CIMO Expert Team on Surface-based Instrument Intercomparisons and Calibration Methods, 2nd Session; & International Organizing Committee (IOC) on Surface-based Intercomparisons, 2nd Session, 5-9 December 2005, Geneva, Switzerland
The HMEI Secretariat and two HMEI Members who are on the ET for Surface-based Instruments attended this meeting.
Please click here for the HMEI Secretariat's report of this meeting.
For the CIMO report on this meeting please see: http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/IMOP/reports.html

 The meeting reviewed the Draft report of the results of the RI Gauges Intercomparison. The link to the resulting Final Report on the Intercomparison will be posted here as soon as it is available.

CIMO Expert Team on Upper-Air Systems Intercomparisons, 2nd Session; &  International Organizing Committee (IOC) on Upper-Air Systems Intercomparisons, 2nd Session, 28-30 November 2005, Geneva, Switzerland
Please click here for the HMEI report of this meeting.
The meeting reviewed the Draft report of the results of the High Quality Upper-Air Systems Intercomparison. The link to the resulting Final Report on the Intercomparison will be posted here as soon as it is available.

For the CIMO report on this meeting please see: http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/IMOP/reports.html

14th Session of the Commission for Climatology, Beijing, China, 3-10 November 2005
HMEI Councillor, Mr. LU hui guo from Tianjin Meteorological Instruments Factory, China, represented HMEI at this meeting.
The report, from the HMEI representative, on the meeting will be posted here as soon as it is available.

 The Working Group on Hydrology (CHy) of WMO Regional Association V (South-West Pacific), 16-18 October,  2005, Fiji
Bill Barratt from Hydrological Services Australia represented HMEI at this meeting. The report, from the HMEI representative, on the meeting will be posted here as soon as it is available.

Report on the 14th session of Regional Association VI (Europe), September, 2005,  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.
Please click here for the report from the HMEI attendees.
An article reporting on the meeting is also in the WMO MeteoWorld publication available at:   http://www.wmo.int/meteoworld/en/recentevents.htm

The 57th World Meteorological Organization (WMO)  Executive Council, 23 June to 1 July  2005, Geneva, Switzerland
The HMEI Secretariat represented HMEI at this EC meeting. Please click on the link for the report compiled by the HMEI Executive Secretary, Bruce Sumner, for the HMEI Members.

10th Session of the Working Group on Hydrology (CHy) of WMO Regional Association VI (Europe), Prague, Czech Republic, 4-7 May 2005
HMEI member representatives who attended this meeting were:
Rudolf Duster - SEBA Hydrometrie GmbH
and
Luis Gomez - SIAP + MICROS s.r.l.

The Official WMO Report for this meeting is available at: http://www.wmo.ch/web/homs/regions/RAVI_WGH_2005_Final_report.pdf

Report at TECO/METEOREX 2005,of the WMO Intercomparison of High Quality Radiosonde Systems, February 2005, Mauritius
The results of the WMO Intercomparison of High Quality Radiosonde Systems in Mauritius, which seven of our members were involved with, was reported on at TECO/METEOREX 2005.

The Preliminary Report from WMO of this Intercomparison is now available at http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/IMOP/meetings/Upper-Air/RSO-ComparisonMauritius/3(16)_UK_Nash_Vacoas.pdf

The role of HMEI in facilitating this Intercomparison was recognized by WMO in a letter of thanks sent to the HMEI Chairman. This letter further thanked the HMEI manufacturers involved in the Intercomparison for their hard work, support and collaboration.

HMEI Report on ISO Sub-committee 5 (Meteorology) Meeting, 2 May 2005, Bucharest, Romania
The Executive Secretary Bruce Sumner attended this meeting on behalf of HMEI. It was held in the two days immediately preceding METEOREX/TECO 2005. The HMEI report on this meeting is available here.

CIMO Expert Team on Remote Sensing Upper-Air Technology and Techniques, March 2005, Switzerland 
The HMEI representative participants at the Expert Team (ET) on Remote Sensing Upper-Air Technology and Techniques held 14-17 March 2005 in Geneva, Switzerland were: 
Martti Husu from Vaisala Oyj
Bruce Sumner, HMEI Executive Secretary; and Christine Charstone HMEI Administrator, also attended.
Documents presented at this meeting are available at: http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/IMOP/meetings.html

For the HMEI Secretariat report on this meeting please click here

JCOMM Ship Observations Team, 3rd Session, Brest, France, 7-12 March 2005
  Rémy Pepin from Modem represented HMEI at the Automated Shipboard Aerological Programme (ASAP) Panel 15th session, held as part of this JCOMM session.
Please click here for Mr. Pepin's report on the ASAP session.

13th Session of the Commission for Basic Systems (CBS-XIII), St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 23 February to 3rd March 2005 
HMEI was represented at this session by: 
HMEI Vice Chairman, Jan Hörhammer. Ben Dieterink the HMEI Chairman was unable to attend due to illness.
The documentation presented at this conference is available at: http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/BAS/CBS-info.html

For the HMEI report on the session please click here

For further information on the CIMO meetings and events please go to the CIMO meetings page.