COMMISSION FOR INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION

JOINT MEETING OF
CIMO EXPERT TEAM ON INSTRUMENT INTERCOMPARISONS (ET-II)
(First Session)

&

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (IOC) FOR THE WMO SOLID PRECIPITATION INTERCOMPARSION EXPERIMENT (SPICE)
(First Session)

 Geneva, Switzerland, 05 – 07 October 2011

CIMO/ET-II-IOC-SPICE-1/INF

(NN.XXXX.2011)

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Original:  ENGLISH ONLY

Agenda Item

Subject of Document

Doc. No.

Submitted By

Deadline

1

ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION

1

Practical Information for Participants

INF(1)

Secretariat

Done

1

Provisional List of Participants

INF(2)

Secretariat

Done

1.2

Provisional Agenda

1.2(1)

Secretariat

Done

1.3

Proposed Meeting Program

1.3(1)

Secretariat

Done

2

REPORT OF THE ET-II CHAIR

2

Report of the Chair of ET-II

2(1)

ET-II Chair

30 Sep 2011

3

SPICE PLANNING

3

SPICE PROPOSAL

3(1)

IOC-SPICE Chair

Done

3.1

Report of the Chair of IOC-SPICE

3.1(1)

IOC-SPICE Chair

07 Oct 2011

3.3

Project Stakeholders

3(1)

IOC-SPICE Chair

Done

3.4

Review of Intercomparison Mission, Vision and Scope

IOC-SPICE Chair

Done

3.5

Review of Objectives and Deliverables

IOC-SPICE Chair

Done

3.6

SPICE Measurement References (requirements, proposals, definitions)

3(1)

3.6(1)

3.6(2)

IOC-SPICE Chair

Eckhard Lanzinger

Emanuele Vuerich

Done

3.7

Ancillary Measurements: defining minimum requirements

3(1)

3.7(1)

IOC-SPICE Chair

Jordy Hendrikx

Done

03 Oct 2011

3.8

Contribution and engagement of participating WMO members

3.8(1)

Rodica Nitu

04 Oct 2011

3.9

Summary of results from current and recent projects relevant to the scope of SPICE

3.9(1)

3.9(2)

Rodica Nitu

Craig Smith

04 Oct 2011

Done

3.10

2011/12 Reference experiment

3.10(1)

John Kockendorfer

Done

3.11

2011/12 Data requirements

3.11(1)

3.11(2)

Paul Joe

Roy Rasmussen

Done

Done

3.12

Definition of the protocol for selecting and including instruments in the experiment

3.12(1)

Emanuele Vuerich

Done

3.13

Requirements for data acquisition system and dataset/database, data QA/QC (requirements additional to those in 3.10,3.11)

3.11(1)

3.11(2)

Paul Joe

Roy Rasmussen

Done

Done

3.14

Data analysis: data processing and method (requirements additional to those in 3.10, 3.11)

3.11(1)

3.11(2)

Paul Joe

Roy Rasmussen

Done

Done

3.15

SPICE Work Plan: multi-site organization of experiment

3.15(1)

Rodica Nitu

04 Oct 2011

4

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE INTERCOMPARISONS

4.1

Final Report of the 8th WMO Intercomparison of High Quality Radiosondes (Yangjiang, China) 2010

4.1(1)

4.1(2)

4.1(3)

4.1(4)

Secretariat

Li Wei

Li Wei

Li Wei

Done

4.3

WMO International Pyrheliometer

Comparison

IPC-XI

27 September - 15 October 2010

Davos, Switzerland

Final Report

4.3(1)

Secretariat

Done

4.4

 Report of the Chair of IOC-RQQI

4.4(1)

Chair IOC-RQQI

Done

5

REVIEW OF THE DRAFT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR THE EVOLUTION  OF THE GOS (EGOS-IP)

5

Draft Implementation Plan for the Evolution of the Global Observing System (EGOS-IP)

5(1)

Chair CBS ET-EGOS

Done

6

OTHER BUSINESS

6

Draft Report of the Joint Meeting of the First Session of the CIMO Expert Team on Instrument Intercomparisons First Session) and the First Session of the International Organizing Committee for the WMO Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment (SPICE), Geneva, Switzerland, 05-07 October 2011.

6(1)

Secretariat

07 Oct 2011