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World Meteorological Organization Working together in weather, climate and water
Geir O. Braathen, WMO, Research Department
Vienna Convention Trust Fund Recent Results and Near Future Plans
Geir O. BraathenAtmospheric Environment Research Division, Research Department, WMO
10th Meeting of the Ozone Research Managers, 28-30 March 2017. 2
Capacity bulding ensures data quality across the global network
�� Instrument calibration campaigns
�� Data analysis workshops are well received by the participants
�� Important assistance from the Vienna Convention parties through the Vienna Convention Trust Fund for Research and Systematic Observations
Dobson intercomparison in Japan, 2016Data analysis workshop, Czech Republic, 2011
10th Meeting of the Ozone Research Managers, 28-30 March 2017. 3
�� Relocation of Dobson no. 14 (formerly in Tromsø, NO) to Tomsk, Russia.�✔ Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, April 2015
�� Training of Dobson station personnel in Armenia�✔ Amberd, Armenia, October 2015
�� Dobson intercomparisons for Asia�✔ Tsukuba, Japan, March 2016
�� Dobson intercomparison for the South-West Pacific region�✔ Melbourne, February 2017
�� More details on the Tsukuba and Melbourne intercomparisons in other presentation during this meeting
Recent Activities
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Plans for the Trust Fund for the period 2017-18
�� Relocation of Dobson no. 8 (formerly in Spitzbergen, Norway) to Singapore�✔ Estimated cost approx. USD 20,000. Swap with Dobson no. 7, that needs repair.
�� Two Dobson intercomparisons for Africa�✔ Estimated cost approx. USD 50,000. Autumn of 2017, Spain. Early 2018, ZA
�� Brewer Users’ Group meeting and training course�✔ Sydney, Australia, September 2017. Funding from the Canadian Brewer Trust Fund and
the VCTF (approx. 20,000 USD each)
�� Dobson Intercomparison for Latin America�✔ Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 2017.
�� Additional Dobson instruments�✔ Italy (1 or 2), Hungary and Greenland have decommissioned Dobsons. No concrete plans
for these instruments. If an institution wants to receive a Dobson instrument, they must commit 50% of an FTE.
World Meteorological Organization Working together in weather, climate and water