1 World Meteorological Organization AR report to ADC May 2008 Presented by David Thomas (WMO) WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION Weather – Climate - Water WMO Information System (WIS) Managing & Moving Weather, Water and Climate Information in the 21 st Century

2 World Meteorological Organization 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” Internet DCPC NC/ DCPC NC NC/ DPCP NC GISC Satellite Two-Way System Satellite Dissemination NC DCPC GISC DCPC Towards the WMO Information System (WIS) Data exchange : common access procedures ; real-time and non-real time Data management : a few standard formats; coordinated metadata and catalogues

3 World Meteorological Organization Key activity milestones (Part A) Consolidate WIS plans: up to 2008 –Project and implementation plan refined. –WIS Project Office approved for 4 years Staff selection process underway. 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 (available soon) WIS guidelines and manuals: and beyond –WIS guidelines due 2009 –Other manuals to follow (coordinated with WIGOS) => 2015 C.I. 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

4 World Meteorological Organization Current IMTN configuration Exeter Sofia Melbourn e Buenos Aires Tokyo Beijing Nairobi Washington Cloud Cloud I Jeddah Prague Toulouse Dakar Algiers Offenbac h Brasilia Cairo New Delhi Moscow Cloud II

5 World Meteorological Organization 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 Implement first operational GISC: 2009 –European VGISC started tender process (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)

6 World Meteorological Organization Key activity milestones (Part B) Implement other operational GISCs: –Australia before 2011 –India and Saudi Arabia both planning for major WIS centres Implement DCPCs: –Commissions beginning to identify DCPCs –WIGOS Pilot Projects assisting in moving DCPCs forward

7 World Meteorological Organization AR Participation AR AR IP3 Data for scenarios TIGGE, NCEP Reanalysis CFP Through IP3 Portal & Clearing House Monitoring aplication of standards to ensure WIS remains interoperable

8 World Meteorological Organization Summary 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 Bulk of implementation should be achieved by 2011