1. Recognition of contributions to the work of the Commission
Agenda item 2.9
Recognition of contributions to the work of the Commission

2. 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 , 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 ;
(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;

3. Outstanding Contributions

4. Outstanding Contributions
Paolo AMBROSETTI
Switzerland
Outstanding work in updating the WMO Rolling Review of Requirements Process and the Statements of Guidance

5. Outstanding Contributions
Erik ANDERSSON
ECMWF
Outstanding work in coordinating the global NWP requirements on observing systems

6. 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

7. 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

8. Outstanding Contributions
Gerald FLEMING
Ireland
Outstanding leadership, long and dedicated service and unfailing support to the continual development of the Public Weather Services Programme

9. Outstanding Contributions
Gilles FOURNIER
Canada
Long term contribution to WMO Radio Frequency Coordination activities and to the WMO AMDAR Programme

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. Outstanding Contributions
Daniel MICHELSON
Canada
Outstanding work on the standardization of data exchange formats for operational weather radar systems

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Outstanding Contributions
Bernd RICHTER
Germany
Development and operation of the infrastructure for the Global Telecommunication System and the World Weather Watch Quantitative Monitoring

19. Outstanding Contributions
Dominique RUFFIEUX
Switzerland
Outstanding work on metadata standard for wind profiler radar systems

20. Outstanding Contributions
Yoshiaki SATO
Japan
Outstanding work in organizing the sixth WMO Workshop on the Impact of Observing Systems on NWP

21. Contributions by Members and International Organizations

22. Countries: A - I O = Outstanding; L = Leadership; C = ContributionO 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

23. Countries: J - U O = Outstanding; L = Leadership; C = ContributionO 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

24. Thank you
Merci