WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
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COMMISSION FOR INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE FOR THE
WMO SOLID PRECIPITATION INTERCOMPARISON EXPERIMENT (SPICE)
Sixth session

ZARAGOZA, SPAIN
18-22 MAY 2015


CIMO/SPICE-IOC-6/INF.1

(12.V.2015)
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Original: ENGLISH only

DOCUMENTATION PLAN
(Updated 13 May 2015)

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Agenda Item

Title

Doc No.

Prepared by

Deadline/
received

1

ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION
1.2 Provisional Agenda 1.2(1) Secretariat 13 May
n/a Provisional List of Participants INF. 2 Secretariat Done
n/a Working Arrangement - Detailed timetable INF. 2 R. Nitu Done

2

REPORT OF THE CHAIR

2

Report of the Chair

2

R. Nitu

Done

3

SPICE DATA ANALYSIS REVIEW

3.1

Reference Report

3.1

Reference Report Summary

3.1

R. Nitu

13 May

3.2

Snow on the Ground

3.2

Derivation of reference data set (manual, automatic: different temporal resolutions)

3.2(1)

C. Smith

13 May

3.2

Results to date and methodology: Analysis of CARE, Sodankylä data, Uncertainty quantification on SoG
3.2(2)

GW Lee

13 May

3.2

Instrument Data Sheets (Configuration; Data format, sampling, integration; Use of sensor diagnostics; Reporting units, resolution)
3.2(3)

S. Morin, C. Smith, R. Nitu

13 May

3.2

Risks to data quality e.g. target/ground shift, reporting of first snow, seasonal accumulation
3.2(4)

C. Smith

13 May

3.3

Assessment of non-catchment type instruments
3.3
Instrument Data Sheets: current status results to date, methodology

3.3(1)

A. Reverdin / F. Heuvel

13 May

3.3

Evaluation on non-catchment type sensors (MRR, VertiX, POSS, LPM, Parsivel, etc)

3.3(2)

GW Lee

13 May

3.3

Explore development of transfer functions by adding POSS fall velocity and precip types

3.3(3)

GW Lee

13 May

3.3

Data Analysis plan, outstanding topics inventory

3.3(4)

Y.-A. Roulet

13 May

3.4

Precipitation amount (WG and TBRG)

3.4

Instrument Data Sheets: current status results to date, methodology / WG  

3.4(1)

A. Reverdin / F. Heuvel

13 May

3.4

Instrument Data Sheets: current status results to date, methodologY / TBRG  

3.4(2)

M. Earle

13 May

3.4

Derivation of Reference Data Sets (R2, R3)

3.4(3)

R. Rasmussen

13 May

3.4

Analysis of Uncertainty

3.4(4)

J. Kochendorfer / GW Lee

13 May

3.4

Transfer Functions: expected vs achievable; issues

3.4(5)

M. Wolff / J. Kochendorfer

13 May

3.4

Data analysis plan, outstanding topics inventory

3.4(5)

M. Wolff

13 May