UPDATE ON SMN PARTICIPATION IN UPDATE ON SMN PARTICIPATION IN NAMENAME

UPDATE ON SMN PARTICIPATION IN UPDATE ON SMN PARTICIPATION IN NAMENAME

Sixth Meeting of the NAME Science Sixth Meeting of the NAME Science Working GroupWorking Group

Tucson, AZTucson, AZ

Miguel Cortez-Vázquez

SMN Participation in NAMESMN Participation in NAME

a) SMN Current Meteorological Infrastructure 79 synoptic stations

16 radiosonde sites84 automated weather stations12 radars (4 in northwestern Mexico)

b) Historical and near real-time data

c) Working group during NAME (meteorologists, observers, and technicians)

d) Technical and logistical support

79 Synoptic Stations Operation activities

Stations with 80 to 100% of reports, 24 hours operations, 5 to 7 observers, total 31 Stations with 60 to 80% of reports, 16 hours opqrations, 3 to 5 observers, total 21 Stations with 10 to 60% of reports, 8 hours operatios, 1 to 3 observers, total 21 Stations with 0 to 10% of reports, 1 observers, total 6

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Puerto Peñasco

Altar

Pilares de Nacozari

Herm osillo Tem osachic

Santa Rosalía

Tepehuanes

Culiacán

Colotlán

Zacatecas

Isla María MadreAguascalientes

QuerétaroPachuca

Colim a

Zam ora

TacubayaCam peche

Felipe Carrillo Puerto.

Isla Socorro

Huajuapan de León

Tam uin

Cd. Obregón

Lagos de Moreno

Salina Cruz

Activities:

– Recovering historical data from paper reports

– Digitalization historical hourly data from the 79 synoptic stations

– Period 1981 - 2002

– Data will be available after July 2004

Historical Data Bases Improvements

Observations 100%, total 12

Observartions 80%, total 2

No observations total 2

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MÉXICO

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GUADALAJARA

LA PAZ

MAZATLÁN

MÉRIDA

MONTERREY

VERACRUZ

ZACATECAS

Radiosonde Sites

Twoice Daily Observations

All year round July to October

Mexico City Mazatlán, Mérida, Acapulco

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60 - EMA’s with transmitions every 3 hrs (20 after 1998 and 40 after 1999)

14 - EMA’s with transmitions every hour (14 after 2002 and 10 after 2003)

10 - EMA’s with GSM technology and transmition every hour

SMN Automated Weather Stations (EMA’s)

CNA Automated Weather Stations Networks(SMN + Hydrological Department “GASIR”)

In operation, 10

Out of service, 2

Radars

CNA Hydrological Department, (GASIR)

International Boundary & Water Commission

(CILA)

Mexican Navy “SEMAR”

Local Governments: Hidalgo

Chihuahua

Integration of the Meteorological Automated StationNetworks Information