WORLD WEATHER WATCH
COMMISSION FOR BASIC SYSTEMS
STEERING GROUP ON RADIO FREQUENCY COORDINATION

GENEVA, 15-18 MARCH 2006

  

Contacts:

Steering Group on Radio Frequency Coordination (SG-RFC) Chair: Philippe Tristant (France)
WMO Secretariat: Jean-Michel Rainer jmrainer@wmo.int

                            

Meeting report NEW

  Working documents

Agenda Item &
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Title

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Information to participants: HTML

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  List of Participants  

1.2

Agenda REV   Chairman's notesREV  

Secretariat/Chair

2

Review of METAIDS & METSAT frequency bands

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2.1(1) MICS in 401-406 MHz band

Secretariat

2 ITU-R documents relevant to item 2 (ZIP) Philippe Tristant
2.1 & 2.2 Radiosondes: European standardization (PPT) Ilkka Ikkonen (Finland)
2.3(1) Extension of MetSat in the band 18-18.4 GHz (ITU-R 7B doc.) Philippe Tristant

3

Review of weather and wind-profiler radars frequency bands

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3.1(1) Technical and operational aspects of Met. Radars USA
3.1(2) Compatibility between EESS (active) and met. radars in the band 9 300- 9 500 MHz USA
3.1(3) Future development of IMT systems: 2700-2900 MHZ Band issue USA
3.1(4) RLAN-Met radars in 5 GHz band Philippe Tristant
3.1(5) RLAN-Met radars in 5 GHz band: protection issue in Poland Philippe Tristant
3.1(6) Impact of Wind turbines on weather radars Philippe Tristant
3(1) ITU-R documents relevant to item 3 (ZIP) Philippe Tristant
3(2) Status of ITU-R Recommendations USA

4

Review of spaceborne remote sensing frequency bands and related issues
4 ITU-R documents relevant to item 4 (ZIP) Philippe Tristant
4.1(1) Technical studies on protection of passive sensors USA (NASA)

5

Radio frequency issues common to various bands  -

5(1)

Ambient RF Environment and Noise Floor (PDF)

R. Leck (USA)

2,4,5 Excerpts from report of CGMS-33 (Tokyo, November 2005) - for info Secretariat

6

Contributions to ITU-R, in particular WP 7C, WP 8B and follow-up to TG 1/8 outcome

7(1)

Draft WMO positions for WRC 2007

Philippe Tristant

7(2) Information on JMA activities related to WRC-07 preparation H. Ota

8

Update of the ITU/WMO Handbook  -

8(1)

Status of update to WMO/ITU handbook

D. Franc

8(2) Proposed revised chapters: Preface & Ch 1, Ch2, Ch3, Ch4, Ch5, Ch 6 and Annex (ZIP) D. Franc