HMEI Newsletter - December/January 2003-2004
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Notice of the Association of Hydro-Meteorological Equipment Industry General Assembly for 2004The General Assembly Meeting of the HMEI will take place, in conjunction with the American Meteorological Society 84th Annual Meeting, 11th to 15th January 2004, at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, USA, 2004 The time and date for the Assembly is from 10 am to 12.00 noon on Tuesday 13th January. The WMO Secretary General and other distinguished guests will be present. The meeting will be open to interested manufacturers and exhibitors as well as to the HMEI membership. The agenda of the meeting is attached with this notice. Members, who cannot attend but wish to give their proxy to another member for voting, can contact the HMEI Secretariat by email for proxy forms. A Survey for members, for members to fill in, can also be obtained by email from the HMEI Secretariat Please obtain and fill in the survey forms and email or fax them back to the HMEI Executive Secretary as soon as possible, so that the Secretariat can organize discussion items from issues arising from the Survey, under Other Business, on the agenda. 12th December 2003 Bruce
Sumner Please note:
that the Survey that was included, as an attachment with the notice, will
be best utilized if the Secretariat can receive it at the HMEI office, by
email or fax, by Thursday 8th January. In that way any arising
matters can be discussed in the OTHER BUSINESS item of the General
Assembly agenda.
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Vaisala has been quick to see the value of participation in these events. Following the success of HMEI representation at the initial Expert Team meetings held in November, Vaisala has nominated representatives for three further Expert Teams: A1Expert Team on Surface Technology and Measurement Techniques; A2 Expert Team on Surface-based Instrument Intercomparisons and Calibration Methods; and C2 Expert Team on RICs, Quality Management Systems and Commercial Instrument Initiatives; which means they are now participating in six CIMO Expert Teams. Companies who cannot necessarily send participants to all parts of the world which host these meetings, may nevertheless like to consider nominating participants who can go to relevant meetings when and as they are held in their nearby regions. The HMEI Secretariat will also attend such meetings when they are held in Geneva or when funding is available for the Secretariat to travel to the venue of such events.
CIMO Expert Team Meeting
on Upgrading the Global Radiosonde Network HMEI
was represented by: HMEI
members input was well received at the meeting and HMEI achieved a
significant role, as the ongoing coordinator between the various experts
on the team and our membership. It was also suggested that HMEI would be a
useful participant in the CBS Steering Committee on Frequencies. ET
Work Plan Items resulting from this meeting and involving HMEI
participation are: §STANDARDIZE
DATA PROCESSING RADIOSONDE ALGORITHMS §TECHNICAL
SUPPORT FOR RADIO FREQUENCY SHARING POLICY FOR WRC ------------------------------------------- CIMO Expert Team Meeting
on Surface-based Instrument Intercomparisons and Calibration Methods HMEI
was represented by: Gerhard
Pevny gave an HMEI slide presentation to the meeting. ET
Work Plan and Action Items resulting from this meeting and involving HMEI
participation are:
§ADDRESS THE DATA HOMOGENEITY ISSUE
-------------------------------------------- Upper Air Training
Workshop in Casablanca, Morocco, from 1 to 5 December 2003 § Two HMEI members, Modem and Vaisala provided practical demonstrations (including upper-air sounding stations) and workshop training. HMEI and the HMEI attending members were personally thanked by the WMO for our support in making the Workshop a success, in a letter sent to the HMEI Secretariat. -----------------------------------------
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