamination icons APRON D 4449 44 23 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 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 Map Satellite Terrain Last Updated at j 22 15 UTC 14 Jan observation me e E lt K ZAVENTEM dae NS E i e2013 0 P END SisNOwTAM Tex Last updated message shows the time of last observation within the selected time frame For more details about how features and contaminations are displayed on the map please refer to chapter 4 Symbols and Graphical Representations 3 5 4 Visualization Options For some airports with a lot of feature geometries the map can quickly become overloaded The Visualisation Options panel gives2. Donn es cartograsphigues 20 13 AA thisation pius une erreur cartographique 4 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 Map Satellite e 0 A x q p j gt 1 AC gt lt X xx Third 3 yA Haltviklekan Y Second2 2 sun Lower threshold pr eWPlaSSvei P P e s cu K 4 A d 08 Stabeldammen a i a Hasund gt E c e NO ES Wei X Qe Kristiansund e ee st Ro EN lufthavn Kvernberget 4 y Se yo Bvskogen Kristiansund og i i M a y A cam e Omegn Golfklubb vos ping ue aye J gore o en BYSKOGEN ew v P d Seivikveien E d ivikveie veien 650 Seiwi aee lt f eie 0 Nor pot QU i x Quse magata ei Seivikveien Pi c Mr oo Ce S8 HS en a Seivikveien Nordmersveien El e P d Gur ESNOWTAM Text X908 Map data 82013 Google Terms of Use Report a map error 34 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 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
3. A 37 B 37 C 37 R E 379 W 379 T F 100 100 100 PCT SLIPPERY PORTIONS ON TAXIWAYS APRONS SLIPPERY APRONS WEST SANDED TAXIWAYS A B 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 SNOWTA tab contains the original SNOWTAM message as it was received from EAD without any interpretation or correction with the SNOWTAM number year on the first line If the SNOWTAM was created within the application so didn t come from EAD the tab will only contain the NIL value 28 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 SNOWTAM and Contamination Text format se EAD SNOWTAM Contamination as plain text Contamination as SNOWTAM draft 1433 2013 A ENKB B 08130721 C 07 F 37 37 37 H 4 4 3 N A 37 B 37 C 37 RJ APRON E 379 APRON W 379 T F 100 100 100 PCT SLIPPERY PORTIONS ON TAXIWAYS APRONS SLIPPERY APRONS WEST SANDED TAXIWAYS A B SANDED 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 ENKB KRISTIANSUND KVERNBERGET a4 Filters _ UTC Date Time Low y 2013 08 13 08 08 C Now Lt Dataset EAD 7 Local a ENKE gt gt O Aprons y Runways x Ww ow 0
4. Frost TIR PE C n i A Y J J a TIA 41 f ITUR E Au lia a n2 Aranda IT ke a e a a li d c e rie o uel Ll 39 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 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 H 1 3 3 The 1 third of the runway is contaminated by water over ice value 27 only the water layer is visible for this third 4 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 colour code It is meant to be a visual quick summary of the contamination 4 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 4 2 2 2 Type of contaminant The icon contains the denomination of the upper most contaminant the top layer EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial Us
5. 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 Google Map 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 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 35 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 Map Satellite gt lt O ame aircraft stand Haltviklekan ET E ewPplassya i airport reference point d P i 25 P J P runway threshold e is gt Stabeldammen Ja a runway direction label ip eye amp lansund SER Airport Kvernberget wu Kristiansund ot iu fthavn 2 t e A NS Fags RAS Nvernverge oe GrP runway third Kristiansund og i 2 3 A a g Omegn Golfklubb 54 amping ME S 1681 gxosvelen BYSKOGEN j VAn sjovata geivikveier
6. v Further clearance width v Depth Distance v Further clearance time cide MA From w threshald Obscured lights F 3 Observation time Remark 3 8 Viewing Taxiway Contaminations Detailed information about taxiway contaminations is always accessible through the feature list on the left by clicking on the View contamination in the corresponding menu 30 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 View surface contamination of Taxiway A E Critical snow banks Observation time ENE i Deposits fuser ever Aet FROST Present fice xj Distance Y Mean depth v ES xx Denth Friction coefficient Side ME Friction device Obscured lights m Further clearance Is total FE Remark Further clearance time Cleared width v Cleared Side E 3 9 Viewing Apron Contaminations Detailed information about apron contaminations is always accessible through the feature list on the left by clicking on the View contamination in the corresponding menu View surface contamination of Apron P1 X Critical snow banks Observation time Further clearance time Deposits upper Byer first Present Mean depth A Distance h Friction coefficient Est POOR Depth M Friction device Side Obscured lights Remark Further clearance Is total Close 3 10 Viewing Aircraft Stand contaminations Detailed information about aircraft stand contaminations is always a
7. Nordmersveien oft a8 SNOWTAM Text Creu le 200 m Gamle oN m ext AAS 500 ft Omsundbrua A Omsundet Map data 2013 Google Terms of Use Report a map error 5 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 can also be centred on a specific place by double clicking on the corresponding point on the map 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 is available for that feature 42 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 5 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 5 3 Choosing a map type Choosing a map type 1s 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 24 The application has the capability to retain the selected map type f
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9. 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 14 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 Quick search z E User Edel GARRIHY Pilot 5 s RR mdp LSZR EM ST GALLEN ALTENR HEIN AD ST GALLEN 1308 FT ACH L 525 SAMEDAN AD SAMEDAN 5600 FT SMY LSZT LOMMIS AD WINTERTHUR 1539 FT LS U BUTTWIL AD WOHLEN 2372 FT B Ert ae ME L52Y SITTERDORF Paging S 407 ST GALLEN 1660 FT 7 LS2W THUN BE M D THJN 1837FT TRI Loa HANIS AD GLAR 1365 FT l jd 4 Ea a 2 a y eine 5 T MA A rk ek NT ry es nt Me ag rem HE ip e hae gt ee CI ae LT k 1 T wi FER a e et A b Ma mw Ac NN er ir Y um Ya T 3 1 END b E r x 27 AERE NUES 5 i He CNET AA I Ve M r Fah ee C 4 A Ma h ar 4 Fi PH E E gt PE EE Dei FE ra LS rt 7 L4 i p P NL a 1 e S T a Es 1 zr Fr i 1 ar MI n i fe Zy a LE MeSH re A i qu E m A First result i NC Er Ta NA a ve 23 xs LA m Hen 7 A RE AA P T Lu Dee Loin Airs jog M RE HET du Le bd iE elu Last result Previous result Next result Example search results
10. runway aE Omagata sien o wn Jen e gt RSNOWTAM Text Map data 82013 Google Terms of Use Report a map error 4 1 3 Taxiways Taxiways are displayed as outlined blue polygons Here s a sample view of several taxiways on an airport A CH stockholm Arlanda ee Hc wur WES UN j A 000m iy 1086 piea n EE Dann es ca onraghiques xi onditiznz d utilisation Signaler une erreur cartographique 36 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 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 4 1 4 Aprons Aprons are displayed as an outlined blue polygon 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 4 1 5 Aircraft Stands Aircraft stands are displayed as blue dot shaped icons Here s a sample representation of some aircraft stands of EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 E 5 E DES A 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 4 2 Contaminations Feature contam
11. the Data Note Please take into account that because of the trial nature of the application this contains some features which are unnecessary for pilots but will be used for training purposes of data providers These features are marked with a hyperlink in the text and will lead you to this note EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 2 Accessing the application The Digital SNOWTAM application is accessible via the Internet as a Web Application You will therefore need a working Internet connection 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 Application was tested with Firefox 23 0 and Internet Explorer 9 Using an earlier version of these browsers might give unexpected results and it is therefore not recommended 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 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 Ap
12. you full control over what is visible on the map 24 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 Visualisation Options Fa Runways Feature 7 Label Thirds Fa Runway Thresholds Label V Taxiways 7 Feature 7 Label Contamination 7 Aprons Feature 7 Label Contamination 7 Aircraft Stands Feature By checking unchecking the boxes you can show hide the corresponding feature geometries and or labels The box nearby the feature type Runways allows you to completely show hide specific features 1n one click Map Satellite Terrain et as 2013 Google Imagery 2013 Cnes Spot Image DigitalGlobe Landsat Lantm terictMet net L SNOWTAM Text Satellite view of airport map 25 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 Map Satellite Terrain Last Updated at 04 00 UTC 19 Jan 9 gt Y T observation time d Bro s 273 Halmsj n 273 A E 273 a K a E 273 l T b a As tn digo 5 g E e2013 coo SML SESNOWTAM Text KML SNOWTAM Text Marsta 2000 ft lg km Map view of airport map s A ih Satellite 47073 wi b ne Last Updated at n 04 00 UTC 19 Jan observation tina Bay Y 9 e D ic A e M Halm joie r 1 FRET M f 173 x 1 ES 1 E l E th t Li E Y Jd i Y Y n 2 Y aoi M B Bi 1 3 LM A 1 FIF p
13. 2 3 Prction coc ici ns dos Bosse oto du ostio itp dia Sce to Roues sug cua oun Lise cR uUo ia oua up es 4 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 5 WORKING WITH GOOGLE MAPS 5 1 Moving the map sss 5 2 Zooming the Mapri 5 3 Choosing a map type EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 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 helodesk at the e mail address aim eurocontrol int 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 provide the Data to any other parties or b commercially exploit or enable the commercial exploitation of the Application and or
14. 7 25 Y Taxiways a Y BOY p C Ww Stabeldammen Aircraft Stands Y NII14 Nie NIIS MI 4 y NIS NIG y MIF NIS NILO NI1 ol EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 This will open a new dialog containing detailed information about the conditions on the selected feature The contamination information is read only it cannot be edited The dialogs differ depending on the specificities of each feature type and are described in the following chapters 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 Detailed information about runway contaminations is always accessible through the feature list on the left by clicking on the View contamination in the corresponding menu Runway contaminations are always displayed by thirds View surface contamination of Runway 07 25 EE Contamination Whole Runway Third 1 Third 2 Third 3 Deposits FROST fice I ICE hice Mean depth v F xx F xx v xy Elta egithe Est MEDIUM GOOD Est MEDIUM GOOD Est MEDIUM Frictiori device x same device for the three thirds Cleared surface Further clearance Critical snow banks Cleared length w Further clearance Is total F Present F Mee RENT etc zm Further clearance length x Distance Cleared Side
15. Criterion Results LS No results minimum 3 characters needed L5 All airports where designator ICAO or designator IATA starts with LS no airport name starts with LS LSZ 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 KAIL7 BRUSSELS 15 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 3 4 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 is active for each retrieved airport at query time e wr E Airport Overview Q Find Airports ES Find Airports 2 3 EAD Digital SNOWTAM Pilot Application SNUWTAM Quick search User Edel GARRIHY Pilot Search criteria ICAO Name wildcards or Search results Select None All S Designator Name IATA Type Served City Elevation Control type My Airports V Page fi of 1 Select None All Apply
16. EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 Digital SNOWTAM Pre Operational Trial User s Guide amp References Manual Version 1 4 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 DOCUMENT CHANGE RECORD Date Description Date Deseription Sections 06 01 2010 v1 0 first public version 28 02 2010 V1 1 updated after installation of version 1 0 6 of 3 4 3 4 1 and 4 4 the application 28 02 2011 VI V1 updated after upgrade for EAD installation V1 updated after upgrade for EAD installation after upgrade for EAD installation 12 02 2013 in 3 updated after upgrade for Google Maps API 14 11 2013 T 4 removed all sections about how the application can be used for encoding SNOWTAM which is not enabled for the EAD installation Add modified text related to the new functionality MyAirports and direct decoding of SNOWTAM on Overview page changes in the ICAO SNOWTAM format no longer measured values for friction coefficient EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 CONTENTS T DISCLAIMER cunei tae AO 5 2 ACCESSING FHE APPLICA HON 4 at t isre a Cep a e ERE ES 6 Z2 JEbechnicaltedquire Die DES Gus aou mettra ed sog e taa Doba Mea oie Casual diu oui cea Duce ORE 6 2 2 JACCOSSIme ANS application 6 9 DATA USER INTERFACE soolona r 7 la AMO ALC lala 7 ze Mam SOU CCM la OU ont 8 O A A S 2 2 2 a S 39 APOCO TN UU EE 8 3 3 1 1 SCCO AA a II lactase ET 9 Dea Airport
17. Jan reet Air Bas observation time n 3 Fa t A af O 5 a STEENOKKERZEE ES Q A 5 s Fay Vossep at S gt ye a KORTE Cu n ZAVENTEM a gt E n usos Su FSNOWTAM Text a 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 hidden to give more space to the map This may come in handy with smaller screen resolutions 7 x y Plan Satellite Visualisation Options gt click here to collapse Melsbroek TN iv Feature 7 E hb wv 1 g Em Y s ES V Label Q P e s S 7 Thirds k N21 T e 5 Un V Runway Thresholds 7 Steenokkerzeel S Feature a EN EL Once collapsed the panels become only a narrow vertical bar Filters UTC Date Time p 2013 02 12 12 46 Brabantse Golf Now Dataset j EAD Local Apply Filters lt 20 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 e EAD Digital SNOWTAM Pilot Application SHUT A j Airport Overview e Find Airports Quick search User Edel GARRIHY i Pilot e EBBR BRUSSELS BRUSSELS NATIONAL EN det ins Lr Map Satellite ee A e er hi _ Wt hal N m F rr da ZAVENTEM Taormina Hot M SE SNOWTAM Text A Aj 1 i 1 z A ng
18. RON W deposit s 379 F 100 100 100 PC T SLIPPERY PORTIONS ON TAxIWAYS APRONS SLIPPERY APRONS WEST SANDED TAXIWAYS A B SANDED Close 3 5 5 2 SNOWTAM plain text The Plain Text SNOWTAM translates the contamination into a formatted human readable plain text message 21 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 SNOWTAM and Contamination Text format S EAD SNOWTAM Contamination as plain text Contamination as SNOWTAM draft SNOWTAM identification emitter code nig 2SW 1433 Location ENKB atid starting from 13 ao t 2013 at 07 21 UTC Global remarks mWMpronDeposits APH APRON E deposit s 379 ApronDeposits APH APROH Y deposit s 379 F 100 100 100 PCT SLIPPERY PORTIONS ON TAXIWAYS APRONS SLIPPERY APRONS WEST SANDED TAXIWAYS A B SANDED M Runway 01 25 Observation Date Time UTC st Third Landing area 2nd Third Mid runway 3rd Third Opposite en 13 ao t 2013 at 07 21 9 y vt Y f Oppos es 4 4 3 Estimated Medium Good Estimated Medium Good Estimated Medium Deposits Frost Frost Frost Mean Depth Ice Ice Ice Taxiway B aun over taxiway mean depth Frost Ice TTadway C Deposits over taxiway mean depth Frost Ice m Taxiway A Deposits over taxiway mean depth Frost Ice Close Note the fact that the apron was sanded was provided in item T of the original SNOWTAM A ENKB B 08130721 C 07 F 37 37 37 H 4 4 3 N
19. WTAM Pilot Application SNOWTAM identification emitter code ni SW 1433 Location ENEB Vaid stating pom 13 ao t 2013 at 07 21 UTC Sobelremaks WpronDeposits APH APR H E deposit s 379 ApronDeposits APH AFRON Y depositis 379 F ing i n 10D0 PCT SLIPPERY PORTIONS ON TAXIWAYS APEDHS SLIPPERY APRONS WEST SANDED AB m qup T A s Observation Date Time UTC Jat Third Landing area 2nd Third Mil runway 3rd Third Opposite e 13 an t 2013 at 07 21 y a i e ip E Friction imated Medi diei qu AA x DET fe oT oT aoe e 3 323 3 4 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 is required for the search to take place The search results will contain all airports whose designators or name match the specified criterion 13 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 e EAD Digital SNOWTAM Pilot Application A E Alrport Overview GY Find Airports i Quick searchi abb Use Edel GARRIHY Pilot YI A A Cun ca ee ae ee mmm aT e T lly E P ml S 4 um Poo v
20. aboyledet 5 i Em 5 T Pipe E EE i E M rsta a E e Pim SSNOWTAM Text 62013 Googl m 2000 b km l 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 26 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 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 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 SNOWTAM and Contamination Text format EAD SNOWTAM Contamination as plain text Contamination as SNOWTAM draft SW 1433 ENKB 08130721 SNOWTAM 1433 AJENKB B 08130721 CJ07 FJ37 37 37 H 4 4 3 N 37 T Airport Heliport gt Remarks ApronDeposits APM APRON E deposit s 379 ApronDeposits APN AP
21. andards that provide requirements or guidelines for the graphical representation of the surface contamination status 4 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 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 4 1 1 Airport Reference Point The airport reference point is displayed using the usual ICAO symbol 9p E Map Satellite 4 0 e 5 mberget e o Ry Kristiansund og z ex Byskogen A z e Omegn Golfklubb N 0 2 a yeien BYSKOGEN seivikveien z gejvikveie N ot S oeie Y Omagata Or 7 680 N e ANN 7 Seivikveien aem e Leirvika j NS argen Seivikveien h 70 Nordm rsveien tl 70 7 YEE PO 200 m l E Qu 28 SNOWTAM Text 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 33 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 K No graphical data available for this airport Cannot display graphical surface contamination VN Pru eT Text 1
22. ccessible through the feature list on the left by clicking on the View contamination in the corresponding menu 31 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 View surface contamination of Aircraft Stand ANG_NI 56 m Critical snow banks Observation time Deposits upper ayer first TEPSPRIN Mean depth Y xXx Distance Friction coefficient Est POOR Depth v Friction device Side Further clearance Is total Obscured lights Remark Further clearance time Close 3 11 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 This will allow for example using the application to encode and generate an ICAO SNOWTAM draft and comparing it with the official SNOWTAM issued by the same authority 32 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 4 Symbols and Graphical Representations Aeronautical experts have investigated the existence of civil military and other industry conventions and st
23. changes Powered by Pulsar Li ner Find airport page for data users 3 4 1 Search criteria Search for airports is allowed by ICAO designator 1 Airport name 2 IATA 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 EB in ICAO field will find all airports whose designator ICAO starts with EB 1 e EBBR EBOS 16 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 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 Clicking on the Now button 5 will reset the query time by retrieving the current UTC time from the server If My airports 6 is selected the result list will contain only airports from the user s preference list Click on the Search button 7 or press the RETURN key in any field to do the search 3 4 20 Result list While the server processes the requ
24. e 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 click on a row will open the Airport Map Page for the corresponding airport The result grid also supports keyboard navigation so it is 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 1s possible with the help of the navigation toolbar at the bottom of the grid 18 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 Search results 169 airports found Select None All 5 Designator Name Type Served City Elevation Control type My Airports W ESCM UPPSALA UPPSALA Current result page number RNB AD RONNEBY 191 FT n ML ESEB BORAS BORAS SJUKHUS HP 597 FT E amp ESEG Total of result pages HP 1160 FT Fi E EK KIRUNA UOSSAJARVI HP Airports currently visible in the grid D R Fir
25. er s Manual v1 4 4 2 2 3 Friction coefficient The friction coefficient is displayed using the following two conventions A number 1 5 A background color red yellow green or gray WVVYNSN The number always corresponds to the estimated friction coefficient The application uses the same conventions as the ICAO SNOWTAM form except for the color Estimated friction Color GOOD 5 Green MEDIUM GOOD 4 Yellow MEDIUM 3 Yellow MEDIUM POOR 2 Yellow POOR 1 Red 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 0 0 H 3 5 5 It will be displayed using the following icons 41 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 5 Working with Google Maps Here are a few condensed things to know about Google Map usage Map Satellite A a A lt gt Move the map Ww 7 e 2 i Map type selector S iens PES Zoom level move to adjust level FNPIASS vea P P E e c 3 i Zoom out 681 gt Stiansund Airport Kvernberget Re MANS m K an berget ee ysis ES a Bvskogen Kristiansund og 4 a gt Omegn Golfklubb ex Camping et M wet EH on elen BYSKOGEN ikvelen Seivikveien wkveie veien SeivikV eje yot e Nee Omagata Or 680 Se ae Seviye sf Leirvika ES e en e One Wikveien
26. est the result grid becomes disabled and a loading mask is displayed Search results Select None All Mv Airports V Destanalol Hame IATA Iype Served City Elevation Lontrol Dy pe Vel B Loading Select None All Apply changes When the results are available the grid becomes enabled again and the first row is selected highlighted EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 e EAD Digital SNOWTAM Pilot Application SNUWTAM Airport Overview o Find Airports Quick search User Edel GARRIHY Pilot l E Find Airports Search criteria ICAO Mame IATA Query Time UTC EN 2013 08 13 1323 2 Now l my airports Search wildcards or Search results 181 airports found Select None All S Designator Name IATA Type Served City Elevation Control type My Airports V 2 ELE BERGEN FLESL AND EHBS BATSFJORD BJF AD BATSFJORD 149 259 M O o iD ENBV BERLEVAG BVG AD BERLEVAG 13 07 M C X ENCN KRISTIANS AND KJEVIK KRS AD KRISTIANSAND 17 432 M C o ENDB DOMBAS BRUNSHAGEN LS C o ENDH DRAMMEN S YKEHUSET BUSKERUD HF LS Ci X ENDI GEILO DAGALI LS E o ENDO DOKKA THOMLEYOLD LS 1 oon E MM Id 4 Page p ofi3 gt bl Displaying airports 16 30 of 181 Select None All Apply changes 42 2 9 Powered by Pulsa The result table contains the list of airports heliports matching the search criteria A row displayed in bold with a bullet 2 in the first column means that th
27. hrough 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 EBBER a Aprons gt gt Runways Y oz WY YY BAJ25R ona Y Y Yo Taxiways gt gt 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 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 A el jul b UE Airport X N EBER gt gt Brucargo 1 Ex Center on map Aprons giz Show SNOWTAM text 02 20 Y Y Y amp View details DZL 25R gt O7R 25L F T Y ii P a Taxiways gt gt il Aircraft Stands 22 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 From the airport contextual menu you can e Centre the map on the airport reference point e Show the current SNOWTAM text if 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
28. inations are displayed in two ways 1 The surface of the feature is filled with a colour 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 38 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 Map Satellite Last Updated at 07 21 UTC 13 Aug observation time 50 AS fumo 1 lt v e oo Contamitation icons Haltviklakan Q E A gt Stabeldammen a gave Sm Airport Kvernberget Kristiansu ot Ra ufthavn Kvernberget x t wist 25 Aveloden Kristiansund og E 2 4 BYSKOG Omegn Golfklubb e Camping on e a Call eyogyelen BYSKOGEN valen Sjev ta Seivikveien al iikveie svelen ae Nor wo ue d Omagata gt Seivikveien en ge A RS den Seivikveien Nordmorsveien 2X SNOWTAM Text Gamle T Omsundbrua Map data 82013 Google Terms of Use Report a map error 4 2 1 Contamination surface When features are contaminated their surface 1s filled using a semi transparent colour which corresponds to the type of the upper most layer of contaminant p I Y AA 1 a 2 Dp T a r em i b A AE o ee W z Pim L md hs ri j hr i I 4 Dry snow l z uj CUN 1 EM a 1 Mem A Se V y a j a i x Y i 2 hk Mm 3
29. l v1 4 EAD Digital SNOWTAM Pilot Application is Qj This will show the location and contamination status for all 4 airports in the application database that have an IATA code a a z uus F A L i i at hi 1 n TE e r 1 b y k E v Be ri a fet Hh T e A e ph ntir Clicking on the Show All Airports button will show all airports having an IATA code as explained in the tooltip And the button 4 will be renamed into Show My Airports to allow coming back to the preference list 10 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 EAD Digital SNOWTAM Pilot Application This will show you the location and contamination status for all airports which are in the preference airport list um P F y y na LE Mir iM Fa ar art ee RC E C mv IAC nE T m A d A n E D Y 7 ho Ta po E i in r MI MEE Roues A CIEN L v m ter Ic i te 3 S Mediterranean OP Map data coded Boda coo i Wapi Map O Am sits NER E ORION ME Terme of ee Raport a map error ls Powered by 3 3 13 3 2 Airport contamination status icons A contamination status icon is associated to every airport The table below illustrates the possible icon colours and their respective meaning CN successfully parsed by the application There exists contamination information but all runway thirds are in good condition which is defined as whatever the co
30. ntamination information the friction coefficient is 5 GOOD or there is no information for that runway third or the contamination is NIL and the friction coefficient is not specified There is at least one runway third in poor condition which is defined as whatever the contaminant friction coefficient has value 1 The latest SNOWTAM received for this airport could not be parsed because of syntax errors or other problems The text of the SNOWTAM is available in the AirportOverview All other situations 3 343 3 3 Possible actions on the map 11 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 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 Hoover the cursor over a bullet to see the corresponding airport designator Click on an empty bullet to open the airport page of the corresponding airport heliport e Click on a coloured bullet to view the details of a SNOWTAM coming from EAD e You can choose the plain text of contamination by clicking on the second tab 1433 2013 A ENKB B 08130721 C 07 F 37 37 37 H 4 4 3 N A 37 B 37 C 37 R APRON E 379 APRON W 379 T F 100 100 100 PCT SLIPPERY PORTIONS ON TAXIWAYS APRONS SLIPPERY APRONS WEST SANDED TAXIWAYS A B SANDED T DH M peu O hannen 12 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 EAD Digital SNO
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32. plication European AIS Database EAD Pulsar oO TORS Welcome to the q 1 E 0 EUROCONTROL Digital Graphical SNOWTAM Pilot Application wv 0 T08 Or i4 01 0101 101 1001 A 011 A 101 0101 1011 1103 Click on the logo to access the application l 0 0 Home page EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 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 1s as follows Login Enter your login name and password Airport Overview Find airports An overview of the current SNOWTAM situation Focus on Europe Find Airport Page Quick Search Feature 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 4 3 2 Main screen layout Application screens are divided in multiple sections e EAD Digital SNOWTAM Pilot Application SRUWTAM E Airport Overview amp 9 Find Airports 4 Main menu Quick search User Edel GARRIHY Pilot 4 4 4 Quick search for airports 4 Your profile data user Your credentials 4 Main working area v2 2 3 4 Current ver
33. rport list please use the FindAirport menu 4 it NG e Cy Qv 2 x e Is a e e E Ob mn e 9 d n i 3 Map data 62043 Bigti t Google tapt MapLiN ORION ME Terms of Use Report a map error J r E an Mediterranea C a v2 2 3 Powered by Pulsar ADOGIC ntic The view is initially centred on Europe 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 is due to the fact that our geographic queries take the earth curvature into account but Google Maps doesn t coordinates are projected 3 3 1 Search criteria The Query 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 button named Show My Airports 4 will remain disabled as long as the user s preference list is empty as explained in the tooltip see previous chapter When the user s preference list contains at least 1 airport then the Airport Overview screen displays by default only the airports from this preference list and the button 4 is renamed into Show All Airports EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manua
34. sion of the application node Pulsar 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 Airport overview or Find Airports 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 3 Airport Overview The Airport Overview screen shows a summary of the contamination status of a region It is the page that opens first when entering the application If a list of preferred airports MyAirports is already defined for your account then only these airports will be shown Otherwise all airports having an IATA code in the application database will be shown 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 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 It is important to remember that this page does not display by default the situation of all the airports available in the Pilot database e EAD Digital SNOWTAM Pilot Application ShUWIDN Airport Overview Find Airports se Edel GARRIHY Pilot Airport Overview ShowMyAmors z01300131000 3 Search Now Sc X LEN EL TER o5 d To create your favourite ai
35. st results PX LINKOPING UNIVERSITETSSJUKHUSET HP 237 FT E e LUNDJUNIVERSITETSSJUKHMR Last results HP 352 FT b MEET EN 9 mi Pm ODIO e E E ims Ig a Page i ofi2 P kl Displaying airports 1 15 of 169 Select Noe Al oca T E rental Mene ee Apply changes Previous results Next results Apply changes Total number of airports matching the search criteria 3 4 3 Managing MyAirports list To add remove an airport into from the preference list first search for it When found check uncheck the corresponding box in the column named My Airports and click on the button called Apply changes Pay attention that the result list of an airport search is paginated For example a search by airport Designator LF might return hundreds of airports which will be displayed as a number of Pages each limited to 15 airports There is a possibility using the Select None All to check uncheck the MyAirport box for all the airports that are displayed on the page maximum 15 But you will have to repeat that check uncheck and the Apply changes for each page 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 19 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 m Cu Map Satelite Terrain a gt i MELSBROEK 4 Last Updated at i t amp al a Y 22 15 UTC 14
36. u wv vla ala 52013 Google Terms of Ups Report a 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 The first time the page is loaded the dataset is selected using the following criterion e Local will be selected if the airport has local contaminations encoded by a local authority e EAD will be selected otherwise Users of the application shall always use the EAD data set If you select a different dataset this dataset will be used once you apply the filter and the page is 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 21 EUROCONTROL Digital SNOWTAM Trial User s Manual v1 4 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 Aprons gt Runways Y 0220 YY DzL 25R compu Y ow Y gt Taxiways gt gt Aircraft Stands gt Only the features available t
37. ur ron T In pan 2 a EU p oW Ja Uu v E C 7 mr l LUYCKX EA AV 5 VI A a uj k b E ad i E a2 kl I r i al 1 T 1 a f Y y ud t as 5 1 r P E I A F T v A T T s 1 LL m y E to 7 E WS 5 F Ta ind A IE Y AN i 7 4 5 oT NEN E id e y 3 1 PBH IE S AM ei t y H z cm j x d Y di e d S dT A 4 AD BEAUVECHAIN 370 FT j t AC f TA z t 1 iz We EC didis sf E H E i z r M sse d memos D a p aM i eT E me i y L y i bs a pP j Aa i 1 Ci DF a T i i t i LI p g _ 7 i A i ue BL EBBH BRECHT KEYSERS HP BRECHT 82 FT EBBL KLEINE BROGEL AD KLEINE BROGEL 200 FT 7 BBN BUELLINGEN AD BLLLINGEN 2067 FT EBBR BRUSSELS BRUSSELS NATIONAL AD BRUSSELS 184 FT BRU EBBT BRASSCHAAT AD BRASSCHAAT 76 FT T EBBX BERTRIX JEHONVILLE 9 ADJBERTRIX 1511 FT AD GENAPPE S25 FT EBBZ PDNT A CELLES BUZET AD PONT A CELLES 522 FT exc eet n Lm dl kd M s y 2 2 3 conser ES Pulsa 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
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