In this newsletter:
Report - Steering Group on Radio Frequency
Coordination (SG-RFC), Geneva, Switzerland, January 2011
HMEI invited to address the
CIMO Management Group, Ninth Session, Geneva, Switzerland, April 2011
New COST Actions for 2011 to
2014
Upcoming WMO Meetings and Workshops
Upcoming Conferences and Exhibition/Sponsorship Opportunities
Other Conferences and Event Links
Report - CBS-EXT Technical Conference and CBS Extraordinary session (CBS-EXT),
Windhoek, Namibia, 15-24 November, 2010
The Technical Conference from 15-16 November, was followed by the CBS
Extraordinary session from 17 to 24 November. Presented
documents are available at:
ftp://ftp.wmo.int/Documents/SESSIONS/CBS-Ext(10)/English/DOCs/word/.
Andy McDonald - HMEI Vice-Chairman from Vaisala and Chris Goode
from EEC were HMEI representatives at this meeting.
It is hoped that reports from these HMEI representatives will be
available shortly.
Patrick Benichou of MFI is featured in the photo left of the CBS
session. HMEI extends its thanks to Meteo France International (MFI)
for the photo.
The HMEI Executive Secretary organized a small exhibition with the local organiser in Namibia. HMEI members exhibiting there were: EEC; MFI; IBL; Selex; Techsense; Vaisala.
Patrick Benichou MFI 3rd from right
at CBS in Namibia
Report - Steering Group on Radio Frequency
Coordination (SG-RFC), Geneva, Switzerland, 18-20 January 2011
Information for this meeting is at:
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WIS/wiswiki/tiki-index.php?page=SG-RFC-meeting-1-2011
and
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/TEM/WMO_RFC/seminar-itu-wmo.html
The agenda for this meeting
is available
here.
The HMEI Executive Secretary had intended to be present at this meeting,
but due to illness was unable to do so. However
Ilkka Ikonen is the well respected HMEI Expert on this team, and
attended the meeting.
An important outcome from this SG-RFC meeting was a position paper on WMO's attitude to meteorologically relevant agenda items on the Agenda of World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC-12) to be held in Geneva next year. This position paper is available here
Final
meeting of the IOC for the Upper-Air Instrument Intercomparisons (China
2010)
This meeting will look at the results and final report of the IOC
Upper-Air China Intercomparison 2010
Details
have been announced for the meeting are as follows:
Dates: 29th - 31st March 2011 (Proposed times for each day 0930 - 1700)
Location: MeteoSwiss, Payerne, Switzerland
Local Contact for all information:
secretariat.payerne@meteoswiss.ch
Agenda: Available to download from the WMO website:
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/IMOP/meetings.html
Owing to the potential number of participants at this meeting, the IOC
committee has requested that that only 1 representative from each
manufacturer, who will be participating in China, to attend.
Contact Marilyne Reuille (the local contact)
secretariat.payerne@meteosuisse.ch
and Isabelle Ruedi (CIMO) IRuedi@wmo.int
if you intend to attend the meeting.
The local contact has made pre-bookings
for 40 people at the Park Hotel in Fribourg for the attendees. Please
quote meeting "Intercomparison CIMO" 29 to 31 March 2011 at the hotel booking available at
www.auparc-hotel.ch. The final deadline for booking the Hotel is the
5 March.
When you have confirmed you travel plans, please forward these details
to the local contact as noted above.
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CIMO Management Group, Ninth Session, Geneva, Switzerland, 5-8 April
2011
This is a closed meeting of the WMO/CIMO Management. However Bruce
Sumner has been invited by Dr Ruedi, the Senior Scientific Officer in
charge of CIMO, to attend and brief the meeting on HMEI's concern/wishes
on how to collaborate with CIMO and matters of special interest to HMEI.
Update -
6th China International Exhibition - Technology and Equipment of
Meteorology Science & Hydrology, Xiamen, China, 10-12 November 2011
The dates and place of this event have now been confirmed by the Chinese
organizers.
This is a major bi-annual exhibition in China. It will be held in Xiamen
International Conference & Exhibition Center. HMEI has been invited to be co-organiser of this
event and will be sending out further information as it becomes
available. HMEI Members will be directly invited to participate by the
organisers.
Please see further details about the event in the item below in "Upcoming
Conferences and Sponsorship/Exhibition opportunities"
New
COST Actions for 2011 to 2014
Sylvain M. Joffre, Research Professor, Head of Meteorological Research
Dept., R&D Directorate of FMI kindly has sent HMEI the following
information on 3 new COST Actions that have been accepted and will start
early in 2011 for a period of 4 years.
ES1004 - EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK FOR ONLINE INTEGRATED AIR QUALITY AND
METEOROLOGY MODELLING (EUMETCHEM)
The COST Action will focus on a new generation of online integrated
Atmospheric Chemical Transport (ACT) and Meteorology (Numerical Weather
Prediction and Climate) modelling with two-way interactions between
different atmospheric processes including chemistry (both gases and
aerosols), clouds, radiation, boundary layer, emissions, meteorology and
climate. At least, two application areas of the integrated modelling are
planned to be considered: (i) improved numerical weather prediction (NWP)
and chemical weather forecasting (CWF) with short-term feedbacks of
aerosols and chemistry on meteorological variables, and (ii) two-way
interactions between atmospheric pollution/ composition and climate
variability/change. The framework will consist of four working groups
namely: 1) Strategy and framework for online integrated modelling; 2)
Interactions, parameterisations and feedback mechanisms; 3) Chemical
data assimilation in integrated models; and finally 4) Evaluation,
validation, and applications. Establishment of such a European framework
(involving also key American experts) will enable the EU to develop
world class capabilities in integrated ACT/NWP-Climate modelling
systems, including research, education and forecasting.
ES1005 - TOWARDS A MORE COMPLETE ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF SOLAR
VARIABILITY ON THE EARTH'S CLIMATE
The role of solar variability in climate change is a topic of
considerable scientific and societal importance, and also a topic of
controversy. The mechanisms by which solar variability affects various
layers of the terrestrial atmosphere are still poorly known. European
teams have developed strong expertise on various aspects, but the lack
of interaction has hampered progress toward a more global and
quantitative picture. The objective of this Action is to make solid
progress on this problem, by assessing quantitatively the different
contributions of solar variability to the terrestrial environment. Four
working groups will address respectively the impact of solar radiative
forcing, interplanetary perturbations, and energetic particles upon the
atmosphere, and the interfacing between upper and lower atmospheric
layers and corresponding models. The deliverables include online tools
such as a catalogue of proxy data for solar, interplanetary and
energetic particle variability, a catalogue of models, best practices
for validation, fact sheets for policy makers, and capacity building
events for training young researchers. The main benefits will be an
authoritative source of information on the role of the Sun in global
climate change, a significant enhancement of present knowledge and a
long-term structural improvement in the interaction between scientific
communities.
ES1006 - EVALUATION, IMPROVEMENT AND GUIDANCE FOR THE USE OF LOCAL-SCALE
EMERGENCY PREDICTION AND RESPONSE TOOLS FOR AIRBORNE HAZARDS IN BUILT
ENVIRONMENTS
Releases of hazardous agents in complex built environments pose a
tremendous challenge to emergency first responders and authorities in
charge due to the large number of casualties potentially involved. Air
motions in built-up areas are very complex and adequate modelling tools
have to be applied properly in order to predict the dispersion of
hazardous materials with sufficient accuracy within a very short time.
Different types of tools are applied; however, it is not always clear
what the advantages and limitations of individual model approaches are.
Therefore, it is of exceptional interest to compile a detailed inventory
of the different models and methodologies currently in use, to
characterize their performance and to establish strategies for their
improvement. A consensus on reliable, efficient and suitable model
approaches for given local threats and their scientific advancement is
imperative. Consequently, the Action is aiming for a substantial
improvement in the implementation of local-scale emergency response
tools. By characterizing threat scenarios, compiling dedicated test
cases, revealing model limitations and improving model approaches, the
Action is delivering guidance for a reliable application of local-scale
emergency response tools. The Action is a first cross-community
initiative to join, to coordinate and to harmonize European efforts in
threat assessment and reduction for local-scale airborne hazards.
Information on these actions and their progress is made available at:
http://www.cost.eu/domains_actions/essem/Actions
New Members
HMEI welcomes the following New Members who have joined HMEI recently:
Advanced Radar Corporation
3309 Airport Road-Hangar B4
Boulder, Colorado 80301
USA
Email:
sales@advancedradarcorp.com
Website:
www.advancedradarcorp.com
Advanced Radar Corporation (ARC) offers the world's most unique radars complete with an antenna controller using touch panel offset, a durable and robust pedestal, as well as the High Quality (HiQ) digital receiver, which has been used by in the research community for over ten years. ARC was founded in 2006 by the UCAR foundation with the purpose of revolutionizing radar capabilities by combining superior hardware with sophisticated software, which has an emphasis on user compatibility adaptable to a variety of weather radar applications. ARC is dedicated to providing state of the art technology to our customers that is not only cost effective and reliable, but also ARC provides long-term support of current and future weather related applications even in the most remote and exposed environments.
Weather Information &
Communications Service Ltd. (WICS)
Fumiei Bldg. 2F, 3-18-36 Minami-Ikebukuro
Toshima-Ku
Tokyo, 171-0022
Japan
Email: info@wics.co.jp
Website: www.wics.co.jp
Weather Information & Communications Service (WICS) was established in 2007
as a spinning-off company entrusted for operation of online weather
information systems from the Japan Weather Association (JWA), a giant in the
Japanese weather industry. Our well-experienced experts in meteorological,
networking and system integration fields guarantee secure information
systems for our customers in Japan.
We also provide smart data loggers connectable with a wide variety of
meteorological instruments, which help you to build compact, low-cost, and
network-accessible observation/monitoring systems.
Our research & development activities focused on numerical weather
prediction (NWP) applications can improve local area weather prediction
especially for complex terrain.
CSE-Servelec, Ltd.
Rotherside Rd
Eckington
Sheffield, S21 4HL
UK
Email: sales@cse-servelec.com
Website: www.cse-servelec.com
Founded in 1977, CSE Servelec is part of the CSE Group of companies, with
experience of providing turnkey monitoring solutions for a wide range of
clients using the latest, market-leading technologies and software.
From its foundation in industrial real time control systems CSE Servelec has
continued to evolve and based on the most up to date software packages and
techniques supply their blue chip client base with Telemetry and SCADA
solutions integrated with wider business applications. These solutions
include the UK’s Met Offices Meteorological Monitoring system that monitors
AWS distributed across the world.
CSE Servelec’s strength is the turnkey project management expertise it
brings to an ever increasing portfolio of clients. From the initial stages
of a project through to its completion, the Company’s dedicated teams ensure
that all aspects of the contract stay on schedule and within budget, thereby
ensuring customer satisfaction.
The key to CSE Servelec’s success is its broad spectrum of design,
development and manufacturing capabilities, which range from demanding
‘real-time’ and software skills to innovative expertise in communications,
database management information systems.
At its purpose-built works and offices near Sheffield CSE employs over 350
people making CSE Servelec one of the largest independent system integrators
of its kind within the UK.
Felix Technology Inc.
15 Allstate Parkway
Markham, ON L3R 5B4
Canada
Email: sales@felixtec.ca
Website: www.felixtec.ca
Felix Technology Inc is an environmental system provider and integrator. We
provide engineering solutions that help environmental monitoring run more
reliably, efficiently and economically. We provide appropriate technical
support and consistent quality to exceed our customer’s expectations. We
provide sensors, instruments and systems for measuring and monitoring in our
demanding environments. Our main focus are on Meteorological, Hydrological,
Environmental industries. We are dedicated to finding reliable and long
lasting solutions for our customers and we are working hard for a safer
environment by measuring the processes in our industries and in our
environment.
Providing customized industrial measurement systems to suit the
specifications and the requirements of the customers is our primary goal.
GENERAL AVIATION APPLICATIONS “3D” S.A
2 Skiathou St.
Thessaloniki, 54646
Greece
Email: info@3dsa.gr
Website: www.3dsa.gr
Our company, GENERAL AVIATION APPLICATIONS 3D SA, activates on weather
modification since 1993.
Furthermore, we activate on update & maintenance of weather radars (we own 2
C-Band Radars which we have updated from analogical to digital) and on
contracture, update & maintenance of weather stations. For more information
you may address to our web site: www.3dsa.gr .
Please be so kind to inform us how our company can be placed to your lists
of companies that work on meteorological products and
FOREST TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS LTD.
1065 Henry Eng Place
Victoria, BC, V9B 6B2
Canada
Email: info@ftsinc.com
Website: www.ftsinc.com
FTS is a leading manufacturer of remote environmental
monitoring systems, instrumentation and communications technology.
We focus on hydrology, fire weather and specialized meteorology
applications. Our equipment forms the backbone of some of the
world's most sophisticated and demanding environment monitoring
networks. For over 30 years, FTS weather and water monitoring
stations have proven themselves under the most demanding
conditions...from the most remote northern regions of arctic Canada
to the sun-beaten, wind-blown salt and sand of the Mexican coast.
FTS technology is engineered rugged and is unparalleled in
ease-of-use.
New
Member Information
All new members' information here was supplied to us by the member company. HMEI bears no responsibility for, nor endorses this information.
Upcoming WMO Meetings and
Workshops
GRUAN Implementation Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand, 28 February
to 4 March 2011
HMEI has been invited to attend this meeting. HMEI Council members are
invited to attend and represent HMEI there; please contact Bruce Sumner
at hmei@wmo.int. Hannu Jauhianen
from Vaisala is the HMEI representative on this GRUAN Radiosonde
Task Team and will be attending the meeting to represent HMEI.
WMO Sixteenth World Meteorological
Congress (Cg-XVI), Geneva, Switzerland, 16 May to 3 June 2011
The Congress documents, particularly the Provisional Agenda, are
available at:
ftp://ftp.wmo.int/Documents/SESSIONS/Cg-XVI.
The Exhibition of Meteorological and Hydrological Instruments and
Equipment (METEOHXDEX), 23 to 25th May 2011
As usual
this will be held concurrently
with the WMO Congress at
the International Conference Centre of Geneva (CICG). Information is
available from:
http://www.meteohydex.org/.
This year GENEVA PALEXPO has been appointed by the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) for the organisation of Meteohydex 2011 which takes
place in conjunction with the 16th World Meteorological Congress which
will be in session at the CICG from 16th May to 1st June 2011.
Please NOTE that you will not find
information about the exhibition at the WMO website this year as Geneva
Palexpo is the sole organiser this time.
Documents for registering for exhibition at METEOHYDEX 2011 are
available from:
http://www.meteohydex.org/registration.html
Deadline for exhibition applications: 14th of January 2011.
The HMEI Members General Assembly 2011 will be held in Geneva during the METEOREX period, at at time and date to be announced.
63rd Session of the WMO Executive Council (EC-LXIII), Geneva
Switzerland, 6-8 June 2011
Documents for this EC are not yet available.
Upcoming
Conferences and sponsorship/exhibition
opportunities
APMG 2011 - 7th Symposium on Meteorology and
Geophysics, the 12th Luso-Spanish Meeting on Meteorology and the XIV
Latin American and Iberian Congress on Meteorology Setúbal, Portugal
28-30 March 2011
The event will be held at “Hotel do Sado”, Setúbal (near Lisbon,
Portugal). This scientific meeting will focus on the theme
"Prediction and Modelling in Geophysical Sciences". Registration is
possible until 18 February 2011. For further information see:
http://simposio.apmg.pt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=1&lang=en
There are also the possibility of exhibiting and sponsoring the event,
please contact:
esclarecimentos@apmg.pt
EGU
- European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2011,
Vienna, Austria, 3-8 April 2011
The exhibition is scheduled from Monday, 3 April to Thursday, 7
April 2011. Currently the following HMEI members are listed as
exhibitors there:
Campbell Scientific Ltd.
Delta-T Devices Ltd.
EKO Instruments Europe B.V.
Kipp & Zonen B.V.
LEOSPHERE
LI-COR Biosciences
METEK GmbH
Scintec AG
Skye Instruments Ltd.
Registration for exhibitors to rent a booth and/or insert an
advertisement in the Information & Schedules Book for the EGU
General Assembly 2011 is available from:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2011/exhibition/
The 2011 exhibition offers the unique option to exhibit in the Job
Market. Located in the highly frequented poster area, this gives the
opportunity to
combine your booth with meeting young scientists looking for a career
and to present your company/institution on a public stage scheduled in
the programme. In 2010, 27 % of the participants were PhD students, i.e.
more than 2,700 out of 10,000 people.
In case any questions arise, please contact Katja Gaenger at:
egu2011@copernicus.org
The International Symposium on “Weather Radar and Hydrology” (WRaH)
Exeter, United Kingdom, 18-21 April 2011
The Symposium will provide a forum for the exchange of experiences
and ideas on the use of weather radar in hydrology.
There is an exhibition with the conference. Please see the website for
all information including exhibition and abstract info. at:
http://www.wrah2011.org/
HMEI members: Baron Services; Enterprise Electronics
Corporation (EEC); Gematronik Weather Systems; and Vaisala
are sponsors for this event.
The theme of the 2011 Symposium will place emphasis on user applications
of weather radar for flood forecasting and water management. Call for
Papers: all sessions will aim to combine developments in weather radar
with advances in its hydrological application. It is strongly encouraged
to submit abstracts of papers for the Symposium with this focus in mind.
10th Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society (EMS) and
10th European Conference on Applications of Meteorology (ECAM) Berlin, Germany 12-16 September 2011
EMS/ECAM has been
announced to be held in Berlin, Germany 12-16 September 2011. The
web-link is:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/ems2011/ . The conference theme is
Forecasting the weather - ensemble techniques in probabilistic weather
prediction. The deadline for abstract submissions is 21 April
2011.
Information for exhibitors will be available in early 2011 and HMEI will
pass this information on to its members. The exhibitors deadline is
15 June 2011.
2011 International Union of Geodesy
and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly, Melbourne, Australia, 28 June -
7 July 2011
The theme for the 2011 IUGG conference is "Earth on the Edge:
Science for a Sustainable Planet ".
Information is available at:
http://www.iugg2011.com/. Also see the media release at:
http://www.csiro.au/news/Earth-on-the-edge-2011.html.
Abstract submissions deadline has been extended to Monday 7
February 2011.
Areas covered by the conference include Hydrology, Meteorology and
Atmospheric Sciences, Physical Sciences of the Oceans, etc.
The IUGG 2011 Trade Exhibition will run in conjunction
with the General Assembly Program. The Exhibition dates will be Thursday
30 June - Tuesday 5 July 2011. There are also sponsorship opportunities.
The Sponsorship & Exhibition Prospectus can be downloaded at:
http://www.iugg2011.com/pdf/IUGG_Sponsorship_Prospectus_Floorplan10.pdf
The Exhibition has been designed to provide the best possible
promotional opportunities to participating organisations by maximising
exposure to General Assembly Delegates. With the Welcome Function and
all lunch/refreshment breaks being served in this area, the Exhibition
will create a great forum to meet with delegates in person.
2011 World Water Week, Stockholm, Sweden, August 21-27
2011
The first announcement is available at:
http://www.worldwaterweek.org/documents/WWW_PDF/2011/1st_Announcement_2011_ls.pdf
All information is available from:
http://www.worldwaterweek.org/
Abstract deadline is February 15, 2011.
5th International Conference on Flood Management (ICFM5),
Tsukuba, Japan, 27-29 September 2011
The ICFM5 theme is "Floods: From Risk to Opportunity". The first
announcement is at:
http://www.ifi-home.info/icfm-icharm/ICFM5_First%20Announcement.pdf
. The website for the conference is:
http://www.ifi-home.info/icfm-icharm/icfm5.html
NOTE: abstract for papers are due 1st March 2011
International Scientific Conference on "Energy and Climate Change" ,
Athens, Greece, 13-14 October 2011
1st open call has been announced by PROMITHEAS (the Energy and Climate
Change Policy Network), which is organizing for the fourth year of this
event. See here for the brochure.
More details regarding this event (venue, members of the Scientific
Committee, themes and topics, registration fees) will be released soon.
For any questions please contact them at
promitheas@kepa.uoa.gr.
Meteorological Technology World Expo, Brussels, Belgium, 18-20
October 2011
To be held in the exhibition
centre in Brussels, Belgium,
Meteorological Technology World Expo will be held over three days
from 18-20 October 2011. The Expo looks to attract decision makers from the
global commercial meteorological community, including Aviation,
Shipping, Marine/Port installations, Airports, Military Operations,
Off-Shore Exploration and Wind Farm Operators, and of course Met Offices
and Research Institutes.
HMEI members currently listed as exhibiting are:
All Weather Inc
Baron Services
Belfort Instrument Company
Biral
Casella Monitor
Environmental Measurements Limited
GAMIC mbH
Geonor AS
IPS Meteostar Inc
Komoline Electronics Pvt Ltd
Leosphere
Meteorage
RPG Radiometer Physics GmbH
Selex Systems Integration GmbH
Techsense Solutions Sdn Bhd
Vaisala Oyj
VCS Aktiengesellschaft
HMEI members currently make up well over half the current exhibition
list. The full list is available at:
http://www.meteorologicaltechnologyworldexpo.com./exhib_list.php
Meteorological Technology World Expo is being organized by the
publishers of Meteorological
Technology International magazine.
For full information on the Expo please visit
www.meteorologicaltechnologyworldexpo.com.
For further information on exhibiting or visiting the Expo please
contact Barry Smith, Event Director on 44 (0) 1306 743744 or
b.smith@ukipme.com.
WCRP Open Science Conference 2011, Denver, USA, 24-28 October 2011
The World Climate Research Programme will host this conference with
the theme "Climate Research in Service to Society".
See
http://www.wcrp-climate.org/conference2011/ for information on this
conference.
Abstract deadline: 30 April 2011.
The Second Announcement s available from:
http://www.wcrp-climate.org/conference2011/documents/2ndAnnouncement_OSC.pdf
Exhibition and sponsorship information is available at:
http://www.wcrp-climate.org/conference2011/documents.html
16th WMO/IAEA Meeting of Experts on Carbon Dioxide, Other Greenhouse
Gases, and Related Tracer Measurement Techniques, Wellington, New
Zealand, 25-28th October 2011
The first announcement is available from:
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/arep/gaw/documents/Firstannouncement.pdf
6th China International Exhibition - Technology and Equipment of
Meteorology Science & Hydrology, Xiamen, China, 10-12 November 2011
This is a major bi-annual exhibition in China. It will be held in
Xiamen International Conference & Exhibition Center. HMEI has been invited to be co-organiser of this
event and will be sending out further information as it becomes
available. HMEI Members will be directly invited to participate by the
organisers.
The exhibition will be held in conjunction with the annual Meteorology
Science & Hydrology Conference from 9th-11th, November, 2011. Also a
forum will be held from 9th-10th November.
OTHER
Conference EVENTS links
WMO Events List
WMO has a list of conference events related to weather, climate and
water at: http://www.wmo.int/pages/meetings/conferences_en.html
Environmental Expert
List
Environmental Expert has a calendar of Air & Climate Events listed
at:
http://air.environmental-expert.com/events.aspx?level=1&
AMS Meeting List
The American Meteorological Society has a list of
conferences of possible interest to HMEI members.
Please go to:
http://www.ametsoc.org/meet/meetinfo.html
Copernicus Meeting List
Copernicus organizes several scientific meetings each year (for
example they organize EGU and EMS each year). Others they organize in
the Geo and Environmental fields may be of interest to HMEI members.
Please see the list at:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/
International Association of Hydrological Sciences
The International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
has a list of Hydrology related meetings on its website. Please see:
http://iahs.info
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
The AGU has meetings listed at:
http://www.agu.org/meetings/.
World Water Forum
The WWF website has a Hydrology/Water events calendar at:
http://portal.worldwaterforum5.org/wwf5/en-us/Lists/Calendar/UpcomingEvents.aspx