The World Meteorological Organization is holding the thirteenth meeting of its Regional Association V (South West Pacific) in Manilla between 21 and 28 May this year. I will attend as Permanent Representative with the WMO, and am canvassing the meteorological community for input.

Documents for the meeting can be found on the WMO website at www.wmo.ch then “meetings” then “WMO Constituent body sessions” then “XIII-RA-V”.  Below is the listing of topics and this will lead you to the appropriate documents. In conjunction with David Wratt, a number of individuals have been identified that may have an interest in particular subjects, and they are noted in the listing.

I invite the Meteorological Society to provide me with comments on issues that you would like me to represent at this meeting, preferably with  draft texts that I could use in interventions. David Wratt is coordinating any NIWA input, however society members may have their own points to register.

Thank-you,

John

John R Lumsden
Permanent Representative of New Zealand with WMO

4.     WORLD WEATHER WATCH (WWW) PROGRAMME - REGIONAL ASPECTS

4.1 WWW Planning and Implementation Programme, including the report of the chairman of the Working Group on Planning and Implementation of the WWW in Region V
4.2 Observing system, including Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme (IMOP)
4.3  Regional satellite activities
4.4       Telecommunication system
4.5     Data-processing system
4.6       Data Management, including matters related to codes
4.7  WWW System Support Activities and Operational Information Service (OIS)
4.8      Tropical Cyclone Programme (TCP)

Primarily MetService business, but NIWA (Wratt, Salinger, Matthews) may have some interests insofar as 4.2 is also relevant to climate observations, and Mike Uddstrom may have an interest in 4.3

5.     WORLD CLIMATE PROGRAMME (WCP) - REGIONAL ASPECTS

5.1     Coordination of the World Climate Programme including outcomes of CCl-XIII
5.2   World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme (WCDMP)
5.3  World Climate Applications and Services Programme (WCASP), including Climate Information and Prediction Services (CLIPS)
5.4     Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
5.5       World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)

NIWA: Wratt / Salinger / Matthews, (plus Wratt as Royal Society NZ Climate cttee chair)

IGCI: Richard Warrick

Otago University: Blair Fitzharris

MFE: Andy Reisinger

6.     ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (AREP) - REGIONAL ASPECTS

6.1     Support to ozone and other environment-oriented conventions
6.2  Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW)
6.3        World Weather Research Programme (WWRP)
6.4      Tropical Meteorology Research Programme (TMRP)
6.5 Programme on Physics and Chemistry of Clouds and Weather Modification Research (PCCWMR)

NIWA: Matthews (6.1 and 6.2), Poulter (6.3 - 6.5).

7.     APPLICATIONS OF METEOROLOGY PROGRAMME (AMP) - REGIONAL ASPECTS

7.1       Public Weather Services (PWS) Programme
7.2      Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP)
7.3    Aeronautical Meteorology Programme (AeMP)
7.4    Marine Meteorology and Associated Oceanographic Activities Programme (MMAOAP)

NIWA (Salinger for 7.2, Laing for 7.4), also MAF (Forbes) for 7.2

8.     HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES PROGRAMME (HWRP) - REGIONAL ASPECTS

NIWA - Pearson

9.      EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMME (ETRP)- REGIONAL ASPECTS

IGCI: Warrick; Otago University (Fitzharris); NIWA (Salinger)

14. DISASTER PREVENTION AND MITIGATION ACTIVITIES

NIWA (Pearson)

15. INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF DATA AND PRODUCTS

NIWA (Wratt, Salinger)