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The Association ofThe Association ofHydro-Meteorological Equipment IndustryHydro-Meteorological Equipment Industry

  

CBS ET-AIR/AMDAR PanelCBS ET-AIR/AMDAR PanelQuebec City, CanadaQuebec City, Canada2-4 November 20112-4 November 2011

One globeOne globeOne industryOne industry

One voiceOne voice

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AAn international association whose n international association whose office office is centrally locateis centrally located in Genevad in Geneva

Address: WMO Building, Room 7L21WMO Building, Room 7L21

7 bis, Avenue de la Paix7 bis, Avenue de la Paix Geneva, SwitzerlandGeneva, Switzerland

Email:hmei@wmo.inthmei@wmo.int

““The voice of the Hydro-Met Industry”The voice of the Hydro-Met Industry”

Website:www.hydrometeoindustry.org

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Who Can Join HMEIWho Can Join HMEI

Companies developing, manufacturing, marketing and

selling hydrological, meteorological, climatological,

environmental, oceanographic instruments and related

hardware, software, systems, services or providing

related support systems.

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Mission StatementMission Statement

The Association of Hydro-Meteorological Equipment Industry

(HMEI) promotes the views of the private industry providers

of products and services in the meteorological, hydrological,

environmental, oceanographic and related fields.

The Association is fully accredited to the WMO and other UN

organizations and actively facilitates interaction and

communication between its members and a broad range of

international and national organizations, both governmental

and private, for the mutual benefit of all parties.

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Association ObjectivesAssociation Objectives

Establish and maintain communication between developers, manufacturers and service providers within the Hydro-Meteo industry i.e. those providing instruments and systems to the industry worldwide and to provide a forum for discussion and resolution of matters of mutual concern;

Represent, communicate and defend, at an international level, the views of the hydro-meteorological instruments and systems industry, thereby ensuring a voice for the industry in discussions and resolutions concerning designs, standards and operations of environmental, meteorological and hydrological instruments and equipment;

Collect and disseminate, at an international level, information relative to the hydro-meteorological instruments and systems industry;

Represent the hydro-meteorological instruments and systems industry by participation as an observer in the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Congress and active participation at appropriate WMO technical commission meetings;

Promote and contribute to standardization world-wide in the meteorological and hydrological fields, including, defence of the interests of its members with relation to rules, guidelines and government policies, such as ISO standardization; 

Advance the environmental, meteorological, hydrological and oceanographic sciences worldwide.

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HMEI OrganizationHMEI Organization

HMEI MembersHMEI Members

Executive Secretary

Elected Council

HMEI SecretariatOffice in Geneva

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HMEI by the NumbersHMEI by the Numbers

107 Companies 24 Countries 4 WMO Regions 14 Councillors 5 Working Groups 2 Secretariat Staff

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Australia Environmental Systems & Services Pty.

Ltd.Hydrological Services Pty. Ltd.McVan InstrumentsMTech Systems Pty. Ltd. Austria Logotronic GmbH SOMMER MESS-SYSTEMTECHNIK

GmbH & CO KGCanadaCampbell Scientific (Canada) CorpFelix Technology Inc.FTS Forest Technology Systems Ltd.China Beijing Metstar Radar Co., Ltd.China National Huayun Technology

Development CorporationTianjin Meteorological Instrument

Works Zhuzhou Research & Design Institute,

Chemchina Rubber CorpCzech Republic ATACO spol. s.r.oMETEOSERVIS V.O.S. Finland Vaisala OYJ

France CIMEL ElectroniqueCOROBOR SYSTÈMEDegreane HorizonLeosphereMeteo France International (MFI)MétéorageModemPrécis MéchaniquePulsonicSAGIMSterelaGermany Adolf ThiesEigenbrodt GmbH & Co. KG. Ernst Basler & Partner GmbHGamiC MBHcGRAW Radiosondes GmbH & Co. KG. IMKO Micromodultechnik GmbHJENOPTIK I Defense & Civil SystemsMETEK- Meteorolische Messtechnik

GmbHOTT Hydromet GmbH RADIOMETER PHYSICS GmbHScintec AGSEBA - Hydrometrie GmbHSELEX SISTEMI INTEGRATI GMBH THEODOR FRIEDRICHS & CO.VCS AktiengesellschaftWilh. LAMBRECHT GmbH GreeceGENERAL AVIATION APPS “3D” S.A. Hong Kong Weather Balloons AsiaIndia ESSEL SHYAM TECHNOLOGIES LtdKomoline Electronics Pvt. Ltd.Pawan Exports

Italy CAE s.P.A.LSI Lastem s.r.l.SIAP + MICROS s.r.l.Japan EKO INSTRUMENTS CO. LTD.MEISEI ELECTRIC CO. LTD.NIPPON ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT

INC.Oriental Electronics, Inc. Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.TOTEX CORPORATIONWeather Information &

Communications Service Ltd.Korea JinYang Industrial Company Ltd. KWeather Co.Malaysia TECHSENSE SOLUTIONS Sdn Bhd NetherlandsKIPP & ZONEN B.V.MIERIJ METEO BVTelvent Environment.NorwayAanderaa Data Instruments ASGEONOR AS Poland AVIOMET Sp. z o. o.. Russian FederationATTEX LTD.Slovakia IBL SOFTWARE ENGINEERINGMICROSTEP - MIS spol. s.r.O.SwedenSkandinaviska MeteorlogI- och

Miljoinstument AB Switzerland METEOLABOR AGRotroniC AG STS Sensor Technik Sirnach AG

HMEI MembersHMEI Members

U.K.BiralCAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC LTD.CASELLA CELCSE-Servelec, Ltd.Delta-T Devices LtdENVIRONMENTAL

MEASUREMENTS LTD.FAIRMOUNT WEATHER

SYSTEMS LTD.Gill Instruments Ltd.Skye Instruments Ltd. VECTOR INSTRUMENTSYSI Hydrodata Ltd. U.S.A.Advanced Radar CorporationBaron Services Inc.Belfort instrument CorporationClimatronicsDavis InstrumentsDetect inc Droplet Measurement

TechnologiesEEC high sierra electronicsINTERNATIONAL MET SYSTEMSIPS Meteostar Inc.LI-COR BiosciencesLockheed Martin - Sippican PROTON ENERGY SYSTEMSRADIOMETRICS CORPORATIONR.M. YOUNG COMPANYSpectraSensors, Inc.Sutron Corporation THE REPUBLIC GROUP CORPWeatherBug ProfessionalWeather Decisions

Technologies, Inc.

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HMEI Member LocationsHMEI Member Locations

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HMEI Council 2011HMEI Council 2011

The HMEI Council Members:

Brian Day Campbell Canada Canada ChairmanAndy McDonald Vaisala Finland Vice-ChairmanGerhard Penvy Logotronic AustriaRémy Pépin Modem FranceBryce Ford SpectraSensors USAFred Clowney Intermet Systems USALi Qingjun Tianjin ChinaToshi Hasegawa EKO Japan Bob Rissland TRG USADusan Muzarek Microstep SlovakiaLaurent Sauvage Leosphere FranceRandolph Ware Radiometrics USABill Conway WDT USAScott McLaughlin DeTect USA

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Council Working GroupsCouncil Working Groups

The HMEI Council has five Working Groups to better coordinate the work of the Councillors:

WG on Interaction with WMO and International Organizations (WG-INT)Andy McDonald (Chair)

WG on Rules and Regulations (WG-RR)Brian Day (Chair)

WG on Membership and Recruitment (WG-MR) – i.e. “Membership Committee”Fred Clowney (Chair)

WG on CIMO Guides and Technical Reports (WG-GTR)Randolph Ware (Chair)

WG on Publications and Promotion (WG-PP)

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Membership BenefitsMembership Benefits

HMEI seeks to have representatives at relevant meetings and forums including those of WMO, and to disseminate resulting information among members

The HMEI website with the HMEI Members Product Catalogue, Members news and Association information

HMEI Newsletter – including business opportunities open to all member companies and information about Members

Representation of Members interests to the public, industry and government

Liaison and cooperation with other associations and international organizations

Active participation in development of standards and specifications related to methods of measurement and calibration

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HMEI Members CatalogueHMEI Members Catalogue

Comprehensive on-line catalogue of members products

Split into Parameters and Applications

16 Parameter Areas and 29 Application Areas

Used extensively by WMO Procurement Department

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ActivitiesActivities

HMEI attended 17 meetings and several exhibitions during 2010. Reports on these events appeared in the bimonthly Newsletters and are also on the HMEI website.

Some of the main meetings and exhibitions attended by HMEI in 2010 are: AMS Atlanta, RA-I Marrakech, RA-III Bogota, RAV Bali, AWS Geneva, NCAS Manchester, WIS Geneva, Executive Council Geneva, Climate Services Geneva, GRUAN II Payerne, Ministers Meeting Nairobi, CCl Turkey, CAgM Brazil, China Radiosonde Intercomparison, CIMO Helsinki, CBS Namibia, JCOMM Ostende.

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Thank You!Thank You!

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AMDAR Water Vapor SensorsAMDAR Water Vapor Sensors

• The HMEI membership was polled for any products related to AMDAR

• Only one HMEI Member provides products for AMDAR, the Water Vapor Sensing System, WVSS-II

• WVSS-II from SpectraSensors, Inc.