HMEI
at the 2006 AMS 86th General Assembly
HMEI will be at booth 640
at the AMS 86th General Assembly Exhibition, in January-February 2006, introducing HMEI to
potential new members, promoting the HMEI Catalogue to hydro-meteorological
product users and to generally raising the profile of HMEI in the
Meteorological community.
A meeting of HMEI Members will be held on Tuesday 31st January at 9.15
am.
The HMEI Chairman and Executive Secretary will be looking forward to
meeting up again with members who will be attending AMS 86.
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Procurement
of Balloons Pakistan
HMEI
received a request from a defence contractor in Pakistan for help with
supplying 6000 meteorological balloons, last month. The details of this
procurement opportunity were sent to HMEI Member balloon
manufacturers/suppliers, who will now be contacting the Pakistani procurement people
directly.
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on Tenders
for 240 AWS for
the ANEEL
Project (Brazil)
Only one tender has
been received for this project. This bid is currently under review by WMO.
This procurement opportunity was for the supply
of 240 AWS within the framework of the ANEEL Project (Brazil)
and for which, WMO was putting out invitations to tender.
This tender project raised concerns from some HMEI Members interested in
tendering for the contract. Several manufacturers have pointed out that the
tender request was formulated such that, with some requirements so specific,
it virtually limited the possibility of tendering to only one
manufacture.
There were also concerns expressed regarding the lack of ability to gain some
clarification of details necessary to formulate a bid. A further problem
was seen in the lack of response from the WMO, to letters from manufacturers
who had written to WMO directly.
The HMEI Executive Secretary discussed these concerns with the WMO Procurement
department. Useful information was received from them in regard to the best protocol
to use to receive clarification on tender information. Also we understand that
WMO has now replied to the written letters from HMEI manufacturers.
However the problem of a tender request that appeared biased, so that a single
specific manufacturer only could formulate a tender, has not been
resolved.
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JMBSC
(Japanese Meteorological Business Support Center) VIPs Visit HMEI and WMO
The HMEI office was pleased, on
September 16th, to welcomed a visit from Yuji Hayashi, a Director of JMBSC and
President of Oriental
Electronics Inc. (ORI); Dr. Takeo Kitade, who is a
chairman of the Japanese JMBSC and also a former Director General of JMA; and
Mr. Tetsuro Fukui, who is a councillor of JMBSC and also a former Director of
Meteorological Satellite Center of JMA. The visitors found their meeting with
HMEI and WMO people informative and useful.
Mr. Hayashi expressed his appreciation of HMEI activities in providing
valuable information for its Members. JMBSC
are very interested in developing further their working relationship with
HMEI. They will therefore be pursuing further discussions with the HMEI
Executive Secretary, in order to determine what form of cooperation can be
taken involving many of their colleagues in Japan.
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Kuniharu
Onimura
resigns as director
of
Yokogawa Denshikiki Co., Ltd.
It is with regret that HMEI
says goodbye to
Kuniharu
Onimura who was the director of Yokogawa Denshikiki Co., Ltd. and
the main contact between that company and HMEI.
Mr.
Onimura has resigned as the director of the company and is going back to
their mother company Yokogawa Electric Corporation
from 1st October, 2005.
His follower at the department (Industrial & Environmental Measurement
Equipment Business Headquarters)
will be Mr. Hiromasa Takahashi.
Mr. Hiromasa Takahashi is a senior director of Yokogawa Denshikiki Co.,
Ltd. He will now be responsible for department operation and is the contact person for
HMEI.
Mr.
Onimura expressed his thanks and appreciation to Bruce Sumner the HMEI
Executive Secretary, Christine, the Administrator, and Ben Dieterink, the HMEI
Chairman, for their cooperation during his association with HMEI.
The HMEI appreciates the personal cooperation and support which Mr. Onimura
showed to HMEI and wish him well in his new appointment. We look forward to
now working with Mr. Hiromasa Takahashi.
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AMS
EXHIBIT
Advisory COUNCIL MEETING
The HMEI Executive
Secretary will be participating in an AMS Exhibit Advisory Council teleconference on 1st
November, 2005.
With the next Exhibition at the AMS General Meeting approaching fast, this will be an
important refining of last minute details pertaining to that Exhibition. The
Executive Secretary will, of course, be expressing views that will look after
the interests of HMEI Members to the Committee in all discussions.
Any HMEI Members who have particular issues that should be put to this AMS
Committee please contact the HMEI office
before the 31st October, 2005.
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HMEI
ADVISES ON THE ORGANIZATION OF FLASH FLOOD FORECASTING WORKSHOP's EXHIBITION,
COSTA RICA
The HMEI
was invited to assist the WMO with advice from the manufacturers point of view
on the organization of the Exhibition to be held at the International
Workshop on Flash Flood Forecasting, 13-17 March, 2006, in Costa Rica.
The
Executive Secretary, Bruce Sumner, has been able to provide input which
will, it is hoped, be of benefit to organizers in the smooth running of the
associated exhibition and thus make for a better exhibiting experience for the
participating manufacturers.
HMEI is assisting with the mail out for the invitations to exhibit and will
provide WMO and the Local Organizing Committee with the names and contact
details of the HMEI Members.
HMEI has also asked for favourable consideration in regard to rates or other
discounts for our Members. Also we have requested acknowledgment of HMEI in
the brochure and possibly a page advertisement for HMEI, as was given to
HMEI by the Organisers of the Chinese Exhibition on Technology & Equipment for
Meteorology & Hydrology, in Shanghai, October 2005
in recognition
of our contribution and support for the Exhibition. We are awaiting a reply to
this request.
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Report
on 14th session of Regional Association VI (Europe), 7-15 September, Heidelberg, Germany
Luis
Gomez
from SIAP + MICROS and Dyrk
Peters from Hydrometeorological Instruments & Facilities
attended and represented HMEI at this meeting.
The organizers provided a small
exhibition area
for the HMEI manufacturers attending the meeting.
The
RA-VI
meeting was reported to be very interesting and that there was excellent support for the
exhibition.
For
the HMEI attendees report on the meeting please
click here
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NOAA/GCOS Workshop to Define Climate Requirements
for Upper-Air Observations
Comments are being requested on
the report of the February 2005 Workshop on Climate Requirements for U-A
Observations. The document can be found at:
http://www.oco.noaa.gov/index.jsp?show_page=page_reports_products_gcos.jsp&nav=universal
These comments will then be used for the second workshop, which will be
relevant to HMEI Members as it will be focusing on instrument and equipment
issues.
The date for this second workshop is yet to be announced. HMEI Members will be
informed when the dates and venue become available.
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6th Session of the WMO
Working Group on Hydrology, Regional Association V (South-West Pacific),17-21 October 2005, Nadi,
Fiji
This is a four year meeting on hydrology issues in the Asia/Pacific region.
Bill
Barratt from Hydrological Services, Australia, has received his official
invitation from WMO and will be representing
HMEI at this meeting.
Please contact the HMEI Secretariat at hmei@wmo.int for currently available documentation of
this meeting.
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CAgM
Expert Team on Database Management, Validation and Application, 21-23 November
2005, Gaborone, Botswana
This WMO meeting will be of
interest to those HMEI Members involved with Agricultural Meteorology. Further
information, as it becomes available can be seen at:
http://www.wmo.int/web/wcp/agm/Meetings/html/Meetings_menu05.htm
the WMO website Agricultural Meeting Page.
Members who would like to be on this
Expert Team please contact the Executive Secretary, Bruce Sumner, at hmei@wmo.int
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CIMO Expert Team on Upper-Air Systems
Intercomparisons, 2nd Session; & International Organizing Committee (IOC) on
Upper-Air Systems Intercomparisons, 2nd Session
This joint
meeting will be held 28-30
November 2005, in Geneva, Switzerland. HMEI Members on this ET for Upper-air
Systems will receive invitations to attend directly from CIMO. The meeting
will be
finalising
the report of the Mauritius Intercomparison held earlier this year.
The HMEI Secretariat will attend this meeting and will make a report of the
proceedings for the next newsletter.
Details
can be found on the CIMO/IMOP website: http://www.wmo.int/web/www/IMOP/meetings.html
The Provisional Agenda for this meeting is available at: http://www.wmo.int/web/www/IMOP/meetings/Upper-Air/ET-IOC-2/ET-IOC-UASI-2_Agenda.pdf
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CIMO Expert Team on Surface-based Instrument Intercomparisons
and Calibration Methods, 2nd Session; & International Organizing
Committee (IOC) on Surface-based Intercomparisons, 2nd Session
This is a joint meeting
being held on 5-9 December 2005, in Geneva,
Switzerland.
The HMEI Members who are on the ET for Surface-based Instruments will be
invited directly by CIMO to attend.
This ET meeting will review the Draft report of the results of the RI
Gauges Intercomparison and will be planning the field trials next year
(2006), which are expected to take place in Italy. Further details of this
meeting are available in the latest CIMO Newsletter (see the link to this on
our Links page).
Other manufacturers, who had
instruments in the Intercomparison, will be
asked to make comment on the draft of the Intercomparison Report, which will be
available on the CIMO website one week before the meeting date at: www.wmo.int/web/www/IMPO/reports.html
Any inquires about the
draft report comments or the meeting, please contact the HMEI Executive Secretary at hmei@wmo.int.
The HMEI Secretariat will also be in attendance
and so will be able to make a report of the meeting.
This meeting will also be
planning the WMO Combined Intercomparison of Thermometer Screens/Shields in
conjunction with Humidity Measuring Instruments.
No agenda details are yet available for this meeting, however please visit the
CIMO website at: http://www.wmo.int/web/www/IMOP/meetings.html
to see details as they become available.
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CIMO
Expert Team on Meteorological Radiation and Atmospheric Composition
Measurements, 6-10 February 2006, Davos, Switzerland
HMEI has received advanced
notice of this ET from CIMO. No information is yet available on the CIMO
website.
The HMEI Members who have nominated to represent HMEI on this Expert Team are:
Kipp & Zonen, Middleton Solar and Vaisala.
To date Kip & Zonen have confirmed that Mr. Kees
Hoogendijk will attend and and Middleton Solar is
also looking into the possibility of sending a representative.
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4th
International Conference on Experiences with Automatic Weather Stations - 4th
ICEAWS, Lisbon,
Portugal, 24th to 26th May 2006
This is being organized by the Instituto de Meteorologia - Portugal. Themes to
be discussed: New technological developments, Users Applications, Data archive
and control, Homogeneity of climate series
Please, check the Portuguese Meteorological Institute Web site www.meteo.pt/4ICEAWS/4ICEAWS.htm
(using capital letters for 4ICEAWS) to read/download the 1st announcement and
the pre-registration form, to be sent as soon as possible, preferably not later
than October 30th, 2005. More information will be posted before the end of this
year.
It is not yet known if this may include an exhibition, although the theme of the
conference ideally lends itself to one. HMEI is currently looking into this and
HMEI members will be informed if any information of an associated exhibition
comes to hand.
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HMEI NEW
MEMBERS
The Association of Hydro-Meteorological Equipment Industry welcomes the following companies as new HMEI members:
MÉTÉORAGE - FRANCE
3SI - Spatial Software Solutions Inc.
- USA
New Member Information
This section provides information supplied by the member companies
themselves. HMEI bears no responsibility for this information.
MÉTÉORAGE
For more than 17 years, Météorage is involved in Lightning Detection Network Design, Management and Business Development.
Météorage is a joint venture between Météo France and Vaisala.
Météorage has a real expertise in operation of Lightning Detection Networks and development of Lightning Operating System (CATS) and Application Software (Observation).
Météorage is serving the French and European markets with a large range of products and services (real time and archived) in lightning detection and lightning risk prevention.
Météorage is also addressing the Worldwide Market offering either the CATS system to be implemented on existing networks or a full network (sensors & operating centre) including design, installation, operation and marketing support.
3SI
- Spatial Software Solutions Inc.
3SI is a meteorological workstation provider and weather data integrator. The company sells its suite of METLAB products to government, military, commercial, and aviation customers. METLAB is the backbone of critical operations, such as the World Area Forecast System (WAFS) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and METLAB is the premiere analysis and forecasting platform at dozens of agencies worldwide. 3SI also markets automatic product generation and pilot briefing systems, as well as integrates specific functionality or data per user requirements or needs.
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INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
The 3rd China International Exhibition on Meteorological Technology and
Equipment and The China Forum and Exhibition on Lightning Protection
Technology and Equipment, 26-28 October 2005,
Shanghai, China.
The HMEI is a co-sponsor
of this exhibition.
HMEI
member companies exhibiting at this exhibition are:
• Kipp & Zonen BV -
Netherlands
• IMKO Micromodultechnik GmbH
- Germany
• MPS
System s.r.o. - Slovak Republic
• OTT
Messtechnik GmbH & Co KG - Germany
• The
Republic Group Corporation - USA
For more information go to: http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/IMOP/otherEvents/Exhibitions_China2005/metScience.html
2006 AMS 86th Annual Meeting, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta,
GA. 29 January 2006 - 02 February 2006
The
information on this meeting and exhibition are available at: http://www.ametsoc.org/meet/annual/index.html
Please
see the programs and events page for a complete listing of conferences and
symposia along with dates and deadlines at: http://www.ametsoc.org/meet/annual/programsandevents.html
You can access the
exhibitor services website for this event by going to:
http://www.ametsoc.org/netapps/es/esevent.aspx?ec=86ANNUAL&ty=E
International
Workshop on Flash Flood Forecasting, 13-17 March, 2006 - Costa Rica.
There will be an associated exhibition with the event.
Current workshop sponsors include NOAA-NWS, UNDESSA, USAID OFDA.
WMO/NOAA are seeking additional sponsors. HMEI is supporting the
exhibition associated with this event by supplying information on
exhibiting infrastructure and exhibitors requirements.
Please email HMEI for a copy of the
provisional agenda. The workshop is by invitation only.
To request an invitation or for additional information please visit: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/iao/iao_meetingsEvents.php
Oceanology
International 2006, 2-23 March, 2006, London, UK
The exhibition and conference, held every two
years, showcases the cutting-edge technologies and advancing the sciences
related to the future of the global ocean planet. It is advertised as the
"World's Largest Marine Science & Ocean Technology Meeting". It
is sponsored by WMO and IOC amongst others.
Information on this exhibition can be found at: www.oi06.com
13th
International Road Weather Conference, 25-27 March, 2006, Turin,
Italy.
Exhibition space will be
available at the conference for suppliers of weather and snow/ice control and
forecasting systems, and for suppliers of winter maintenance management
systems or winter maintenance equipment. Manufacturers who are interested, please contact them for further details on
available space and equipment and about the costs.
Details are available at: http://www.sirwec.org/docs/sirwec2006.pdf
OTHER INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
The HMEI website in its Exhibitions
section http://www.hydrometeoindustry.org/Exhibitions.htm has a brief description and contact information of exhibitions which come to our attention
which would be of interest to our members.
If you know of an exhibition of interest to our members, please email details to the HMEI Administrator at hmei@wmo.int
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