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-2016

Madrid, Spain, 27-30 September 2016

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME (of 25 June 2016)

(available in English only)

TUESDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 2016

08:30-09:30 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

09:30-11:00 Joint Opening of CIMO TECO 2016 and SatCom 2016

SESSION 1A – TRACEABILITY, UNCERTAINTY AND STANDARDIZATION OF METEOROLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS

Chair: IPC Member

11:00-11:30 Keynote 1A:

EMRP MeteoMet2

Dr Andrea Merlone (Italy)

11:30-11:45 1(1)

The impact of the kelvin redefinition and recent primary thermometry on temperature measurements for

meteorology and climatology.

Dr Michael de Podesta

(UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

11:45-12:00 1(2) JMA’s international collaboration on meteorological

instrument calibration Mr Yukihiro Nomura

(Japan) et al.

12:00-12:15 1(3)

The WIGOS metadata standard and OSCAR/Surface support adequate use of observations and rational network

evolution

Dr Jörg Klausen (Switzerland) et al.

12:15-12:30 1(4) Real World Performance of Automated Weather Stations In

the Field Dr Jane Warne (Australia) et al.

12:30-14:00 LUNCH BREAK, POSTER SESSION, EXHIBITION

SESSION 1B – TRACEABILITY, UNCERTAINTY AND STANDARDIZATION OF METEOROLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS

Chair: IPC Member

14:00-14:30 Keynote 1B:

An overview of the GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN)

Dr Greg Bodeker (New Zealand) et

al.

14:30-14:45 1(5)

Investigation of the capabilities and benefits of use of Doppler LIDARs for their use into operational European

observation network: the TOPROF European Action

Dr Ludovic Thobois (France)

et al.

14:45-15:00 1(6) Using the Sun as a calibration aid of dual-polarization

weather radars operating at C-band and X-band Dr Marco Gabella (Switzerland) et al.

15:00-15:15 P 15 x 1 minute presentations of Session 1 posters

(1 ppt slide each)

15:15-15:30

P

15 x 1 minute presentations of Session 4 posters (1 ppt slide each)

15:30-16:00 COFFEE / TEA BREAK, POSTER SESSION & EXHIBITION

TUESDAY, 27 SEPTEMBER 2016 (CONTINUED)

SPECIAL SESSION 1 – IZANA CENTENARY AND GAW TRACEABILITY

Chair: IPC Member

16:00-16:30 Keynote S1:

WMO-CIMO Testbed for Aerosols and Water Vapor Remote Sensing Instruments (Izaña, Spain)

Dr Emilio Cuevas (Spain) et al.

16:30-16:45 S(1) Desert dust remote sensing with the new SIELTEC ZEN-51,

a simple concept multiband radiometer

Mr Antonio Fernando Almansa

Rodríguez (Spain) et al.

16:45-17:00 S(2) The Regional Brewer Calibration Center - results of the X

Campaign

Mr Alberto Redondas

(Spain) et al.

17:00-17:30

Keynote S2: Quality Management Framework in the WMO Global Atmosphere

Watch Programme

Dr Oksana Tarasova (WMO)

17:30-17:45 S(3) Methods and procedures for data quality control in the

GAW/WMO Aerosol measurement program Dr Paolo Laj

(France) et al.

17:45-18:00 S(4) Evolution of WMO GAW Greenhouse Gas Measurement

Techniques and Network Strategies

Dr Ed Dlugokencky (USA) et al.

WEDNESDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2016

SESSION 2A – DEVELOPMENTS IN OBSERVING TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS

Chairperson: IPC Member

09:00-09:30

Keynote 2A: Development of Phased-Array Weather Radar: Field Trial, Dual-

Pol, and How It Reduces Disaster

Dr Masakazu Wada (Japan) et al.

09:30-09:45 2(1) HF radar pilot project in Morocco Mr Hassan Bouksim

(Morocco) et al.

09:45-10:00 2(2)

An operational early warning system for severe precipitation in southern Brazil – blending remote sensing and surface

observations

Dr Cesar Beneti (Brazil) et al.

10:00-10:15 2(3) The Australian Wind Profiler Network Dr Bronwyn Dolman

(Australia) et al.

10:15-10:30 2(4) The E-PROFILE network for the operational measurement of

wind and aerosol profiles over Europe

Dr Alexander Haefele

(Switzerland) et al.

10:30-11:00 COFFEE / TEA BREAK, POSTER SESSION & EXHIBITION

SESSION 2B – DEVELOPMENTS IN OBSERVING TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS Chair: IPC Member

11:00-11:30

Keynote 2B: Open Source Linux Based Distributed "Real-Time"

Environmental Measuring System - DEMS

Mr Bojan Černač (Slovenia)

11:30-11:45 2(5) The Shipborne European Common Automatic Weather

Station (EUCAWS)

Mr Jean-Baptiste Cohuet (France) et

al.

11:45-12:00 2(6) Impact of Radiosonde Measurement Accuracy on Predicting

Weather

Mrs Johanna Lentonen (Finland) et

al.

12:00-12:15 2(7) China BeiDou Radiosonde System Mr Rongkang Yang

(China) et al.

12:15-12:30 2(8) Exploration of fog detection and visibility estimation from

camera images Dr Wiel Wauben

(Netherlands) et al.

12:30-12:45 2(9) Next Generation Weather Data: High Density Global

Coverage from Nanosatellites

Mrs Theresa Condor (United States of America) et al.

12:45-13:00 P 15 x 1 minute presentations of Session 2 posters

(1 ppt slide each)

13:00-14:30 LUNCH BREAK, POSTER SESSION & EXHIBITION

PANEL DISCUSSION SESSION 1: Benefits and Challenges of Transitioning to Automated Observations

15:30-16:00 COFFEE / TEA BREAK, POSTER SESSION & EXHIBITION

16:00-17:30 2016 PROFESSOR DR VILHO VAISALA AWARDS

THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER

SESSION 3A – THE WMO SOLID PRECIPITATION INTERCOMPARISON EXPERIMENT (SPICE)

Chair: IPC Member

09:00-09:30

Keynote 3A: WMO SPICE: Intercomparison of Instruments and methods for the

measurement of Solid Precipitation and Snow on the Ground, Overall results and recommendations

Ms Rodica Nitu (Canada) et al.

09:30-09:45 3(1)

Non-catchment type instruments for snowfall measurement and reporting of precipitation type: General considerations and

issues encountered during the WMO CIMO SPICE experiment, and derived recommendations

Dr Yves-Alain Roulet

(Switzerland) et al.

09:45-10:00 3(2) Quantitative evaluation of weighing gauges with different wind

shields through error modellings

Prof GyuWon Lee (Republic of Korea)

et al.

10:00-10:15 3(3)

Errors, Biases, and Corrections for Weighing Gauge Precipitation Measurements from the WMO Solid Precipitation

Intercomparison Experiment

Dr John Kochendorfer

(United States of America) et al.

10:15-10:30 3(4)

The WMO SPICE Snow-on-Ground Intercomparison: An Overview of sensor assessment and recommendations on

best practices

Mr Craig D. Smith (Canada) et al.

10:30-10:45 P 15 x 1 minute presentations of SPICE posters

(1 ppt slide each)

10:45-11:15 COFFEE / TEA BREAK, POSTER SESSION & EXHIBITION

SESSION 3B – INTERCOMPARISONS, CHARACTERISATION AND TESTING OF INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION

Chair: IPC Member

11:15-11:45 Keynote 3B:

The 12th International Pyrheliometer Comparison (IPC-XII)

Dr Wolfgang Finsterle

(Switzerland)

11:45-12:00 3(5) The International Pyrgeometer Intercomparison IPgC-II Dr Julian Gröbner (Switzerland) et al.

12:00-12:15 3(6) The ceilometer inter-comparison campaign CeiLinEx2015 -

Cloud detection and cloud base height Dr Ulrich Görsdorf (Germany) et al.

12:15-12:30 3(7) Retiring the RS92: Met Office Radiosonde Trials, Assessment

and Operation

Mr David Edwards (UK of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland)

12:30-12:45 P 15 x 1 minute presentations of Session 3 posters

(1 ppt slide each)

12:45-14:15 LUNCH BREAK, POSTER SESSION & EXHIBITION

THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER (CONTINUED)

SESSION 3C – INTERCOMPARISONS, CHARACTERISATION AND TESTING OF INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION

Chair: IPC Member

14:15-14:45

Keynote 3C:

The global radiosonde network performance: monitoring results, 2010-2015

Mr Alexander Kats (Russian

Federation)

14:45-15:00 3(8) Field evaluation of sensors for precipitation type discrimination Mr Tiemo Mathijssen

(Netherlands) et al.

15:00-15:15 3(9) Concept of interlaboratory comparison in RA-VI Mr Drago Groselj (Slovenia) et al.

15:15-15:30 3(10) Results of CIL conducted by RIC-Casablanca in temperature,

humidity and pressure Mr Mounir Aziz (Morocco) et al.

15:30-15:45 3(11) Results from Continuous Atmospheric Boundary Layer

Humidity Profiling with a Compact DIAL Instrument Mr Reijo Roininen

(Finland) et al.

15:45-16:00 3(12) Comparative Analysis of automatic ground-based observation

of cloud by Cloud Radar and ka-band solid-state millimeter wave ceilometer and laser ceilometer

Mr Hu Shuzhen (China) et al.

16:00-16:30 COFFEE / TEA BREAK, POSTER SESSION & EXHIBITION

16:30-18:00 PANEL DISCUSSION SESSION 2

Big Data: What are the Opportunities and Threats?

18:00 Poster Removal

FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

SESSION 4A – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN OBSERVING TECHNOLOGIES

Chair: IPC Member

09:00-09:30 Keynote 4A:

JCOMM Calibration and Traceability Dr Johan Stander

(South Africa)

09:30-09:45 4(1) Hazards, Hazardous Substances, the Minamata Convention

on Mercury and Other Stuff

Mr Bruce Wayne Hartley (New

Zealand)

09:45-10:00 4(2) Moving on from mercury: maintaining homogeneity in

meteorological records

Mr Stephen Burt (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

10:00-10:15 4(3) Challenges and strategies for climate monitoring in the Pacific Mr Andrew Harper (New Zealand) et

al.

10:15-10:30 4(4) Advanced weather radar application technology at JMA Mr Seiichirou

KIGAWA (Japan) et al.

10:30-11:00 COFFEE / TEA BREAK

SESSION 4B – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN OBSERVING TECHNOLOGIES

Chair: IPC Member

11:00-11:30 Keynote 4B:

Requirement Specifications for SYNOPTIC Observation Networks

Dr Foeke Kuik (Netherlands) et al.

11:30-11:45 4(5) SISMAT: an easy way to integrate AWS data from different

manufacturers in one system

Prof Pablo Enrique De Varona (Cuba) et

al.

11:45-12:00 4(6) Automation of Surface Observing Network in BMKG Mr Agung Saifulloh Majid (Indonesia) et

al.

12:00-12:15 4(7) GeoRayos Project: Lightning warning in Argentina Dr M. Gabriela

Nicora (Argentina) et al.

12:15-12:30 4(8) On the accuracy of different radiosonde types

Mr Bruce Ingleby (UK of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland)

12:30-13:00 LUNCH BREAK

13:00-14:30 PANEL DISCUSSION SESSION 3

CIMO Vision for 2040: Where Do We Want to Be and Where Do We Need to Be?

14:30-15:00 CONFERENCE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

15:00 Conference Closure

ABSTRACTS ACCEPTED FOR POSTER PRESENTATION AT TECO-2016

SESSION 1 - TRACEABILITY, UNCERTAINTY AND STANDARDIZATION OF METEOROLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS

P1(1) CALIBRATION INTERVALS Mr ahmed saad hamed abdelnaby (Egypt)

P1(2) Implementation and its performance of Quality control application software in IMD’s AWS network

Mr ANJIT ANJAN (India) et al.

P1(3) Global Climate Observation System Upper Air Network (GUAN) standard -Compatible network of India Meteorological Department (IMD)

Mr Mohd. Imran Ansari (India) et al.

P1(4) Planning of Observation Network by Considering Data Quality Mr MUSTAFA ATILAN (Turkey) et al.

P1(5) Wind induced effects on ground-based liquid precipitation observations Ms Arianna Cauteruccio (Italy) et al.

P1(6) Diagnosis of a large third-party AWS network Mr AHMED CHERIFI (Morocco) et al.

P1(7) Investigating the impact on screen temperature of concrete surfaces within the meteorological enclosure

Mr Matthew Richard Clark (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) et al.

P1(8) Assessing measure uncertainty in urban environments. Mr Savino Curci (Italy) et al.

P1(9) A new ISO standard for heterodyne wind lidars Dr Alain DABAS (France) et al.

P1(10) Calibration of UVER broadband radiometers in the Radiometric Laboratory of AEMET Ms Ana Diaz (Spain) et al.

P1(11) A coordinated effort to manage the transition away from the RS92 as operational radiosonde within the GCOS Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN)

Dr Ruud Dirksen (Germany) et al.

P1(12) Absolute Airborne Hygrometry using dTDLAS Prof Volker Ebert (Germany) et al.

P1(13) Integrating third party data from partner networks: Quality control using MeteoSwiss’ acceptance procedure for automatic weather stations "METEO-Cert"

Mr Joël Fisler (Switzerland) et al.

P1(14) Environmental Classification of Belgian Automatic Weather Station Network Mr Luis Gonzalez Sotelino (Belgium) et al.

P1(15) SI-traceable and dynamic reference gas mixtures for water vapour and VOCs at atmospheric levels

Dr Myriam Guillevic (Switzerland)

P1(16) How to use different methods of calibration to achieve cost- effective Mr Islam Hassan (Egypt)

P1(17) Achievement of Reflectivity - Rainfall Rate Conversion Coefficients, A,B, for Turkish State Meteorological Service Weather Radar Network

Mr Aytaç HAZER (Turkey) et al.

SESSION 1 (CONTINUED) - TRACEABILITY, UNCERTAINTY AND STANDARDIZATION OF METEOROLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS

P1(18) The Status and Developments on Chinese Meteorological Metrology Business Prof Xiaolei HE (China)

P1(19) The meteorological instrumentation: progressing technologies and evolving competencies Mrs HANANE KAMIL (Morocco) et al.

P1(20) Development of the converting method of Dual-pol. parameters using I/Q time-series data of Yong-In Testbed (YIT) Radar

Dr Jeonghee Kim (Republic of Korea) et al.

P1(21) Design of efficient calibration laboratory for meteorological services Mr Adam Krovina (Slovakia) et al.

P1(22) Calibration Performance Analysis for Differential Reflectivity of Dual-Polarization Weather Radar in China

Mr Zhe Li (China) et al.

P1(23) Standardization is the Important Component of the Improvement of Hydrometeorological Observation and Forecasting: Case Study of Ukraine

Dr Viacheslav Manukalo (Ukraine) et al.

P1(24) Ceilometer absolute calibration to calculate aerosol extensive properties Dr Giovanni Martucci (Switzerland) et al.

P1(25) Traceability of CM-11 pyranometer calibrations at KNMI Mr Tiemo Mathijssen (Netherlands) et al.

P1(26) CHALLEGES IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS NMHS’S IN COMPLYING TO WIGOS RELATED STANDARDS

Mr Amori Nabainivalu (Fiji)

P1(27) SITING CLASSIFICATION OF THE MOROCCAN AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS NETWORK

Mr NABIL NOUNI (Morocco) et al.

P1(28) Characteristics of vertical profiles observed from a tall tower in Korea Dr Young-San Park (Republic of Korea) et al.

P1(29) Enhancement of calibration and measurement capabilites of DHMZ calibration laboratory by interlaboratory comparisons

Mr Krunoslav Premec (Croatia) et al.

P1(30) Toward instrument meteorological-datadriven maintenance model for large AWS networks.

Mr HAMZA RACHIDI (Morocco) et al.

P1(31) Visibility measurer - Transmissometer type: How to maintain its traceability? Mr Jose Roca Olivares (Chile)

P1(32) Relationship Analysis Sea Level Pressure in Darwin, Tahiti, and Anomaly Sea Level Pressure in Indonesia

Mr Johanes Gedo Sea (Indonesia) et al.

P1(33) An observational study of the influence of nearby plants and artificial structures on the surface air temperature

Mr Fumitake SHIDO (Japan) et al.

SESSION 1 (CONTINUED) - TRACEABILITY, UNCERTAINTY AND STANDARDIZATION OF METEOROLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS

P1(34)

A NEW METHOD FOR FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALIBRATION OF WATER VAPOR RAMAN LIDARS

Dr Valentin Simeonov (Switzerland)

P1(35) Evaluation of clouds's insemination with the ground generators by radar data Mr TAREQ SOUBAI (Morocco) et al.

P1(36) A Case Study; Nowcasting Rapid Devoloped Severe Weather Convective Structures Which Has Not Predicted Numeric Weather Prediction Models Occurred West Part of The

Turkey during 2015 Using Weather Radar Products. Mr Barış UZUN (Turkey) et al.

P1(37) Estimation of uncertainty for calibration Tipping Bucket rain gauge in Senamhi-Perú Mr David Enrique Velásquez (Peru) et al.

P1(38) Real World Uncertainty of Temperature Measurements in the Field Dr Jane Warne (Australia) et al.

P1(39) Sea-Level Measurements - What Really Matters? Dr Jane Warne (Australia) et al.

P1(40) From lab to field: About calibration challenges regarding innovative weather sensors such as the Lufft WS3000

Mr Holger Wille (Germany) et al.

P1(41) Air Temperature Sensor Siting Classification in Nordic Countries Dr Mareile Wolff (Norway) et al.

SESSION 2: DEVELOPMENTS IN OBSERVING TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEM

P2(1) How new technology is changing the game in High Accuracy pressure measurement Mr Ian Abbott (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

P2(2) wind tracking pilot sonde system Mr Aziz Alahiane (Morocco) et al.

P2(3) ONLINE SUN-MONITORING METHOD FOR WEATHER RADAR CALIBRATION AND RELATED APPLICATIONS

Ms Patricia Altube (Spain) et al.

P2(4) Upper Air Observations in Remote Locations: Integration of Automatic Balloon Launchers with on-site hydrogen production Mr Jeff Anderson (Canada) et al.

P2(5) Performance of GPS based solar tracker at IMD’s WRDC Solar Radiation Station Mr ANJIT ANJAN (India) et al.

P2(6) Performance of UV-A and UV-B Radiometers in IMD network Mr ANJIT ANJAN (India) et al.

P2(7) Analysis of Cumulonimbus (Cb), Thunderstorm and Fog for Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport Mr Ercüment Avşar (Turkey)

P2(8) R3M: The ocean-monitoring strategy for the Macaronesian region Mr Carlos Barrera (Spain) et al.

P2(9) The new sun-sky-lunar Cimel CE318-T. A step forward in monitoring aerosols and water vapour.

Dr África Barreto (Spain) et al.

P2(10) Single-site thunderstorm detector using combined electrostatic and radio frequency techniques

Dr Alec Bennett (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

P2(11) Deriving meteorological data from free-to-air Mode-S broadcasts in an Australian context Dr Douglas Body (Australia)

P2(12) Investigating the use of Cosmic Ray Muons for Meteorological purposes over the Caribbean

Mr Lawrence O. Patrick Brown (Jamaica)

P2(13) Automated Observations in the Republic of Belarus Ms Niazhdana Burava (Belarus)

P2(14) Using radiometer data for clouds seeding in Morocco Mr Radouan Chawki (Morocco)

P2(15) Mie aerosol lidar based on 532nm laser Mr yubao Chen (China) et al.

P2(16) INSTALLATION OF ALTERNATIVE SOLUTION TO OUTDATED AND DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTS

Dr Ahmed CHERIFI (Morocco) et al.

P2(17) Russian Satellite IKOR-M Experiment to Measure the Reflected Short Wave Radiation Mr Maksim Cherviakov (Russian Federation) et al.

SESSION 2 (CONTINUED): DEVELOPMENTS IN OBSERVING TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEM

P2(18) Development of UAV Sensors for Boundary Layer Observations Mr Frederick Clowney (United States of America) et al.

P2(19) Satellite-Radar-Lightning integration analysis system ASU-MRL in Republic of Macedonia Mr Zoran Dimitrovski (The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) et al.

P2(20) MARG - microwave FMCW Doppler Rainfall distribution measurement device on C band Dr Ferenc Dombai (Hungary) et al.

P2(21) CamLum: a 6 VIS - channels All-Sky Camera for observations of the clouds Dr Lionel Doppler (Germany) et al.

P2(22) Value-Added Weather Radar Products for Decision Support Mr Bob Dreisewerd (United States of America)

P2(23) Upper Air Instrumentation in Russia Dr Andrey Dubovetskiy (Russian Federation) et al.

P2(24) Basic principles of meteorological observations in the Kyrgyz Republic. Ms Kanymbiubiu Dzhakipova (Kyrgyzstan)

P2(25) Advancements in Weather Radar Technology Mr John Ellis (United States of America)

P2(26) Using the Raspberry Pi for Data Collection, Dissemination and Display Mr Marvin Forde (Barbados)

P2(27) Meteorological observation network Automation in the underdeveloped countries for a better adaptation of the vulnerable zones to the climatic change (Case of Guinea)

Mr LADDAH GBEREGBE (Guinea)

P2(28) Integrated System for the Management of the Observation Networks at AEMET (Spanish State Meteorological Agency)

Mr Manuel Gil (Spain)

P2(29) Validation of an Automatic Cloud Nowcasting System based on all-sky images Dr Yezer Gonzalez (Spain) et al.

P2(30) Determining Cloud characteristics using a far infrared hemispherical sky imager Dr Julian Gröbner (Switzerland) et al.

P2(31) The Role of Meteorological and Hydrological Service in national Sustainable Development Mr Hamza Mohamed Hamza (Egypt)

P2(32) Automatic Weather Station Present Weather Quality Control for METAR AUTO Mr Bruce Wayne Hartley (New Zealand) et al.

P2(33) TDLAS humidity sensor: A instrument to count the water molecular in air Dr Yu Ju (China) et al.

P2(34) Rapid 3D Scanning High Resolution X-Band Weather Radar with Active Phased Array Antenna

Mr Taro Kashiwayanagi (Japan) et al.

P2(35) variational doppler radars Mr SAHIBZAD KHAN (Pakistan)

SESSION 2 (CONTINUED): DEVELOPMENTS IN OBSERVING TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEM

P2(36) Development of dual thermistor radiosondes (DTR) enabling in-situ temperature correction for solar insolation

Dr Yong-Gyoo Kim (Republic of Korea) et al.

P2(37) Measurement of the cloud top height by a radiosonde Dr Alexander Kochin (Russian Federation)

P2(38) The measuring of height of the boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere Dr Alexander Kochin (Russian Federation)

P2(39) RaZON+, a novel solar monitoring system Dr Marc Korevaar (Netherlands) et al.

P2(40) Cave environment monitoring system - Operation, experiences and further development Mr Adam Krovina (Slovakia) et al.

P2(41) Modernization of the volunteer's network Mr PIERRE LANTUEJOUL (France)

P2(42) Crosswind and tailwind for aeronautical purpose: how to calculate them? Mr Michel LEROY (France)

P2(43) Calibration Performance Analysis for Differential Reflectivity of Dual-Polarization Weather Radar in China

Mr Zhe Li (China) et al.

P2(44) CINRAD Maintenance operation information collection Method Dr Feng Li (China) et al.

P2(45) Vertical variation analysis of particulate matter in heavy haze in Beijing using unmanned helicopter

Dr YANG LI (China) et al.

P2(46) A Real-time Algorithm for Ground Clutter Detection Based on the IQ Data Mrs Bing LIN (China) et al.

P2(47) Experience of the Operational Exploitation of the Modern Hydrological Equipment in the Hydrometeorological Service of Ukraine Dr Viacheslav Manukalo (Ukraine) et al.

P2(48) “Ensuring sustained high-quality meteorological observations from sea, land and upper atmosphere in a changing world” Mr Vagif Mirzoev (Uzbekistan)

P2(49) CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT OF AN ‘INTERNET OF THINGS’ SURFACE MEASUREMENT NETWORK - SurfaceNet

Mr Mike Molyneux (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) et al.

P2(50) Development of a New Automatic Weather Observing System in support of Air Navigation at AEMET

Mr Eduardo Monreal (Spain)

P2(51) The EFAS/EFFIS Meteo-Data Collection Center – Supporting the early warning systems of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service

Mr Michael Natschke (Germany) et al.

P2(52) Development of a rugged laserscan (RLS) to measure spatio-temporal evolution of snow depth in the Alps and in Antarctica Dr Ghislain Picard (France) et al.

SESSION 2 (CONTINUED): DEVELOPMENTS IN OBSERVING TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEM

P2(53) Development of Weather Observing systems Mr Christophoros Pissarides (Cyprus) et al.

P2(54) Estación de Observaciones Costeras-Mar del Plata Prof Bárbara Elizabeth Prario (Argentina)

P2(55) How to enhance capacities building to underdeveloping National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (NMHS) like in Madagascar

Mrs Balsama Abeline RABETOKOTANY (Madagascar)

P2(56) Continuous Integrated Atmospheric Profiling of Boundary Layer Thermodynamics and Wind and Associated Applications for Weather Research and Forecasting

Dr Kimberly Reed (United States of America) et al.

P2(57) THE WEATHER OBSERVERS NETWORK OF THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CATALONIA

Mr Ricard Ripoll (Spain) et al.

P2(58) First online network of ground-based hail measurement combined with modern dual-polarization weather radar

Dr Christian Ruckstuhl (Switzerland) et al.

P2(59) Improving the Nowcasting of Severe Convective Events through the integration of different Observation Data Sources with Computer Tools developed in McIDAS

Workstations Mr ISMAEL SANAMBROSIO (Spain) et al.

P2(60) Development and application of an X-band radar target simulator for calibration purposes Mr Marc Schneebeli (Switzerland) et al.

P2(61) Self emptying weighing rain gauge TRwS 4E15 Mr Juraj Schwarz (Slovakia)

P2(62) AWS Network of the Meteorological Service of Catalonia Mr Aleix Serra (Spain) et al.

P2(63) Innovative New Canister-type Auto Balloon Launcher aiming for Uninterrupted Observations

Dr Kensaku Shimizu (Japan) et al.

P2(64) Camera Based Visibility Estimation Dr Christian David Sigg (Switzerland) et al.

P2(65) Deriving meteorological observations from intercepted Mode-S EHS messages. Dr Edmund Stone (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

P2(66) Recent Turkish Weather Radar Network Mr İsmail TEMİR (Turkey) et al.

P2(67) Developments of aerosol/cloud features for Coherent Doppler lidars Dr Ludovic Thobois (France) et al.

P2(68) JMA’s C-band dual-polarization Doppler weather radars with SSPAs Mr Naoki TSUKAMOTO (Japan) et al.

P2(69) SERVAL : A new centralized processing system for the French radar network Mrs Valerie VOGT (France) et al.

SESSION 2 (CONTINUED): DEVELOPMENTS IN OBSERVING TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEM

P2(70) Progress on automation of weather obersavations in Uganda Mr Milton Michael Waiswa (Uganda) et al.

P2(71) Boundary Layer Thermodynamic and Wind Surveillance for Local High-Impact Weather Forecasting

Dr Randolph Ware (United States of America) et al.

P2(72) Think Smart - Share Views Mr Andre Weipert (Germany) et al.

P2(73) CINRAD Radar Operational Evaluation Based On ASOM Ms MINGYI XU (China) et al.

P2(74) Analysis of Real-time Data Quality of AWS and Study for Improving Quality Control algorithm

Ms qing zhou (China) et al.

P2(75) Testing results of remote sensing method by using microwave temperature profiler for detection of icing conditions aloft in Novosibirsk and Tomsk International Airports

Prof Vladimir V. Zuev (Russian Federation) et al.

SESSION 3 – INTERCOMPARISONS, CHARACTERISATION AND TESTING OF INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION: SPICE

P3(1) Reference measurements for WMO/CIMO SPICE and on-going projects at the Formigal-Sarrios field site

Mr Samuel Buisan (Spain) et al.

P3(2) Fluid dynamics evaluation of the observed dependence of wind-induced undercatch on the measured precipitation intensity

Dr Matteo Colli (Italy) et al.

P3(4) WMO SPICE: tipping bucket type gauges for measuring solid precipitation; Overview of measuring performance and recommendations on their use

Dr Michael Earle (Canada) et al.

P3(5) Evaluation of an Alternative Reference Precipitation Measurement Dr John Kochendorfer (United States of America) et al.

P3(7) Assessment of the performance of undercatch corrections applied to the precipitation gauges installed at Col de Porte (France) during the WMO-SPICE experiment

Dr Yves Lejeune (France) et al.

P3(8) Impact of undercatch correction methods on simulated snow conditions at the Col de Porte site (France)

Dr Samuel Morin (France) et al.

P3(9) Measuring solid precipitation in complex terrain and extreme events: WMO SPICE Experience

Ms Rodica Nitu (Canada) et al.

P3(10) Description of the Quality Control and Event Selection Procedures used within the WMO SPICE project

Ms Audrey Reverdin (Switzerland) et al.

P3(11) Intercomparison of snowfall measurements using disdrometers in two mountainous environments: Weissfluhjoch (Switzerland) and Formigal -Sarrios (Spain)

Ms Audrey Reverdin (Switzerland) et al.

P3(12) WMO SPICE: Overview of the performance and recommendations on the use of non-catchment type instruments for measuring solid precipitation

Mrs Audrey Reverdin (Switzerland) et al.

P3(13) Quantitative comparison of two types of working field reference systems for the measurement of precipitation amount (R2) Dr Soorok Ryu (Republic of Korea) et al.

P3(15) Exploring the utility of snow depth sensor measurement qualifier output to increase data quality and sensor capability: lessons learned during WMO SPICE

Mr Craig D. Smith (Canada) et al.

P3(16) Impact of temporal aggregation on the use of transfer functions to account for wind induced errors in solid precipitation measurements

Dr Mattia Stagnaro (Italy) et al.

P3(17) Catch Efficiency of Snow Gauges based on measured type of snow Prof Julie M. Thériault (Canada) et al.

P3(18) The WMO Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment and its applications: Relevant scientific publications from the special Issue and other scientific journals

Dr Mareile Wolff (Norway) et al.

P3(19) On the relationship between manual and Geonor automatic gauge measurements of solid precipitation in DFIR shields Mr Kai Wong (Canada) et al.

SESSION 3 (CONTINUED) – INTERCOMPARISONS, CHARACTERISATION AND TESTING OF INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION

P3(20) Performance of TB-4 (Siphon based Tipping bucket Rain gauge) at Pune AWS site during SW Monsoon 2014 and 2015

Mr Anjit Anjan (India) et al.

P3(21) EVALUATION OF LOW COST SINGLE SPOON TIPPING BUCKET RAIN GAUGE DATA QUALITY

Mr ariffudin ariffudin (Indonesia)

P3(22) Wake Vortex Dynamics Study in Temperature Inversion Conditions Dr N.A. Baranov (Russian Federation)

P3(23) The intercomparison of commonly used thermometer shields and rain gauges Mrs Ivana Bartoková (Slovakia)

P3(24) Solar and stellar photometry at DWD/MOL Mr Ralf Becker (Germany) et al.

P3(25) Improved Water Supply Forecasts Using Soil Moisture Data Mr Bryant Keith Bellingham (United States of America) et al.

P3(26) Dual-pol radar based semi-supervised hydrometeor classification: development, validation and operational implementation

Dr Nikola Besic (Switzerland) et al.

P3(27) What’s happening with the feasibility study toward a WMO intercomparison of volcanic ash observation tools

Mrs Florence Besson (France) et al.

P3(28) The SKYNET radiometer Network: Aerosol Optical Depth retrieval performance at the FRC-IV campaign and long-term comparison against GAW-PFR and AERONET standard

instruments Dr Monica Campanelli (Italy) et al.

P3(29) Comparison of values between acoustic sensor buoy and numerical wave forecast model to validate wave forecast

Prof Saul Canjura (El Salvador)

P3(30) Intercomparison of visibility sensors at the Hong Kong International Airport Prof Pak Wai Chan (Hong Kong, China)

P3(31) Laboratory and field inter-comparison of sonic and cup anemometers in Hong Kong Mr Ying Wa Chan (Hong Kong, China) et al.

P3(32) The study of the aircraft temperature detection using small rotorcrafts Mrs Xiai Cui (China) et al.

P3(33) Transition towards a new ceilometer network in the Netherlands: challenges and experiences

Mr Marijn de Haij (Netherlands) et al.

P3(34) MetcapPlus Package as a Nowcasting Tool Mr Kemal DOKUYUCU (Turkey)

P3(35) Examining the Reproducibility of Radiosonde Data Mr David Edwards (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

SESSION 3 (CONTINUED) – INTERCOMPARISONS, CHARACTERISATION AND TESTING OF INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION

P3(36) Real time met. Observation required Mr Sabry El_Fouly (Egypt)

P3(37) IMPORTANCE OF WIND PROFILER FOR AVIATION WEATHER FORECASTING Mr Muhammad Elkarfous (Egypt)

P3(38) " quantitative precipitation estimation of the lightning detection system Mr yusuf salih eroğlu (Turkey) et al.

P3(39) Developments in observing technologies of upper air sounding system in Egypt Mrs Zeinab Fahmy (Egypt)

P3(40) The observation Network in Guinea-Bissau Mrs Gualdina Fernandes (Guinea-Bissau)

P3(41) Intercomparison of meteorological variables measurement,between the National Institute of Industrial Technology (INTI) and the National Meteorological Service (SMN)

Mr Javier GARCIA SKABAR (Argentina) et al.

P3(42) Testing Meteorological Sensors on Ships - Sensors for shipborne automatic weather stations

Mrs Simone Griesel (Germany)

P3(43) Comparison of three kinds of tipping bucket at Cherrapunjee of Indian Subcontinet Prof TAIICHI HAYASHI (Japan)

P3(44) Installation and processing of ground-based GPS stations of the Moroccan National Meteorological Service

Mrs Fatima-Zahra Hdidou (Morocco) et al.

P3(45) The analysis on PM2.5 concentration measured by different instruments in Beijing Shangdianzi regional background station

Ms Xiaofang JIA (China) et al.

P3(46) MAX-DOAS measurements and satellite validation of tropospheric NO2 and SO2 vertical column densities at a rural site of North China

Mrs Junli Jin (China) et al.

P3(47) The Performance of Automatic Weather Station (AWS) on measurement of meteorological parameters during a total solar eclipse of 9 March 2016 in Indonesia

Mr kadarsah kadarsah (Indonesia)

P3(48) Comparisons of Aerosol Optical Depth measurements from different global Networks: the 4th filter radiometer comparison

Dr Stelios Kazadzis (Switzerland) et al.

P3(49) NordObsQ: a Nordic observation-quality collaboration Dr Gabriel Kielland (Norway) et al.

P3(50) Verification and utilization of dual-pol radar data and comparison observation data Dr Jeonghee Kim (Republic of Korea) et al.

P3(51) Forward-scatter meters in harsh weather conditions : Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon example Mr Franck Lavie (France) et al.

SESSION 3 (CONTINUED) – INTERCOMPARISONS, CHARACTERISATION AND TESTING OF INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION

P3(52) Quasi-operational test of a 1.5 μm Doppler lidar for wind profiling in the boundary layer Dr Volker Lehmann (Germany) et al.

P3(53) Analysis of measurement error of double tipping rain gauge Mr Ruiyi Li (China) et al.

P3(54) A Study on Comprehensive Discriminance of Dew and Frost Based on the Observations of Near-Surface Temperature and Humidity

Mrs Jiajia MAO (China) et al.

P3(55) Comparison and Analysis of Automatic-observed and Manual-observed Relative Humidity Mrs Jiajia Mao (China) et al.

P3(56) Automatic remote sensing of the Convective Boundary Layer structure over complex terrain using the novel PathfinderTURB algorithm

Dr Giovanni Martucci (Switzerland) et al.

P3(57) Results of field experiment comparisons of new self-calibrated, unmanned, ground-based, multichannel radiometer for water vapor and temperature profiles measurements.

Mr Eugene Miller (Russian Federation) et al.

P3(58) Measurement Quality Assurance in the Rain Measurment Network of the Israeli Meteorological Service (IMS) Mr Onn Mintz (Israel) et al.

P3(59) «Ensuring sustained high-quality meteorological observations from sea, land and upper atmosphere in a changing world»

Mr Vagif Mirzoev (Uzbekistan)

P3(60) Study of daytime thermal offset of pyranometers Mr Zoltán Nagy (Hungary) et al.

P3(61) The international ceilometer inter-comparison campaign CeiLinEx2015 Dr Margit Pattantyús-Ábrahám (Germany) et al.

P3(62) The Impact and Availability of Automated Aircraft Moisture Observations in Global-Scale Numerical Weather Prediction Systems

Dr Ralph Petersen (United States of America) et al.

P3(63) A novel experimental design to investigate the wind-induced undercatch Mr Michael Pollock (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) et al.

P3(64) Measurement of Atmospheric Boundary Layer Temperature Structure in the Arctic Ocean Prof Irina Repina (Russian Federation) et al.

P3(65) Ground-based temperature and humidity profiling using microwave radiometer retrievals from Sydney and Melbourne.

Mr Peter John Ryan (Australia)

P3(66) Laboratory Acceptance Test of a Precipitation Sensor and Evaluation of its Detection Characteristics

Mr Karsten Schubotz (Germany)

P3(67) Validation of AMDAR wind observations against LIDAR and wind profiler data Mr Chi tai Shum (Hong Kong, China)

P3(68) Employment of Collation Approach to Water-Balance Metrology Dr Yuri Tovmach (Russian Federation) et al.

SESSION 3 (CONTINUED) – INTERCOMPARISONS, CHARACTERISATION AND TESTING OF INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION

P3(69) Field experiments to determine the effects of boundary fences on temperature observation

Mr Kenshi UMEHARA (Japan) et al.

P3(70) Evaluation of Rotating Shadowband Irradiometer Accuracy Dr Laurent Vuilleumier (Switzerland) et al.

P3(71) The Accuracy Analysis of Atmospheric Water Vapor Detection between Raman Mie Scattering Lidar and Radionsonde Based on Clouds Discriminant Method

Dr Mian Wang (China) et al.

P3(72) Towards consistent snow depth measurements in a network applying different automatic sensor technologies and manual observations

Dr Mareile Wolff (Norway) et al.

P3(73) Evaluation of radiative effect on the measurement of the surface air temperature by thermometers using the ground-based microwave radiometer

Mr Akira YAMAMOTO (Japan)

SESSION 4 – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN OBSERVING TECHNOLOGIES

P4(1) Renovating and renewing an old fashioned Electrolytic hydrogen generator Mr ali abdelsamea ali (Egypt)

P4(2) AUTOMATIC OBSERVATION SYSTEMS BY AEMET IN ANTARCTICA Mr JOSÉ VICENTE ALBERO (Spain)

P4(3) DATA QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN THE WEATHER RADAR NETWORK OF THE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE OF CATALONIA

Mr Oriol Argemí (Spain) et al.

P4(4) Synoptic Analysis of Heavy Rainfall and Flood Observed in Izmir on 20 May 2015 Using Radar and Satellite Images

Mr Ercüment Avşar (Turkey)

P4(5) Conception of E-learning project for qualification of calibration and maintenance operators Mr MOUNIR AZIZ (Morocco) et al.

P4(6) presentation of the operating procedure of exploitation of a dense network measuring solar radiation

Mr MOUNIR AZIZ (Morocco) et al.

P4(7) Digital Rain Gauge for Community-Based Early Warning System Mr FERDINAND BARCENAS (Philippines) et al.

P4(8) Challenges and plans for phasing out mercury based meteorological instruments from Nepal Mr Chiranjibi Bhetuwal (Nepal) et al.

P4(9) THE CURRENT STATUS OF AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATION (AWSs) IN MALAWI Mr Francis John Chithila (Malawi)

P4(10) Renewal of meteorological monitoring network in Slovakia Dr Branislav Chvíla (Slovakia)

P4(11) CLIMATE INFORMATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT : AN OVERVIEW IN WEST AFRICA COASTAL AREAS

Dr OKUKU ARCHIBONG EDIANG (Nigeria) et al.

P4(12) The use of satellite communication for the transmission of observational data issued from surface based observation systems in Morocco: opportunities and constraints.

Mr MOHAMED EL HAITI (Morocco) et al.

P4(13) Meteorological Radars Band X to support Early Warning Systems by floods in El Salvador (The Salvadorean experience)

Prof EDWIN SANTIAGO ESCOBAR RIVAS (El Salvador)

P4(14) Challenging Issues in Calibrations of Polarimetric Radars in Turkish Weather Radar Network Mr Cihan GÖZÜBÜYÜK (Turkey)

P4(15) Measurements of precipitation in a coastal region of Antarctica Dr Jacopo Grazioli (Switzerland) et al.

P4(16) Observation Strategy on Yangtze River Delta Region and Its Impact Study Ms Xiaochuan He (China) et al.

SESSION 4 (CONTINUED) – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN OBSERVING TECHNOLOGIES

P4(17) IMPROVEMENT OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM IN MYANMAR Mr Tun Hla (Myanmar)

P4(18) Improved radiosonde height reports: reporting precision, GPS reference height and other issues

Mr Bruce Ingleby (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) et al.

P4(19) Enhanced Runway Condition Reporting - Implementation of methods in line with the ADQ reuirements

Mr Magnus Johansson (Sweden) et al.

P4(20) Improving Efficiency and Quality in Weather Observation and Climate Monitoring by Using Artificial Intelligence and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Infrastructure

Mr WILBERFORCE KAHWA KIKWASI (United Republic of Tanzania)

P4(21) Correction of variation due to non-hydrostatic effects the observed temperature in upper-air sounding

Dr Alexander Kochin (Russian Federation)

P4(22) LOCAL MANUFACTURED FARMER RAIN GAUGES IN MALI Mr Adama Konate (Mali)

P4(23) High density surface weather observation network, POTEKA, provides Localized, Real-time and Accurate weather information

Mr Hirotaka Kure (Japan) et al.

P4(24) Automation of Lysimeter for Potential Evapotranspiration Measurements in Hong Kong Ms Shuk Ming Lee (Hong Kong, China) et al.

P4(25) Analytics tools for inspecting structured time series data of a boundary layer wind profiler in different meteorological conditions.

Dr Mª Mercedes Maruri (Spain) et al.

P4(26) Impact of new methods of observation on the development of telecommunication networks: example of integration of weather radar in mountainous area

Mr Abdelhak MELLOUKI (Morocco) et al.

P4(27) Calibration of the Land Surface Model (CLM) through satellite observed soil moisture (ESA SM) in Bulgaria

Dr Olga Nitcheva (Bulgaria) et al.

P4(28) HMEI Tender Development Tool Mr Gerhard Pevny (Austria) et al.

P4(29) Capabilities and Benefits of Coherent Doppler LIDARs for Future Weather Observing Networks

Dr Ludovic Thobois (France) et al.

P4(30) On the spatial representativeness of observations at Schiphol airport and application to prevailing visibility

Dr Wiel Wauben (Netherlands)

P4(31) Maintenance, Repairment and Equipment Following Information System (MREFIS) for Meteorological Observation Systems in Turkish State Meteorological Service (TSMS)

Mr Mustafa YILDIRIM (Turkey) et al.

P4(32) The Lightning data Exchange between DMN and AEMET Mr TAOUFIK ZAIDOUNI (Morocco) et al.