4^th ICEAWS

International Conference on Experiences with Automatic Weather Stations

LISBOA - PORTUGAL 24^th – 26^th May 2006

The ICEAWS is a series of technical conferences that started in Vienna in 1995 by initiative of the National Meteorological Service of Austria (ZAMG). This is one of the few forums where instrument and observation experts & climatologists, as well as network and data managers and users, can meet together to discuss the rapid change of observing methods and techniques that are occurring, particularly to analyze the impact of the wide replacement of traditional surface stations (climate and synoptic ones) by automatic systems, since the early 90s.

In order to contribute to evaluate the changes on climate data series and considering the growing interest and participation in the ICEAWS conferences, which fall under the framework of WMO relevant activities and programs, such as the WWW/IMOP and the WCP, the Institute of Meteorology of Portugal is organizing of the 4^thICEAWS, in Lisboa, Portugal at the ALTIS PARK Hotel, from 24th to 26th May 2006, following the 3^rdICEAWS, which took place in Torremolinos, Spain, February 2003.