Opening Addresses by:


Ferenc Ligetvári, Minister of Environment
Iván Mersich, President of the Hungarian Meteorological Service
Yadowsun Boodhoo, Chair of Commission for Climatology, WMO

PREFACE
Szalai, S.

TESTING HOMOGENEITY OF TIME SERIES: A RANK PROBLEM
THE EXAMPLE OF THE NH SEA SURFACE AND AIR TEMPERATURES
Sneyers, R.

HOMOGENISATION AND GRIDDING OF A CENTRAL-EUROPEAN TEMPERATURE DATA SET
Schöner, W.,   Auer, I.,   Böhm, R.,   Brunetti, B.,   Maugeri, M.,   Mestre, O.

RATIONALE AND PRACTICALITY IN OBSERVING SYSTEMS
DATA NEEDS FOR WMO PROGRAMMES
Boodhoo, Y.

HOMOGENIZATION OF CANADIAN TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TIME SERIES
Mekis, É.   and   Vincent, L.

ON THE HOMOGENIZATION OF LONG SERIES OF ANNUAL AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURE MEANS IN ROMANIA
Boroneant, C.,   and   Tomozeiu, R.

MULTIPLE ANALYSIS OF SERIES FOR HOMOGENIZATION (MASH).
SEASONAL APPLICATION OF MASH (SAM). AUTOMATIC USING OF META DATA
Szentimrey, T.

PROPOSAL OF THE METADATA BASE BY USING OF THE MS ACCESS DATABASE
Niedzwiedz, T.   and   Ustrnul, Z.

HOMOGENEITY OF THE ECA TEMPERATURE DATA
Wijngaard, J.   and   Klein Tank, A.

WEATHER-TYPE DEPENDENT HOMOGENIZATION OF THE DAILY ZWANENBURG/DE BILT TEMPERATURE SERIES
Brandsma, T.

EXPERIENCE WITH THE HOMOGENIZATION OF PRESSURE DATA IN POLAND
Ustrnul, Z.,   Niedzwiedz, T.,   Bärring L.

THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS OF AUSTRALIA'S HIGH-QUALITY CLIMATE DATASETS
Collins, D.,   Trewin, B.,   Della-Marta P.,   and   Plummer, P.

HOMOGENIZATION OF AIR TEMPERATURE SERIES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Stepánek, P.,   Brázdil, R.,   and   Kveton, V.

HOMOGENIZATION OF 50 PRECIPITATION SERIES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC BY MASH METHOD
Kveton, V.   and   Nemec, L.

THE RELIABILITY OF PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS AT HIGH MOUNTAINS - AMOUNTS IN DEPENDENCE OF INSTRUMENTS AND SITES.
Auer, I.   and   Schöner, W.

HOMOGENISATION OF ANNUAL AIR TEMPERATURE SERIES FROM BYDGOSZCZ (CENTRAL POLAND)
Vizi, Z.,   Marciniak, K.,   Przybylak, R.,   Wójcik, G.

A TRANSPARENT METHOD FOR THE ANALYSIS AND QUALITY EVALUATION OF IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED AND NOISY OBSERVATIONAL DATA
Steinacker, R.,   Häberli, C.,   Pöttschacher, W.

SOME RESULTS OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE REAL PRECISION METHOD
Petrovic, P.