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FORECAST OFFICE [5 records]

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Record 1 2013-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Meteorology
OBS

The Forecast Systems Laboratory(FSL) was a meteorological research and development laboratory in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA)/Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research(OAR). In October 2005, it was merged with five other NOAA labs to form the Earth System Research Laboratory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités gouvernementaux non canadiens
  • Météorologie

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

Information issued by a meteorological watch office concerning the occurrence or expected occurrence of specified en-route weather phenomena which may affect the safety of low-level aircraft operations and which was not already included in the forecast issued for low-level flights in the flight information region concerned or sub-area thereof. [Definition officially approved by ICAO. ]

OBS

AIRMET information: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
DEF

Renseignement établi et communiqué par un centre de veille météorologique, concernant l'apparition effective ou prévue de phénomènes météorologiques en route spécifiés qui peuvent affecter la sécurité des vols exécutés à basse altitude et qui ne sont pas déjà inclus dans les prévisions destinées auxdits vols dans la région d'information de vol concernée ou l'une de ses sous-régions. [Définition uniformisée par l'OACI.]

OBS

renseignement AIRMET : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

OBS

renseignement AIRMET : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Key term(s)
  • renseignements AIRMET

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Control de tránsito aéreo
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
DEF

Información que expide una oficina de vigilancia meteorológica respecto a la presencia real o prevista de determinados fenómenos meteorológicos en ruta que puedan afectar a la seguridad de los vuelos a baja altura, y que no estaba incluida en el pronóstico expedido para los vuelos a baja altura en la región de información de vuelo de que se trate o en una subzona de la misma. [Definición aceptada oficialmente por la OACI.]

OBS

información AIRMET: término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 3 2010-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
CONT

Support to [Savannah River Operations Office] SR operations is provided by the Westinghouse Savannah River Meteorological Program and includes daily weather forecast services for the SRS. Meteorological data is obtained from a local network... with sensors... Additional local upper-air data are collected from three acoustic Doppler radars, a Beukers rawinsonde system, and an airsonde and tethersonde system.

CONT

During SALPEX’96 the balloon tracked was often the same one as that carrying the AIR sonde used for the pressure / temperature / relative humidity measurements.

Key term(s)
  • atmospheric sounder

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
CONT

La sonde [Galileo] comprenait deux composants principaux : un orbiter chargé d'étudier le système galiléen et une sonde atmosphérique chargée d'étudier l'atmosphère galiléenne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
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Record 4 2003-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
DEF

Forecast office with the responsibility for preparing analyses and prognostic charts and/or for preparing forecasts to be disseminated to subordinate stations.

CONT

The Global Hydrology and Climate Center at NASA offers highly detailed studies, data and research on the water cycle, lightning, atmospheric aerosols, atmospheric winds and urban environment. It also houses a large satellite imagery database on the earth’s atmosphere, and a weather forecast centre. The data are collected through an array of polar and geostationary satellites.

CONT

A new Weather Forecasting Centre has been established in the UK ... Operating from the Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC), the main business of the new service is to provide high-accuracy forecasts for offshore oil and gas activities ... Areas covered are all European waters, North and South Atlantic (including the Gulf of Mexico), western Mediterranean and the Caspian.

Key term(s)
  • forecasting center
  • weather forecast centre
  • meteorological forecast center
  • meteorological forecast centre
  • weather forecasting center
  • meteorological forecasting centre
  • meteorological forecasting center
  • forecast centre
  • forecast center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
DEF

Bureau de prévision chargé de préparer des analyses et des cartes prévues et/ou de préparer des prévisions destinées à être diffusées à des stations secondaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Previsiones meteorológicas, medición y análisis de datos
DEF

Centro principal de predicción con la misión de preparar mapas de análisis y mapas previstos o predicciones para transmitirlos a los centros secundarios.

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Record 5 2000-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
DEF

An area forecast in abbreviated plain language for low-level flights for a flight information region or sub-area thereof, prepared by the meteorological office designated by the meteorological authority concerned and exchanged with meteorological offices in adjacent flight information regions, as agreed between the meteorological authorities concerned.

OBS

GAMET area forecast: term and definition officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
DEF

Prévisions de zone en langage clair abrégé pour les vols à basse altitude et concernant une région d'information de vol ou l'une de ses sous-régions, élaborées par le centre météorologique désigné par l'administration météorologique concernée et échangées avec les centres météorologiques des régions d'information de vol adjacentes, selon les modalités convenues entre les administrations météorologiques concernées.

OBS

prévisions de zone GAMET : terme et définition uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte aéreo
DEF

Pronóstico de área en lenguaje claro abreviado para vuelos a baja altura en una región de información de vuelo o en una subzona de la misma, preparado por la oficina meteorológica designada por la autoridad meteorológica correspondiente e intercambiado con las oficinas meteorológicas en regiones de información de vuelo adyacentes, tal como hayan convenido las autoridades meteorológicas afectadas.

OBS

pronóstico de área Gamet : término y definición aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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