WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

 COMMISSION FOR INSTRUMENTS AND

METHODS OF OBSERVATION

OPAG-UPPER-AIR

JOINT MEETING OF THE

CIMO EXPERT TEAM ON UPPER-AIR SYSTEMS INTERCOMPARISONS

Third Session and

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (IOC) ON

UPPER-AIR SYSTEMS INTERCOMPARISONS

Third Session

PAYERNE, SWITZERLAND, 2-6 JUNE 2008

 

 

CIMO/OPAG-UA/ET UASI-3/INF.1

 

(10.3.2008)
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Original:  ENGLISH ONLY

 

 

 

DOCUMENTATION PLAN

(Updated 30 May 2008)

Agenda Item

Title

Doc No.

Submitted by

Deadline

1.

ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION

1.2

Provisional Agenda 

1.2(1)

Secretariat

Done

1.2

Explanatory Memorandum

1.2(2)

Secretariat

Done

n/a

Provisional List of Participants

INF-2

Secretariat

Done

n/a

Information for Participants

INF-3

Payerne Secretariat

Done

n/a

Tentative Work Plan

INF-4

Secretariat

Done

2.

REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN

2.

Report of the chairman

2

ET Chair

19 May

3.

REVIEW OF PREVIOUS INTERCOMPARISONS AND TESTS

3.1

Review of previous WMO intercomparison + resulting changes to systems

3(1)

 

 

3.1

Overview of WMO intercomparisons (PowerPoint Presentations)

Part 1  (Pdf)               Part 2  (Pdf)               Part 3  (Pdf)

3.1(1)

John Nash

Done

3.2

Presentations on recent International/National radiosonde tests/comparisons

3.2(1)

Carl Bower

Done 

3.2 Radiosonde tests conducted by UK Met Office during 2007 (Camborne, UK)

3.2(1)

Tim Oakley

19 May

3.2 Results of the INTERMET (Africa) GPS Radiosonde test (Namibia Oct 07)

3.2(2)

Catherine Gaffard

19 May

3.2

3.2(3)

John Nash

Done

3.3

Progress of testing “universal” upper-air systems

3(3)

ET Chair & John Nash

19 May

3.4

Presentations on recent tests/work on integrated profiling systems

3(4)

 

 

3.4 Future Upper-Air Network Development project - FUND (Met Office, UK) (PowerPoint Presentation)   (Pdf)

3.4(1)

Catherine Gaffard

Done

3.4

COST Action ES0702, EG-CLIMET  (PowerPoint Presentation)  (Pdf)

3.4(2)

John Nash

Done

3.5

Presentations on recent tests/work on wind profiler systems

3(5)

 

 

3.5

EUMETNET WINPROF Programme – European Wind Profiler Network (PowerPoint Presentation)  (Pdf)

3.5(1)

Tim Oakley

(WINPROF PM)

Done

3.5

Overview of the UK Wind Profiler Network & recent tests

3.5(2)

Tim Oakley

19 May

3.6

Review of requirements for further tests/intercomparison

3(6)

ET Chair

19 May

4.

TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GRUAN NETWORK

4

Global Climate Observing System Overlapping Radiosonde Test Flight Series - Climate Continuity Data Requirements

4

Carl Bower

Done

5.

REQUIREMENTS FOR TESTING AMDAR MEASUREMENTS

5

E-AMDAR Humidity comparisons with Radiosonde conducted by UK Met Office  (PowerPoint Presentation)  (Pdf)

5

Tim Oakley 

Done

6.

REVIEW OF RELEVANT GUIDANCE MATERIAL FOR NECESSARY UPDATES

6

Procedures for publication of WMO radiosonde intercomparison results

6

Carl Bower

Done

7.

WMO INTERCOMPARISON OF HIGH QUALITY RADIOSONDE SYSTEMS WITH A PRIORITY GIVEN TO IMPROVED TEMERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY MEASUREMENTS SINCE LAST WMO INTERCOMPARISON

7.1

Organization, Planning and Procedures of WMO Intercomparisons of Instruments

7(1)

 Secretariat

Done

7.2

Main objective, place, date and duration

7(2)

 ET Chair and John Nash

19 May

7.3

Data acquisition and data policy

7(3)

 ET Chair and John Nash

19 May

7.4

Processing and analysis methodology and publication of results

7(4)

 ET Chair and John Nash

19 May

8.

WORK PLAN

8

Work Plan

8

Secretariat

Done

9.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS  

9.1

Vision for the GOS in 2025

9(1)

Secretariat

Done

9.2

Training Workshop on Upper-Air observations in parallel with Intercomparison between RDF and GPS systems

9(2)

Secretariat

Done

9.3

WIGOS and WIS  (PowerPoint Presentation)  (Pdf)

9(3)

Secretariat

Done