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METEOROLOGICAL BRIEFING [4 records]

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Record 1 2026-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oral Presentations
  • Air Transport Personnel and Services
  • Air Traffic Control
DEF

The provision of pilot briefings by an FIC [flight information centre].

OBS

PBS is the provision of, or consultation on, meteorological and aeronautical information to assist pilots in flight planning and includes a fully interpretive weather briefing service provided by specially trained flight service specialists at the FIC.

OBS

pilot briefing service; PBS: designations and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exposés et communications orales
  • Personnel et services (Transport aérien)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
DEF

Prestation d'exposés aux pilotes par un FIC [centre d'information de vol].

CONT

Le service d'exposé au pilote (PBS) a pour but fournir de l'information météorologique et aéronautique, et d'offrir des consultations dans ces domaines, aux pilotes qui planifient leur vol.

OBS

service d'exposé au pilote; PBS : désignations et définition normalisées par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
DEF

Office competent to : prepare forecasts under the guidance of a main meteorological office; supply meteorological information and briefing to aeronautical personnel.

CONT

In September 1939 the full-time staff of the [Armed Forces] Meteorological Division numbered 213, of which 51 were meteorologists and 57 were meteorological observers. Over the next 6 years the Division was to recruit and train an additional 350 meteorologists and a large number of assistants in order to open and operate an additional dozen forecast centres and to maintain dependent weather offices at several dozen air training schools and operational war units.

OBS

The term "dependent," when used as an adjective as is the case here, is more frequently written with an "e." "Dependant" with an "a" represents the noun form.

Key term(s)
  • dependant meteorological office
  • dependant weather office

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
DEF

Centre météorologique qualifié pour remplir les fonctions suivantes : a) établir des prévisions suivant les indications d'un centre météorologique principal; b) fournir des renseignements météorologiques et l'exposé verbal au personnel aéronautique; c) fournir les renseignements météorologiques nécessaires à un centre météorologique supplémentaire associé.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Air Transport
DEF

Office... competent to : prepare forecasts; supply [weather] information and briefing to aeronautical personnel; supply [weather] information required by an associated dependent or supplementary meteorological office.

CONT

This Office is responsible for providing a comprehensive range of meteorological services tailored for aviation needs for flight originating from SAAS Airport. As a dependent regional meteorological office, it receives most of the aviation meteorological products from the main Meteorological Office in KLIA via the Aviation Briefing Terminal(ABT) or fax.

Key term(s)
  • main weather office
  • MWO

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Transport aérien
DEF

Centre météorologique qualifié pour remplir les fonctions suivantes : a) établir des prévisions; b) fournir des renseignements météorologiques et l'exposé verbal au personnel aéronautique; fournir les renseignements météorologiques à un centre météorologiques secondaire ou supplémentaire associé.

OBS

centre météorologique principal : terme spécifiquement employé en météorologie aéronautique.

Spanish

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Record 4 1982-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
OBS

The chart shall show(...) the location of important flight operation facilities(e. g. meteorological briefing office and aeronautical information services unit)(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

La carte indiquera (...) la position des installations importantes utilisées pour l'exploitation (par exemple: bureau d'exposé verbal météorologique et organe des services d'information aéronautique (...)

Spanish

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