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General Introduction and objective of the meeting

RA II Expert Group on WIGOSAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates31 October – 1 November 2016

Ryuji YAMADAProgramme ManagerRegional Office for Asia and the South-West Pacific

WMO Regional Association

RA II Subsidiary body

RA II Management Group

Membership

• Mr Abdulla Mohamed A.AL-MANNAI/ Qatar (President) • Dr Ghulam RASUL/ Pakistan (Vice president)• Dr ZHENG Guoguang / China• Dr Laxman Singh RATHORE / India• Dr Toshihiko HASHIDA / Japan• Dr KO Yunhwa / Rep. of Korea• Dr Ayman Gulam / Saudi Arabia• Dr Sung KIM / Rep. of Korea (Hydrological Advisor)

Meets at least once every year.

RA II EG-WIGOSTerms of References (1)

(i) To coordinate planning and implementation of WIGOS in the Region, in

accordance with the Regional WIGOS Implementation Plan, taking into account needs and priorities specified by the RA II Strategic Operating Plan;(ii) To coordinate the development and implementation on the national

WIGOS Implementation Plans;(iii) To monitor the progress made in the implementation and operation of WIGOS component observing systems in the Region; advise on

possible improvements and priorities for appropriate actions and the need for external support, where required, according to the technical guidance of the technical commissions as represented in the EGOS-IP and other observation system implementation plans in order to evolve and implement observing systems in the Region;(iv) To assess and continuously monitor regional observational requirements, identify regional gaps and identify capacity development

projects within the Region to address those gaps;(v) To support an effective implementation of the EGOS-IP in the Region;

RA II EG-WIGOSTerms of References (2)

(vi) To keep abreast of new developments in WMO observing systems and cosponsored systems and to make recommendations for their implementation in the Region;

(vii) To keep under review regional practices and guidelines relevant to observing networks and instruments and methods of

observation, and to foster an efficient collaborative network of Regional Instrument Centres in the Region;

(viii) To coordinate relevant activities with the regional groupings involved in observations to ensure consistency of approach and integration in respect of observing networks, procedures and monitoring;

(ix) To act as lead for the Regional Association, working with Members, to maintain regulatory material related to regional aspects of WIGOS and WIS;

(x) To advise the president of the Association and the chair of the Working Group on the proposed composition and changes to the Regional Basic Synoptic Network and Regional Basic Climatological Network;

RA II EG-WIGOS membership

EG-WIGOS Name  Country

Co-CoordinatorsMr Yongqing Chen China

Dr Jaegwang Won Republic of Korea

Theme Leader in Implementation and Updating of R-WIP

Mr Yoshiro Tanaka Japan

Theme Leader in Implementation of EGOS-IP Mr Yatian Guo China

Theme Leader in Standard and Best Practice Dr Seongchan Park Republic of Korea

Theme Leader in Observational Requirements and Regional Network

Mr D. K. Malik India

Mr Abdulqaleq Ali Ali Iraq

Theme Leader in Data Availability and Quality of Observations Mr Yoshihisa Kimata Japan

Theme Leader in Surface-based Remote Sensing for Disaster Risk Reduction

Mr Feng Li China

Dr Oleg Pokrovsky Russian Federation

Theme Leader in Satellite Data, Products and Training

Mr Tomoo Ohno Japan

Dr Dohyeong Kim Republic of Korea

RA II EG-WIGOS meetingWhat to be done?

- To review the status of the projects listed in the RA-II WIGOS Implementation Plan;

- To consider the projects proposed by the Jakarta declaration (Joint RA II/V WIGOS Workshop on DRR, October 2015);

- To discuss possible ways to implement (at the sub-regional level if preferred) Regional WIGOS Centers in Region II;

- To prepare the WIGOS inputs to the RA II-16 in February 2017:

RA II EG-WIGOS meetingWork Plan

Monday, 31 October

• Opening• Reporting/Projects Assessment

- Status of RA II WIGOS Projects- Jakarta Declaration

• WIGOS Pre-operational Phase (2016-2019)- OSCAR/Surface- Regional Basic Observing Network - WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System

RA II EG-WIGOS meetingWork Plan

Tuesday, 1 November

• The way forward- Regional WIGOS Center in RA II- Review/Update of Regional Implementation Plan in RA II - RBSN/RBCN updates- Protection of Radio frequencies in RA II

• Conclusions and Recommendations- Conclusions to be submitted to RA II-16, Feb 2017 - Recommendations to the WIGOS Workshop for West Asia

Timeline toward the RA II-16

<2016>Oct-Nov: RA II EG-WIGOS Meeting25 Nov: Submission of progress report of RA II Working

Group7-8 Dec: Preparatory RA II Management Group meeting

(Abu Dhabi, UAE)Dec: Letter asking for nomination of experts serving on RA II subsidiary body for the next inter-sessional period (2017–2020) to be sent<2017>10-11 Feb: Regional Conference (Abu Dhabi, UAE)12-16 Feb: RA II-16 (Abu Dhabi, UAE)

Thank youContact: ryamada@wmo.int