IMOP Meetings

Instruments and Methods of Observation
related Events

(updated 16 October 2023)

 

Contact

 

Dr Isabelle Rüedi
Senior Scientific Officer
Head/IMO
iruedialt textwmo.int

 

 

Upcoming events/meetings 

   
TECO-2024 23 - 26 September 2024, Vienna (Austria) 
WMO Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation
 
 
Traceability 15 December 2023, Cairo (Egypt) 
(Reduced) Meeting of the SC-MINT Expert Team on Quality, Traceability and Calibration (ET-QTC)
Traceability 14 December 2023, Cairo (Egypt) 
Workshop of WMO Regional Instrument Centres
Training 11-13 December 2023, Cairo (Egypt) 
Training Workshop on Calibration of Meteorological Instruments and related Uncertainty Calculation (RA-I & RICs)
Training 28 - 30 November and 5-6 December 2023, Online 
WMO Online Workshop on Transition to Automated Ground-based Measurements (RA-I and Arabic-speaking countries)
Editorial Board 28 - 30 November 2023, Geneva (Switzerland)
Meeting of the SC-MINT Editorial Board
Training 20 - 24 November 2023, Casablanca (Morocco) 
Atelier étalonnage et maintenance des instruments météorologiques
SC-MINT 4 - 6 October 2023, Geneva (Switzerland) 
SC-MINT meeting
Surface Measurements 25 - 26 September 2023, Torino (Italy) 
Meeting of SC-MINT experts on the Siting Classification for Surface Observing Stations on Land
Environmental Sustainability of Observations 12 - 13 September 2023 (on-line) 
WMO Virtual Workshop on Environmental Sustainability of Observing Systems and Methods
 

 

Events organized by the former WMO CIMO Technical Commission

UPPER-AIR MEASUREMENTS

19 - 21 February 2019, Payerne  (Switzerland
Planning meeting for the Upper-Air Instrument Intercomparison

TECO-2018

8 - 11 October 2018, Amsterdam (The Netherlands
TECO 2018

CIMO-17

12 - 16 October 2018, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)  
Seventheenth session of the Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation (CIMO-17))

OPAG
REMOTE-SENSING TECHNOLOGIES
14 - 17 May 2018, Seoul (Republic of Korea)
CIMO Inter-Progamme Expert Team on Operational Weather Radars, Second Session
OPAG
IN-SITU TECHNOL. AND INTERCOMPARISONS
16 - 19 April 2018, Geneva (Switzerland)
CIMO Expert Team on Aircraft-based Observations, Second Session

CIMO-MG

26-29 March 2018 , Geneva (Switzerland)
CIMO Management Group, Fifteenth session

OPAG
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL METROLOGY

30 January - 1 February 2018, Offenbach am Main (Germany)
CIMO Editorial Board, First Session

OPAG
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL METROLOGY

27 - 30 November 2017, Tokyo (Japan)
Meeting of the CIMO Expert Team on Operational Metrology, Second Session

OPAG
IN-SITU TECHNOL. AND INTERCOMPARISONS

15 - 17 November 2017, Teddington (UK)
Meeting of CIMO Task Team on Radiation References, First Session

ICAWS-2017

24 - 26 October 2017, Offenbach am Main (Germany)
The WMO International Conference on Automatic Weather Stations

ICAWS-Workshop

23 October 2017, Offenbach am Main (Germany)
1-day Workshop on transitioning away from mercury-based instruments

CIMO-MG

27-29 June 2017 , Geneva (Switzerland)
CIMO Strategic Management Meeting

CIMO-MG

30 June 2017 , Geneva (Switzerland)
Ad-hoc meeting on the review of the HMEI tender documentation

OPAG
IN-SITU TECHNOL. AND INTERCOMPARISONS

21 - 23 June 2017, Geneva (Switzerland)
Joint meeting of CIMO Expert Team on Operational In-Situ Technologies (A1) and CIMO Expert Team on Developments in In-Situ Technologies (A2)

CIMO-GCW

19 - 20 June 2017, Geneva (Switzerland)
CIMO/GCW collaborative workshop

OPAG
REMOTE-SENSING TECHNOLOGIES

13 - 16 March 2017, Tokyo (Japan)
Meeting of the CIMO Inter-Programme Expert Team on Operational Weather Radars, First Session

TECO-2016

27 - 30 September 2016, Madrid (Spain)

OPAG
REMOTE-SENSING TECHNOLOGIES

22– 25 August 2016, Geneva (Switzerland)
Meeting of the CIMO Expert Team on New Remote-Sensing Technologies, First Session

OPAG
IN-SITU TECHNOL. AND INTERCOMPARISONS

11 - 15 July 2016, Toronto (Canada)
Meeting of the Project Team and (reduced) International Organizing Committee (IOC) for the WMO Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment (SPICE), Seventh Session

CIMO-MG

4-8 April 2016, Offenbach (Germany)
CIMO Management Group, Fourteenth Session

OPAG
IN-SITU TECHNOL. AND INTERCOMPARISONS

7-11 December, Casablanca (Morocco)
Joint Meeting of the CIMO Expert Team on Aircraft-based Observations and the CBS Expert Team on Aircraft Based Observing Systems

OPAG
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

1 -4 December 2015, Ljubljana (Slovenia)
Meeting of the CIMO Expert Team on Operational Metrology, First Session

WMO Education and Training Programme

2 - 27 November 2015, Nanjing, China
International Training Course on "Instrument maintenance and calibration" Deadline for application: 18 September 2015

OPAG
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
2 - 6 November 2015, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
WMO CIMO Training Workshop on Metrology for spanish-speaking countries of RA-III and RA-IV
WMO Education and Training Programme

5 - 30 October 2015, Casablanca, Morocco
International Training Course on "Instrument maintenance and calibration" Deadline for application: 31 August 2015

IPC-XII

From 28 September 2015 to 16 October 2015, Davos (Switzerland)
12th International and Regional Pyrheliometer Intercomparisons
4th Filter-Radiometer Comparison
2nd International Pyrgeometer Comparison

OPAG
REMOTE-SENSING TECHNOLOGIES

05– 08 October 2015, Tokyo (Japan)
Joint Meeting of the CIMO Expert Team on Operational Remote-Sensing Technologies and of the CBS Expert Team on Surface-based Observations

OPAG
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

21-25 September 2015, Pretoria (South Africa)
Meeting of the CIMO Task Team on the International Cloud Atlas, Third Session

WMO Education and Training Programme

31 August - 25 September 2015, Nairobi, Kenya
International Training Course on "Instrument maintenance and calibration" Deadline for application: 1 July 2015

WMO Education and Training Programme

17 August - 11 September 2015, Bridgetown, Barbados
International Training Course on "Instrument maintenance and calibration"Deadline for application: 10 July 2015

WMO Education and Training Programme

29 June to 10 July 2015, Nanjing, China
International Training Course on "Use of Meteorological Instruments"
Deadline for application: 15 May 2015

OPAG
IN-SITU TECHNOL. AND INTERCOMPARISONS

18 - 22 May 2015, Zaragoza (Spain)
Meeting of the Project Team and (reduced) International Organizing Committee (IOC) for the WMO Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment (SPICE), Sixth Session

CIMO-MG

7-9 December 2014, Offenbach (Germany)
CIMO Management Group, Thirteenth Session

CIMO-WIGOS
3 - 5 December 2014, Langen (Germany)
Exploratory Workshop: Improving Surface-based Data Quality through Improved Standardization of Procedures
OPAG
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
10 - 13 November 2014, Casablanca (Morocco)
Meeting of the CIMO Task Team on Competencies, First Session
OPAG
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
6 - 9 October 2014, Geneva (Switzerland)
Meeting of the CIMO Task Team on the International Cloud Atlas, Second Session

CIMO-16

10 - 16 July 2014, St.-Petersburg (Russian Federation)

TECO-2014

7 - 9 July 2014, St.-Petersburg (Russian Federation)

OPAG
STANDARDIZATION & INTERCOMPARISONS

19 - 23 May 2014, Sodankyla (Finland)
Meeting of the Project Team and (reduced) International Organizing Committee (IOC) for the WMO Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment (SPICE), Fifth Session

CIMO-MG

10 - 14 March 2014, Payerne (Switzerland)
CIMO Management Group, Eleventh Session

OPAG
STANDARDIZATION & INTERCOMPARISONS

18 - 20 February 2014, Geneva (Switzerland)
Meeting of the CIMO Task Team on Aircraft-based Observations

OPAG
STANDARDIZATION & INTERCOMPARISONS

18 - 22 November 2013, Geneva (Switzerland)
Meeting of the CIMO Task Team on the Cloud Atlas

OPAG
CAPACITY BUILDING

13 - 15 November 2013, Geneva (Switzerland)
CIMO Guide Editorial Board, Second Session

OPAG
CAPACITY BUILDING

23 - 26 September 2013, Nairobi (Kenya)
Meeting of the CIMO Expert Team on Regional Instrument Centres, Calibration and Traceability, First Session

OPAG
STANDARDIZATION & INTERCOMPARISONS

10 - 13 September 2013, Geneva (Switzerland)
Meeting of the CIMO Expert Team on New In-Situ Technologies, First Session

OPAG
STANDARDIZATION & INTERCOMPARISONS

17 - 21 June 2013, Davos (Switzerland)
Meeting of the Project Team and (reduced) International Organizing Committee (IOC) for the WMO Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment (SPICE), Fourth Session

OPAG
REMOTE-SENSING & NEW TECHNOLOGIES

04 – 07 March 2013, Geneva (Switzerland)
Meeting of the CIMO Expert Team on New Technologies and Testbeds, First Session

OPAG
STANDARDIZATION & INTERCOMPARISONS

26 – 29 November 2012, Geneva (Switzerland)
Meeting of the CIMO Expert Team on Standardization, First Session

CIMO-MG

19 - 20 October 2012, Brussels (Belgium)
CIMO Management Group, Tenth Session

TECO-2012

16 - 18 October 2012, Brussels (Belgium)

OPAG
STANDARDIZATION & INTERCOMPARISONS

15 October 2012, Brussels (Belgium)
Meeting of the International Organizing Committee (IOC) for the WMO Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment (SPICE), Third Session

OPAG
STANDARDIZATION & INTERCOMPARISONS

11– 15 June 2012, Boulder (USA)
Meeting of the International Organizing Committee (IOC) for the WMO Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment (SPICE), Second Session

OPAG
CAPACITY BUILDING

2 – 4 May 2012, Geneva (Switzerland)
CIMO Guide Editorial Board, First Session

OPAG
REMOTE-SENSING

5 – 9 December 2011, Geneva (Switzerland)
Joint CIMO ET-ORS and CBS ET-SBRSO
Joint Meeting :
CIMO Expert Team on Operational Remote-Sensing (First Session); and
CBS Expert Team on Surface-based Remotely-Sensed Observations
(Second Session)

OPAG
CAPACITY BUILDING

21 - 25 November 2011, Melbourne (Australia)
WMO CIMO Training Workshop on Metrology for the English-speaking countries of Region V (South-West Pacific)

OPAG
STANDARDIZATION & INTERCOMPARISONS

5 – 7 October 2011, Geneva (Switzerland)
ET-II and IOC-SPICE
Joint Meeting of CIMO Expert Team on Instrument Intercomparisons and International Organizing Committee (IOC) for the WMO Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment (SPICE), First Session

OPAG
REMOTE-SENSING

14 – 15 April 2011, Exeter (United Kindgom)
IOC-RQQI
Meeting of the International Organizing Committee for Radar Quality Control and Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Intercomparison

CIMO-MG

5 - 8 April 2011, Geneva (Switzerland)
CIMO-MG
CIMO Management Group, Ninth Session

OPAG
REMOTE-SENSING

29 – 31 March 2011, Payerne (Switzerland)
IOC-UA
Meeting of the International Organizing Committee for Upper-Air Instruments Intercomparisons

OPAG
REMOTE-SENSING

15 – 18 February 2011, Geneva (Switzerland)
Extraordinary Meeting of the Project Team of the 8th WMO Intercomparison of High Quality Radiosonde Systems (Reduced Meeting)

CIMO-XV

2-8 September 2010, Helsinki (Finland)

TECO-2010

30 August - 1 September 2010, Helsinki (Finland)

CIMO-MG

15 - 19 February 2010, Geneva (Switzerland)
CIMO Management Group, Seventh Session

OPAG
CAPACITY BUILDING

4 – 5 December 2009, Casablanca (Morocco)
CIMO Expert Team on Regional Instrument Centres, Quality Management Systems and Commercial Instrument Initiatives (Reduced meeting)

OPAG
CAPACITY BUILDING

30 November – 3 December 2009, Casablanca (Morocco)
WMO Training Workshop on Metrology for Western and Central RA I (Africa), French Speaking Countries

OPAG
UPPER AIR

23 – 27 November 2009, Geneva (Switzerland)
Joint Meeting of the CIMO Expert Team on Remote Sensing Upper-air Technology and Techniques and CBS Expert Team on Surface Based Remote Sensing

Ad-hoc Working Group

8-9 October 2009, Geneva (Switzerland)
CIMO Ad-hoc working Group on WIGOS Pilot Project, Third Session

OPAG
SURFACE

14 - 18 September 2009, Davos (Switzerland)
CIMO Expert Team on Meteorological Radiation and Atmospheric Composition Measurements, Second Session.

OPAG
UPPER AIR

31 August - 4 September 2009, Yangjiang (China)
Joint  Meeting of CIMO Expert Team on Upper-Air Systems Intercomparisons and International Organizing Committee (IOC) on Upper-Air Systems Intercomparisons, Fourth (reduced) Session

OPAG
SURFACE

22 - 27 June 2009, Sestola (Italy)
Joint CIMO Expert Team on Surface-based Instrument Intercomparisons and Calibration Methods, Seventh (reduced) Session, and International Organizing Committee (IOC) on Surface-based Intercomparisons, Seventh (reduced) Session.

TECO-2008
AND
METEOREX-2008

27-29 November 2008, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)

WMO Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation (TECO-2008) and the Exhibition on Meteorological Instruments, Related Equipment, and Services (METEOREX-2008).

CIMO-MG

25 (p.m.)-26 November 2008, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)
CIMO Management Group, Sixth (reduced) Session

Ad-hoc Working Group

24-25 (a.m.) November 2008, St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)
CIMO Ad-hoc working Group on WIGOS Pilot Project, Second Session

OPAG
SURFACE

22 - 26 September 2008 Geneva (Switzerland)
CIMO ET on Surface Technology and Measurement Techniques, Second Session 

OPAG
SURFACE

15 - 17 September 2008, Vigna di Valle (Italy)
Joint CIMO Expert Team on Surface-based Instrument Intercomparisons and Calibration Methods, Sixth (reduced) Session, and International Organizing Committee (IOC) on Surface-based Intercomparisons, Sixth (reduced) Session.

OPAG
UPPER AIR

2 - 6 June 2008, Payerne (Switzerland)
Joint  CIMO Expert Team on Upper-Air Systems Intercomparisons and  International Organizing Committee (IOC) on Upper-Air Systems Intercomparisons, Third Session

Ad-hoc Working Group

31 January - 1 February 2008, Geneva (Switzerland)
CIMO Ad-hoc working Group on WIGOS Pilot Project, First Session

CIMO-MG

28-30 January 2008, Geneva (Switzerland)
CIMO Management Group, Fifth Session

4th CHINA
EXHIBITION

23-25 November 2007, Guangzhou (China)
The 4th China International Exhibition on Technology and Equipment of Meteorology Science and Hydrology

6th CHINA
EXHIBITION

23-25 November 2007, Guangzhou (China)
The 6th China International Conference and Exhibition on Lightning Protection Technology and Equipment

OPAG
CAPACITY BUILDING

8-12 October 2007, Windhoeck (Namibia)
Training Workshop on GUAN Upper-air Observations for RA-I (Africa)

OPAG
SURFACE

17-21 September 2007, Vigna di Valle (Italy)
 Joint CIMO Expert Team on Surface-based Instrument Intercomparisons and Calibration Methods,Fifth (reduced) Session; and International Organizing Committee (IOC) on Surface-based Intercomparisons, Fifth (reduced) Session.

OPAG
SURFACE

19-23 March 2007,Ghardaïa (Algeria)
Joint CIMO Expert Team on Surface-based Instrument Intercomparisons and Calibration Methods, Fourth (reduced) Session; and International Organizing Committee (IOC) on Surface-based Intercomparisons, Fourth (reduced) Session.

OPAG
SURFACE

26 February - 2 March 2007, Vigna di Valle (Italy)
Joint CIMO Expert Team on Surface-based Instrument Intercomparisons and Calibration Methods, Third (reduced) Session; and International Organizing Committee (IOC) on Surface-based Intercomparisons, Third (reduced) Session.

CIMO-MG

14 December 2006, Geneva (Switzerland)
CIMO Management Group, Fourth Session

TECO-2006

4-6 December 2006, Geneva (Switzerland)

CIMO-XIV

7-14 December 2006, Geneva (Switzerland)

CIMO-MG

3-7 July 2006, Geneva (Switzerland)
CIMO Management Group, Third Session

OPAG 
CAPACITY BUILDING


8-12 May 2006, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
WMO Training Workshop on Upper-air Observations for RA-III (South America)

OPAG 
CAPACITY BUILDING

22-26 April 2006, Cairo (Egypt)
WMO Training Workshop on Metrology for RA I (Africa) English Speaking Countries

OPAG 
CAPACITY BUILDING

12-13  April 2006,  Bratislava (Slovakia)

WMO Training Workshop on Metrology for RA VI (Central and Eastern Europe)

OPAG 
CAPACITY BUILDING

10-11 April 2006,  Ljubljana (Slovenia)

WMO Training Workshop on Metrology for RA VI (South-Eastern Europe)

OPAG 
CAPACITY BUILDING

4-7 April 2006, Geneva (Switzerland)
CIMO Expert Team on Regional Instrument Centres, Quality Management Systems and Commercial Instrument Initiatives (Reduced meeting)

OPAG
SURFACE

6-10 February 2006, Davos (Switzerland)
CIMO Expert Team on Meteorological Radiation and Atmospheric Composition Measurements, First Session 

OPAG
SURFACE

5-9 December 2005, Geneva (Switzerland)
Joint CIMO Expert Team on Surface-based Instrument Intercomparisons and Calibration Methods, Second Session; and International Organizing Committee (IOC) on Surface-based Intercomparisons, Second Session.

OPAG
UPPER AIR

28-30 November 2005, Geneva (Switzerland)
Joint  CIMO Expert Team on Upper-Air Systems Intercomparisons, Second Session; and  International Organizing Committee (IOC) on Upper-Air Systems Intercomparisons, Second Session

3rd CHINA
EXHIBITION

26-28 October 2005, Shanghai (China)
The 3rd China International Exhibition on Technology and Equipment of Meteorology Science and Hydrology

4th CHINA
EXHIBITION

26-28 October 2005, Shanghai (China)
The 4th China International Forum and Exhibition on Lightning Protection Technology and Equipment

OPAG 
CAPACITY BUILDING

17-21 October 2005, Trappes (France)
WMO Training Workshop on Metrology for the Regional Instrument Centres

IPC-X

From 26 September 2005 to 14 October 2005, Davos (Switzerland)
10th International and Regional Pyrheliometer Intercomparisons

Laboratory
RI Gauges

13 September 2005 De Bilt (Netherlands)
Extraordinary meeting of the laboratories involved in the WMO Laboratory Intercomparison of Rainfall Intensity Gauges

Laboratory
RI Gauges

From 15 September 2004 to 15 August 2005 (France/Italy/Netherlands)
WMO Laboratory Intercomparison of Rainfall Intensity Gauges

CIMO-MG

2-3 May 2005, Bucharest (Romania)
CIMO Management Group, Second Session

TECO-2005

4-7 May 2005, Bucharest (Romania)
TECO-2005

METEOREX-2005

4-6 May 2005, Bucharest (Romania)
METEOREX 2005

OPAG
UPPER AIR

14-17 March 2005, Geneva (Switzerland)
Expert Team on Remote Sensing Upper-Air Technology and Techniques, First Session

OPAG
SURFACE

13-16 October 2004, Geneva (Switzerland)
ET on Surface Technology and Measurement Techniques, First Session 

OPAG
UPPER AIR

17-20 March 2004, Geneva (Switzerland)
Joint  CIMO Expert Team on Upper-Air Systems Intercomparisons, First Session; and  International Organizing Committee (IOC) on Upper-Air Systems Intercomparisons, First Session

OPAG
UPPER AIR

1-5 December 2003, Casablanca (Morocco)
Training Workshop on Upper-air Observations for RA-I (French speaking countries)
N.B.: Lecture Notes available upon request

OPAG
SURFACE

24-28 November 2003, Trappes (France)
Joint CIMO Expert Team on Surface-based Instrument Intercomparisons and Calibration Methods; and International Organizing Committee (IOC) on Surface-based Intercomparisons

OPAG
UPPER AIR

3-7 November 2003, Geneva (Switzerland)
CIMO Expert Team on Upgrading the Global Radiosonde Network, First session

OPAG
UPPER AIR

7-11 April 2003, Gaborone (Botswana)
Training Workshop on Upper-air Observations for RA-I (English speaking countries)
N.B.: Lecture Notes available upon request

CIMO-MG

13-15 February 2003, Los Angeles, CA. (USA)
CIMO Management Group, First Session