SG-RFC-2018-1

Steering Group on Radio-Frequency Coordination. 2018 meeting

Meeting information

Report of the meeting: https://wis.wmo.int/file=3960.

Chair: Eric Allaix.
WMO & Webex contact: Steve Foreman & Dave Thomas.

Location: East-West Center, Hawaii Imin International Conference Center, at Jefferson Hall, 1777 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii 96848

Date: 12-15 February 2018
Time: 09:00 to 17:00 Hawaii Time (19:00 UTC to 03:00 UTC the following day)

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Key objectives

The primary objective of the meeting is to prepare for WRC-19.

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Meeting details

Register for the meeting

Core members of SG-RFC will be sent an official invitation. Members are also welcome to register by submitting a form to the secretariat. Upon receipt of a request, the secretariat will check your contact details and if necessary ensure an invitation is sent to the member's WMO Permanent Representative requesting participation of the member.

Dress standards

It is highly recommended we be comfortable when we work. Everyone should lose the coats and ties (don't even pack them) and dress business casual.

Travel information

Transport and Hotel information.
Information about the venue. Note that security passes are not needed for this new venue.

There is no public transport from the recommended accommodation to the meeting venue.

WebEx details

Limited facilities may be available for remote participation on request.

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Time		Documents	Session/title
08:30	09:00		Registration
09:00	09:30	Doc 01 Doc 01.2	Welcome, Opening, approval of the agenda and Working Arrangements (AI 1)
09:30	10:30	Docs 02.1 Docs 03 and 03.2	WMO progress and previous actions (AI 2.1, 2.2)
10:30	11:00	Coffee Break
11:00	12:00	Docs 03, 03.2	Open actions (AI 2.2 end)
12:00	13:30	LUNCH
13:30	15:00	Docs 09.0 09.1 and 09.3	Preliminary draft WMO positions. (AI 3.1)
15:00	15:30	Coffee Break
15:30	17:00	Docs 09.0, 09.1 and 09.3	Preliminary draft WMO positions. (AI 3.1) - continued


08:30	10:00	Docs 05 & 05.1, 05.2, 05.3 and 05.4 Docs 07.1, 07.2 and 07.3 Doc 08.1 CGMS	Coordination with other organizations (AI 2.4)
10:00	10:30	Coffee Break
10:30	12:00	Docs 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 Infs 10.1, 10.2	Applications in the meteorological aids service (AI 4.1)
		Doc 13.1	Issues related to weather radars and wind-profiler radars (AI 4.4)
12:00	13:30	LUNCH
13:30	14:00	Doc 13.1	Issues related to weather radars and wind-profiler radars (AI 4.4) - continued
14:00	15:00	Docs 11.1, 12.1 and 12.2	Applications in the METSAT service and EESS (AI 4.2 and 4.3)
15:00	15:30	Coffee Break
15:30	17:00	Docs 11.1, 12.1 and 12.2	Applications in the METSAT service and EESS (AI 4.2 and 4.3) - continued

Time		Documents	Session/title
08:30	10:00	Docs 14.1 and 14.2	Issues related to “Space Weather” (AI 4.5)
10:00	10:30	Coffee Break
10:30	12:00	Doc 15.1	Other radio-frequency spectrum issues (AI 4.6)
12:00	13:30	LUNCH
13:30	17:00		Visit NOAA facility

Time		Documents	Session/title
09:00	10:30	Docs 09.0, 09.1, 09.3 and 09.4	Preliminary draft WMO positions. (AI 3.1) - review
10:30	11:00	Coffee Break
11:00	12:00	Docs 03.1, 16.1	Further activities (AI 5)
12:00	13:00	LUNCH
13:00	15:00		Any other business (AI 6) Closure of the meeting

Documents

Linked documents

Previous meeting (2017): final report; web page

Meeting documents (SG-RFC-2018-Docnn-subject.docx)

ID	Name	Size	Last Modified	Hits
3803	I01 Venue Information Hotel and registration details	544.11 KB	Wed 31 of Jan, 2018	236
3813	1 Doc01 Draft Agenda(not being updated) Draft agenda for SG-RFC-2018	53.54 KB	Sun 11 of Feb, 2018	308
3814	Doc00 Template Document template for SG-RFC-2018. Use file naming convention: SG-RFC-2018-DocNN-subject.ext. If there is more than one document under Doc NN, denote the others as DocN.m	51.18 KB	Tue 09 of Jan, 2018	180
3815	2.2 Doc03 Previous Actions Actions previously agreed by SG-RFC	56.09 KB	Tue 30 of Jan, 2018	234
3860	2.1 Doc02.1 WMO progress Agenda item 2.1 Doc 02.1 - Report on progress of WMO activities.	133.94 KB	Tue 30 of Jan, 2018	210
3862	4.4 Doc13.1 Radars & profilers Agenda 4.4. Doc 13.1. Report on issues related to weather radars and wind profiler radars.	52.63 KB	Tue 30 of Jan, 2018	180
3866	2.2 Doc03.2 Open Actions Doc 03.2 Report on open actions from SG-RFC meeting in 2017	54.00 KB	Tue 30 of Jan, 2018	197
3868	2.4.2 Doc05.1 CITEL Agenda 2.4.2 Doc 05.1 Report on CITEL	95.64 KB	Tue 30 of Jan, 2018	218
3872	2.4.4 Doc07.1 SFCG activities Summary of SFCG activities inlcuding position on WRC19	52.59 KB	Thu 08 of Feb, 2018	200
3874	4.1 Doc 10.1 Radiosondes REPORT ON ISSUES RELATED TO RADIOSONDES OPERATING IN THE 400.15-406 MHZ FREQUENCY BAND	50.93 KB	Wed 31 of Jan, 2018	200
3876	4.6 Doc 15.1 Radiometers Issues concerning radiometers	698.78 KB	Wed 07 of Feb, 2018	159
3878	2.4.5 Doc08.1 CIMO Report on cooperation with CIMO	50.79 KB	Wed 07 of Feb, 2018	171