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Expert Team on Services and Products Innovation and Improvement (ET/SPII)
The Expert Team on Services and Products Innovation and Improvement (ET/SPII) is the team which is tasked with keeping abreast of developments in technologies and techniques in various areas of the work of NMHSs relevant to PWS.
The Terms of Reference (TORs) of the ET/SPII, as approved by the Fifteenth Session of the Commission for Basic Systems (CBS-15), which held in Jakarta, Indonesia, 10-15 September 2012, are as indicated below:
Terms of Reference (TORs)
1. Monitor and report on the progress of recent ET/SPII initiatives;
2. In collaboration with other CBS OPAGs and other WMO Technical Commissions, contribute to the implementation of the WMO Strategy for Service Delivery through:
(a) Reporting and advising on how to best assist Members, especially developing countries, with building an integrated approach to PWS products and services to improve their service delivery;
(b) Keep under review the needs for new and improved products and services with emphasis on key PWS user groups;
(c) Advise on the development, application and communication of probabilistic forecasts;
(d) Continue to encourage the use of verification for PWS with an emphasis on user oriented methods;
3. Review and advise on the implications of the service delivery strategy for the future role of the forecaster; and,
4. Advise on and keep under review the development of World Weather Information Service (WWIS) and Severe Weather Information Centre (SWIC) Websites.
ET/SPII Team Membership
Mr John L. GUINEY
Chairperson
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service (NWS), Eastern Region Headquarters
630 Johnson Avenue, Suite 202
BOHEMIA, New York 11716
United States of America
Tel.: +1 631 244 0121
Fax: +1 631 244 0167
E-mail: John.Guiney@noaa.gov
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Dr TANG Xu
Co-Chairperson
Shanghai Meteorological Service
China Meteorological Administration
166 Puxi Road
SHANGHAI, China 200030
Tel.: +86 21 6487 4620
Fax: +86 21 6487 5023
E-mail: tangxu570512@vip.sina.com
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Ms Ann FARRELL
Bureau of Meteorology
GPO Box 1289, MELBOURNE VIC 3001
700 Collins Street, DOCKLANDS VIC 3008
Australia
Tel.: +61 3 9669 4510
Fax: +61 3 9669 4695
E-mails: A.Farrell@bom.gov.au
A.M.Farrell@bom.gov.au
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Ms Márcia dos SANTOS SEABRA
Instituto Nacional de Meteorología (INMET)
Eixo Monumental Via S-1 Sudoeste
BRASILIA, DF, CEP 70680-900, Brazil
Tels.: +55 61 2102 4693 / 2102 4700
Fax: +55 61 2102 4701
E-mail: marcia.seabra@inmet.gov.br
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Mr Axel THOMALLA
Deutscher Wetterdienst
Frankfürter Strasse 135
D-63067 OFFENBACH,
Germany
Tel.: +49 69 8062 4310
Fax: +49 69 8062 4130
E-mail: Axel.Thomalla@dwd.de |
Mr Armstrong YC CHENG
Hong Kong Observatory
134A Nathan Road
KOWLOON, HONG KONG
Hong Kong, China
Tel.: +852 2926 8358
Fax: +852 2311 9448
E-mail: yccheng@hko.gov.hk
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Mr Yoshiro TANAKA
Japan Meteorological Agency
1-3-4, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku
TOKYO 100-8122, Japan
Tel.: +81 3 3211 4966
Fax: +81 3 3211 2032
E-mail: yoshiro.tanaka@met.kishou.go.jp
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Dr Evgeny VASILYEV
Hydrometeorological Research Centre of the Russian Federation
B. Predtechensky per. 11-13
MOSCOW, 123242, Russian Federation
Tels.: +7 499 252 3448 / +7 903 429 1007
Fax: +7 499 255 1582
E-mail: syno@inbox.ru
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Dr William Jonathan LANG
Met Office
FitzRoy Road
EXETER
EX1 3PB, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1392 88 4836
Fax: +44 1392 88 5681
E-mail: will.lang@metoffice.gov.uk
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