1 World Meteorological Organization AR report to ADC 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 21 st Century

On Behalf Of… World Meteorological Organization Prof. Geerd Hoffman, DWD, WMO-WIS/ICG Jean-Michel Rainer WMO-WIS David Thomas WMO-WIS Project Manager

3 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/ DCPC 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

4 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 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: 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

5 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

6 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 (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: –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 Portal & Clearing House Monitoring application of standards to ensure WIS remains interoperable

8 World Meteorological Organization Regarding GEO 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 is preferred, for consistency with existing body of documentation

9 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 2009 Bulk of implementation should be achieved by 2011 WMO-WIS should continue as a principal task and exemplar operational system for