Hong Kong Observatory and Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) met in Shanghai to jointly advance the Meteorological Services for Terminal Area

17 December 2012

Ms Sharon Lau, Assistant Director of the Hong Kong Observatory, and Acting Senior Scientific Officer Mr Ping-wah Li attended the 3rd HKO-CAAC Workgroup Meeting on Meteorological Services for Terminal Area (MSTA) held in Shanghai on 4-5 December this year. The meeting was also attended by representatives from the meteorological service department of the North China Regional Administration, the East China Regional Administration and the Central and Southern Regional Administration. The meeting reviewed the progress in the development of MSTA services and products and made plan for cooperation in the coming years, in particular to prepare for the World Meteorological Organization and International Civil Aviation Organization Conjoint Meeting to be held in 2014. The Working Group meets every year. The last meeting was held in Shenzhen.

The meeting of the Working Group