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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)……..

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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):

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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