20-21 November 2008 Financial Impact Meeting Pricing –Impact Analysis in the Context of the PSI Directive

Ministry of the Interior

Γ.Γ.Δ.Δ.& Η.Δ.

ATTENDANCE

OF NATIONAL METEOROLOGICALSERVICE

Director of Services Provision HNMS

Meteorologist: Theodoros N. Kolydas

METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION IN GREECE

1.Public Meteorological Information a) Hellenic National Meteorological Service -HNMS (under the Ministry of Defense) b) National Observatory of Athens-NOA c) National Center for Marine Research-NCMR (under the Ministry of Development d) University Of Athens –UOA ( under the Ministry of Education and Religion )

2.) Private Meteorological Companies a) Weatheronline.gr

….but now we will speak only for the HNMS

ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΜΕΤΕΩΡΟΛΟΓΙΚΗΥΠΗΡΕΣΙΑ

ΕΛ. ΒΕΝΙΖΕΛΟΣ

126 ΣΜ115ΠΜ

116ΠΜ

117ΠΜ

120ΠΕΑ

110ΠΜ

111ΠΜ

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΠΟΛΗ

ΠΜΚ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ

ΡΟΔΟΣ

130ΣΜ

ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ

135 ΣΜ

131 ΣΜ

ΚΩΣ

ΧΙΟΣ

112ΠΜ

ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗ

114 ΠΜ

ΣΑΜΟΣ

ΙΩΑΝΝΙΝΑ

123ΠΤΕ

134 ΣΜ

ΧΡΥΣΟΥΠΟΛΗ

ΠΜΚ/ΑΤΑ

HNMS-METEOROLOGICAL CENTERS & OFFICES

Memorandum2 Regional Met. Centers21 Met. Offices

Weather Observations Systems

OBSERVATIONS SYSTEMS TOTAL

Land Surface Meteorological Stations 88

Upper Air Meteorological Stations 3

Automatic Meteorological Stations 33

Meteorological Radar 8

Net of Lightning Detection 1

Satellite Systems EUMETCAST και HRPT 2 / 3

ΛΑΡΙΣΑ

ΒΟΛΟΣΣΚΙΑΘΟΣ

ΛΑΜΙΑ

ΑΡΑΧΩΒΑ

ΔΕΣΦΙΝΑΤΑΝΑΓΡΑ

ΤΑΤΟΪΠΑΧΗ

ΕΛΕΥΣΙΝΑΠΕΙΡΑΙΑΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ

ΕΛ. ΒΕΝΙΖΕΛΟΣ

ΣΚΥΡΟΣ

ΤΗΝΟΣ

ΜΥΚΟΝΟΣ

ΝΑΞΟΣΠΑΡΟΣ

ΜΗΛΟΣ

ΣΑΝΤΟΡΙΝΗ

ΑΣΤΥΠΑΛΑΙΑ

ΡΟΔΟΣ

ΚΑΡΠΑΘΟΣ

ΚΑΣΟΣ

ΖΑΡΟΣ

ΣΗΤΕΙΑ

ΙΕΡΑΠΕΤΡΑ

ΗΡΑΚΛΕΙΟ

ΤΥΜΠΑΚΙ

ΡΕΘΥΜΝΟ

ΣΟΥΔΑ

ΧΑΝΙΑ

ΚΑΣΤΕΛΛΟΡΙΖΟ

ΚΩΣ

ΚΑΛΥΜΝΟΣ

ΛΕΡΟΣ

ΛΗΜΝΟΣ

ΠΟΤΙΔΑΙΑ

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΠΟΛΗΞΑΝΘΗΚΑΒΑΛΑ

ΧΡΥΣΟΥΠΟΛΗΔΡΑΜΑΣΕΡΡΕΣ

ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ

ΕΔΕΣΣΑ

ΤΡΙΚΑΛΑΗΜΑΘΕΙΑΣ

ΦΛΩΡΙΝΑ

ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑ

ΚΟΖΑΝΗ

ΚΟΝΙΤΣΑ

ΙΩΑΝΝΙΝΑ

ΑΡΤΑ

ΑΓΡΙΝΙΟ

ΜΕΣΟΛΟΓΓΙ

ΝΑΥΠΑΚΤΟΣ

ΔΙΑΒΟΛΙΤΣΙ

ΑΙΓΙΟΑΡΑΞΟΣ

ΑΝΔΡΑΒΙΔΑ

ΖΑΚΥΝΘΟΣ

ΚΕΦΑΛΟΝΙΑ

ΠΥΡΓΟΣ ΤΡΙΠΟΛΗ

ΚΑΛΑΜΑΤΑ

ΜΕΘΩΝΗ

ΓΥΘΕΙΟ

ΣΠΑΡΤΗ

ΑΣΤΡΟΣΣΠΕΤΣΕΣ

ΑΡΓΟΣΣΤΕΦΑΝΙ

ΚΥΘΗΡΑ

ΑΙΙΓΙΝΑ

ΠΡΕΒΕΖΑ

ΙΚΑΡΙΑ

ΣΑΜΟΣ

ΧΙΟΣ

ΚΑΣΤΕΛΙ

Ν.ΦΙΛΑΔ/ΦΙΑ

ΣΥΡΟΣ

ΒΕΛΟ

ΤΡΙΚΑΛΑ

ΓΟΡΤΥΝΟΣ

ΑΝΔΡΟΣ

ΒΕΛΟΠΟΥΛΑ

ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗ

ΚΕΡΚΥΡΑ

National Network of Meteorological Stations

ΑΡΓΟΣ

Categories of Met.Stations

Essential (22)

Additional(25)

Aeronautical (14)

Agro meteorological (9)

Climatic(18)

Upper air (3)

Automatic Stations (20)

New Observation Infrastructure

ΣΚΙΑΘΟΣ

ΛΑΜΙΑ ΣΚΥΡΟΣ

ΤΗΝΟΣ

ΜΥΚΟΝΟΣ

ΝΑΞΟΣΠΑΡΟΣ

ΜΗΛΟΣ

ΣΑΝΤΟΡΙΝΗ

ΑΣΤΥΠΑΛΑΙΑ

ΚΑΡΠΑΘΟΣ

ΣΗΤΕΙΑ

ΚΑΣΤΕΛΛΟΡΙΖΟ

ΚΑΛΥΜΝΟΣ

ΛΕΡΟΣ

ΛΗΜΝΟΣ

ΞΑΝΘΗΔΡΑΜΑΣΕΡΡΕΣ

ΦΛΩΡΙΝΑ

ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑ

ΚΟΖΑΝΗ

ΙΩΑΝΝΙΝΑ

ΑΡΤΑ

ΖΑΚΥΝΘΟΣ

ΚΕΦΑΛΟΝΙΑ

ΤΡΙΠΟΛΗ

ΜΕΘΩΝΗ

ΑΡΓΟΣ

ΚΥΘΗΡΑ

ΑΙΙΓΙΝΑΙΚΑΡΙΑ

ΣΑΜΟΣ

ΧΙΟΣ

ΣΥΡΟΣ

ΑΝΔΡΟΣ

ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΗ

Meteorological RADAR (8) Sensors LIGHTNINGS (8) Semi automatic M.St (33) Automatc Μ.St. (17)

ΟΡΜΕΝΙΟ

ΣΟΥΦΛΙ

ΣΑΜΟΘΡΑΚΗ

ΠΟΛΥΚΑΣΤΡΟ

ΑΓ.ΕΥΣΤΡΑΤΙΟΣ

ΜΕΓ.ΛΑΥΡΑΣ

Π.Β ΚΡΑΝΕΑΣ

ΣΟΦΑΔΕΣ

ΓΑΥΔΟΣ

ΚΑΡΠΕΝΗΣΙ

ΛΕΩΝΙΔΙΟ

ΑΝΤΙΚΥΘΗΡΑ

ΠΑΛΑΙΟΧΩΡΑ

117 ΠΜ ΥΜΗΤΤΟΣ

110ΠΜ

113 ΠΜ

ΧΡΥΣΟΥΠΟΛΗ

ΑΚΤΙΟ

ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥΠΟΛΗ

115ΠΜ

ΨΑΡΑ

Computerization Infrastructure of HNMS

•System of telecommunications•Central Data Base• System of Meteorogical Support•Central Computing System• System of operational Support

Basic Menu

System of Metrological infrastructure

Central Computing System

• Computation Power

- 2.6 GF HP Cluster 16 CPU

- 600 GF IBM 256 CPU

Forecasting Models HNMS

Objective: the simulations of the

atmosphere in a range of a few km

to gain details and accuracy in weather

forecasts

•ECMWF Model • Regional Models ΕΜΥ - LM COSMO 7 km - ΣΚΙΡΩΝ 7 km - RAMS 10 km

Operational Activities

OPERATIONAL WORK

Issue of Weather forecasts for 6 days Issue of Weather forecasts for shipping for 48 hours Issue of Warnings of dangerous weather phenomena Issue of Gale warnings for shipping Availability of information technology applications and systems and telecommunications. Availability of means for weather observations.

RESEARCH Development of applications of information technology and telecommunications• Processing and adaptation of numerical weather prediction models• Applications of management of data bases.• Applications of Climatology. • Development of applications and processing methods of radar and satellite data.

Research Activities

International Organizations World Metrological Organizations (WMO) ICAO ΝΑΤΟ GEOEuropean Organizations

ECOMET European Centre of Mesoscale Forecasts ECMWF) EUMETSAT EUMETNET ICWED INTAD INSPIRE GMESInternational Collaborations Consortium of LM – COSMO Other Meteorogical Services

International Collaborations -Representations

HNMS is member of ECOMET for the below reasons :

• The free competition already prevailing in the region of EU and the NMS with small commercial activity have to compete with the more developed NMS in other countries and also the private meteorological services in their national territory.

• The participation of HNMS in the Organization has increased the possibility of the Service to exchange with other Meteorological Services information which is essential to achieve its mission in the best way.

• Τhe Service applies the rules of transparency and the catalogues of data and products are available to the public .

• HNMS with the participation to the Organization has ensured revenues

through revenues of other Meteorological Services in the case that they use for commercial purposes data or products which contain information from HNMS

Why ECOMET?

PROVISION OF METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES

& EU policy

• The European Union data policy, which is relevant to weather information is implemented by several Directives in the European Union legislation. The three most important ones are

• a) the Directive for Environmental Data,

• b) the Directive for the Public Sector Information (PSI) re-use

• c) INSPIRE – Infrastructure for spatial data in the European Community.

• These Directives pursue three main objectives to facilitate the creation of Community-wide services based on these data, to enhance effective cross-border re-use of information for added-value services, and to limit distortions of competition in the Community market.

• The spirit of the data policy is that European economy and society stands to benefit enormously if Public Sector Information is easily available for commercial re-use, with as few barriers and as at as low a cost as possible.

The National Hellenic Meteorological Service form a part of the Ministry of National Defense

and under direction of the Minister with financial and administrative attention and responsibility of General Air Force

1931 Ν.Δ.5258 Constitution of the National Meteorological Service

• 1974 Ν.Δ.367 Organization ΕΜΥ

• 1995 Ν.Δ.2292 About Ministry of National Defense

• 1997 Π.Δ.161 Organization and Regulation of HNMS•---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

• 1991 ΦΕΚ 42 /Β 1-2-991 The fee is determinate by this law for use of meteorological information from the Meteorological Service

• 1998 Π.Δ. 250 «Policy of Provision of Meteorological products data and Services

“The mission of HNMS is the meteorological support of National Defense, National Finance Ministry

and the public (Π.Δ. 161/1997)”

OUR LEGAL “FRAMEWORK-MISSION”

ΒASIC RULES

1. All data , products or services are to be priced .

2. The provision of meteorogical information to companies or individual persons is unrestricted and with the same conditions for anyone applying the regulations of National Law of every country, ECOMET, and EU.

3. The Division of Services in HNMS uses data or products apart from what belonging to the basic core of the data of HNMS.

4. Basic aim of the development of commercialization is try to cover from the revenues gained from this activity the 3% of the Service total expenses per year and the cost of use of all the data.

PROVISION OF METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES IN HNMS

PROVISION OF METEOROLOGICAL

INFORMATION IN HNMS

The policy of provision of meteorological data, products and services available to the public is ruled by :

NATIONAL LEGISLATION

From “ΠΔ 250/98” ( National Legislation) taking under considerations the laws for Competition ( 703/77 και 3592/2007) .

INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS

From “Resolution 40” of World Meteorological Organization about free provision of meteorological data.

From the “Guide of ECOMET” (European Cooperation in Meteorology), based in which the pricing and handling costs of the products are defined .

……. & the rules 773/2004 , 411/2004 και 1/2003 of ΕU are also taken into consideration.

WAYS OF TRANSMISSION OF THE FORECASTS

1. Telecommunications

2. Radio 3. Television

4. Press

5. Via radiotelephone or (via VHF/ΕΛΛΑΣ ΡΑΔΙΟ, ΥΕΝ/ΑΛΣ and coastal stations of the Organization of telecommunications of

Greece ΟΤΕ)

PROVISION OF METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES

WAYS OF TRANSMISSIONS OF THE FORECASTS (continued )

7. Satellite missions by of international Service of the system INMARSAT - C

8. Emissions RADIOFACSIMILE

9. Emissions of System ΝΑVTEX

10. Meteorological Bulletin of Mediterranean Sea (ΥΕΝ/ΑΛΣ)

11. Via (Internet) www.hnms.gr and from April 2008: www.emy.gov.gr , www.meteo.gov.gr , www.meteohellas.gr

PROVISION OF METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES

Provision of Data and Products in Internet Home Page

Provision of Data and Products in InternetReal Time Data

Provision of Data and Products in Internet Sea Bulletins

Provision of Data and Products in Internet

Sea Bulletins in collaboration with Meteo France

Provision of Meteorological Information IN GENERAL

Provision for ALL Meteorological Information

• a) Meteorological Data (Synop etc) (20%)

• b) Climatological Data and Products (30%)

• c) Meteorological Products (last 24h) ( Maps , Radar , Satellite Images , Products from Numerical Weather Prediction Models in digital form , Weather forecasts ) (16%) ,

• d) Meteorological Products (archive) (3%)

• e) Certificates of weather conditions (30%)

• f) Publications (0,5%)

• g) Inspection ,calibration and reparation of meteorological instruments (0,5%)

Provision for ALL Meteorological Information

• 1. ECOMET

• 2 CORE

1. Provision from ECOMET catalogue

1. Provision from ECOMET catalogue

1. Provision from ECOMET catalogue

1. Provision from ECOMET catalogue

1. Provision from ECOMET catalogue

An example for Synop Pricing

An example for Synop Pricing

2 .ALL METEOROLOGICAL DATA

• Meteorological observations per three hours of stations of surface in

form of code SYNOP• Meteorological observations of stations of Upper atmosphere in

form of code TEMP,PILOT• Meteorological observations of boats in Eastern Mediterranean in

form of code SHIP

• Individual meteorological parameters: • wind (direction-intensity) • visibility • weather (phenomena) • cloud • temperature (dry, humid, minimum, maximum) • pressure

2 .ALL METEOROLOGICAL DATA

barometric tendency • Precipitation amount • humidity • radiation • evaporation • temperature of ground • For the levels 1000, 925, 850, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200, 150,

100, 70, 50,30,10 HPA:• geopotential height• temperature• dew point• wind (direction intensity)

continued

ALL METEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS

Α. METEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS (near real time)

WEATHER FORECASTS• a) General weather forecasts for Greece, Attica and Thessaloniki that is published

regularly (4 times every 24 hours)

• b) General weather forecast for Greece for (3, 4, 5 and 6) days that is published regularly (once every 24 hours)

• c) Weather and sea Bulletin for shipping that is published regularly (4 times every 24hours)

• d) Regular regional forecast of (36 hours)• e) Local forecast at request

• f) Forecast for specific region and for special meteorological phenomena (frost, inversions etc.)

• g) Special local weather forecast, that is published after the installation of met. instruments of [HNMS], and implementation of special observations .

• i) prognostic value of specific meteorological parameter

• j) Warnings for severe and dangerous weather phenomena or for very strong (gale) winds and for damaged areas from natural disasters

• k) Operational forecast for support of Armed Forces that it is regularly published (once a day)

• l) Forecasts for the pollution of atmosphere for Athens and Thessalonica that is published regularly (once a day)

• m) Aeronautical forecasts for flights and destinations.

• n) Weather bulletin that is published once a day and includes analysis of barometric systems and weather forecast

• o) Weather bulletin for fires

• p) Meteoalarm (www.meteoalarm.eu), warnings for dangerous meteorological phenomena in Europe with chromatic code

…continued

ALL METEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS)

• Charts-Diagrams

• a) Chart of Europe with isopleths lines

• b) Chart of Europe or regions of it with registered measurements

• c) Chart of precipitation of Europe or for regions of it

• d) Weather chart of Europe or regions of it with weather phenomena symbols

• e) Thermodynamic Diagram with registered the values of the meteorogical parameters of TEMP

• Informations for the Pricing from “KYA 480/91”

ALL METEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS

PRODUCTS OF NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS IN DIGITAL FORM

a) PRODUCTS OF THE NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODEL COSMO- GR(LM)

Surface Parameters and Data• Atmospheric surface pressure • Atmospheric pressure (in the mean sea level surface) • Wind direction and speed in 10m height from surface (U – V

συνιστώσες) • Maximum wind speed in 10 m from surface • Temperature in 2 m height from surface • Dew point Temperature in 2 m height from surface • Maximum Temperature in 2 m height the surface • Minimum Temperature in 2 m height from the surface • Temperature of soil . • Humidity of soil. • Total cloud cover • High cloud cover (0-400 hPa) • Middle cloud cover (400-800 hPa) • Low cloud cover (800 hPa-επιφάνεια)

• Specific humidity in the soil surface • Accumulated rainfall (grid-scale, convective) • Accumulated snowfall (grid-scale, convective) • Total precipitation. • Water equivalent of snow.

• Parameters and data in pressure levels or geopontential height• Geopontential height • Temperature• ‘‘Omega’’ parameter- vertical • Wind (direction -speed) • Relative humidity • Freezing level. • Top of convective clouds (mean sea level). • Cloud height (height from surface to base convective clouds (mean sea level ). • ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------• IMAGES FROM METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES

• OBSERVATIONS OF METEOROLOGICAL RADARS

• *Excepting the new Pricing Law .

PRODUCTS OF NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS IN DIGITAL FORM *

Β. PAST WEATHER PRODUCTS • CLIMATOLOGICAL PRODUCTS• α) Individual parameters of the synoptic observations of the Met.Stations• β) In typical tables per month /year, calculated• on the base of the observations during all the period until 2001:• mean pressure on the mean sea surface (6+12+18)/3• mean pressure in station (6+12+18)/3• mean temperature (6+12+18)/3• .mean temperature υγρού θερμομέτρου (6+12+18)/3• .mean relative humidity • .mean absolute humidity (6+12+18)/3• .mean dew point (6+12+18)/3• .mean temperature (mean minimum +mean maximum)/2• .mean temperature (6+12+18+18)/4• .mean minimum temperature • .mean maximum temperature • .mean total cloud cover• .absolute maximum temperature • .absolute minimum temperature • .

Β. PAST WEATHER PRODUCTS

• total monthly precipitation amount• .maximum precipitation amount per day• .duration of total precipitation in hours and minutes (if available)• . duration of maximum precipitation in hours and minutes ( if available)• .daily precipitation amount • .Number of days with : rain, drizzle, shower rain, snow, sleet, • snow pellets, snowballs, hail , snow covered soil, • white frost ,rime , haze ,mist , thunderstorm , lightning, dew, glaze, fog • .number of days with maximum lower or equal 0.0, higher or equal 25.0,

higher or equal 30.0• .number of days with minimum lower or equal 0.0, lower or equal• 10.0, higher or equal +20.0

Β. PAST WEATHER PRODUCTS

• Number of days with cloud cover 0.0 up to 1.5, 1.6 up to 6.4 και 6.5 up to 8.0 eights

• . Number of days with precipitation amount equal με 0.0, greater or equal 0.1,

• Greater or equal 1.0 και greater from 10 mm• .total of precipitation days• . Number of days with wind speed higher or equal 6 Β and 8 Β• γ) In typical tables total mean monthly parameters (general

climatological), calculated on the base of the observations from their function all the period until 2001.

• Tables of rate of frequencies of wind directions and intensity ( %) per month or per year, calculated on the base of the observations all the period from their function until 2001.

• ε) Climatological data or products at request with data processing

• from the archives of HNMS in the Central Computer or from an employ of the Service.

B. PAST WEATHER PRODUCTS

• METEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS FROM ARCHIVES• a) Copies of issued forecasts• b) Copies of maps or diagrams• c) Copies of images and photos• d) Copies of meteorological RADAR observations• WEATHER CONDITIONS CERTIFICATES• a) Certificates of prevailing weather conditions for one or more areas • b) Certificates of prevailing weather conditions for aircraft accidents or damages • in the FIR of Athens)• c) Certificates of prevailing weather conditions for areas outside the borders as they

are specified in paragraph 1 article 2 in the law• Π.Δ.529/1975 if the Meteorological Service (HNMS) can provide the appropriate for

• issuing them.• 4.PUBLICATIONS• a) Precipitation bulletin or report• b) Ten days’ Agro meteorological bulletin• c) Monthly weather Bulletin or report • d) Monthly Climatic Bulletin

PRICE LIST

Α/Α DATA PRICE ( € ) REMARKS

1 SYNOP 1,47 Each per month/Met.Station

2 TEMP free

3 PILOT free

4 SHIP free

5 individual parameters of the synoptic observations of the met. stations (e.g.. temperature)

1,47 Each parameter per month/ Μet.Station

TABLE Α

METEOROLOGICAL DATA

Α/Α PRODUCTS

VALUE

( € ) REMARKS

1 General weather forecast for Greece and regional , for Attica and Thessalonica , issued regularly (4 times every day)

2,93 Each one

2 General weather forecast for Greece for (3, 4, 5 και 6 days), issued regularly (once a day)

2,93 Each one

3 Weather and sea bulletin for shipping issued regularly (4 times every day)

2,93 Each one

4 Warnings for severe and dangerous weather phenomena or for very strong (gale) winds and for damaged areas from natural disasters

Free

5 Weather forecasts for specific areas and weather phenomena such as :frost, inversions etc.)

5,87 Each one

ALL METEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS (near real time) TABLE B

ALL METEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS (near real time) TABLE B

6Regional or local forecast at request 4,4 Each one

7 Special weather forecast ,for local area, issued after the installation of the necessary meteorological instruments from HNMS and accomplishment of special observations etc

0,88 The price is determinate according special convention with HNMS and after technical and economic study

8 Values of parameters for specific areas (meteograms)

0,88 Each parameter and up to three days

9 Photocopies of general weather forecasts or of the weather and sea bulletins for the shipping which are delivered at HNMS Offices with the responsibility of the users.

5,87

14,67

Each one

10 Weather bulletin issued once a day and includes the analysis of barometric systems and weather forecast

0,88 For ten days

For a month

11 Product of numerical weather prediction model

forecast in digital form 2,93 Each one

ALL METEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS (near real time) TABLE B

12 Satellite Images HNMS follows the pricing policy of data and products of EUMETSAT State member of which is Greece.

13 Weather Charts of Greece or of some regions of the next day with symbols

WHEN ATTACHED the text of the General WEATHER FORECAST for Greece

2,93

4,4

Forecasted values of meteorological parameters 20 European Cities

14 Chart of EUROPE with Surface barometric systems επιφανείας and the forecasted paths of their movement

2,93 Each one

15 Forecasted values of meteorological parameters of 20 European Cities

2,93 Each edition

16 Bulletin with brief description of significant prevailing weather of 10 Greek or European regions or cities.

2,93 Each parameter

17 Bulletin with brief description of significant prevailing weather of 10 Greek or European regions or cities

5,87 Each one

18 Thermodynamic diagram with the elements of the observations of one ΤΕΜP or Chart

0,88

1,47

Each one

When transmitted with fax

CLIMATOLOGICAL PRODUCTSTABLE C

Α/Α

CLIMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS value

(€)

REMARKS

1 Individual parameters of the synoptic observations of the Met. Stations

1,47 Each parameter /month/ Met.Station

2 In typical tables per month /year, calculated on the base of the observations of all the period until 2001.

2,93 Each table /parameter /Met..Station

3 Tables of rate of frequencies of wind directions or speed ( %) per month, or per year ,calculated on the base of the observations of all the period until 2001.

1,47 Each table / Met.Station

4 At request with special processing of the archives from the data base of HNMS or from an employ of the Service

The fee is determined with the order of the General director of HNMS

METEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS (ARCHIVE) TABLE D

Α/Α Products price(€) REMARKS

1 Copies of forecasts 1,47 Each one

2 Copies of charts 0,88 Each one

WEATHER CONDITIONS CERTIFICATESTABLE E

Α/Α CERTIFICATES PRICE

(€)

REMARKS

1 Certificate of weather conditions for one or two areas and for a period up to 6 hours for only one meteorological element

For more than one meteorological elements

2.64

3.52

επιπλέον προσαύξηση 0,59 for every additional area

+1,17 added for every next 6hourly period

+2,05 added for every next 6hourly period

2 Certificate of weather conditions for one or two areas and for a period up to 6 hours for only one meteorological element

For more than one meteorological elements

11.74 For every 24 hours or part of it

3 Certificate of weather conditions for aircraft accidents or damages in aircrafts happened in the Athens FIR )

17.61 Once

4 Certificate of weather conditions for areas outside the borders

According the above cases 1,2

under the term that HNMS disposes enough meteorological information for its edition

PUBLICATIONSTABLE F

Α/Α Bulletins PRICE

( € )

ΠΑΡΑΤΗΡΗΣΕΙΣ

Precipitation bulletin or report 2,93 EACH MONTHLY BULLETIN

b) Ten days’ Agro meteorological bulletin

1,76 Each one

c) Monthly weather Bulletin or report

2,93 Each one

d) Monthly Climatic Bulletin 2,93 Each bulletin

INSPECTION, CALLIBRATION AND REPARATION METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS(

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TYPES OF METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS

INSPECTION CALLIBRATION MAINTENANCE (€ )

REPARATION

(€)

Mercury barometer 2,93 7,34

Metallic barometer 2,93 5,87

Automatic Instruments

(Self recording)

2,93 8,80

Electric anemometer. Other conventional instruments

8,80 20,54

Other conventional instruments 2,93 5,87

Which Products will be provided free of charge (Modification of “ΠΔ 250/98” is given for approval )

1. General weather forecasts of Greece for 48 hours .

2. The sea and weather bulletins for shipping.

3. The warnings for dangerous weather phenomena.

4. The sea and weather gale warnings for shipping

5. Local forecasts for damaged areas from natural destruction.

6. Data from meteorological parameters, daily every 6 hours (in the code form SYNOP, BUFR, or any general description the World Meteorological Organization fixes.

7. All the available measurements observations from Meteorological Stations for shipping ( SHIP, BUOY, BATHY, TESAC)

8. All the reports from aircraft observations (AMDAR, AIRPER)

9. Upper air observations (TEMP,PILOT, PILOT SHIP κτλ)

Which Products will be provided free of charge

10) Information for the public ( CLIMAT/CLIMAT TEMP and CLIMAT SHIP/CLIMAT TEMP SHIP )

NOTE

The data and products from operational meteorological satellites with the terms and the agreements as they are described between the World Meteorological Organization and the administrators of Meteorological satellites with direct objective the information of public on special bulletins of warnings.

MOREOVER

11. In the educational and scientific institutions (for no commercial use)

12. In the three branch of Armed Forces, in the Public Services of National Defence, Safety, Protection of Health, Research of Accidents and Service of High Persons as well as in the aeronautical services of that are conditioned by the Treaty of Chicago. The remaining Public Services and the Organisms of Local Self-government are able they are exempted similarly in the frames of approved programs, in which Hellenic National Meteorological Service participates as institution.

In the site of Ecometwe have already registered free of charge:

GREECE Non-chargeable Data (Resolution 40 WMO Cg XII) BulletinCode Time (UTC)Stations (WMO Standard)

1. Upper air data   U(S,K,L,E)GR01 LGATTEMP00,1216716U(S,K,L,E)GR01 LGATTEMP0016754U(S,K,L,E)GR01 LGATTEMP1216622    

2. Land surface data   SMGR01 LGATSYNOP00,06,12,1816622,16641,16682,16716,16734,16743,16749,16754SMGR20 LGATSYNOP00,06,12,1816643,16648,16650,16684,16732*SMGR21 LGATSYNOP00,06,12,1816614*,16627,16667,16675*,16710*, 16723, 16738    

3. Climatological data   CSGR01 LGATCLIMATMonthly16622,16641,16648,16650,16714,16716,16719,16723,16726,16734,16746,16754

(*) some time only 06,12,18   

Direct objectives for the next months

1.Promotion of new “ΚΥΑ” (Law signed with the common decision of

the responsible on the matter Ministers) about the pricing of meteorological data , products and Services.

(Political Decisions & Co-operation with others Ministries)

2. Development of the last 24 hours products ( near real time) with use of Numerical Weather Prediction Models

Long Terms Objectives

Electronic trade via “Δ ΚΠΣ” 2008-13

Direct access of public In central Server for collecting data. *

(*The marginal cost of digital products tends close to zero)

New Services based on programs of GEMS (KOPERNIKUS) and

INSPIRE.

• The management and administration of all the information provided by HNMS follow the national legislation and the conventions with the International Organizations as described previously.

• The accessible amount of the information meets all the needs of the public and also every interested user (public Services, Universities, Research Institutes).

• The electronic organization of the information is not fully integrated and this fact causes some difficulties as concern the direct access in a simple way to the information. This is the only restriction to the access and eventually it will be overcome.

• The information from HNMS is disposed at low prices according the present national legislation (ΚΥΑ 91-ΠΔ250) ( in many cases they are lower than the ECOMET rules).

Comments about General Policy and Pricing

We have already told in the start of presentation that the primary mission of the HNMS is the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. Hence, the basic functions of HNMS are the provision of forecasts and warnings of severe weather. The Floods, Hydrological and Oceanographic data are given from other Institutes or Services (Under the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Development or Ministry for the Environment Physical Planning & Public Works) .

All the information about warnings for floods, hurricanes, and tsunami events, the collection, exchange and distribution of all the meteorological information, the preparation of hydrometeorological guidance and the core forecast information must be under the same “Umbrella” (Administration and Law) .

HNMS should stay the single "official" voice when issuing warnings for life-threatening situations and the source of a common national hydrometeorological information. So, all the national information should form a framework which can help the private sector to develop its activities more efficient.

HNMS does not intend to compete with the private sector when it provides specific services. Of course , this policy statement cannot cover all possibilities. However, it should minimize any misunderstandings and false expectations between both parties.

“ALL THE SERVICES SHOULD BE HARMONIZED WITH THE EU SPIRIT”.

Proposals about General Policy Criteria

LETS SEE THE WEATHER

ATHENS FORECAST

TODAY

(rest of the Day)

Fine Weather

Light to mod NW winds 4 B.

Temp 19…11 deg

LETS SEE THE WEATHER

ATHENS FORECAST

TOMMOROW

No Rain, but the weather will become gradually cloudy after the midday.

W winds 4 B , becoming SW

Temp : 12- 19 deg