W O R L D M E T E O R O L O G I C A L O R G A N I Z A T I O N
WMO TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON METEOROLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION
TECO-2012
Brussels, Belgium, 16-18 October 2012
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME as of 13 Sept. 2012(available in English only)
TUESDAY, 16 OCTOBER 201209:00-09:20 / O P E N I N G
09:20-09:50 / Introductory Presentation– Bertrand Calpini (Switzerland)
Conference Director and President of CIMO
09:50-10:00 / Introduction on WMO Priorities– Wenjian Zhang
Director, Observations and Information Systems Department, WMO
10:00-10:30 / COFFEE / TEA BREAK & POSTER SESSION
SESSION 1 –INSTRUMENT INTERCOMPARISONS AND TESTBEDS
Chairperson: Bruce Forgan
Co-Chair: John Nash
10:30-11:00 / Keynote 1
WMO Intercomparison of Instruments and methods for the measurement of Solid Precipitation and Snow on the Ground, WMO-SPICE: Pre-SPICE Studies / Rasmussen Roy (USA) et al.
11:00-11:15 / 1(1) / WMO Intercomparison of Instruments and methods for the measurement of Solid Precipitation and Snow on the Ground: Organization of the formal experiment / Nitu Rodica (Canada) et al.
11:15-11:30 / 1(2) / Environmental chamber assessment of the accuracy of weighing gauges under low intensity reference flow rates / Colli Matteo (Italy) et al.
11:30-11:45 / 1(3) / Inter-comparison of raingauges in a sub-tropical environment / Tam Kwong-hung (Hong Kong, China) et al.
11:45-12:00 / 1(4) / Thermal and solar radiation errors on air temperature measurements with upper-air radiosondes / Philipona Rolf (Switzerland) et al.
12:00-13:30 / LUNCH BREAK & POSTER SESSION
SESSION 1 –INSTRUMENT INTERCOMPARISONS AND TESTBEDS
Chairperson: Jitze van der Meulen
13:30-14:00 / Keynote2
Preliminary Results from the WMO Radar Data Quality Control and Quantitative Precipitation Intercomparison / Paul Joe (Canada)
14:00-14:15 / 1(5) / The auxiliary remote sensing observation data analysis of 8th Yangjiang international radiosonde intercomparison / Li Bai (China)
14:15-14:30 / 1(6) / The 11th International Pyrheliometer Comparison and a Saharan Dust Event / Finsterle Wolfgang (Switzerland) et al.
14:30-14:45 / 1(7) / Updating and development of methods for worldwide accurate measurements of sunshine duration / Vuerich Emanuele (Italy) et al.
14:45-15:00 / 1(8) / A Statistical Comparison of Weather Stations in Carberry, Manitoba, Canada / Anderson James (USA) et al.
15:00-15:30 / COFFEE / TEA BREAK & POSTER SESSION
SESSION 2 –OBTAINING HIGH QUALITY DATA IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CHALLENGES
Chairperson:Mario Garcia
15:30-16:00 / Keynote 1
Obtaining High Quality Data in Developing Countries:
The Challenges for South-PacificIslands / Amori Nabainivalu (Fiji)
16:00-16:15 / 2(1) / Automatic Rain Gauge (ARG) / Ibnu Sofwan Lukito (Indonesia) et al.
16:15-16:30 / 2(2) / Precipitation Intercomparision between Weighing and Tipping Bucket Precipitation Gauge in High Altitude Area of Nepal. / Karki Ramchandra (Nepal)
16:30-16:45 / 2(3) / The effect of observing environment on temperature in North China Plain Area / Jianxia Guo (China) et al.
16:45-17:30 / Discussion Session on the Site Classification Scheme
End of the first day
WEDNESDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2012
SESSION 2 –OBTAINING HIGH QUALITY DATA IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CHALLENGES
Chairperson:Samir Issara
08:30-09:00 / Keynote 2
Overcoming challenges in capturing AWS data from local communities in Ethiopia / Dula Shanko Lebeta (Ethiopia)
09:00-09:15 / 2(4) / Introducing the Weather Observations Website (WOW) / Green Aidan (UK)
09:15-09:30 / 2(5) / The Hydrometeorological service of the Republic of Uzbekistan reached the up-to-date technical level / Riksiev Ahror (Uzbekistan)
09:30-09:45 / 2(6) / Challenges posed by the automated Indian surface observational network and responsibilities of Regional Instruments Maintenance Centres / Bakthavathsalu Amudha (India)
SESSION 3 – MEETING THE NEEDS OF CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS
Chairperson:Bruce Baker
09:45-10:00 / 3(1) / Automatic observation of cloudiness. Analysis of all-sky images. / Gonzalez Yezer (Spain) et al.
10:00-10:15 / 3(2) / Stinfosys - The metadata model of the Norwegian meteorological observations / Kielland Gabriel (Norway) et al.
10:15-10:45 / COFFEE / TEA BREAK & POSTER SESSION
SESSION 3 – MEETING THE NEEDS OF CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS
Chairperson: Bruce Baker
10:45-11:15 / Keynote:
Results of the Measurement Strategy of the GCOS Reference Upper Air Network (GRUAN) / Holger Voemel (Germany)
11:15-11:30 / 3(3) / Identifying and quantifying the value of redundant measurements at GRUAN sites / Madonna Fabio (italy)
11:30-11:45 / 3(4) / Evaluating the potential of integrated water vapour data from ground-based, in-situ and satellite-based observing techniques / Van Malderen Roeland (Belgium) et al.
11:45-12:00 / 3(5) / Field Experiment on the Effects of a Nearby Asphalt Road on Temperature Measurement / KUMAMOTO Mariko (JAPAN) et al.
12:00-12:15 / 3(6) / Integrated Long Term Observations for Assessing the Impact of Atmospheric Aerosol on Climateand Environment / Pappalardo Gelsomina (Italy)
12:15-12:30 / 3(7) / The Oklahoma Mesonet: Evolution from Real-time Weather Network to Climate Network / Fiebrich Christopher (USA) et al.
12:30-12:45 / 3(8) / India-Skynet: New Skyradiometer network of India Meteorological Department to measure aerosol optical properties over Indian region / Soni V. K. (India) et al.
12:45-16:00 / LUNCH BREAK AND DEDICATED POSTER SESSION
SESSION 4–CIMO INTERACTIONS WITH METROLOGY AND STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATIONS
Chairperson: Steven Dewitte
16:00-16:30 / Keynote 1:
A new challenge for meteorological measurements: the “MeteoMet” project – metrology for meteorology(ENV-07) / Andrea Merlone (Italy)
16:30-16:45 / 4(1) / Metrological Traceability for Meteorological Sensors Illustrated through Examples / Dobre Miruna (Belgium) et al.
16:45-17:00 / 4(2) / Traceability of Ground-Based Meteorological Surface Temperature Measurements / García Izquierdo Carmen (Spain) et al.
17:00-17:15 / 4(3) / Uncertainty Analysis for the Wind Measurement Instrument in the Calibration Device / Sha Yizhuo (China) et al.
17:15-17:30 / 4(4) / MeteoSwiss acceptance procedure for automatic weather stations / Fisler Joël (Switzerland) et al.
End of the second day
THURSDAY, 18 OCTOBER 2012
SESSION 4–CIMO INTERACTIONS WITH METROLOGY AND STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATIONS
Chairperson:Eckhard Lanzinger
08:15-08:45 / Keynote 2:
Traceability for surface spectral solar ultraviolet radiation –
EMRP ENV03 / Julian GROBNER (Switzerland)
08:45-09:00 / 4(5) / WRR to SI Comparison with DARA / Suter Markus (Switzerland) et al.
09:00-09:15 / 4(6) / Visibility Chain at Regional Civil Airports in the Netherlands / Wauben Wiel (The Netherlands)
09:15-09:30 / 4(7) / Assessment of Environmental Impact for AWS Observation Data Using a Computational Fluid Dynamics Model / Kim Jae-Jin (Republic of Korea) et al.
09:30-09:45 / 4(8) / Meteorology Standards in ISO / Fransioli Paul (USA)
09:45-10:15 / COFFEE / TEA BREAK & POSTER SESSION
SESSION 5–NEW TECHNOLOGIES: TRANSITIONING TO OPERATIONS AND DATA CONTINUITY CHALLENGES
Chairperson:Volker Lehmann
10:15-10:45 / Keynote 1 Wind Profilers:
Transitioning to Operations in Europe / Tim Oakley (UK)
10:45-11:00 / 5(1) / Radar Observations of Fog Layers / Boers Reinout (Netherlands) et al.
11:00-11:15 / 5(2) / Development of Active Phased Array Weather Radar / Mizutani Fumihiko (Japan) et al.
11:15-11:30 / 5(3) / Operational use of dual-polarisation: lessons learned at Météo france after 8 years of experience at all wavelengths (S / C / X) / Tabary Pierre (France)
11:30-11:45 / 5(4) / Mobile System for Remote Sensing of Wind, Humidity, Temperature and Precipitation Microstructure Profiles during Special Events and Sport Competitions / Koldaev Arkadiy (Russian Fed.) et al.
11:45-12:00 / 5(5) / An overview of the UK Met Office’s Meteorological Monitoring System and on key future challenges facing the network. / Green Aidan (UK)
12:00-13:00 / LUNCH BREAK & POSTER SESSION
SESSION 5–NEW TECHNOLOGIES: TRANSITIONING TO OPERATIONS AND DATA CONTINUITY CHALLENGES
Chairperson: Bertrand Calpini
13:00-13:30 / Keynote 2
Transitioning to Operations: Lidars and Ceilometers / Werner Thomas (Germany)
13:30-13:45 / 5(6) / Measuring Wake Vortices and Wind Shears in Real-Time with a Scanning Wind Doppler Lidar / Thobois Ludovic (France) et al.
13:45-14:00 / 5(7) / LOAC (Light Optical Particle Counter): a new aerosols counter for the determination of their sizes and their main nature under meteorological balloons / Charpentier Patrick (France) et al.
14:00-14:15 / 5(8) / The Internet of Things - Weather Monitoring too / Hartley Bruce (New Zealand)
14:15-14:30 / 5(9) / The Introduction of China-Made Autosonde System / LI Wei (China) et al.
14:30-15:00 / COFFEE / TEA BREAK & POSTER SESSION
15:00-15:30 / PRESENTATION OF THE VAISALA AWARDS FOR 2012
15:30-15:45 / 1st Vaisala Award Lecture
15:45-16:00 / 2nd Vaisala Award Lecture
16:00-16:15 / HMEI PRESENTATION:
Brian Day (Chairman of HMEI)
16:15-16:45
16:45-17:00 / CLOSING ADDRESS: CIMO AND ITS FUTURE DIRECTION
Bruce Baker (Vice-President of CIMO)
CLOSING REMARKS
17:00 Conference Closure
TECO-2012 Posters
SESSION 1 - INSTRUMENT INTERCOMPARISONS AND TESTBEDSP1(1) / A field study to characterise the measurement of precipitation using different types of sensor
Agnew Judith (UK) et al.
P1(2) / Comparison of automatic snowfall measurements by laser, ultrasonic snow depth meters
Bae Jin-Young (Korea) et al.
P1(3) / The Study of visibility calibration
Cao Xiaozhong (China) et al.(Paper Withdrawn)
P1(4) / Weighing gauge performance under laboratory simulation of real world precipitation events
Colli Matteo (Italy) et al.
P1(5) / Project CL.E.A.R. - CLoudiness Experiment for Automatic Recognition
Cornaro Cristina (Italy) et al.
P1(6) / Pre-operational field test of a laser snow depth sensor at KNMI
de Haij Marijn (The Netherlands)
P1(7) / Obtaining High Quality data in Egypt
Fahmy Zeinab (Egypt)
P1(8) / Intercomparison of cup anemometer and sonic anemometers on site at Uccle/Belgium
Gonzalez Sotelino Luis (Belgium) et al.
P1(9) / Acceptance test procedure for capacitive humidity sensors in saturated conditions
Griesel Simone (Germany) et al.
P1(10) / KMA's standard observatories; plan and role of CIMO Testbed and Lead Centre
Heo Bok Haeng (Republic of Korea) et al.
P1(11) / An overview of Observational Practices in Pakistan
Hussain Zahid (Pakistan)
P1(12) / Retrieval Cloud-Base Height and Fractional Sky Cover from Ground-Based Sky Imager
Jang Bok-su (Korea) et al.
P1(13) / Measuring of Snow Depth and Estimating of Snow Density by Means of Remote Unmanned Instrument
Koldaev Arkadiy (Russian Federation)(Paper Withdrawn)
P1(14) / “Cell phone tower mounted meteostation and standard meteostation data four seasons inter comparisons.”
Koldaev Arkadiy (Russian Federation)
P1(15) / A Laboratory Intercomparison of Static Pressure Heads
Lanzinger Eckhard (Germany)
P1(16) / The improvement of weighing and drainage cross-modal precipitation measuring system
Lee Keunhee (Korea) et al.
P1(17) / Creating Proxy Radar Reflectivity Maps from Total Lightning Data
Liu Charlie (USA) et al.
P1(18) / Observations of solar radiation in the atmosphere and ocean during 55th Russian Antarctic expedition on “Academic Fyodorov” research vessel
Malyshev Victor (Russia) et al.
P1(19) / Ghardaia Intercomparison Data AnalysisUsing MYSQL Server
Mezred Mohamed (Algeria)
P1(20) / The use of hemispherical photographs to estimate of the leaf area index in tropical individuals’ urban trees
Sanches Luciana (Brazil) et al.
P1(21) / A New Absolute Barometer without Mercury
Scott Kevin (Great Britain)
P1(22) / Comparison of CM-SAF SIS and Surface Radiation Data in Turkey for the Year 2006
Sensoy Serhat (Turkey) et al.
P1(23) / Data from the Dense Atmospheric Observing Network to Detect GHG Trends and Anomalies
Sloop Christopher (USA) et al.
P1(24) / Water Balance Metrology
Tovmach Yuri (Russian Federation) et al.
P1(25) / Performance evaluation of radiation sensors for the solar energy sector
Vuilleumier Laurent (Switzerland) et al.
P1(26) / Operational usage of Solid-State Weather Radar
Wada Masakazu (Japan) et al.
P1(27) / Experiences with Sonic Wind Sensors in Operational Conditions
Wauben Wiel (The Netherlands)
P1(28) / Filtering of Insect reduced MOR Measurements by a Forward Scatter Sensor
Wauben Wiel (The Netherlands)
P1(29) / A Humidity Sensor Test
Wong Kai C. (Canada)
P1(30) / Performance of Several Present Weather Sensors
Wong Kai C. (Canada)
SESSION 2: OBTAINING HIGH QUALITY DATA IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: THE CHALLENGES
P2(1) / Quality Control for Unmanned Meteorological Stations
Wan Daud Wan Mohd. Nazri (Malaysia)
P2(2) / Determination of Corrections for Measuring Amount of Rainfall Usingthe Standard Rain Gauge
Barcenas Ferdinand (Philippines)
P2(3) / operational experience with temperature sensors technology that is being used in the Egyptian surface observing network
El-Sayed Mohamed Mahmoud (Egypt)
P2(4) / Calibration Studies in Turkish Weather Radar Network For Improving Data Quality
Gozubuyuk Cihan (Turkey)
P2(5) / State air quality monitoring network in Croatia
Kraljević Lukša (Croatia) et al.
(Paper Withdrawn)
P2(6) / Sudan Meteorological Authority (SMA) Practice on providing high quality data
Odan Yaseen Salih Odan (Sudan)(Paper Withdrawn)
P2(7) / Problems on Maintenance and Calibration of Weather Radars in Different Countries
Sireci Oguzhan (Turkey)
P2(8) / The national technical upgrading program n the sphere of actinometric observations and replacement of obsolete equipment
Sushchenia Maksim (Belarus)
SESSION 3– MEETING THE NEEDS OF CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS
P3(1) / Recent developments in the UK Climate Station Network
Allott Tim (UK)
P3(2) / A new CCD based spectrograph for global solar irradiance
Almansa Fernando (Spain) et al.(Paper Withdrawn)
P3(3) / Influence of the averaging period for measuring air temperature
Branzov Hristomir (Bulgaria) et al.
P3(4) / Estimation of uncertainty on Belgian AWS measurements: temperature, pressure, humidity
De Coster Nicolas (Belgium) et al.
P3(5) / T-Hygro.S. Experimentation
Foti Francesco (Italy) et al.
P3(6) / Cooperating with non-meteorological station owners – gains and challenges
Larsgård Nina E. (Norway) et al.
P3(7) / Solar and thermal radiation profiles and radiative forcing measured through the atmosphere
Philipona Rolf (Switzerland) et al.
P3(8) / Application of the site classification scheme in the ground observation network of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Wolff Mareile A (Norway) et al.
SESSION 4 – CIMO INTERACTIONS WITH METROLOGY AND STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATIONS
P4(1) / Integration and Co-Use of Surface Observation Data Produced by Diverse Domestic Agencies in Korea
Park Seong-Chan (Republic of Korea) et al.
SESSION 5 – NEW TECHNOLOGIES: TRANSITIONING TO OPERATIONS AND DATA CONTINUITY CHALLENGES
P5(1) / Integration of Unique Weather Date Inputs Deliver Improved Short-Term and Long-Range Forecast Accuracy
Anderson James (USA)
P5(2) / Pilot-sonde Method of Upper Air Observations
Ansari Mohammed Imran (India) et al.
P5(3) / Determination of Corrections for Measuring Amount of Rainfall Using the Standard Raingauge
Barcenas Ferdinand Y. (Philippines)
P5(4) / A New Lunar Photometer to Characterize Aerosol Properties and Atmospheric Water Vapor at Nighttime
Barreto África (Spain) et al.
P5(5) / METCAP+ : Importance of Analysing Observations, Satellite Data, SAF Products, Numerical Weather Forecasts on the Same Screen
Dokuyucu Kemal (Turkey) et al.
P5(6) / Lightning Amplitude Measurement – Technical Issues and Best Practices
Heckman Stan (USA)(Paper Withdrawn)
P5(7) / Weather Intelligence for Renewable Energies WIRE: The European Science Foundation (ESF) COST Action ES1002
Heimo Alain (Switzerland) et al.
P5(8) / ATI Method Evaluation
Karanfilovski Aleksandar (Macedonia)
P5(9) / Enhancement of Korean Weather Radar Capability by Introducing a Dual-Pol Radar Network
Kim Jeong-Hee (Republic of Korea) et al.
P5(10) / Total Lightning Data and Real-Time Severe Storm Prediction
Liu Charlie (USA) et al.
P5(11) / Cell tracking algorithm based on Monte Carlo method minimizing a cost function
Leiding Tina (Austria) et al.
P5(12) / Rain Gauge Based on a Mobile Platform
Pérez Soladana Juan Ignacia (Spain) et al.
P5(13) / Determination of atmospheric structures, aerosol optical properties and particle type with the R-MAN510 Raman dual polarized lidar super ceilometer
Royer Philippe (France) et al.
P5(14) / Development of an automated version of the Dobson sun spectrophotometer
Stübi René (Switzerland) et al.
P5(15) / Integrated aerodrom of meteorological Observation System
Traore Fanta (Guinea-conakry)
P5(16) / MetSim – A Tool for the Simulation of Meteorological Sensors and Verification of New AWOS
Waas Stefan (Germany) et al.
P5(17) / Central Control System for Operating Radar Network
Kim Jeong-Hee (Republic of Korea) et al.