Recognition of contributions to the work of the Commission Agenda item 2.9 Recognition of contributions to the work of the Commission cbs-16@wmo.int

Document 2.9 Decides: (1) To issue certificates of appreciation to 247 experts who have contributed to the work of the Commission during the period 2012-2016, of which 26 are female and 221 are male; (2) To issue certificates of appreciation to 55 experts, of which 6 are female and 49 are male, who have led or in other ways have made especially significant contributions to the work of the Commission during the period 2012-2016; (3) To issue certificates recognizing outstanding contributions to the work of the Commission to 17 experts, of which 1 is female and 16 are male; (4) To issue certificates to 54 Members and international organizations recognizing the contribution of their experts to the work of the Commission; cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Paolo AMBROSETTI Switzerland Outstanding work in updating the WMO Rolling Review of Requirements Process and the Statements of Guidance cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Erik ANDERSSON ECMWF Outstanding work in coordinating the global NWP requirements on observing systems cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Leonid BEZROUK Russian Federation Long and dedicated service in the development and operation of the Global Telecommunication System and the WMO Information System cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Jose Arimatea DE SOUSA BRITO Brazil Outstanding work in advancing Radio Frequency Coordination for meteorological applications and defending WMO interest at ITU and the World Radiocommunication Conference cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Gerald FLEMING Ireland Outstanding leadership, long and dedicated service and unfailing support to the continual development of the Public Weather Services Programme cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Gilles FOURNIER Canada Long term contribution to WMO Radio Frequency Coordination activities and to the WMO AMDAR Programme cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Ilona GLASER Germany Contributions over a long period to the development of the infrastructure supporting the Global Telecommunication System and the WMO Information System cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Richard GRAHAM United Kingdom Long and dedicated service, and outstanding contribution and leadership in long-range forecasting worldwide, making a real difference in Africa in particular cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Alexander KATS Russian Federation Long and dedicated service in improving the standards for the operation of radio sonde systems, including the representation of upper-air information that have resulted in enhanced information being available to support weather forecasting and climate studies cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Luis Augusto Toledo MACHADO Brazil Outstanding contribution to the Coordination Group on Satellite Data Requirements for Regions III & IV, and leadership in the SCOPE-Nowcasting project cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Daniel MICHELSON Canada Outstanding work on the standardization of data exchange formats for operational weather radar systems cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Ken MYLNE United Kingdom Long and dedicated service leading and contributing to the development, implementation of and the vision for the Global Data-Processing and Forecasting Systems, particularly in the fields of Ensemble Prediction Systems, the Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project and the new vision for the WMO Global Data-Processing and Forecasting System cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Eugene POOLMAN South Africa Long and dedicated service and outstanding contribution and leadership in implementing the Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project in southern Africa from its inception to operations, and in establishing synergies with other WMO Programmes and projects cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Steven PRITCHETT United States of America Outstanding contribution to the development of the US MDCRS/AMDAR fleet and equipment of US aircraft with humidity sensors and turbulence monitoring software cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Bernd RICHTER Germany Development and operation of the infrastructure for the Global Telecommunication System and the World Weather Watch Quantitative Monitoring cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Dominique RUFFIEUX Switzerland Outstanding work on metadata standard for wind profiler radar systems cbs-16@wmo.int

Outstanding Contributions Yoshiaki SATO Japan Outstanding work in organizing the sixth WMO Workshop on the Impact of Observing Systems on NWP cbs-16@wmo.int

Contributions by Members and International Organizations cbs-16@wmo.int

Countries: A - I O = Outstanding; L = Leadership; C = Contribution   O L C Argentina 4 ASECNA 2 Australia 9 18 Austria Belarus Belgium Brazil 1 7 Bulgaria Canada 3 6 Chile China 20 Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Czech Republic   O L C Denmark 1 ECMWF 3 6 Egypt EUMETSAT 2 4 EUROCONTROL Finland France 14 Germany 5 15 HMEI Hong Kong, China India International Civil Aviation Organization Ireland Israel Italy cbs-16@wmo.int

Countries: J - U O = Outstanding; L = Leadership; C = Contribution   O L C Japan 1 4 17 Kenya 7 Madagascar Mauritius Morocco 2 Mozambique Netherlands New Zealand Norway Pakistan 3 Qatar Republic of Korea 5 Republic of Moldova Russia Russian Federation 12   O L C Saudi Arabia 1 Senegal 2 Slovakia South Africa Spain Swaziland Sweden Switzerland 3 Turkey 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 19 United Republic of Tanzania United States United States of America 10 26 cbs-16@wmo.int

Thank you Merci cbs-16@wmo.int