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 Report
on the WMO Executive Council - Fifty-Eighth Session,
20-30 June, Geneva, Switzerland
The
HMEI Executive Secretary, Bruce Sumner and Christine Charstone, HMEI Administrator, represented HMEI the 59th EC meeting. This report focuses on items the
HMEI Executive Secretary found of particular interest for HMEI members and is not intended to be definitive.
WMO 58th Executive Council
The WMO President and the WMO Secretary-General opened the session, and
made reference to activities during the past 12 months.
Doc. 2.1 WMO President’s Report
EC was advised that Technical Commission meetings had been held in the
last 12 months, and that the following people were elected to these Head
these Commissions:
JCOMM – Peter Dexter and Jean-Louis Fellous (Co Presidents)
CCl – Pierre Bessemoulin (President) and Wang Shourong (Vice-President)
CAS – Michel Béland
(President) and Alexander Frolov (Vice-President)
Doc. 2.2 WMO Secretary General’s Report
The Secretary General, Mr Jarruad, noted several areas of expansion and development in WMO. Noted below are those of possible interest to HMEI members.
Crosscutting Issues
Observations:
Significant increases in observations were a positive improvement following the stable position last year. Observing networks in all areas are increasing.
Space Programme:
This is now well established. Most recently a new Center of Excellence (CoE) was set up in Oman and another is about to be implemented in Argentina.
GEOSS:
WMO is actively involved in the preparation of the 10-year Implementation Plan of GEOSS and the work plans for 2005 and 2006. A considerable number
of GEO tasks are based on, or supported by, WMO programmes.
Hydrology:
Hydrological observations are now being extended in all continents of the world.
Disaster Mitigation:
WMO is now recognized as a lead agency. WMO is now a Co-Chair of the ISDR Working Group to guide the Global Early Warning Survey. The WMO GTS has been established as the backbone telecommunication mechanism for tsunami
related information.
Programme
for Least Developed Countries:
In, particularly, least developed countries in Africa, the Pacific and the Caribbean, WMO is involved with a wide range of projects, including those
concerned with instrumentation and training.
Research
Thorpex
in 2005 entered its implementation phase. In 2006 work towards integration of the THORPEX Ground Global Ensemble will continue to be open for access in
2007.
Other
World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) projects were successfully completed and progress has been made on several other projects.
International
Polar Year (IPY) 2007-8:
The preparation and implementation of this event is progressing well. The Joint Committee for IPY has
established Sub-committees on Observations; Data Policy and Management and Education; Outreach and Communications.
Applications
WMO is heavily involved in training and capacity
building in all areas.
Aviation:
Humidity sensors are now to be part of the AMDAR package on aircraft.
Agriculture:
WMO is co-operating actively with the World Bank and the World Food Programme on a pilot project in Ethiopia Drought Insurance, based on weather
derivatives, and has an emphasis on agrometeorological application for increase/sustained agricultural productivity.
Water Resources
During 2005 there were 4 Flood Forecasting Workshops
and 1 Conference.
WMO promotes Integrated Flood Management through its
Associated Programme on Flood Management (APFM).
Increased emphasis is being given standardization and
quality control.
The preparations of the 6th Ed. of the Guide to
Hydrological Practices are progressing on schedule and work is continuing on the updating/preparation of 4 other Hydrological WMO Manuals.
Capacity Building
Education and Training:
Emphasis was placed on WMO’s continuing and considerable involvement in this area.
Technical Cooperation:
WMO continues and expands its technical cooperation with Member countries that need such support. Support to Haiti, Pakistan and Indian Ocean countries
affected by the 2004 tsunamis, were particularly mentioned.
WMO is expanding its cooperation with the World Bank.
WMO is also developing and strengthening its cooperation with other organizations and funding agencies in support of initiatives of NMHSs in various parts
of the world.
Reform of the Secretariat
Several new measures were reported on, including the
strengthening of the procurement processes. Multiple tendering was strongly emphasised. Significant progress has been made on developing a WMO Code of
Ethics for staff. Mandatory disclosure of interests has been introduced for senior WMO staff or staff in critical positions in regard to procurements and
funding of training.
See the full report of the
Secretary
General here.
Doc 2.3(1) Reports
by the Presidents of the Regional Associations
The
delegate from RAI noted that there is a need, in that Region, for upgrading the ability to carry out instrument maintenance.
A
Proton
Generator was installed in Guyana. Thanks to USA and NOAA.
There
was a call to continue the supply of upper-air consumables, including radiosondes, for the developing countries with funding help from WMO.
Technical Cooperation Programme:
The
GCOS reactivation project was commended, but Africa needs to have more hydrogen generators installed, so as to ensure the continuation of the long-term
upper-air programme.
The
transfer of the African Regional Office from Geneva to Africa is proposed.
Doc. 3.1.1 WWW
Basic Systems and Support Functions; The Report of the President of CBS
It was noted that there had been no loss of network observations as a result of the replacement of the RS80 Radiosonde.
Doc.
3.1.2 Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme; The in-depth Report of the President of Cimo
Major Achievements 2006:
Standardization
Capacity Building and Training
First International Intercomparison of RI Gauges:
19 pairs of gauges involved.
Unique results were achieved and these have been published.
Intercomparison of High Quality Radiosondes:
Several manufacturers' instruments met the level of results required by CIMO, GEOS and were suitable
for international use
Results have been published.
IPVC-X Davos:
89 Pyrheliometers were calibrated over 11 days.
CIMO Guide No. 7:
This
was published in May 2006.
Final approval will be given at CIMO-XIV
Regional Instrument Centres (RICs):
There are now 15 of these, two new ones were established in Ljubljana, Slovenia and Bratislava,
Slovakia.
WMO carried out evaluation visits to RICs.
Upper- Air Training Workshop in Buenos Aires:
Thanks were extended to HMEI for its help at the Training Workshop
The
Executive Council made awards as following:
The 20th Professor Dr. Vilho Väisälä
Award for an Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and Methods of
Observation:
was awarded to Mr J. P. Pichamuthu (India)
should receive the twentieth Professor Dr Vilho Väisälä Award
for an Outstanding Research Paper on Instruments and
Methods of Observation for the paper entitled
“Directional variation of visual range due to anisotropic atmospheric
brightness” published in .Applied Optics,
Volume 44, No. 8, 1464 – 1468, March 2005.
The first Professor Dr Vilho Väisälä Award for the
Development and Implementation of the Instruments and Methods of
Observation was awarded to Messrs J. Nash, R.
Smout, M. Smees (all from the United Kingdom) and C. Bower (USA)
for the paper entitled “Dar-es-Salaam
demonstration test of IMS 1600 Integrated Upper Air System,
Dar-es-Salaam, 18-30 October 2004” published in
IOM Report No .82, TD-1267, May 2005. This
was in regard to the InterMet system TD 1082 demonstrated in
Dar-es-Salaam.
HMEI and the World Meteorological Instrument Catalogue:
In point 3.1.2.2 (e) of the Draft text for inclusion in the General Summary of EC-VIII, it is was stated: "[the WMO Executive Council:] Requested
CIMO to collaborate with the Hydro-Meteorological Equipment Industry Association in preparations of the future versions of the World Meteorological
Instrument Catalogue."
Comments from the floor:
A Problem with the use of Mercury in meteorological instruments was noted. The Health issues this raises led to the comment that the use of Automated
Systems could be preferable for the health of users.
Health
and safety issues associated with Hydrogen generators were also mentioned. It was suggested that
manufacturers of these products could take measures to make this equipment safer.
A
request for more upper-air training workshops, such as that held in Buenos Aires was requested.
More
Calibration and Intercomparisons for AWSs in Tropical Regions was requested.
It
was pointed out that, with the increase in severe weather events, especially hurricanes and high winds, there was a need for manufacturers to ensure
instrumentation would be robust enough to withstand these increasingly ferocious conditions.
Similarly to the above point, the increasing severe weather events meant that some instrumentation was not recording the extremes of meteorological
phenomenon. In particular Pressure Sensors were mentioned, as some weather events now created conditions where the pressure dropped below 800hpa although
most Pressure Sensors do not record below this level.
Comments on the Report from HMEI Executive Secretary:
The
HMEI Executive Secretary, Mr. Sumner, thanked the Chairman for this most informative Report. He expressed the continued willingness of HMEI to
cooperate with WMO in its Intercomparisons, noting that Intercomparisons provided reciprocal benefits for both WMO and the manufacturers.
Mr.
Sumner also expressed HMEI's willingness to continue cooperation with WMO training workshops in the Least Developed and Developing Countries.
Mr
Sumner also addressed the health and safety issues raised by WMO Members in regard to use of Mercury and the point about use of AWSs.. He said that these
comments would be passed to HMEI Member Manufactures for their information.
In
regard to the issue raised about Hydrogen generators, the Executive Secretary said that he would also pass this comment to HMEI Members. However he
pointed out that further upper-air training with manufacturers, such as that carried out in Buenos Aires, was essential in order to ensure that Hydrogen
generators were used in a safe manner, as many of the safety problems can arise from incorrect use of such equipment.
Responses to comments from the floor by Dr Ray Canterford, President CIMO:
The
President noted that HMEI, which CIMO had helped to foster in the beginning of its formation, had now become a "big player" in the
Hydrological and Meteorological area.
He
also said that CIMO could not do its Intercomparisons without HMEI.
He
commented that the Intercomparison of High Quality Radiosondes had demonstrated there was now a "mature market" in the field of
Radiosondes with good multiple choices of these instruments now available.
Doc. 3.1.4 WMO Quality Management
The WMO is now very enthusiastic about good quality management and recommending this to its members as the best practice way to proceed. WMO is now
working with ISO in regard to standards and quality management. It was expressed that the WMO manuals will be a strong part of quality management. The
less developed and developing countries generally expressed that they found quality management and ISO linked standards and WMO manuals reflecting this
are helpful for them.
Doc.
3.2.1 Climate Coordination Activities; the Report of the EC Advisory
Group on Climate and Environment (EC-AGCE)
EC-AGCE is planning the 3rd World Climate Conference (WCC-3). This is tentatively scheduled for 2009.
WCC-1 was held in 1990 and WCC-2 was held in 1997.
A provisional advisory committee has been set up to organize WCC-3. They have
set an agenda, scientific activities and have formulated a preliminary budget. The conference will have a theme focusing on seasonal to inter-annual
prediction for decision making.
Doc.
3.2.2 World Climate Programme
The WMO Commission for Climatology
is creating a webpage that will have information, meetings, documents and reports available from it.
Four new OPAGs have been set up that replace the previous ones.
A new revision of Climatological Practices, the 3rd edition, is being drafted and is almost finished. It will be published 2007. A draft is planned for
Congress next year.
A
prime activity of CCl is specifying observing requirements, which will be done in collaboration with GECOS, CBS and WWW.
Doc. 3.2.3 Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
Achievements 2005:
18
GUAN stations were revitalised, with hydrogen generators and/or consumables and upper-air equipment.
CBS
lead centres established in Japan, Australia, Iran. USA and Morocco.
Future Plans:
GUAN & GSN system improvements will be continued, depending on funding.
Design
of the Global Upper-Air Reference Network that will consist of 20-30 stations. This design was an outcome of the Seattle Climate Requirements Workshop.
Doc, 3.4.2 Agricultural Meteorological Programme: including the in-depth Report of
the President of CAgM
The CAgM website,
www.wmo.int/web/wcp/agm/agmp.html
has been upgraded.
The
revised Guide to Agricultural Practices will be published in 2008. Several draft chapters are currently on the WMO website at:
www.wmo.int/web/wcp/agm/RevGAMP/RevGAMP.htm
The President of CAgM, Ray Motha
is leaving in November, after 8 years of service.
A new ET has been proposed; the Expert Team on Real Time Chemical Data.
A Technical Conference will be held immediately preceding the CAgM session in New Delhi,
India in November (further details are on the
International Meetings and Exhibition sections of the HMEI website).
Doc. 3.4.3 Aeronautical Meteorology Programme: including the in-depth Report of
the President of CAeM
Training for Aeronautical Meteorology is being facilities by the new website at:
www.caem.wmo.int
that CAeM is currently developing.
The new structure of 3 OPAGS for CAeM was presented.
The President, Dr. Neil Gordon, will stand down at the next Commission session in
November, after 8 years in the position
The next CAeM and a Technical Conference will be held in Geneva in November (further
details are on the International Meetings and Exhibition sections of the HMEI website).
Doc. 3.4.4 Marine Meteorology & Oceanography Programme; the Report of the
Co-Presidents of JCOMM; & the 2nd Session of the Joint WMO/IOC Technical Commission on Oceanography & Marine Meteorology
There will be bulk purchase of consumables during the following intersessional
period.
One of JCOMM's priorities for 2006-2009 is to develop its engagement with the Private
Sector.
HMEI comment to JCOMM:
The
Executive Secretary of HMEI, Bruce Sumner, stated that HMEI, as a current representative of the Private Sector, and already working with WMO in this
capacity, would be pleased to work with JCOMM and provide a first point of contact for JCOMM to the Private Sector. HMEI informed JCOMM that it was able
to provide links to and facilitate cooperation with manufacturers' of instrumentation, systems and services for Oceanographic use.
Doc. 3.5.1 Hydrology and Water Resources Programme; The Report of the President
of CHy
The President of CHy noted that HMEI instrument manufacturers had provided important input to the Costa Rica Workshop.
The cooperation of CIMO and HMEI with CHy was acknowledged with appreciation.
Future Activities:
Intercomparison projects such as for: Hydrological Instrumentation Systems (HIS); and
Streamflow Movement Instruments
International conference on Hydrometry, planned for November 2007 and to be held in
Brazil.
Synthesis Workshop planned for later this year or early next year. This will include
Demonstration Projects and consolidation of the Regional Workshop results.
There was a suggestion for Regional Hydrology Centres to also run workshops, however the question of funding such workshops remains.
Doc. 3.6 Education and Training Programme
There
was a proposal that WMO Meteorological Training Centres, be renamed as WMO Training Centres or WMO Hydrological-Meteorological Training Centre and that
they include training for Hydrology.
Doc. 3.8(1) Regional Programme, Including the Reports of the 14th Session of RAV
(South-West Pacific) & the 14th Session of RAVI (Europe)
Regional Cooperation Aim:
Assist PR's to coordinate technical
development with other members, organizations, etc.
A report on the RCD Development Project was presented by Prof. Taalas. The report
stressed the necessity of strengthening links between funding agencies, NMHSs and other organizations. HMEI will seek to be involved and input technical
information.
Doc 7.3
WMO Programme for the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
The Council noted that the
Brussels Programme of Action (BPoA) for the LDCs for the decade 2001-2010 is based on the international development goals, targets and actions by LDCs and
commensurate support measures by their development partners, and on the values, principles and objectives that are incorporated into seven commitments
addressing the particular problems facing the LDCs. The Council further recalled that the Fourteenth World Meteorological Congress, in May 2003, established the WMO Programme for the LDCs with
the main objective of improving the capacities of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) of the LDCs to contribute effectively to the
sustainable development of the respective countries, especially in poverty reduction, disaster prevention and mitigation, food security, energy and water
resources management, environmental monitoring and protection, among others.
Respective technical commissions to continue to give special attention to the needs and requirements of the LDCs in the implementation
of the scientific and technical programmes as appropriate.
Council requested the
Secretary-General to take appropriate measures to enhance the effectiveness of the Programme through the implementation of specific value-added actions,
in addition to those already being undertaken by the various Technical and Scientific Programmes of WMO.
These have been:
(a) Development of community approach to Flood Management, implementation of HYCOS
projects, and organization of workshops on groundwater management;
(b)
Development and implementation of projects on website development for NMHSs of LDCs initiated in cooperation with the Hong Kong Observatory;
(c)
Organization of workshops on public weather services, instrumentation, aviation and cost recovery;
(d)
Provision of climate data rescue equipment to 23 LDCs;
(e)
Support for the development of GAW stations;
(f)
Award of fellowships;
(g)
Support for the participation of experts from LDCs in WMO and other related meetings;
(h)
Development of projects to support NMHSs of LDCs affected by the December 2004, Indian Ocean Tsunami.
HMEI at the WMO Executive Council
The HMEI Executive Secretary, Bruce Sumner, was able to meet with
all the Presidents of WMO Commissions during the period of the Executive
Council. The awareness of HMEI has been reinforced with those Presidents
whose Commission are already cooperating with HMEI and was introduced to
Presidents who were, until now, still not clear of what HMEI could offer
their Commissions. Particularly useful was the meeting with the
President for Hydrology, as reported in the following news item.
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Informal meeting of the President for Hydrology with
Hydrological Advisers, held Wednesday, 21 June 2006
This informal meeting was held
during the period of the WMO Executive Council in Geneva. The HMEI
Executive Secretary, Bruce Sumner, attended the meeting, which covered
various aspects of the Commission for Hydrology. Bruce was able to
suggest various ways that HMEI could be interactive with this
Commission, to the benefit of both WMO and HMEI.
The HMEI relationship with
this Commission has now been considerable strengthened.
As a result of meeting with the President of Hydrology, HMEI has now
received a formal letter from the Director of the WMO Hydrology and
Water Resources Department,
inviting HMEI to participate in the activities of the Commission
for Hydrology. The Director has requested HMEI participation in a
project "to develop a proposal and implement a project to assess the
performance of flow measurement instruments and techniques against WMO
standards", as a first project to "initiate a fruitful
collaboration" between HMEI and the Commission for Hydrology.
A start-up meeting for this project is expected to be convened late in
2006 or early 2007. The Executive Secretary will discuss this project
with the HMEI Council at the HMEI Council Meeting to be held at the European Meteorological Society (EMS) in Slovenia in September.
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HMEI AT the 6th Annual Meeting European
Meteorological Society (EMS) Conference and Exhibition, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 3-7
September 2006
HMEI looks forward to welcoming Members at booth P-06 at EMS in a few weeks.
Opening times of the exhibition are:
Monday, 4 September, 12:00 –18:00
Tuesday –Thursday, 5 –7 September, 09:00 –18:00
Friday, 8 September, 09:00 –12:00
HMEI will be targeting the visitors to the exhibition, showing them the
value of referring to the
HMEI Member Products Catalogue for their product needs in the
Meteorological, Hydrological and Environmental areas.
There
will also be a HMEI Council meeting held during this EMS, on Wednesday 6th September at 8am.
Several HMEI Councilors have indicated their intention of attending.
Below is the latest update of HMEI
Members who are exhibiting at the EMS exhibition, preceded in this list by the booth number:
P-01 Modem
P-02 Kipp & Zonen B.V.
P-03 Scintec AG
P-04/P-05 Vaisala Oyj
P-06 Association of Hydro-Meteorological Equipment Industry
P-09 Biral
P-10 MicroStep-MIS
P-11 Meteolabor
P-12 All Weather Inc.
Non HMEI Member also exhibiting: booth P-07will be used by COST, booth P-08 by AMES D.O.O,
booth P-13 by John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
Kipp & Zonen B.V. are sponsoring The Kipp & Zonen Award for Boundary
Layer Meteorology. The Award was launched in the year 2005, when Kipp &
Zonen celebrated its 175th anniversary and first awarded at the 5th
Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society, jointly held with
the European Conference on Applications of Meteorology (ECAM) in
Utrecht, 12-16 September 2005.
For further information on this and other awards this year at EMS
please visit
http://www.emetsoc.org/EMS6/index.html
For Further information on the Exhibition see: http://meetings.copernicus.org/ems2006/index.html
For
further information
on the Conference see: http://www.emetsoc.org/EMS6/index.html
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4-6
Sept, 2006 Technical Conference on Natural Disaster prevention & Mitigation and
5-13
Sept, 2006, WMO Regional Association iii (RA-iii), Lima, PerU - Update
Following the receipt of the official invitation
for HMEI to attend this meeting,
Mr. Claudius Marschalik from
SELEX Sistemi Integrati GmbH
(Gematronik) has
expressed interest in attending the meeting and representing HMEI there.
Also the Argentina HMEI Member,
TECMES SRL,
has expressed interest in attending
the Technical Conference preceding the RAIII. TECMES are also interested in
putting up a small exhibition of their products there and are negotiating
directly with the organisers in regard to this.
Other HMEI Members interested in the RAIII or the preceding Technical Conference
please contact Bruce Sumner at hmei@wmo.int
The Provisional Agenda
of the RAIII can be seen here. Other documents to be presented at the meeting are
at: ftp://ftp.wmo.int/Documents/SESSIONS/XIV-RA-III/English/word/
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25-27 Oct, 2006, International Workshop
in Agrometeorological Risk Management and 28 Oct.
- 3 Nov, 2006, 14th WMO Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM-XIV), New Delhi, India
- Update
A stated in
the last newsletter
Prof. Stigter, nominated by Eijkelkamp, will be the HMEI
representative attending this meeting.
If there are other HMEI Members who would like to attend this meeting as representatives of HMEI, please contact HMEI at hmei@wmo.int.
Information
on this meeting will be available at: http://www.wmo.int/web/wcp/agm/CAgM/CAgMmenu.htm
Preceding the CAgM-XIV will
be an International Workshop On Agrometerological Risk
Management, 25-27
October, 2006. For more information on
the workshop please go to
http://www.iwarmindia.com/introduction.asp , where there is also a
link to the on-line booking facility.
Poster Presentations are invited for this workshop. Please contact HMEI
at
hmei@wmo.int
if you are interested in presenting a poster.
Both events will be held in the Conference Center,
Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.
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6-8 Nov, 2006 Technical Conference o the WMO Information System and 9-16
Nov, 2006,
WMO
Commission for Basic Systems
(CBS)
- Extraordinary session 2006,
Seoul, Republic of Korea - Update
This CBS Commission
meeting has yet not attracted response from HMEI Members wishing to act as
representatives at the meeting.
HMEI members who are interested in representing HMEI at this meeting, please contact HMEI
at hmei@wmo.int
Documents
for this meeting are available at http://www.wmo.int/web/www/BAS/CBS-info.html.
Click on Docs and Pinks and then folder CBS Ext(06), where they are available in
several languages.
Please note: The Commission
meeting is preceded by the Technical Conference on the WMO Information System
(6-8 Nov 2006).
A half day of this technical conference will be dedicated to presentations by
manufacturers. Presentations from manufacturers will be by invitation only.
These invitations will come directly from WMO/CBS.
CBS will be inviting six
manufacturers of GTS Message Switching Systems (MSS). Of these three
are HMEI Members:
IBL Software Engineering
Meteo France International (MFI)
Oriental Electrics, Inc.
The other manufacturers to be
invited to present are: Corobor, Global Science & Technology and Netsys
International.
Side exhibition to the Technical
Conference:
There will be 15 potential exhibition places, set aside in an area at the
conference for this purpose. Whilst invited presenters will have first
choice of positions at this small exhibition, other interested manufacturers can
also exhibit.
Jinyang Industrial Company
has indicated that they will exhibit at the conference. The presenting
manufacturers will also be invited to exhibit. Other HMEI Members interested in
exhibiting please contact
Bruce Sumner at hmei@wmo.int.
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21-22
Nov 2006
Commission
for Aeronautical Meteorology
(CAeM)
Technical
Conference
and 23 Nov-1 Dec, 2006 13th WMO Commission for
aeronautical
Meteorology (CAeM-XIII),
Geneva, Switzerland - Update
No HMEI members have as yet expressed interest representing HMEI at this meeting
so far. If you wish to attend this meeting and represent HMEI, please contact HMEI
at hmei@wmo.int.
The
Executive Secretary of HMEI and the HMEI Administrator will attend
and be the HMEI representatives if no HMEI Members are able to attend.
The Provisional Agenda of the CAeM-XIII can be seen here.
Other documents to be presented at the meeting are
at: ftp://ftp.wmo.int/Documents/SESSIONS/CAeM-XIII/
The
Technical Conference, 23rd November to 1st December preceding the
main Commission may be of interest to some HMEI Members. Making a
presentation at such a conference could be well worthwhile and if HMEI Members attend there would be the possibility to negotiate a small table
top exhibition or a poster area for manufacturers attending.
Please contact HMEI at
hmei@wmo.int
if you are interested in this opportunity.
The
Poster session submission form can be found at http://www.caem.wmo.int/caemtechconf/postersubmission.doc
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4-6
December 2006, CIMO Technical Conference (TECO) and 7-14 December 2006, Commission for
Instruments and Methods of Observations (CIMO), Geneva, Switzerland
Please Note:
There is no METEOREX with this CIMO. A
decision has been that rather than a major exhibition with this CIMO,
the next major WMO associated exhibition MeteoHydex, 8-10 May, 2007, will
take place in conjunction
with the next WMO Congress, Cg-XV, 7-25 May, 2007.
Posters and Presentations however will be accepted for TECO and
contributions from manufacturers are actively encouraged.
To date four HMEI Members have advised they would like to send
representatives to attend CIMO:
Environmental Measurements Ltd. -
Mark Dutton
Kipp & Zonen B.V. - Ben
Dieterink (HMEI Chairman)
Logotronic - Gerhard Pevney
Modem -
Rémy
Pépin
The above HMEI Members will probably only be able to attend for
part of the CIMO/TECO time.
Therefore other Members wishing to attend some or both of these events
are welcome. Please contact Bruce Sumner at
hmei@wmo.int
if you would like to be there.
As CIMO/TECO is in Geneva this year, the HMEI Executive Secretary and
the HMEI Administrator will both attend and report on the events.
For information and documentation for CIMO/TECO please go to
http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/CIMO/cimo-teco-meteorex.html.
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Update - WMO Field Intercomparison of
Rainfall Intensity (RI) Gauges in Vigna di Valle, Italy, 2007-8
This WMO Field Intercomparison of RI Gauges follows on from the WMO Laboratory Intercomparisons of RI Gauges in 2005.
Out of 50 instruments proposed, 24 were accepted for the Intercomparison, 16 of these are from HMEI Members.
HMEI Members with Instruments selected for this Intercomparison are:
CAE S.p.A. - one
instrument
Davis Instruments - one instrument
Eigenbrodt -
one instrument
GEONOR AS -
one instrument
LSI LASTEM -
one instrument
METEOSERVIS v.o.s. -
one instrument
MPS System -
one instrument
OTT - two
instruments
Précis-Mecanique Exploitation
- one instrument
SIAP+MICROS Srl
- one instrument
THIES - two instruments
Vaisala
- three instruments
Other manufacturers each with an instrument selected were:
ETG s.r.l.
EWS Ltd
KNMI
LUFFT
McVan Instruments
PAAR
PVK ATTEX
AS "MIRRAD"
Some of the instruments selected were suggested by Met Services, others were selected as a
result of suggestion from HMEI.
Please go to the CIMO/IMOP website:
http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/IMOP/intercomparisons.html
for complete details on the instruments selected.
The World Weather Watch Department Director Jack Hayes, in a letter to HMEI, has asked the participants in this Intercomparison, to fill in a
questionnaire and provide further information. An email in this regard has been sent out to the HMEI members concerned.
Mr Hayes has asked for the completed questionnaires and technical documents to be sent to the WMO Secretariat, as email attachments, to the address: MOndras@wmo.int
no later than 21 August 2006.
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HMEI and
the World Meteorological
Instrument Catalogue
At the WMO
Executive Council this year the General Summary of EC-LVIII stated: "the WMO Executive Council:] Requested
CIMO to collaborate with the Hydro-Meteorological Equipment Industry Association in preparations of the future versions of the World Meteorological
Instrument Catalogue."
HMEI has been working with WMO to expand the HMEI
Members Products Catalogue to incorporate WMO requirements and to make
the HMEI Catalogue a World Catalogue, endorsed as such by WMO.
Several HMEI
members have expressed their support for this initiative and have
decided to support the HMEI/WMO World Instrument Catalogue in preference
to putting further entries into the third edition of the World Meteorological Instrument
Catalogue currently being produced by the Chinese
Meteorological Agency (CMA).
The next HMEI Council Meeting at EMS in September will be discuss this issue
in detail. HMEI will report on the results from that meeting on this
issue in the next newsletter.
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Oriental Electronics
Visits The HMEI Office
The HMEI Secretariat welcomed visitors, from Oriental
Electronics, to the Geneva office on the 19th and 20th July this year.
It was a pleasure to see Mr Hayashi who is a well known friend of HMEI.
Mr Hayashi introduced the Secretariat staff, Bruce Sumner and Christine
Charstone, to Mr Fujii, one of Oriental Electronics younger engineers.
The visitors from Oriental Electronics were in Geneva to see Mr Andrei
Iline, the Chief of Procurement and Travel Office, in order to
participate in the opening of a bid for a WMO procurement. They also
visited various other people in WMO.
Mr Hayashi expressed his thanks to HMEI for giving Oriental Electronics
the valuable opportunity to participate in the WMO bid, which
opportunity had come as a result of HMEI activity.
Four HMEI Members participated in the bidding. The HMEI Secretariat is
pleased to be able to provide such opportunities to its Members.
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Vacancies in the HMEI Council
HMEI says farewell to HMEI
Council members, Gary Wagner and Kevin Klustner. In both instances these
vacancies are due to them leaving HMEI Member companies. Gary has left
All Weather, Inc and Kevin has left Coastal Environmental Systems. HMEI
wishes both of our erstwhile Councilors best wishes in their new jobs.
They will be missed at the HMEI Council.
The filling of the vacated positions on the Council will be discussed at
the HMEI Council meeting to be held at EMS in Slovenia.
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 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
AMS 87, San Antonio, Texas, USA,
14-18 January 2007
This AMS Annual Meeting will be held at the H.B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. Information can be found at:
www.ametsoc.org/meet/annual
EWEC - European Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition 2007, May 7 - 10, 2007, Milan, Italy
For information go to:
http://www.ewea.org/06b_events/events_EWEC2007.htm
' WMO Madrid Event' 19 - 23 March 2007, Madrid, Spain
Weather-, climate- and water-sensitive decisions are made by millions of people worldwide each day. As part of the ongoing effort to improve
security and sustainable living, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is holding an international conference in Madrid, Spain, on the social and
economic benefits to society of the products and services provided by the meteorological and hydrological community, especially the National
Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs).
There will be a Poster Session and an Exhibition associated with this Conference.
The announcement of this event states, "The Conference will provide an important occasion for representatives of various sectors of society to
describe how the environment impacts them;" and "It is an opportunity for dialogue – for the services providers to have a better knowledge
about how their products and services are used, and where improvements are needed to increase their value to civil society and the economy;"
Further ongoing information can be found at:
http://www.wmo.int/Madrid07/
MeteoHydex,
Geneva, Switzerland, 8-10 May 2007
Details are not yet online for this Exhibition at present. It will be a three day exhibition held in conjunction with the WMO 15th Congress
(Cg-XV) that will be held
7-25 May, 2007.
IUGG XXIV 2007, Perugia, Italy, July 2-13 2007
The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) will be holding its 24th General
Assembly in Perugia in July 2007. This conference is also marking the occasion of the 50th International Geophysical Year.
Please
click her for the 2nd Circular for this event.
The conference has as its theme "Earth: Our Changing Planet". The conference will cover a very wide range of associated subjects. The
conference events will include sessions, workshops, lectures and symposia. There will also be Poster Sessions and an Exhibition associated with this event
please see the HMEI Exhibitions section for more details on these.
Abstract Submissions
Information for submissions can be found at
http://www.iugg2007perugia.it/custom.asp?inAct=V&inObj=17&MnDisp1=17
Deadlines for submission of abstracts:
Postal submission of abstracts: January 15, 2007
Electronic submission of abstracts: January 31, 2007
Abstracts for IAHS symposia (by postal submission): August 15, 2006
Abstracts for IAHS symposia (by electronic submission): August 31, 2006
Abstracts for IAHS joint sessions and workshops (by postal submission): January 15,
2007
Abstracts for IAHS joint sessions and workshops (by electronic submission): January 31, 2007
If you have any requests and comments, contact IUGG at:
Secretariat of IUGG2007
c/o Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection
National Research Council
Via della Madonna Alta 126
06128 Perugia ITALY
Fax: +39 75 5014420
e-mail:
secretary@iugg2007perugia.it
Website:
www.iugg2007Perugia.it
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
The HMEI website, in its Exhibitions
section http://www.hydrometeoindustry.org/Exhibitions.htm, has a brief description and contact information of exhibitions
of interest to our members. This exhibition list is updated as new
exhibition opportunities come to our attention.
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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