area forecast system
1world area forecast system — A world wide system by which world and regional area forecast centers provide aeronautical meteorological en route forecasts in uniform standardized formats (ICAO). The objective of the world forecast system is to: i. Supply meteorological… …
2World Area Forecast Center — A World Area Forecast Centre (WAFC) is a meteorological centre that provides real time meteorological information broadcasts for aviation purposes. These broadcasts are supervised by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) in order to… …
3regional area forecast center — A meteorological center designated to prepare and supply area forecasts for flights departing from aerodromes within its service area and supply grid point data in digital form for up to world wide coverage (ICAO). A Contracting State, having… …
4world area forecast center — A meteorological center designated to prepare and supply upper air forecasts in digital form on a global basis to regional area forecast centers (ICAO). A contracting state, having accepted the responsibility for providing a WAFC within the… …
5area of responsibility — i. Geographical area within which an alerting service is provided by an ATS (air traffic services) unit designated as the responsible unit. ii. In the world area forecast system, a geographical area for which a regional area forecast center… …
6Satellite Distribution System — The Satellite Distribution System (SADIS) is a worldwide satellite based broadcast system dedicated to primarily distributing aeronautical meteorological information in line with ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) standards.… …
7Shipping Forecast — The Shipping Forecast is a four times daily BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the coasts of the British Isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and… …
8Tropical cyclone forecast model — [ National Hurricane Center (NHC)] A tropical cyclone forecast model is a computer program that uses meteorological data to forecast the motion and intensity of tropical cyclones. Such models utilize powerful supercomputers with sophisticated… …
9Romania telephone area codes — Country Code: 40Access code: 0 .As of 2002 the area codes are county codes. They are formed by two digits ( 30 69 ) for the 41 counties, and 1 for Bucharest. Depending on the company that operates the ground line, before the county code another… …
10North West Shelf Operational Oceanographic System — The North West Shelf Operational Oceanographic System (NOOS) monitors real time sea levels for the North Sea area.[1] NOOS is operated by partners from the nine countries bordering the extended North Sea and European North West Shelf; Belgium,… …
