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WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION COMMISSION FOR INSTRUMENTS AND
OPAG-UPPER AIR CIMO
EXPERT TEAM ON GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, 3-7 NOVEMBER 2003 |
Distr.: RESTRICTED
CIMO/OPAG-UPPER-AIR/ (6.X.2003) _________ ITEM:
1.2 Original: ENGLISH ONLY |
Note: All documents are in PDF and MS-Word unless otherwise mentioned. |
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Agenda Item |
Title |
Doc No. |
Submitted by |
Deadline |
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1. |
ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION | |||
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1.2 |
Provisional Agenda |
1.2 |
Secretariat |
Done |
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1.2 |
Explanatory Memorandum |
1.2(2) |
Secretariat |
Done |
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n/a |
Provisional List of Participants (updated 6 Nov. 2003) |
INF-2 |
Secretariat |
Done |
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2. |
REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN |
2 |
ET Chair |
20 Oct |
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3. |
DISCUSSIONS AND MEMBER PRESENTATIONS ON HIGH PRIORITY ISSUES | |||
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3.1 |
Status of reference sondes |
3.1 |
ET Members with relevant expertise |
13 Oct |
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3.2 |
Satellite calibration using radiosondes |
3.2 |
ET Members with relevant expertise |
13 Oct |
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3.3 |
Member briefings on current national upper-air activities |
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Each ET Member |
13 Oct |
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3.3 |
Current National Upper-air Activities - INDIA |
3.3 |
S.S. Bhandari |
Done |
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3.3 |
Current National Upper-air Activities - AUSTRALIA |
3.3(2) |
R.J. Atkinson |
Done |
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3.3 |
Current National Upper-air Activities - UNITED KINGDOM (PowerPoint presentation only) |
3.3(3) |
Tim Oakley |
Done |
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3.4 |
How to solicit agreement on BUFR code table and descriptors for International use |
3.4 |
ET Members with relevant expertise Fred Branski |
20 Oct |
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3.5 |
How to monitor and integrate AMDAR measurements into upper-air database |
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ET Members with relevant expertise |
20 Oct |
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3.5 |
How to monitor and integrate AMDAR measurements into upper-air database |
3.5 |
Jeff Stickland |
Done |
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3.5 |
Integrating CIMO into AMDAR |
3.5(2) |
Jeff Stickland |
Done |
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3.6 |
How to determine the quality and consistency of data processing radiosonde algorithms for temp messages |
3.6 |
ET Members with relevant expertise |
13 Oct |
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3.7 |
OTHER ISSUES | |||
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3.7.1 |
Procedures to improve, correct and validate different radiosondes |
3.7.1 |
Ulrich Leiterer |
30 Sep |
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3.7.2 |
Reference humidity measuring methods |
3.7.2 |
Ulrich Leiterer |
30 Sep |
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3.7.3 |
Presentation of the status and needs of GUAN Network |
3.7.3 |
Howard Diamond |
20 Oct |
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3.7.4 |
Presentation of the radiosonde EUMETNET work (PowerPoint presentation only) |
3.7.4 |
Tim Oakley |
Done |
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3.7.5 |
Introduction of New "Universal" Upper-air Systems |
3.7.5 |
Secretariat |
Done |
4. |
WORK PLAN | |||
4. |
Work Plan |
4 |
ET Chair |
Done |
5. |
ANY OTHER BUSINESS | |||
5.1 |
Water Vapour Validation Project | 5.1 |
Ulrich Leiterer |
30 Sep |
5.2 |
Radiosonde frequency issues | 5.2 |
David Franc |
Done |
5.3 |
Discussion on Radiosonde/ Sounding System Used in WMO Messages | 5.3 |
Secretariat |
Done |