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AR-07-04 report to ADC22-23 September 2008

Presented by

Don Middleton (NCAR), on behalf of WIS and Dave Thomas, Jean-Michel Rainer, and Geerd

Hoffman

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

Weather – Climate - Water

WMO Information System (WIS)

Managing & Moving Weather, Water and Climate Information

in the 21st Century

On Behalf Of…

World Meteorological Organization

Prof. Geerd Hoffman, DWD, WMO-WIS/ICG

Jean-Michel RainerWMO-WIS

David ThomasWMO-WIS Project Manager

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Commercial Service

Providers

5 GAW World Data Centres

GCOS Data Centres

Global Run-off Data Centre

IRI and other climate research institutes

Universities

Regional Climate Centres

International Organizations (IAEA, CTBTO, UNEP, FAO.. )

World Radiation Centre

Regional Instrument Centres

WMO World Data

Centres

Real-time “push”

On-demand “pull”

InternetInternet

DCPC

NC/DCPC

NCNC

NC/DCPC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

NC

GISC

GISCGISC

SatelliteTwo-Way System

Satellite Dissemination

NC

NC

DCPC

GISC GISC

DCPC

Towards the WMO Information System (WIS)Towards the WMO Information System (WIS)

Data exchange : common access procedures ; real-time and non-real timeData management : a few standard formats; coordinated metadata and catalogues

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Key activity milestones (Part A)Key activity milestones (Part A)

• Consolidate WIS plans: up to 2008– Project and implementation plan refined.– WIS Project Office approved for 4 years

• Develop regulatory documents: up to 2008– WIS technical compliance standards done

• Interfaces compliant with GEOSS 10 year plan– User requirements being documented (draft available)– Functional architecture documented (draft available )

• WIS guidelines and manuals: 2007-2011 and beyond– WIS guidelines due 2009 (TT established)– Other manuals to follow (coordinated with WIGOS) => 2015

• Continuous Improvement of GTS capability: Ongoing– MPLS expected soon over Cloud I (ie Region V, Sth Hem. etc)– MPLS established over Cloud II of IMTN– Data representation and codes under review

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Current IMTN configuration

Exeter

SofiaMelbourne

Buenos Aires

TokyoBeijin

g

Nairobi

Washington

Cloud Cloud I

Jeddah

Prague

Toulouse

Dakar Algiers

Offenbach

Brasilia

Cairo

New Delhi

Moscow

Cloud II

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Key activity milestones (Part B)Key activity milestones (Part B)

• Development of metadata standard: up to 2008– Version 1.0 done, just needs to be put online– Already started on Version 2 (Getting closer to no

extensions rather than more complex)• Implement first operational GISC: 2009

– European VGISC tender underway (Germany, France & UK)• DCPC partners are ECMWF, EUMETSAT, Norway• NCAR and Russia NODC remain active participants

– Russia GISC in early development– China/Japan collaborating on RA II GISC– USA aiming for WIS catalogue online (Staged GISC

implementation)• Implement other operational GISCs: 2009 - 2011

– Australia before 2011– India and Saudi Arabia both planning for major WIS

centres• Implement DCPCs: 2008-2011

– Commissions beginning to identify DCPCs– WIGOS Pilot Projects assisting in moving DCPCs forward

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AR-07-04 ParticipationAR-07-04 Participation

• AR-07-01• AR-07-02• IP3

• Data for scenarios• TIGGE, NCEP Reanalysis

• Portal & Clearing House• Monitoring application of standards to

ensure WIS remains interoperable

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Regarding GEO 2009-2011 Work Plan Regarding GEO 2009-2011 Work Plan

• WMO-WIS should remain a principal “task” in the Work Plan – one with major infrastructure, deliverables, and substantial contribution to the GEOSS vision

• WMO-WIS is more strongly infrastructure, although it does enable “observing systems”

• The Work Plan should (at least) reflect principal tasks on the critical path to the success of GEOSS

• Does the Work Plan reflect a viable management and oversight structure?

• We should consider AR-{07,09}-04, consistent with prior designation. AR-07-04 is preferred, for consistency with existing body of documentation

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SummarySummary

• Participation in GEOSS remains a priority• IMTN soon to be all MPLS• WIS is on track for introducing DAR next year• IP3 demonstrated benefits to WMO of

collaboration with non WMO community• GEOSS connectivity can begin in earnest with

first operational catalogues and GISCs in 2009 • Bulk of implementation should be achieved by

2011• WMO-WIS should continue as a principal task

and exemplar operational system for 2009-2011