FUTURE WORK AND STRUCTURE, Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation Fourteenth Session Geneva, 7 – 14 December 2006 FUTURE WORK AND STRUCTURE, Agenda Item 10 Ray P. Canterford Acting President of CIMO 16/01/2019

FUTURE WORK AND STRUCTURE OF THE COMMISSION-Doc 10 CIMO XIII, 2002, established a working structure based on 3 OPAGS and 3 ETs per OPAG OPAGS on UA, Surface and Capacity Building The Management Group reviewed this in Bucharest, 2005 Each OPAG had 2 or three co-chairs. MG concluded the structure was responsive. Need to endorse the MG proposal of a CIMO Coordinator for – GEOSS, DPM, Cross Programme and QMF As climate is cross cutting, the MG recommends a Rapporteur on climate observations in the OPAG CB Also Rapporteurs on CIMO Guide, Training and Regional implementation 16/01/2019

Structure adopted at CIMO-XIII The president and the CIMO-MG members considered that the new working structure had indeed been very successful, with a large number of tasks being undertaken by a greater number of experts assigned to the expert teams. In future, A new Rapporteur on Climate Observations should be assigned to coordinate the important CIMO input to the climate activities. It is proposed to be within the Capacity Building OPAG, as it cuts across both the surface measurement and upper air measurement OPAGS. In addition, a CIMO Coordinator on Quality Management Framework (QMF) would be included in the CIMO-MG in the new intersessional period (along with the GEOSS and NDPM coordinators). The proposed slightly modified structure is detailed in agenda Item 10. 16/01/2019

Management Group - July 2006 Proposed General Structure 16/01/2019

Draft Resolutions 10/1 and 10/2 Resolution 10/1 ; TORs OPAGS Resolution 10/2 TOR Management Group TORs recommended by MG at its meeting in July 2006, Geneva – for adoption by CIMO XIV 16/01/2019

Additional Rapporteur and Input from CIMO XIV Doc 10 (2) Resolution 10/3 - Gender focal point from among Members with appropriate experience MG to select CIMO XIV OPAG Reports emphasised need for improved cross programme/Commission coordination – Coordination Committee recommended MG Coordinator Doc 10 Draft Text for inclusion - examine Annex – TORs – examine in detail Coordination Committee suggested additional experts to “shadow” main chairs of ETs – Vice-chairs 16/01/2019

Additional Input to structure and future work from TECO 2006 Roundtable and CIMO XIV Additional intercomparisons Funding for intercomparisons and RICs Additional QMF input from CIMO RIC technical support OPAG chairs with additional oversight of specific ETs Remote Sensing increased emphasis Links of measurements to users (eg NWP) 16/01/2019