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Aviation Week 2012

Monday 23 July 2012

Welcome, Introduction (Duncan Tippins)
High Resolution NWP (Peter Steinle)
Aviation Competency / Hazards (Jannie Stander)
SATrep Online Weather Discussion Demo (Lee-ann Simpson, Jannie Stander)

Tuesday 24 July 2012

Heat Waves (John Nairn)
Water Vapour Imagery and Aviation Hazards (Bodo Zeschke)
Detection & nowcasting of turbulent mountain waves using satellite data (Bodo Zeschke)
- MODIS .hdf files (Instructions HERE)
  - New Zealand, 2 March 2011
- HYDRA version 1.9.6
Rapid Scan Observation from Space & it's Application (Yasushi Izumikawa)
- Heat Thunderstorm
- Stratus Fog
- Moving Shear Line
- Volcanic Eruption
- Vertical Windshear
- Sample RGB
- Sample Cloud Top Altitude
- Comparison Typhoon
- Comparison Heat Thunderstorms
- Comparison Moving Windshear
  Credit: These animation files were provided by Himawari-6 (MTSAT-1R) Rapid Scan Observations. These were performed for the sake of aviation users. Japanese Meteorological Agency, July 2012

Wednesday 25 July 2012

Canada's Project Phoenix (Patrick McCarthy)
Aviation Handover - Takeover (Michelle Hollister)
Detecting and Nowcasting Aviation Icing (Bodo Zeschke)
Fog and Low Cloud Detection (Bodo Zeschke)

Thursday 26 July 2012

Operational Consensus Forecasts (OCF) (Phil Riley)
Operational Consensus Forecasts (OCF) (Tim Hume)
The latest thinking on Tropical Cyclone intensity analysis (Joe Courtney)
Going beyond the TC forecast: adding value through better comms (Joe Courtney)

Friday 27 July 2012

Comet Resources Overview (Bruce Muller)
Real-time Chart Discussion (Chris Webster)