NM OPERATIONS EVITA USERS GUIDE. External Users. Edition N : 1.0

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1 NM OPERATIONS EVITA USERS GUIDE External Users Edition N : 1.0 Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE

2 . This document is published by EUROCONTROL for information purposes. It may be copied in whole or in part, provided that EUROCONTROL is mentioned as the source and the extent justified by the non-commercial use (not for sale). The information in this document may not be modified without prior written permission from EUROCONTROL. Edition No. : 1.0 Edition Issue date : 17-April-2013 The application of this manual is in line with the operational implementation of the major NM software releases, with version numbering of the manual reflecting the relevant software release. Incremental numbering shall be used to indicate interim updates. This version corresponds to NM Release 17 which is implemented with effect from 20/03/2013. The official electronic version of this manual shall take precedence over any printed versions, except in the case of contingency, where the electronic version is not available, or may be considered unreliable. Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE

3 TABLE OF CONTENT 1 INTRODUCTION GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EVITA USE OF EVITA IN NM OPERATIONS SERVICE LIMITATIONS SCOPE OF THIS DOCUMENT INTENDED AUDIENCE OF THIS DOCUMENT EVITA FUNCTIONS LOGIN TO EVITA PLOT AFFECTED AREA AND/OR DANGER AREA SELECTION VIA SELECTOR DISPLAY IMPACTED FLIGHTS SELECTION VIA THE FLIGHTS PORTLET DISPLAY IMPACTED AIRSPACE SELECTION VIA THE AIRSPACE DATA PORTLET DISPLAY IMPACTED AERODROMES UPLOADING AND DISPLAYING AREAS PUBLICATION OF AO AREA UN-PUBLICATION OF AO AREA ANNEX DEFINITIONS FAQ Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE i

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5 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EVITA The European crisis Visualisation Interactive Tool for ATFCM (EVITA) is a visualisation tool that supports decision making in times of crises. EVITA is available on the Network Operations Portal (NOP) to all NOP registered users with a token. It gives the possibility for users to identify which flights, aerodromes or airspaces are affected by a specific crisis. 1.2 USE OF EVITA IN NM OPERATIONS In practice, EVITA: displays ash concentration data received from VAAC London and VAAC Toulouse on the NOP Portal map; displays coordinates of Danger Areas, as declared by States via NOTAM, on the NOP Portal map; detects sectors, aerodromes and flights impacted by either ash concentration data or Danger Areas. assists with re-routings, avoiding areas that are affected by ash. 1.3 SERVICE LIMITATIONS EVITA is currently available for training and exercise purposes. During a crisis (e.g. a volcanic eruption) it should be used in conjunction with other official aeronautical sources of information (e.g. NOTAM, SIGMET, etc). It is not intended to replace any official sources of information but should be used for supporting the decision making process. EVITA is valid for the IFPS Zone/NM area of responsiblity only. 1.4 SCOPE OF THIS DOCUMENT This document is intended to describe the basic functionalities of EVITA for use during a crisis or during Exercise i.e. ICAO Volcanic Ash Exercises - VOLCEX. Updated Editions will be published when changes are made to EVITA. 1.5 INTENDED AUDIENCE OF THIS DOCUMENT This document is intended for the use of Aircraft Operators, Airspace Navigation Service Providers, Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres, MET Watch offices, Regulators and NOTAM offices during crises, exercises and training with regard to the upload of data into EVITA (depending on token access, i.e. read-only or read/write) and how to display the various impacted flights, airspace and aerodromes in EVITA. Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 1-1

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7 2 EVITA FUNCTIONS 2.1 LOGIN TO EVITA Login to the NOP Portal is via token, it is recommended to use Firefox as it works faster than Internet Explorer with EVITA: open Firefox from the Windows Start>Programs menu and copy the link below: At login, select: Role: AO/ANSP Log in (role) Domain: Your domain The EVITA portlet is available on the right side of the window, below the Network Headline News. EVITA will show the following depending on whether a crisis is ongoing or not or if an exercise is taking place: No ongoing crisis Simulated (Exercise) ongoing Real crisis ongoing Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 2-1

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9 3 PLOT AFFECTED AREA AND/OR DANGER AREA 3.1 SELECTION VIA SELECTOR In the EVITA portlet, click on Selector. The Selector window opens. The following explanations are for information: Filter Tab: The first three colour codes are used to display ash concentration levels for affected areas (i.e. High, Medium and Low). They are also used to display Danger areas defined by NOTAM and a number of other areas that are assigned to AOs so they can display their own areas (company no fly zone, met area etc). Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 3-1

10 Fore/Dang tab: Where it is possible to select All or only Forecasts or only Danger Area Crisis tab: Where it is possible to select all or one specific Crisis Crisis type tab: it is currently only possible to select volcanic ash or All (in the future it may be possible to select Nuclear, Severe Weather, etc) Crisis state tab: Where it is possible to select an ongoing, archived or hidden crisis Crisis Real/Simul: Where it is possible to select All or Real crisis (if one is ongoing) or Simulated (exercise) Source tab: Where it is possible to display the information from All or the VAAC s or only the selected ANU Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 3-2

11 To be able to display Affected Areas and/or Danger Areas on the EVITA map it is necessary to click on Filter Mode and then select Custom Mode, then click the Refresh button above, this gives access to Selector: Filter Mode Custom Mode Here it is possible to define what is to be displayed, click on the + (plus) button to display/open the drop down menu: One crisis is currently selected (indicated by the green coloured box) the other crisis is not currently selected. To also display information from this other crisis it is necessary to select the box. To access/expand the crisis details click on the + (plus) button next to the crisis. Danger Areas are the areas published by NMOC on behalf of States, based upon the information they have recieved i.e. NOTAMs Forecasts are the affected areas provided by the VAAC s (London and Toulouse) based on concentration levels and then published by NMOC Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 3-3

12 Click on the + button to expand/see each of them (by default they are all selected: it is possible to deselect them individually, but bear in mind that once deselected they will not appear on the map) Once the selection has been made, click on Plot button to open the map. The EVITA map window opens. The map shows Forecast Areas according to the ash concentration levels (High-Red, Medium-Grey and Low-Blue) and Danger Areas (yellow) as defined by NOTAM. During a simulated/exercise crisis the letter S appears on the map To zoom into a particular area on the map - click on the Zoom button, position the mouse cursor on the map accordingly, left click and then draw/move over the area to be zoomed into (from the top towards the bottom of the screen), then left click again. To zoom out, click on the Zoom button Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 3-4

13 and perform the reverse action, left click the mouse and then draw/move over (from the bottom towards the top of screen), then left click again. An alternative to Plot is Auto-fit - if this button is clicked on, the EVITA map window opens, but the area shown on the map is dictated by what has been selected in the selector window (formerly known as Re-bound) Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 3-5

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15 4 DISPLAY IMPACTED FLIGHTS 4.1 SELECTION VIA THE FLIGHTS PORTLET In the Flights portlet, click on Flight List The Flight List window opens. From this screen it is possible to query a flight list for any operator Click on Aircraft Operator tab, in Operator type in the ICAO operator code - for example BAW, enter the time period to be queried, then press Go. The flight list is displayed. Note: Currently the maximum number of flights possible to query for impacted is 100 Click on Compute Impacted Flights to see which flights in the current display are actually impacted. Flights which are impacted are shown by a tick in the impacted column. Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 4-1

16 It is now possible to select the chosen flights by placing a tick in the box next to the call sign. Once the selection has been made, it is necessary to click on the Plot EVITA button to see the flights on the map. In the EVITA Interactive Map Window - Click on the Zoom button, position the mouse cursor on the map accordingly, left click and then draw/move over the area to be zoomed into (from the top towards the bottom of the screen), then left click again. To zoom out, click on the Zoom button and perform the reverse action, left click the mouse and then draw/move over (from the bottom towards the top of screen), then left click again. The following explanations are for information: Red; shows which part of the flights route is impacted Green; shows which part of the flights route is not impacted Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 4-2

17 To see the flight/route vertically, click on the Gather Info button; by performing the same action as in Zoom, it is possible to detect more information for the flight. The Feature Summary Window opens, displaying all flights zoomed in on. Highlight the flight of interest by clicking on it, then click on the magnifying glass box to show details Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 4-3

18 The Feature Summary window now shows the flight details (ARCID, ADEP, ADES, and IOBDT). Now click on Vertical View. Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 4-4

19 Filtering Information in the map: Using the Flight Level slider; left click with the mouse to select the flight level, hold down the left mouse button, select the new desired level and then release the mouse button. Click on the Apply button to validate the change. The map is updated to only show the ash concentration levels in the height range chosen: in this case at FL365 and above. Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 4-5

20 Route and/or Point Information in the map: It is possible to display Nav point information and/or route information by clicking on the following buttons. Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 4-6

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23 5 DISPLAY IMPACTED AIRSPACE 5.1 SELECTION VIA THE AIRSPACE DATA PORTLET In the Airspace Data Portlet, in Airspace Id (*) type the ANSP of interest, for example LFE* meaning all airspace in Reims ACC ( * = wildcard ). Click Go. The Airspace Data Window is displayed, listing all the airspace of the selected ACC. Click on Compute Impacted Airspace to see which airspaces in the current display are actually impacted. Airspaces which are impacted are shown by a tick in the impacted column. It is now possible to choose which airspace to be displayed by placing a tick in the box next to the NM (CFMU) id. Once the selection has been made, it is then possible to click on the Plot EVITA tab to see the airspace on the map. Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 5-1

24 To see the Impacted Airspace on the map, it may be necessary to zoom into the area in question. Airspace that is impacted will be shown with a red border; those that are not impacted will remain with a white border. Once again it is possible to filter (see filtering information in 4.1) Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 5-2

25 6 DISPLAY IMPACTED AERODROMES In the Airspace Data portlet, click on the Aerodrome tab. The Aerodrome query window is opened. Click on the Aerodrome List tab, in the Aerodrome (*) box type the Aerodrome reference of interest, for example LFE* meaning all aerodromes in Reims area ( * = wildcard ) Click Go. The Airspace Data window is displayed listing all the aerodromes chosen. Click on Compute Impacted Aerodromes to see which aerodromes in the current display are actually impacted. Note: Currently there is a limitation on the number of Aerodromes that can be queried (100). Aerodromes which are impacted are shown by a tick in the impacted column. It is now possible to chose which aerodromes are to be displayed by placing a tick in the box next to the NM (CFMU) id. Once the selection has been made, it is necessary to click on the Plot EVITA tab to see the airspace on the map. Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 6-1

26 To see the Impacted Aerodromes on the map, it may be necessary to zoom into the area in question. Aerodromes that are impacted will be shown with in red; those that are not impacted will remain in white. Aerodromes that are close to a contaminated area may also appear in red due to the defined aerodrome buffer set in EVITA. Note: The definition of Impacted Aerodrome is (vertically up to FL100 and laterally a radius of 40 Nm) Once again it is possible to filter (see filtering information in 4.1) Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 6-2

27 7 UPLOADING AND DISPLAYING AREAS In the EVITA portlet, click on F (for Forecasts) this is a shortcut that goes directly to the Crisis details window (go to 7-2) Another option is in the EVITA portlet, click on Crises. The EVITA Crisis window opens. Select the Crises for which a forecast is to be created, e.g. training_evita The crisis details appear in the lower part of the window. In the lower part of the window, click on the Forecasts. Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 7-1

28 The Crisis details window opens. Click on the Create Forecast button. It is now necessary to input/define the forecast details First, enter the forecast validity period i.e. from 02/01/ to 02/01/ Note: It is also possible to input the dates from the calendar function by clicking on the square box to the right of the valid from/to boxes. Next, under Owner It is necessary to select the lower circle and give a name to the forecast, for example AO no fly zone, AO met area. It is possible to add a comment in the Comment box if necessary. Next tick the box Pub ANU only. Click on Save. The forecast has been created. Now it is necessary to define the affected area: under Forecast Details, click the Create Affected Area tab The Affected Area Details pane opens: Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 7-2

29 First it is necessary to define the Concentration Level (colour for the area) currently these are defined by NM. Chose one of the following from the list AO Area, AO Met forecast, then click on the Save button. A draft is then created with the chosen colour/area. Next, click on Create Prism Now it is possible to define the area by Flight Level (lower limit and upper limit) by entering the levels in the boxes. Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 7-3

30 Next define the area by: a. Typing in the individual Latitude and Longitude of the polygon/shape by clicking under the Lat tab and then entering the coordinates, then press enter (on the keyboard) to be able to enter the next coordinates. Note: The polygon must be closed by repeating the first coordinates. Clicking on the Close Polygon tab will automatically close the polygon (see example above) b. Copying the coordinates from another source and then pasting them into the box in the right of Prism Details. Next click on To Table tab to transfer them into the Lat/Long columns (see example below) Next check that the polygon is correct by clicking the Validate Polygon tab, the polygon is valid or is not valid popup appears, click ok. Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 7-4

31 If the not valid box shows, check the coordinates entered. Click Save, the Forecast Area has now been created. Under Prism Details it is possible to plot this area, click on the Plot Prism tab to see it on the map. It is also possible to display defined areas with that of the Crisis: in the Crisis Details window click on Plot Crisis tab to see all these areas on the map. Further filtering is possible via the Selector. (see Selector section in 3.1) Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 7-5

32 It is also possible to delete a forecast that has been made: under Crisis Details select the forecast to be deleted and in the column to the far left of that forecast, click on the x symbol; this will now turn red, and a popup box will be displayed. To delete the forecast press yes. Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 7-6

33 7.1 PUBLICATION OF AO AREA Click on Publish to publish the Your Area in EVITA. The following report should appear: Click on OK 7.2 UN-PUBLICATION OF AO AREA Where it is necessary to cancel the selected area or it has expired, the corresponding AO Area must be un-published. In the Forecast Area List, select the concerned AO Area, and in the Forecast Area Details below, click on Unpublish. The following report should be generated Click on OK. Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 7-1

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35 8 ANNEX 8.1 DEFINITIONS EVITA Selector has the central role, whereby the EVITA objects may be selected i.e. Ash Concentration Areas, Danger Areas, No fly Areas etc. This selection is then used for all other EVITA use cases/queries, namely plotting and computing impacted. This is until the choice is modified via the Selector. Co-ordinate Formats EVITA supports the following co-ordinates format: L co-ordinates format : i) The latitude direction is represented on the left of the latitude digits, and ii) The longitude direction is represented on the left of the longitude digits E.g. N or W R coordinates format : i) The latitude direction is represented on the right of the latitude digits, and ii) The longitude direction is represented on the right of the longitude digits E.g N or W In input: a) The latitude digit representation is either: i) dd: interpreted as dd0000, or ii) ddmm: interpreted as ddmm00, or iii) ddmmss: the latitude representation is then said to be complete where: iv) dd is in [ 00, 90 ] v) mm is in [ 00, 59 ] vi) ss is in [ 00, 59 ] vii) If dd is 90, mm and ss are both 00 b) The longitude digit representation is either: i) ddd: interpreted as ddd0000, or ii) dddmm: interpreted as dddmm00, or iii) dddmmss: the longitude representation is then said to be complete where: i) ddd is in [ 000, 180 ] ii) mm is in [ 00, 59 ] iii) ss is in [ 00, 59 ] iv) If ddd is 180, mm and ss are both 00 Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 8-3

36 A co-ordinates character is defined as a character appearing within a latitude or a longitude representation, namely: a) N or S, and b) W or E, and c) [ 0-9 ] Co-ordinate Text As described below, a polygon can be input as a co-ordinates text : A valid co-ordinates text in input is formatted as follows: a) It is entirely consistent with either the L coordinates format or the R coordinates format, i.e. it does not contain some coordinates in the L format and others in the R format b) It is not mandatory to have a separator between the latitude and the longitude of a point, or between the longitude of a point and the latitude of the next point (i.e. between points). If a separator is provided: i) It may contain any number of characters, but ii) These characters must be printable and cannot be coordinates characters A few examples: a) 5323N 00514W N 00446W N 00433W N 00116W N 00003W N 00208W N 00444W N 00511W N 00514W [ Note the new lines and the loose separators ] b) 5522N 00841W N 00455W N 00544W N 00456W N 00305W N 00105W N 00045W N 00717W N00841W [ Note the new lines and the loose separators ] c) 5243N 00853W N 00618W N 00829W N 00853W d) 6416N01716W 6100N01930W 6100N02800W 7200N02800W 7800N01000W 7800N0L- 7230N0L 7300N00800W 6416N01716W. [ Note the presence of a dot at the end ] [ Note the presence of 7800N0L and 7230N0L : NOT supported ] Hence, on input of co-ordinates text, EVITA may raise the following error: INVALID_FORMAT: i) EVITA could not identify the very first latitude in the coordinates text and therefore could not deduce if the next points are to be interpreted as L or R format, or ii) EVITA could identify the very first latitude in the coordinates text and therefore could deduce the L/R format, but following coordinates did not match that format: in such a case, EVITA displays the last valid coordinates identified When EVITA outputs a co-ordinates text, its format is: a) Always and entirely based on the L format b) All latitudes and longitudes are represented as complete c) A line displays a maximum of three points on a line, and certainly three points if there are still three points to output d) The separator between a latitude and a longitude is a single blank character Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 8-4

37 e) The separator between two points on an output line is -, namely: i) BLANK, followed by ii) HYPHEN-MINUS (ASCII 45), followed by iii) BLANK Prism Details A prism is geometrically valid if and only if: a) Its flight level range is not flat, i.e. its upper bound is strictly superior to its lower bound, and b) Its polygon is geometrically valid. A polygon ( simple polygon in geometrical jargon) is geometrically valid if and only if: c) It is explicitly closed, i.e. its last point is equal to its first point; d) Apart from its first and last points, all its points are different; e) It contains at least 3 different points; hence, the minimum number of points to describe a polygon is 4 (3 + closing one); f) It describes a single polygon, i.e. segments joining the polygon points do not intersect, and g) The maximum number of polygon points is limited to 1,000, including the closing one, hence 999 different points. The points of a polygon are to be provided in the clockwise direction in order to avoid any ambiguity with regards to what is inside the polygon and what is outside: the inside of the polygon is what is on the right side of the first segment vector. 8.2 FAQ What does the S character on the map stand for this appears on the map when the crisis is simulated Shortcuts now available from the EVITA portlet see diagrams below Maximum number of flights that EVITA accepts to compute impact = 100 Maximum number of aerodromes that EVITA accepts to compute impact = 100 Maximum number of airspaces that EVITA accepts to compute impact = 100 Maximum size of an EVITA polygon size, in points = 100 Edition date: 17-April-2013 EDITION 1.0 EVITA USERS GUIDE 8-5

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