TECO-2008 Programme
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TECO-2008
- WMO Technical Conference on St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 27-29 November 2008 To Promote and Facilitate International Standardisation and Compatibility of Meteorological Observing Systems used by Members within the WMO Global Observing System to Improve Quality of Products and Services of Members |
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P R O G R A M M E |
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Thursday, 27 November 2008 |
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10h00-10h30 |
O P E N I N G |
| SESSION 1 - WORKING TOWARDS THE WMO
INTEGRATED GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEM (WIGOS) Chair: Dr Bertrand Calpini (Switzerland) |
| 10h30-11h00 | Session 1 - Keynote - The underpinning and crosscutting role and responsibilities of the Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme and CIMO in the context of WIGOS | Dr Nash, J. (UK), President of CIMO |
| 11h00-11h20 |
1(1) |
A new Automatic Surface Observing System in Brazil | Moura, A. D. (Brazil), et al. |
| 11h20-11h40 | 1(2) | The Australian Tsunami Warning System and its Contribution to Global Observing for the Indian and Pacific Oceans | Canterford, R. (Australia) |
| 11h40-12h00 | 1(3) | Surface and upper air recent developments in MeteoSwiss | Calpini, B. (Switzerland) |
| 12h00-12h20 | 1(4) | French Upper-Air Network Design and Implementation | Stoll, M. (France) |
| 12h20-12h40 | 1(5) | Future Upper-Air Network (FUND) in the UK – Integration | Gaffard, C. (UK), et al. |
| 12h40-14h30 | LUNCH BREAK | ||
| 14h30-14h50 |
1(6) |
National Upper-Air Network Performance Monitoring, Tasks and Experience | Kats, A., (Russian Federation), et al. |
| 14h50-15h10 | 1(7) | Modem Upper-Air sounding system innovation | Charpentier, P. (France), et al. |
| 15h10-15h30 | 1(8) | Operational measurements of GPS water vapour in the UK and development of collaborative networks within Europe in the E-GVAP project | Jones, J. (UK), et al. |
| 15h30-15h50 | COFFEE/TEA BREAK | ||
| 15h50-16h20 | Poster Sessions | ||
| 16h20-16h40 | 1(9) | Suggestions for upgrading the pilot balloon network in West Africa and elsewhere in the tropics | Douglas, M. (USA), et al. |
| 16h40-17h00 | 1(10) | Operational networking of Wind Profilers in Europe ( EUMETNET Programme – WINPROF) | Oakley, T. (UK), et al. |
| 17h00-17h20 | 1(11) |
EUMETNET-OPERA: The European Weather Radar Network |
Holleman, I. (The Netherlands), et al. |
| 17h20-17h40 | 1(12) | Comparison of polarimetric C-band Doppler radar observations with reflectivity fields obtained at S-band; a case study of water induced attenuation | Keränen, R. (Finland), et al. |
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17h45-18h30 |
VAISALA AWARDS CEREMONY | ||
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Friday, 28 November 2008 |
| 09h00-09h20 | 1(13) |
On the value of operationally
synthesized multiple- Doppler wind fields |
Bousquet, O. (France), et al. |
| 09h20-09h40 | 1(14) | European Ground-based observations of essential variables for CLImate and operational METeorology | Nash, J. (UK), et al. |
| 09h40-10h00 | 1(15) | Further development of the EUMETNET Composite Observing System | Klink, S. (Germany), et al. |
| 10h00-10h20 | 1(16) | Introduction of new Instrumentation as a Quality-Management Process | Klapheck, K.-H. (Germany), et al. |
| 10h20-10h40 | 1(17) | Role of Voluntary Consensus Standards in International Standardization and Compatibility of Meteorological Observing Systems | Fransioli, P. (USA), et al. |
| 10h40-11h00 | COFFEE/TEA BREAK | ||
| 11h00-11h20 | 1(18) | Intercomparison between Météo-France (RA-VI RIC) and Australian Bureau of Meteorology (RA-V RIC) | Duvernoy, J. (France), et al. |
| 11h20-11h40 | 1(19) | Metadata to document surface observation | Leroy, M. (France) |
| 11h40-12h00 | 1(20) | A Cheaper Precision Rain Gauge Tester for NMHS and RICs | Gorman, J. (Australia) |
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Saturday - 29 November 2008 |
| 09h00-09h20 | 2(8) |
New Applications of Low Cost Rain Sensor "DROP" |
Koldaev, A. (Russian Federation), et al. |
| 09h20-09h40 | 2(9) | Intercomparison measurements by the ground level and elevated disdrometer | Chvila, B. (Slovakia), et al. |
| 09h40-10h00 | 2(10) | An investigation of factors affecting the accuracy of Thies disdrometers | Upton, G. (UK), et al. |
| 10h00-10h20 | 2(11) | Piezoelectric Vaisala RAINCAP® rain sensor applied to drop size distribution monitoring | Salmi, A. (Finland), et al. |
| 10h20-10h40 | 2(12) | Snow depth measure at Météo-France | Augros, C. (France), et al. |
| 10h40-11h00 | COFFEE/TEA BREAK | ||
| 11h00-11h20 | 2(13) | CIMO survey on national summaries of the methods and instruments related to solid precipitation measurement at Automated Weather Stations | Nitu, R. (Canada), et al. |
| 11h20-11h40 | 2(14) | COST-727 Action: Icing on structures | Heimo, A. (Switzerland), et al. |
| 11h40-12h00 | 2(15) | Comparison of wind data of Ultrasonic wind sensor with Dyne Tube Pressure anemograph wind sensor and its performance in Indian Subcontinent | Anjan, A. (India), et al. |
| 12h00-12h20 | 2(16) | Results from UK Met Office Investigations into New Technology Present Weather Sensors | Lyth, D. (UK) |
| 12h20-12h40 | 2(17) |
Humidity Measurements by Aircraft of the E-AMDAR Fleet |
Hoff, A. (Germany) |
| 12h40-14h30 | LUNCH BREAK | ||
| 14h30-14h50 | 2(18) | Methods and equipment for studying of hydrological regime rivers in Arctic region (the Yamal Peninsula case-study) | Bobrovitskaya, N. (Russian Federation) |
| 14h50-15h10 | 2(19) |
The association of hydro-meteorological
equipment industry’s Member products catalogue |
Sumner, B. (HMEI) |
| 15h15-16h30 | ROUND TABLE | ||
| CLOSURE OF THE TECHNICAL CONFERENCE | |||
| POSTERS | SESSION 1 - WORKING TOWARDS THE WMO INTEGRATED GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEM (WIGOS) |
| P1(1) | French Tender for Radiosondes: Process and Results Obtained in 2007; Barriere, Ch. (France) |
| P1(2) | Intercomparison of methods for determination of mixing heights using a new network of single-photon-counting high-sensitivity ceilometers in Germany; Engelbart, D.A.M. (Germany), et al. |
| P1(3) | Modernization Process of NMC Colombo Sri Lanka; Kumarasinghe, N. (Sri Lanka) |
| P1(4) | Sub-regional Pyranometer Intercomparison for the South-Eastern Region; Premec, K. (Croatia) |
| P1(5) | Towards a Cloud Ceilometer Network reporting Mixing Layer Height; Wauben, W. (The Netherlands), et al. |
| P1(6) | Progress towards development of the glidersonde – a recoverable radiosonde system; Douglas, M. (USA) |
| P1(7) | Acquisition system used by the Algerian ONM for WMO Combined Intercomparison of Thermometer Screens/Shields in Conjunction with Humidity Measuring Instruments; Lacombe, M. (France) |
| P1(8) | The Metrology Laboratory of National Direction of Meteorology in Morocco: A New RIC in RA I; Merrouchi, R. (Morocco), et al. |
| P1(9) | Upgraded Thermistor for Bias Adjustment; Shimizu, K. (Japan), et al. |
| P1(10) | Maintenance Methods of Basic Instruments; Alexandropoulos, Ch. (France), et al. |
| P1(11) | Improvements of the quality control system at the National Meteorological Institute; Araya, J. L. (Costa Rica) |
| P1(12) | Cloud Radar - Initial measurements from the 94GHz fmcw radar; Bennett, A. (UK), et al. |
| P1(13) | Inter-Comparison between RA VI Regional Instrument Centres; Duvernoy, J. (France), et al. |
| P1(14) | New Development with Upper-Air observation technology in Egypt; Fahmy, Z. (Egypt) |
| P1(15) | A Review of the Updated Terms of Reference for RIC; Duvernoy, J. (France), et al. |
| P1(16) | Observing from the Ground Lightning Around the Globe; Gaffard, C. (UK), et al. |
| P1(17) | Synergy of remote sensing and radiosonde Upper-Air observations; Ivanov, A. (Russian Federation), et al. |
| P1(18) | Evaluation of small electronic devices for measuring air extreme temperatures in cooperative observing networks; Lacombe, M. (France) |
| P1(19) | Radar wind profiler signal characteristics during bird migration episodes; Lehmann, V. (Germany), et al. |
| P1(20) |
The
GWSP Primary Air Traffic Control Radar Weather Extractor, Supplement and/or
Alternative to Conventional Weather Radar; Malkoms, M. (Germany), et al. |
| P1(21) | Research on Lightning Nowcasting and Warning System and its Evaluating Experiment; Meng, Q. (China), et al. |
| P1(22) | Future Upper-Air Network (FUND) in the UK – Instrumentation; Oakley, T. (UK), et al. |
| P1(23) | New eye safe autonomous EZ LIDARTM for pollution and meteorological continuous monitoring; Sauvage, L. (France), et al. |
| P1(24) | Lightning Detection System in Korea Meteorological Administration; Shin, S. (Republic of Korea), et al. |
| P1(25) | Microwave radiometer for remote sensing of atmospheric moisture; Shchukin, G. (Russian Federation), et al. |
| P1(26) | GCOS/CIMO/WMO Training Workshop on GUAN Upper-Air-Observations for RA I (Africa); Smees, M. (UK), et al. |
| P1(27) | Comparative testing of water level and flow velocity sensors in natural conditions; Visotsky, D. (Russian Federation), et al. |
| P1(28) | Wind observations with Doppler weather radar; Holleman, I. (The Netherlands), et al. |
| P1(29) | Comparison of Transmitters of Weather Radars; Sireci, O. (Turkey) |
| P1(30) | French Radiosounding Automation Experiment; Lemaitre, Y. (France) |
| P1(31) |
Standardization is Core in Improving Weather Data Quality in Developing
Countries Ajowi, G. O. (Kenya) |
| P1(32) |
Space borne Remote Sensing for drought monitoring in Eastern Africa:
Integrating AVHRR and MSG data Aribo, L. (Uganda), et al. |
| P1(33) |
Current Situation of our Data Network CA, L. (Guinea-Bissau) et al. |
| P1(34) |
Intercomparison Between Calibration Laboratory of Central and Eastern
European Country Danc, J. (Slovakia), et al. |
| P1(35) |
Inter Laboratory Comparison in the South Eastern part of RA VI using
Calibration Kit Groselj, D. (Slovenia) et al. |
| P1(36) |
Operating Strategies, Systems Performance and Stability Analysis on Weather
Radars Hazer, A. (Turkey) |
| P1(37) |
Monitoring of weather radar receivers using solar signals detected in
operational scan data Holleman, I. (Netherlands), et al. |
| P1(38) |
Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Sounder (SBUS) on FY-3 satellite and the
development of algorithm to derive ozone vertical profiles Huang, F. (China), et al. |
| P1(39) |
Observations of the feature of the atmospheric boundary layer thermal regime
at the arid area in a hot season Kadygrov, E. (Russian Federation), et al. |
| P1(40) | The
objective standard for Asian Dust determination using the instrument in the
republic of Korea Kim, S. H. (Republic of Korea), et al. |
| P1(41) |
Toward a Best Use of Radar Network Information for a Better Improvement of
the Early Warning System to Natural Disasters Merrouchi, R. (Morocco), et al. |
| P1(42) |
GAW/METEO-FRANCE NETWORK - Chemistry Composition Measurements of
Precipitation Samples Mezdour, A. (France), et al. |
| P1(43) |
Wind Retrieval Using Bistatic Doppler Radar with Its Precision Investigated
Mo, Y. (China), et al. |
| P1(44) |
Applications of meteorological radar polarimeters for hydrological
researches in Republic Uzbekistan Nazirov, Z. (Uzbekistan), et al. |
| P1(45) | The
Strengthening of the African RIC and the insurance of data quality of GCOS
Surface Observing Network in Africa Nbou, M. (Morocco), et al. |
| P1(46) | A
step forward to atomize Sudan meteorological Network (SMA) Odan, Y. (Sudan) |
| P1(47) |
Precipitation gauge calibration system Ryu, S. O. (Republic of Korea), et al. |
| P1(48) | Low
cost microwave thermometers for detection of subsurface fire’s edge and
aviacomplex of remote mapping of underlying surface in microwave band Shshukin, G. (Russian Federation), et al. |
| P1(49) |
Passive radiometric channel, designed for integration with weather radar Shchukin, G. (Russian Federation), et al. |
| P1(50) |
Atmospheric electricity measurements on a ground meteorological network of
Federal Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Service (Roshydromet) Shvarts, Y. (Russian Federation), et al. |
| P1(51) |
Comparator Installation to Calibrate Current Meters Visotsky D. (Russian Federation), et al. |
| P1(52) |
Solar radiation standard and it’s magnitude transfer in China Yang Y. (China), et al. |
| P1(53) |
Using of Raw Radiosonde Data for QC/QA Kats, A. (Russian federation) |
| POSTERS |
SESSION 2 - USE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AUTOMATIC WEATHER OBSERVING SYSTEMS (AWOS) IN ALL CLIMATE WEATHER AND CONDITIONS |
| P2(1) |
Measurement environment: the help of hydraulic simulation Canonici, J.-Ch. (France) |
| P2(2) | An
operational compact heterodyne pulsed Doppler lidar for wind profiling in
the boundary layer Cariou, J.-P. (France), et al. |
| P2(3) | The
new Standard Weather Station (SWS) at the Italian National Meteorological
Service Ciotti, C. (Italy), et al. |
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Enhanced Possibilities of PARSIVEL Disdrometer: Precipitation Type,
Visibility, and Fog Type Löffler-Mang, M. (Germany) |
| P2(5) | An
experience in Italy in integration of the agrometeorological monitoring
system with a meteorological limited area model Perini, L. (Italy), et al. |
| P2(6) | Sky
condition sensor CIR 4 Zanghi, F. (France) |
| P2(7) |
Challenges in the Use of Instrumented Visibility Readings in Synoptic
Observations Chan, P.W. (Hong Kong, China), et al. |
| P2(8) |
TEFER Project Dokuyucu, K. (Turkey) |
| P2(9) |
Improving the quality of in-situ measurement of solid precipitation in
Canada Fischer, A. (Canada), et al. |
| P2(10) | A
Novel Humidity Sensor Designed for Accurate Measurements in Weather Stations Ikonen, S. (Finland) |
| P2(11) |
Complex automation of the processing of hydrometeorological data – the way
for the improvement of the quality of hydrometeorological servicing Ivanov, Y. (Uzbekistan) |
| P2(12) |
Measurement of precipitation at AWS in Canada: configuration, challenges and
alternative approaches Nitu, R. (Canada), et al. |
| P2(13) |
Modernization of Automatic Surface Weather Observing Systems and Networks to
Utilize TCP/IP Technology Ojanperä, O. (Finland), et al. |
| P2(14) |
Assessment of the skill of the Cmorph technique in the simulation of
rainfall in Kenya Okuku, C. (Kenya), et al. |
| P2(15) | Use
and Implementation of Automatic Weather Observing System (AWOS) in Uganda
Weather Conditions Ssali, A. (Uganda) |
| P2(16) |
Assessment of hydrometric runoff account accuracy Yakovleva, T. (Russian Federation), et al. |
| P2(17) |
Humidity sensors for land and maritime stations Bloemink, H. (The Netherlands) |
| P2(18) |
Weighing Precipitation Gauge Puvio²: Weight measurement and data processing
into real time and non real time precipitation data Nemeth, K. (Germany) |
| P2(19) |
Field Test of Forward Scatter Visibility Sensors at German Airports Waas, S. (Germany), et al. |
| P2(20) |
Comparison of rain gauge data and C band weather radar rainfall estimation Chiniforoush, N. (Iran), et al. |
| P2(21) |
Intercomparison and Differences between Automatic (AWOS) and Manual
Meteorological Observations from 2002 till 2006 in 22 stations of Egypt Elkarfous, M. (Egypt), et al. |
| P2(22) |
Automatic icing probe Kurov, A. (Russian Federation), et al. |
| P2(23) | A
Reference Method to assess the Quality of State of Ground sensors Lanzinger, E. (Germany), et al. |
| P2(24) | A
quality management system for the station network department at the
Norwegian meteorological institute Larre, M. (Norway) |
| P2(25) |
Performance of Rotronics Hygroclip humidity sensors at a number of
Meteorological stations Moore, D. (UK), et al. |
| P2(26) |
Prototype of Automatic Rain Gauge ARG MGA-07 Sugijatno (Indonesia), et al. |
| P2(27) |
Automatic Weather Observing System in Guinea Traore, F. (Guinea) |
| P2(28) |
Operational Test of Sonic Wind Sensors at KNMI Wauben, W. (The Netherlands) |
| P2(29) |
State of the ground sensor: SOLIA 300 Zanghi, F. (France) |
| P2(30) | Use
and Comparison of Automatic Weather Observing Systems (AWOS) to study the
incidence of Wind in the pollution Canjura, S. (El Salvador) |
| P2(31) |
Challenges Facing NMHSs in Modernization of Surface Weather Observing
Systems in East Africa Mburu, D. N. (Kenya) |
| P2(32) | The
New Automated Meteorological Observation of Four Major Airports in Nigeria Aderinto, S. (Nigeria), et al. |
| P2(33) |
Operating of AWOS network in all climate conditions in Turkey Karatas, S. (Turkey), |
| P2(34) |
TAWES - The new Austrian Meteorological Measuring Network Pevny, G. (Austria) et al. |
| P2(35) | WMO
Field Intercomparison of rainfall intensity (RI) gauges at Vigna di Valle
(Italy): Preparation of the Intercomparison site, innovative data
acquisition system and sampling strategy Vuerich, E. (Italy), et al. |
| P2(36) |
Performance evaluation of the upgraded IMD network of Automatic Weather
Stations during depressions of Indian Summer Monsoon 2007 Amudha, B., (India), et al. |
| P2(37) |
Effect of non-wooden radiation shield on measurements of air temperature and
humidity by Automatic Weather Stations at climatologically different Indian
stations Pune and Mumbai Amudha, B., (India), et al. |
| P2(38) |
Improvement of the technique of modification of the hail-and-storm processes
using “Mercom” automated radar system Imamdjanov, H. (Uzbekistan) |
| P2(39) |
Preliminary Results of the Performance of Automatic Weather Station in the
Perpetual Frost Climate of East Antarctica Ranalkar, M. (India), et al. |
| P2(40) |
COST-727 ACTION: Measurements and Simulations Cattin, R. (Switzerland), et al. |
| P2(41) |
Technology advancement and its effects on surface weather observation Mungai, P. N. (Kenya) |
| P2(42) |
Implementation of Automatic Weather Observing Systems (AWOS) in the
Mountainous Areas Mete, M. (Turkey) |
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