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Please see details below. Comments will be appreciated.<BR>
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Bruce<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><B>From: </B>Brendan Moran <<a href="B.Moran@bom.gov.au">B.Moran@bom.gov.au</a>><BR>
<B>Date: </B>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:35:22 +1100<BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Review of hydrometric monitoring and ADCP draft standards [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>Dear Forum members,<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>As you are aware, the Water Information Standards Business Forum is seeking comment and review on draft standards for hydrometric monitoring and for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiling. The attached document contains details on the consultation process and how people can contribute to the review.<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><B>Please promote this call for review widely within your networks.</B> People can provide comment through an online discussion forum at aha.net.au/bomconsult <<a href="http://aha.net.au/bomconsult/">http://aha.net.au/bomconsult/</a>> . Alternatively, review comment can be submitted directly to Mark Randall or Grant Robinson (details in the attachment). Please note that we are also promoting this to the Australian Hydrographers Association membership.<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>As discussed at our Standards Business Forum meeting last November, a series of workshops to progress the review and endorsement of these standards will take place in May 2012. Workshop details will be posted at www.bom.gov.au/water/standards/projects <<a href="http://www.bom.gov.au/water/standards/projects">http://www.bom.gov.au/water/standards/projects</a>> and on Govdex once confirmed. We would like to include all comments on the draft standards in those workshops, so <B>responses before </B></SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">Tuesday 10</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> April would be appreciated</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>Send any enquiries regarding the Forum, the workshops or the standards to <a href="l.johnston@bom.gov.au">l.johnston@bom.gov.au</a> <<a href="mailto:l.johnston@bom.gov.au">mailto:l.johnston@bom.gov.au</a>> <BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>This information is also available on the Govdex pages at <a href="https://www.govdex.gov.au/confluence/display/WIS/Review+and+consultation+on+Hydrometric+standards">https://www.govdex.gov.au/confluence/display/WIS/Review+and+consultation+on+Hydrometric+standards</a><BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="6"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:24pt'>Warm Regards<BR>
Brendan <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12pt'><FONT FACE="Arial">Brendan Moran<BR>
Manager Ag<BR>
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Standards and Regulations Section<BR>
Climate and Water Division <BR>
Bureau of Meteorology<BR>
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