WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
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COMMISSION FOR INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION

CIMO EDITORIAL BOARD
Second session

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, 13 - 15 NOVEMBER 2013

CIMO/EdB-2/INF.1

(10.X.2013)
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Original: ENGLISH only

TENTATIVE DOCUMENTATION PLAN
(Updated 16 October 2013)

Agenda Item

Title

Doc No.

Prepared by

Deadline/
received

1

ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
1.2 Provisional Agenda 1.2(1) Secretariat 11 October 2013
1.2 Explanatory Memorandum 1.2(2) Secretariat 11 October 2013
n/a Provisional List of Participants INF. 2 Secretariat 5 November 2013
n/a Tentative work plan INF. 3 Secretariat 5 November 2013

2


REPORT OF THE CHAIRPERSON

2

Report of the Chairperson

2

V. Kurz

5 November 2013


3
WIGOS REGULATORY MATERIAL

3

 CIMO's contributions to the WMO Technical Regulations and WIGOS Manual

3(1)

V. Kurz

5 November 2013

3

Update on the status and tentative plans for the revision of the WMO Cloud Atlas

3(2)

S. Cohn

5 November 2013
3
 WIGOS Implementation Plan INF. 4 Secretariat 5 November 2013


4
PROCEDURES FOR UPDATING THE CIMO GUIDE

4

Guidance on uncertainties

4(1)

V. Kurz

5 November 2013

4

Tracking procedure to keep history of chapters that were deleted/added to the CIMO Guide

4(2)

V. Kurz

5 November 2013


5
REVIEW OF PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO THE CIMO GUIDE CHAPTERS

5

Compilation of Proposals for modifications (incl. recommendation on each of them)

5

K. Premec

 5 November 2013
  Review of proposed modified chapters:   Main reviewer  

5

 Part I, Chapter 1: General  

All Editorial Board members (for review)

12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

 Part I, Chapter 2: Measurement of temperature  

All Editorial Board members (for review)

12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

 Part I, Chapter 3: Measurement of atmospheric pressure  

All Editorial Board members (for review)

12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

 Part I, Chapter 4: Measurement of humidity  

All Editorial Board members (for review)

12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

 Part I, Chapter 5: Measurement of surface wind  

All Editorial Board members (for review)

12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

 Part I, Chapter 6: Measurement of precipitation  

All Editorial Board members (for review)

5 November 2013 (for posting on website)
12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

Part I, Chapter 7: Measurement of radiatioN (First input)

Part I, Chapter 7: Measurement of radiatioN (Second input)
  

All Editorial Board members (for review)

12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

 Part I, Chapter 8: Measurement of sunshine duration  

All Editorial Board members (for review)

12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

Part I, Chapter 9: Measurement of visibility

  

All Editorial Board members (for review)

12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

 Part I, Chapter 11: Measurement of soil moisture  

All Editorial Board members (for review)

 12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

 Part I, Chapter 12: Measurement of upper-air pressure, temperature, humidity  

V. Kurz (for review)

Same as provided some time ago by e-mail
12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

Part I, Chapter 13: Measurement of upper wind

  

S. Cohn (for review)

Same as provided some time ago by e-mail
12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

Part I, Chapter 14: Observation of present and past weather, state of the ground

  

All Editorial Board members (for review)

Same as provided some time ago by e-mail
12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

Part I, Chapter 16: Measurement of atmospheric composition (substituting Part I, Chapter 16 & 17 of previous Editions)

 

All Editorial Board members (for review)

 12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

Part II, Chapter 3: Aircraft Observations

  

All Editorial Board members (for review)

 12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

Part II, Chapter 4: Marine Observations

 

All Editorial Board members (for review)

 12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

Part II, Chapter 5: Special profiling techniques for the boundary layer and the troposphere

  

All Editorial Board members (for review)

 12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

 Part II, Chapter 6: Rocket measurements in the stratosphere and mesosphere

To be removed from the CIMO Guide

5

 Part II, Chapter 7: Lightning Detection  

S. Cohn (for review)

 12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

 Part II, Chapter 9: Radar Measurements  

All Editorial Board members (for review)

 12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

 Part II, Chapter 10: Balloon Techniques  

S. Cohn (for review)

 12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

Part III, Chapter 4: Testing, calibriaon and intercomparison


 

All Editorial Board members (for review)

 12 November 2013 (for main review)

5

New Part: Satellite Observations
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Principles of Earth observation from space
Chapter 3: Remote sensing instruments
Chapter 4: Satellite programmes
Chapter 5: Space-based observation of geophysical variables
Chapter 6: Calibration and validation


  

All Editorial Board members (for review)

 12 November 2013 (for main review)
  Appendix: List of contributors      


6
NEED FOR UPDATES OF SPECIFIC CHAPTERS

6

 No document      


7
OTHER BUSINESS
7
 Structure of the CIMO Guide
7(1)
 Secretariat 5 November 2013
7
 Status of IOM reports and common WMO-ISO standards
7(2)
 Secretariat Done
 



OTHER DOCUMENTS OF INTEREST FOR THE MEETING
  Template for meeting documents - CIMO Guide Editorial Board, 2nd Session

CIMO Guide Editorial Board Workplan

 

Report of the Meeting of the CIMO Guide Editorial Boards, First Session (2-4 May 2012, Geneva, Switzerland)

  Guide to the Instruments and Methods of Observations (WMO-No.8, CIMO Guide)