World Meteorological Organization Working together in weather, climate and water Status of Regional WIGOS Implementation Plans and Challenges of the WIGOS Implementation in Regions and Member Countries Agenda Item 8.3 José Arimatéa de Sousa Brito Representing RA-III WMO INTER-COMMISSION COORDINATION GROUP ON WIGOS (ICG-WIGOS-4) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 17 – 20 FEBRUARY 2015 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 17 – 20 FEBRUARY 2015 INTER-COMMISSION COORDINATION GROUP ON WIGOS (ICG-WIGOS-4) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, FEBRUARY 2015

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENTATION 1.INTRODUCTION (Doc. 8.3) 2.OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES 3.PROJECT WIGOS-SAS 4.SOME CONSIDERATIONS (Doc. 8.3)

GOS FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTATION: Governance Collaboration Mechanisms Technical Activities WHOS GFCS ? WIGOS-SAS OPPORTUNITIES WIGOS WIGOS-SAS Sub Regional Components

WIGOS-SAS CHALLENGES Existing capabilities will adhere to the WIGOS Framework

ARGENTINA BOLIVIA BRASIL PARAGUAY URUGUAY WIGOS-SAS PROJECT (Southern South America) Countries involved (NMHS and Water/Energy Agencies) CIC and WMO MoU revisited Project duration: Sustainable operations: 2017 Plata Basin

Sub basins: Paraguay km 2 Paraná km 2 Uruguay km 2 Río de la Plata km 2 Surface km 2 PLATA BASIN Population More than 100 Mi. OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF THE PROJECT Integration of Hydrometeorological Observation

OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF THE PROJECT Specific products from combined observations Fuente: INA

Númer o de estacio nes Intervalo de tiempo Telemetría propia 6015 minutos INMET Brasil 77Hora Telemetría presas de Brasil 26Hora DNM / Policía Salto Artigas 50Día Prefectura/Gen darmería Argentina 18Día SMN Argentina 4Diaria ANA Brasil 10Hora Yacyretá 4Hora Bolsa de Cereales de Entre Ríos 116Hora EXAMPLE OF BASIN MONITORING A number of partners already involved

Argentina CONTRIBUTION FROM PARTNERS

CUENCA DEL PLATA (Bolivia) CONTRIBUTION FROM PARTNERS Cont.)

Brazil (INMET and ANA)

Paraguay CONTRIBUTION FROM PARTNERS Cont.)

Uruguay CONTRIBUTION FROM PARTNERS Cont.)

Case study: Ibicuí Basin Common requirements: new stations beyond a single border EXAMPLE OF TYPICAL WIGOS ACTIVITY Need to increase data density

COMBINATION OF EXISTING RESOURCES Current Radar NetworkPlanned Radar Network (2016)

COMBINATION OF EXISTING RESOURCES (Cont.) Climat network Regio n No.CR CCQuality (T)Quality (R) RA- III 9494%88%91% Parámetros de calidad de la red GCOS en la AR-III

COMBINATION OF EXISTING RESOURCES (Cont.) RA-III Contribution to GFCS CRC-SAS WIGOS-SAS

PROJECT GOVERNANCE Project Board Project Team President of RA-III PRs of participating Members Chair of WG-ITD Experts from participating Members and CIC Argentina Bolivia Brazil Paraguay Uruguay

 Project implementation and evaluation – The development of detailed integration plans for the existing networks  Conclusion of collaboration mechanisms involving other participating organizations such as WMO and CIC (There is a MoU between both)  Adjustment of the existing networks, optimizing distribution, expanding the radar network and inclusion of AMDAR data  Improve overall operation and maintenance  Introduction of common quality control processes and standardization of methods of observations  Full use of regional WIS facilities, including GISC-Brasilia and DCPC-Buenos Aires  Create a mechanism to keep WIR updated (WIGOS Metadata)  Exchange best practices of observations through workshops and on the job training  Create and maintain a Project Web page PROJECT MAIN ACTIVITIES WIGOS Implementation Framework

WIGOS-SAS PROJECT PHASES Phase 1: Establish a Task Team to prepare a draft Project Implementation Plan Phase 2: Preparation of the Draft Project Implementation Plan (PIP) Phase 3: Meeting of the Board to review and approve PIP Phase 4: Engagement of CIC and other partners for the execution of the Project Phase 5: Project becomes operational

Phase 1: Establish a Task Team to prepare a draft Project Implementation Plan Two meetings after TECO/RECO and AR-III Sessions Discussions with D/OBS and WIGOS PO (This week) Definition of Project Scope and Team PROJECT STATUS

PROJECT MOTIVATION General consensus about the feasibility of the Project Project originated from a common regional need Partners already working together in sub components Enthusiasm on its execution by partners A real WIGOS spirit (different communities, data sets) STARTUP effort needed

SOME CONSIDERATIONS (Doc. 8.3) CHALLENGES OF RA III WIGOS IMPLEMENTATION IMPROVING THE COLLABORATION VIA TC AND RA MECHANISMS CONCLUSIONS

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