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CIMO in 2014: Continuing to show joint leadership on WIGOS
Bertrand Calpini
ICG WIGOS co-chair
ICG-WIGOS-4, 17-20 Feb 2015
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CIMO Activities and WIGOS, 2014-15
1. CIMO-16
2. WMO/ISO Common Standards
3. CIMO/WIGOS Standardization Workshop
4. International Cloud Atlas
5. Capacity Development
6. Instrument Intercomparisons
ICG-WIGOS-4, 17-20 Feb 2015
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CIMO 16
St Petersburg, Russian Federation, 10-16 July 2014
Latest version of CIMO Guide approved: New Satellite Obs Part (CBS, 7 chapters) New Lightning Chapter New Radar chapter New Upper Air chapter New Atmospheric Composition chapter (CAS) Most other chapters updated
Commission structure adjusted and now fully aligned with WIGOS
ICG-WIGOS-4, 17-20 Feb 2015
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WMO/ISO Common Standards
Siting: publication imminent
Doppler Wind Lidar: drafted, undergoing approval process
Radar Wind Profiler: about to get underway
Weather Radar: getting underway (cautious aproach required)
Rainfall Intensity: to be pursued
Others? (As required, Stay tuned)……..
ICG-WIGOS-4, 17-20 Feb 2015
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CIMO/WIGOS Standardization Workshop
Langen, Germany, 3-5 December 2014 Focus on surface-based remote-sensing Broad representation from RICs and remote
sensing observations community 11 Recommendations (the following of particular
relevance to ICG-WIGOS):
ICG-WIGOS-4, 17-20 Feb 2015
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CIMO/WIGOS Standardization Workshop
Recommendation 1: Strengthening the RICS Regional Associations ensure that the Regional
Instrument Centre activities defined in each Regional WIGOS Implementation Plan are implemented with priority.
Recommendation 4: Metrology assistance to remote sensing community Regional Instrument Centres should provide support to
the surface-based remote sensing community in its efforts to develop traceability of measurements made by existing and emerging remote sensing technologies.
ICG-WIGOS-4, 17-20 Feb 2015
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CIMO/WIGOS Standardization Workshop
Recommendation 5: Weather Radars CIMO and CBS Management Groups seek the
support of the Inter Commission Coordination Group on WIGOS to establish a CIMO/CBS-led international coordination mechanism for weather radar systems and their data and products, which involves the participation of nations operating large weather radar networks, capitalizes on the positive experience achieved within regional cooperation mechanisms, such as OPERA and BALTRAD in Europe, and includes a strong focus on capacity development.
ICG-WIGOS-4, 17-20 Feb 2015
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CIMO/WIGOS Standardization Workshop
Recommendation 10: Integration (compositing) of observations That CIMO Management Group review relevant
workplans to include investigations, guidance and the use of Observations Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) Tool to increase the utility of, and benefits from, observational products derived from the integration or compositing of measurements from multiple technologies.
ICG-WIGOS-4, 17-20 Feb 2015
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Revision of the International Cloud Atlas
Text being rewritten (30% complete) Decision Aid redesigned (95% complete) Replacement imagery:
Image submission website almost ready. Letter to PRs requesting candidate images and
metadata imminent Web design to follow. Still lacking financial resources to build the web-
based atlas: voluntary member contributions sought via CIMO Trust Fund.
ICG-WIGOS-4, 17-20 Feb 2015
CIMO in WIGOS Capacity Development: 2014
ICG-WIGOS-4, 17-20 Feb 2015
TECO 2014 St Petersburg 5 keynote addresses 36 orals ~80 posters 3 discussion sessions (standardization, centennial stations,
future intercomparisons)
Collaboration with ETR and RTCs on content of (numerous)Regional Wkshops on calibration and traceability
Survey conducted on use of mercury and obsolete instruments Mercury still widely used Autographic instrument still widely used Minamata convention (UNEP): Ban on production, import and
export of instruments containing Hg from 2020
CIMO in WIGOS Capacity Development: 2015
ICG-WIGOS-4, 17-20 Feb 2015
Collaboration with ETR and RTCs on content of (numerous) Regional Wkshops on calibration and traceability
Calibration and Maintenance Course (Spanish), Argentina, Q4
Conference on Measurements in harsh environment (icing), in collaboration with RA VI (Europe)
WIGOS AWS Workshops
Further updates to CIMO Guide on use of alternatives to Hg-based instrumentation
CIMO Intercomparisons
ICG-WIGOS-4, 17-20 Feb 2015
• SPICE (approaching the finish, final data collection underway, report due end 2015)
• RQQI (in need of restart)
• IPC 2015
• Radiosondes (feasibility study underway)
• Aerosol and Volcanic Ash (feasibility study underway)