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UPCOMING
INTERCOMPARISONS
AND EXPERT
TEAM MEETINGS
The
WMO Laboratory
Intercomparison
of Rainfall Intensity (RI) Gauges.
CIMO
has announced the participants
selected to take part in
this Intercomparison,
due to be held
in
Italy, France and
Netherlands during September 2004.
The HMEI nominated member companies whose instruments were selected for participation
are:
Casella CEL;
Design Analysis Associates;
Geonor;
Yokogawa Denshikiki.
Hydrological Services
In addition to the instruments from HMEI manufactures as listed above,
other HMEI member companies who will have instruments submitted by
meteorological services participating in the Intercomparison are Vaisala and CAE Srl.
The CIMO Expert Team Meeting on Surface Techniques and Measurement
Techniques - Geneva 13 - 16 October 2004.
The Executive Secretary and HMEI Administrator will not be in Geneva
during this meeting. Therefore HMEI will need representation from its
membership.
The A1 Expert Team Members are especially asked to consider attending this
meeting. The CIMO Secretariat will be contacting the HMEI A1 ET members to invite
them to attend the meeting. All Weather, Environmental Measurements,
Logotronic are the current nominated HMEI A1 ET members.
Details:
This Expert Team meeting will be dealing with topics including issues on:
Standardization of AWS algorithms and present weather systems;
Industry development of state of the art instruments and automated
surface observation systems;
Progress of
urban and road meteorological measurements;
Future training needs and training materials.
The ET Chairman at this
meeting is Dr.Jitze P.van der Meulen from the Royal Netherlands
Meteorological Institute.
The full agenda of the meeting can be found on CIMO website at:
www.wmo.ch/web/www/IMOP/meetings/Surface/ET-STMT_Geneva/Agenda.doc
If other
HMEI members would like to
nominate as HMEI A1 Expert Team members please email the HMEI Executive
Secretary.
CANCELLATION
- HMEI
Members who have expressed an interest in this meeting please note: The CIMO Expert Team on Training Activities and
Training Materials - 1st Session, to have been held in Geneva
on 10 - 13 November 2004 has been cancelled. The meeting's agenda will be now be addressed in a reduced
format as an item in the CIMO ET Meeting on Surface Techniques and
Measurement Techniques in October in Geneva.
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56th
WMO EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL
- REPORT SUMMARY
The
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Executive Council -
8th to 18th June 2004 in Geneva.
The HMEI Chairman - Ben Dieterink, the HMEI
Executive Secretary and the HMEI Administrator attended as the HMEI
representatives at the Executive Council. Ben Dieterink was able to attend for the
first two days of the session and the HMEI Secretariat attended for the
whole of the session.
The WMO
Secretary General, Michel Jarraud, in his report to the Executive Council,
acknowledged the contribution of HMEI to the progress that the Instruments and
Methods of Observation Programme has made in the area of Training and
Capacity Building.
The HMEI Chairman, Mr. Dieterink,
in responding to the CBS Report on the second day of the meeting, stressed
the ongoing readiness of HMEI and its member companies to be involved with
WMO and CBS in supporting programmes within is purview. He pointed out HMEIs willingness to participate in increasing expertise and
know-how in applying modern instrumentation and technologies for observing
required parameters, with a view to mutual benefits for the worldwide user
community and manufacturers.
HMEI
was also acknowledged in the Instruments and Methods of
Observations Report given by CIMO Acting-President, Ray Canterford.
The cooperation of HMEI with CIMO was recognized especially in the areas
of Intercomparisons, Training, and the issues relating to standards. The
HMEI Executive Secretary, in responding to the CIMO report, confirmed HMEIs continuing support for CIMO
and its pleasure in already having had HMEI members successfully
participating in ET meetings, training workshops and Intercomparisons.
The Executive Council agenda was as wide ranging as would be
expected of a council covering the breath of countries, participants and
interests under the WMO umbrella. However one of the most interesting
presentations in the agenda was possibly the item on the Group on Earth
Observations (GEO) and the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
with its cross cutting initiatives approach for observing the earth as a holistic global
entity. WMO has been extremely active in the development of a draft
framework document and the 10-year Implementation Plan for GEO.
The
HMEI report on the WMO 56th Executive Council, with links to
the WMO final document is available in the Reports section of
this website.
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EXPERT
TEAM MEETING ON REQUIREMENTS FOR DATA FROM AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS
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Report Summary
The
WMO CBS Expert Team on Requirements For Data
From Automatic Weather Stations -3rd Session was held in
Geneva on 28 June - 2 July 2004. Several HMEI members expressed
interested in this meeting but were unable to attend personally. Therefore
the HMEI Executive Secretary and Administrator represented the HMEI at the
meeting.
The participants
of this ET meeting. From left to right they are:
Mr. I. Zahumensky from the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute; Dr. J. P.
van der Meulen, CIMO Representative, from the Royal Netherlands
Meteorological Institute; Mr. M Leroy, EUMETNET Representative, from Mιtιo
France; Mr. B. Sumner, HMEI Executive Secretary; Mr. R Drombrowsky, the ET
Chairman, from National Weather Services, NOAA; Mr. J. E. Rodrigues from
Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia, (INMET); and Ms. Charstone, HMEI
Administrator.
Thanks to Dr. van der
Meulen who supplied the photo to HMEI and Dr. Miroslav Ondras, the CIMO
Secretariat, who was the photographer.
Items addressed at this meeting were:
Definition
of terms used in reference to Radiation and subsequent edit of CIMO guide.
Metadata
the need for a standard and for a central reference source.
Inclusion
of station and instrument data (rarely done currently) for future and
climate needs and quality control.
Need
for algorithms of AWSs to be known (particularly for climate community)
Proposed
Guidelines for Quality Control of Data for AWSs.
GEOSS
update from Don Hinsman and the WMO involvement to date and its resolution
at the 56th WMO Executive Council.
Review
and approval of revisions of the CIMO table of the functional requirements
of AWSs.
Standardization
of AWS platforms and ensuring these standards allow for future goals.
Improved
wording of CIMO Guide where the points apply to AWS issues.
How
to manage the integration of increasing AWS stations with other
observations.
BUFR
table issues and definitions.
For
the Meeting
Results and Points Arising of Interest for HMEI members,
please go to the HMEI report on this meeting.
Click on the following
link
for the (pdf) WMO
Report on the meeting.
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HMEI NEW
MEMBERS
The Association of Hydro-Meteorological Equipment Industry welcomes
the following companies as new HMEI members:
ADOLF
THIES
- Germany
ALL WEATHER Inc.
- USA
BIRAL
- UK
HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES PTY LTD
- Australia
New
Member Information
This section
provides information written and supplied to us by the member companies
themselves. HMEI bears no responsibility for, nor endorses this
information.
ADOLF
THIES
- Germany
For more
than 55 years, we have been developing, manufacturing, and supplying
practical systems and instruments worldwide for the measurement of
meteorological parameters. Our close cooperation with scientific
institutions, and organizations in many countries guarantees a constant
and up-to-date flow of information about all aspects of individual
national problems, projects and the rapid implementation of
state-of-the-art developments, and measurement techniques. Our
instruments, systems, and software fulfill in all respects both the
requirements of the national weather services as well as those of the
World Meteorological Organization in Geneva. The certification of our
quality management system to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 carries for us the
obligation to guarantee the high quality standard and continuous
improvement of our products. Thanks to the expansion of our test
laboratory, and additional fitting with a new wind channel (Goettingen
design) we are able - apart from the calibration of temperature, humidity,
precipitation and air pressure - to offer and carry out also calibrations
of wind speed for highest requirements. All calibration processes run
automatically in accordance with our quality standards, meeting
international standards. Our calibration certificates are made out acc. to
DIN resp. DIN EN ISO
9001:2000.
Our range of products:
Meteorological measuring instruments and sensors for all parameters of
the weather measuring technology.
Mechanical and electronic instruments
Indicating and recording instruments
Datalogger systems for data storage and processing in the field
Software for communication, filing, graphic and tabular presentation
Data communication via GSM, modem, radio, memory card etc.
Fully automatic weather stations
Calibration in our calibration lab, service, maintenance, and
installation as well as the respective support with project planning.
Worldwide, our customers include:
Meteorological services Traffic control Trade and industry
Regenerative energies Research and development.
ALL WEATHER Inc.
- USA
All Weather Inc. is a manufacturer of meteorological sensors and systems for Aviation and General use. AWI has designed and developed sensors including Laser Ceilometer (25,000 ft),
Visibility & RVR, Lightning Detection, Wind Speed & Direction. AWI has also developed the StormFront Universal Display System for Aviation & General use.
BIRAL
- UK
Biral specializes in the design, manufacture and supply of meteorological, particle analysis and bio detection instruments for science, industry
and the environment. We are an established supplier of meteorological instruments, offering one of the largest ranges of products available.
The Biral HSS visibility and present weather sensors provide outstanding levels of accuracy and performance and remain unmatched for
reliability and durability. The extensive use in applications involving life critical operations around the world confirm the level of customer
confidence and trust in Biral products. The HSS range of visibility sensors were the first to use an infra-red light source together with a forward
scatter meter over two decades ago and have remained at the forefront ever since.
HYDROLOGICAL
SERVICES PTY LTD - Australia
Hydrological
Services expertise is undoubtedly in the field of hydrography and
hydrology. However the company has developed a broad range of technology
and expertise in the scientific instrument field. Originally the company's
product range involved mainly mechanical devices, such as, The Sherlock
Pressure Sensing Unit and the A.U.S.1 Strip Chart Water Level Recorder,
Sediment Samplers, Columbus Weights etc. The company developed the
mechanical engineering skills to design and manufacture these products
such that they would be reliable, rugged yet precise and sensitive enough
to meet the markets need and to withstand the harsh environments to which
they would be exposed. The present product range includes a more advanced
electro-mechanical class of instrument such as the Tipping Bucket Rain
Gauge, Shaft Encoders and the Current Meters. Recent products in
conjunction with other environmental monitoring companies, outside
consultants and various government agencies, include the RRDL-3 Data
Logger and the Alert Flood Warning System and Base Station. These products
incorporate microprocessor based technology and advanced
telecommunications and telemetry capability.
All products have been developed with the same philosophy of
reliability, ruggedness and precision which is standard in all HS
products.
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MEMBERS'
UPDATES TO THE HMEI PRODUCT CATALOGUE
The
interest shown by members in regard to the catalogue and the positive
feedback have been excellent. The HMEI catalogue is obviously a popular
development with members and will be a strong selling point for gaining
future HMEI members.
Several
member companies have already updated their entries in the catalogue, with
their own texts for the various entries relevant to their products
complete with hyperlinks which take users to relevant pages of their own
websites. Some member suggestions have also generated some beneficial
adjustments to the categories defined in the catalogue.
It
is worth while visiting the catalogue from time to time to check out the
developments there. Some members may wish to revise or add extra product
entries, if categories are refined or new ones added.
The
HMEI Secretariat would like to invite members who have not yet submitted
their own text entries, to consider doing so as soon as possible. For
details of the format and submission of entries, please contact the HMEI Administrator,
Christine Charstone, who maintains the website and catalogue, at hmei@wmo.int
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EMS
EQUIPMENT EXHIBITION
The closing date for applications may have officially ended on
30th June 2004, however there remain places for exhibitors at the European
Meteorological Society exhibition and meeting, being held in Nice, France 26-30 September
this year.
HMEI members known to have booked exhibition space at EMS are: Kipp &
Zonen, Modem and Vaisala.
So for any members still undecided about exhibiting at this joint
exhibition/meeting, it may be worth while contacting the EMS exhibition
organizers. The Exhibition Coordinator is Anja Ziegenbein, telephone: +49
55 56 91099 and fax: +49 55 56 4709, email. cop@copernicus.org
The web site is http://www.copernicus.org/ems/2004/exhibition.htm
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HMEI
MEMBER MEETINGS IN 2005
HMEI
'Themed' Meeting at AMS Annual Meeting in San Diego
Yale
Schiffman at American Meteorological Society (AMS) has offered HMEI
support at the 85th
Annual Meeting of AMS to be held in San
Diego
January next year. This offer follows on the "good
turn out in Seattle"
which Yale notes that HMEI had at its General Assembly at the 2004 AMS
meeting in Seattle.
Yale's offer is for HMEI to have a display
at the AMS Resource Center, in order to promote HMEI to AMS members and
exhibitors. Also
Yale has offered HMEI a room for a HMEI meeting, which is scheduled for
the first Monday of the exhibition, and he has offered to promote
the meeting in the AMS Bulletin, AMS web page and to AMS exhibitors.
This support has been offered, very generously, at no cost to HMEI. HMEI
only needs to supply a write-up of the meeting's proposed content and the
HMEI logo for AMS to promote the HMEI participation in the 85th
Annual Meeting of AMS.
HMEI has been very happy to accept this offer. The Secretariat would
"man" the HMEI display at the resource center, provided HMEI's
finances are sufficient for the airfare and accommodation costs.
The HMEI members meeting at the AMS in 2005 would not be the main General
Assembly of the HMEI for 2005 as this will be held in Bucharest at the
METEOREX 2005. The AMS HMEI meeting will be a general meeting of HMEI
members that will cover any topics members wish to bring forward for
discussion and possible inclusion in the subsequent HMEI General Assembly.
However the meeting will also be a themed meeting which will be presenting
discussion on the theme. The theme will be related to the GEOSS ideas
that where presented at the 2004 Executive Council of the WMO. Although
this issue is being presented as somewhat novel in the Meteorological
community, HMEI believes that the private sector has already grasped the possibilities
of an inclusive approach to weather, environment, climate,
agrometeorology, oceans, hydrology, bio-diversity and so forth, and many
HMEI member companies already work across different categories when and as
possible. Therefore the private sector has much to offer the discussion on
the GEOSS and would like to bring this to the fore at the AMS HMEI meeting.
The next General Assembly for the HMEI
As previously reported, this is to be held
during CIMO Technical Conference and METEOREX-2005 in Bucharest, Romania
in May 2005. In this way the General Assembly could be attended more easily by European HMEI
members. As there will also be a meeting of members at in the USA at the
AMS in January 2005 as noted above, any members of HMEI who will be
attending the AMS but not METEROEX-2005, will have an opportunity to
address issues that they wish to be included in the General Assembly
agenda ahead of time and put the issues to a meeting of members.
The organizing committee of METEREX-2005 has been set up and the
exhibition venue has been selected. HMEI has supplied contact details of
all HMEI members to the organizing committee, who will be contacting
manufacturers directly, in the next few months, probably September,
regarding registration details and exhibiting costs.
The Director of World Weather Watch, Dieter Schiessl, has recently visited
the exhibition venue and commented that it appears to be a favorable one
both in size and location. There are up to three co-located exhibition
halls available, according to demand. The costs are expected to be
very reasonable, possibly lower than at Bucharest. Hotel accommodation is
reported to be excellent as two major hotels are located nearby.
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CASELLA
CEL - Creating Links to HMEI
Casella CEL's
newsletter, Casella MET News, which is mailed out to their worldwide
distributors, WMO directors and other relevant contacts, includes in its
Summer 2004 edition, a front page feature noting that they have joined
HMEI. This concise and well worded item benefits both Casella and HMEI.
This is a nice example of cross referencing which HMEI would very much
like other member companies to consider doing if they put out newsletters
or such like publications.
Thanks Casella.
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