1. RA-II EG-WIS Report RA-II MG-11
7-8 December 2014 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Co-coordinators, Expert Group on WIS

2. Working Group on WIGOS/WIS
Expert Group on WIS
Working Group on WIGOS/WIS
Expert Group on WIS
Co-coordinators
Expert Group on WIGOS
Theme Leader in Data Communication Techniques and Structure (TL-DCTS)
Theme Leader in Data Representation and Metadata (TL-DRM)
Theme Leader in WIS-GTS operations, including Early Warning (TL-WIS/GTS operation)
Theme Leader in Climate Data Management/Data Rescue (TL-CDM/DR)
Theme Leader in Integrated Global Data Dissemination System (TL-IGDDS)

3. Operating Plan 2015-2016 Task # Task Responsible Task-WIS-01
Developed Operating Plan based on the RA II SOP
Co-coordinators
Task-WIS-02
Constant review the RMTN and its implementation
TL-WIS/GTS operation
Task-WIS-03
Constant review the status report of Data Communication Techniques and structure in RA-II
TL-DCTS
Task-WIS-04
Constant review the status of inter-programme data representation matters and the status of implementation of WIS DAR metadata catalogue
TL-DRM
Task-WIS-05
Constant review WIS service and WIS monitoring developing activities and implementation in RA II
Task-WIS-06
Constant review the status and progress on the Climate Data Management/Data Rescue in RA I
TL-CDM/DR
Task-WIS-07
Constant review the IGDDS Implementation Plan and advise Region Members on regional activities
TL-IGDDS

4. EG-WIS activities for 2015-16
First meeting of RA II EG-WIS (EG-WIS-1)
25-27 November 2015 in Tokyo, Japan
Business as Usual activities
Produce annual GTS status survey. Done
Monitor the status of TDCF migration, the implementation of DAR metadata, Climate data management, and IGDDS. Ongoing
Reform Manual on GTS Volume-II. Ongoing
Review of RA II WIS-IP, on going
Proposals on EG-WIS structure, on going

5. EG-WIS-1 25-27 November 2015 in Tokyo, Japan
Review of progress
R2-WIS-IP, RMTN, TDCF migration, the implementation status of DAR metadata, WIS centres, WIS projects, …
Discussion of future structure and actions of EG-WIS
Main recommendations
Amendment of the Manual on WIS
update the information of DPRK in table B.3 (National Centres)
Future structure of EG-WIS in RA II
the meeting requested EG-WIS consider establishing ICG-WIS in RA II-16
Designation procedure for expert group EG-WIS in RA II
the meeting requested RA II MG to consider designation procedure to be approved within 6 months after RA II session

6. R2-WIS-IP WIS Implementation Plan
Initial draft was reviewed by 15th RA II
15th RA II requested EG-WIS to finalize
Established specialized TT with expert from six GISCs, one DCPC and two NCs
Completed the first version and submitted to the President of RA II
The first version of R2-WIS-IP was approved in Dec (available at:
Review of R2-WIS-IP is ongoing
Updates (WIS centres implementation status) will be submitted to RA II and WMO secretariat by the end of 2016
A new structure of R2-WIS-IP will be proposed to RA II-16

7. RMTN status Updates Bhutan: Link New Delhi-Thimphu
The link added in RMTN (Res-5 XIII-RA II)
Connected to RTH New Delhi in June 2015
Started receiving data with support from RTH New Delhi, UEMETSAT and JICA.
Started distributing their obs. data in BUFR in July 2016
New links (after 15th RA II)
One supplementary regional circuit
Seven additional circuits

8. RMTN status Updates
Myanmar changed the location of NMC from Yangon to Nay Pyi Taw
Nay Pyi Taw started its GTS operation in 2013
Reflected to RMTN
RTH New Delhi
Nay Pyi Taw
Yangon
RTH Bangkok

9. RMTN Status Service type of Network
(October 2016)
MPLS(29)
Internet(47)
FR (0)
Leased+etc.(22)
not-operation(10)

10. RMTN Status Link speeds in 2016 (except Internet links from operational links)

11. RMTN Status as of October 2016
The NI circuit between Karachi and Tashkent has not been implemented yet. Because there are difficulties to deploy telecommunication infrastructure for the area, both RTHs requested to remove the link from RA II regional circuit plan.
EG-WIS recognized the situation and accepted their requirement.

12. Manual on the GTS Volume II: Regional Aspects
In accordance with the decision of Cg-17, Volume II of WMO No. 386 (Manual on GTS) will be discontinued and replaced by web-based documentation
A Task Team (TT) established by EG-WIS to proceed and create the web-based document
TL-DCTS leads the TT with Volunteer Experts of the Theme. Some more experts would be invited in future.
Plans to submit the draft of web-based document to RAII Management Group in 2017.

13. TDCF migration Status
CBS Ext.2010: target of completing Migration to TDCF is November 2014
CBS Ext. 2014
Do not extend the migration schedule
RTHs to convert TAC <--> TDCF on behalf of Members
Members adding new report over the GTS should not use TAC (Rec.2.3.(1)/5)
Some surface/upper-Air observation data in TAC have already been terminated

14. TDCF migration Status = Surface and Upper-Air observations =
55%
Number of BUFR TEMP report increased by about 50 in the first half of 2014, which is attributed to India’s BUFR TEMP reports.
77%
Notable progress has been seen with the migration of SYNOP data since October, 2014.

15. TDCF migration Status = Climate data =
As of November 2015, ten Members were reporting CLIMAT data in BUFR format: China; India; Mongolia; Saudi Arabia; Pakistan; Japan; Bangladesh; Hong Kong, China; Macao, China and Thailand. The number of Members has increased by two since 2013.
As of November 2016, five Members were reporting CLIMAT data in BUFR format: Hong Kong; Japan; Saudi Arabia; Pakistan; Republic of Korea. It is a major setback compared to the situation in

16. WIS Implementation (GISC)
Note: GISC Moscow is geographically located in RA VI, but middle and east Russia is in RA II, and GISC Moscow provides services to DCPCs/NCs in RA II members.

17. WIS Implementation (GISC) as of November 2015
Operation
AMDCN (AoR)
AoR's Metadata
GISC Backup
Workshop/Training for AoR
WIS Monitoring
Reference
WIS-IP: Para
WIS-IP: Para , 6.1.6,
WIS-IP: Para , CBS2014 Rec. 21: WIS Guide 6.3
WIS-IP: Para. 3-b), Para. 7.3, 8.5
CBS2014 Rec. 21: WIS Guide 6.2
WIS-IP: Para. 8.7
Beijing
15 Aug 2011
# Connected to all DCPCs/NCs through Dedicated line or Internet in AoR
# Collecting/managing metadata from all DCPCs/NCs in AoR
# In operation with Tokyo # Made agreements with Offenbach and Melbourne # Disaster recovery site started operation in May, 2016
# Held WIS workshop 2011 # Holds face-to-face meeting/training for each NC in AoR every year # providing on-site training for neighing centers (CMACast users) every year
# Providing JSON file # Providing WMO Common Dashboard
Jeddah
02 Oct 2014
# Collecting metadata from all DCPCs/NCs in AoR
# Under discussion with Seoul (?)
# Holds staff training in Nov # Plan to hold workshop in Feb. 2016
# Plans to provide JSON file
Moscow
# In operation with Offenbach
# Providing JSON file
New Delhi
pre-operation
# Plan to start coordination (DRC in Pune was started operation in 2014)
Plan to have on-site training
Plans to provide JSON file
Seoul
13 Jun 2013
# Connected to DCPCs/NCs in AoR # Plan to connect remaining DCPC over VPN/Internet
# Collecting metadata from DCPCs/NCs in AoR # Plan to collect metadata from remaining DCPC
# Plan to start discussion with Jeddah # Arrangement with Moscow, and cooperation with Melbourne on GISC backup
# Held GISC Seoul workshops in '12, '13, '14 # Provided training to DCPC Tashkent in 2013 and DCPCs/NCs in AoR in 2015
Tehran
04 Aug 2014
# Connected to DCPCs/NCs # Plan to connect remaining DCPCs/NCs
# Collecting metadata # Plan to provide metadata service to remaining NCs
# Plan to start arrangement
# Held training workshop in 2011 and 2014
Tokyo
01 Aug 2011
# Connected to all DCPCs/NCs in its AoR over the MPLS. Some CNs are connected via DCPC/RTH Bangkok
# In operation with Beijing and Offenbach # Made an agreement with Melbourne (DRS started operation in March 2015)
# Holds WIS workshop every two year ('10, '12, '14) # Holds on-site-workshop at each DCPC/NC in AoR, at least once a two years
# Providing JSON file including information of all NCs in AoR # Providing WMO Common Dashboard

18. WIS Implementation (NC)
Ashgabat (Turkmenistan)
--> GISC Moscow
Pyongyang (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
--> GISC Beijing
Principal GISC of two NCs were TBD in 15th RA II

19. WIS Centres in RA-II Nov. 2016
NC: 37
37: approved by EC-64
DCPC: 29
26: endorsed/approved by CBS/Cg/EC
3: not submitted
GISC: 7 (including GISC Moscow)
7: approved by Cg-16
6: are in operation
3 DCPCs approved by Cg-17, DCPC GMC, Gulf Marine Centre (Qatar), DCPC Space weather (Japan), DCPC RTH (Thailand)

20. WIS Monitoring Nov. 2016 Pilot project
a collective effort of all WIS Centres to provide comprehensive and up-to-date information that enable reports on system status including availability, stability, integrity.
conducted by CBS/ET-WISC and leaded by two project managers
Monitoring messages
pulled from GISC centres as JSON messages
aggregated and displayed in a web portal (WCD)

21. WIS Monitoring Nov. 2016 Pilot project
4 GISCs (Beijing, Moscow, Seoul and Tokyo) in RA II providing actual operation status
GISC Beijing and Tokyo providing prototype service of WCD (WIS Monitoring Common Dashboard) , and demonstrated to CBS-16 (Nov. 2016)
GISCs Jeddah, New Delhi and Teheran have a plan to join the project

22. IGDDS
IGDDS addresses the whole circulation scheme of satellite data and products within the WIS, with a goal to enhance data access
CMACast began operation in June 2012 and has established data exchange and re-dissemination service with EUMETCast.
JMA started to distribute Himawari-8 data via Internet cloud and DVB-S2 based HimawariCast in July 2015.
KMA is planning for the follow-on geostationary meteorological satellite GEOKOMPSAT-2A which will be launched in May, 2018.
RARS has been extended as DBNet. With the advent of advanced sounding instruments like METOP/IASI and SNPP/CrIS, and with successful launches of Chinese FY-3 series satellites, the scope of Regional ATOVS Retransmission Service (RARS) has been extended as DBNet (Direct Broadcast Network for Near Real-Time Relay of Low Earth Orbit Satellite Data).
In the future, it is necessary to collaborate with DBNet activities to improve the data availability, user awareness, data access and technological training in RA II.

23. Proposals on Future Working Structure — Establish Implementation and Coordination Team on WIS (ICT WIS) under RA II Management Group
Regional Association II (Asia)
ER: 6, 7, 8
PRESIDENT
MANAGEMENT GROUP
WG on
Hydrological
Services
ER: 2, 3
WIGOS/WIS
ER: 4
Climate
ER: 3, 5
Weather Services
ER: 1, 2, 3
Expert Group
Operational Forecasting
Expert Group AeM
ICT Service Delivery
Expert Group WIS
Expert Group WIGOS
Expert Group CLS
Regional Centres
ICT DRR
Expert Group AgM
PWS Delivery
Pilot Project (1)
Pilot Project (2)
Pilot Project (5)
ICT WIS

24. Proposals on Future Working Structure — ToR of ICT WIS
To coordinate the implementation and operation of WIS centres in RA II;
To advise EG-WIS in gathering the regional requirements, and on whether the WIS Implementation Plan meets the regional requirements;
To advise EG-WIS the regional capacity-building requirements related to the implementation and application of WIS;
To communicate to other Working Groups and Expert Groups in RA II on topics relating to WIS to support EG-WIS outreach activities.

25. Working Group on WIGOS/WIS
Proposals on Future Working Structure — Add ISS-East-rapporteur and ISS-West-rapporteur as members of EG-WIS
Working Group on WIGOS/WIS
Expert Group on WIS
Co-coordinators
Expert Group on WIGOS
Rapporteur on Information Systems and Services for eastern Asia (ISS-East-rapporteur)
Rapporteur on Information Systems and Services for Western Asia (ISS-West-rapporteur)
Theme Leader in Data Communication Techniques and Structure (TL-DCTS)
Theme Leader in Data Representation and Metadata (TL-DRM)
Theme Leader in WIS-GTS operations, including Early Warning (TL-WIS/GTS operation)
Theme Leader in Climate Data Management/Data Rescue (TL-CDM/DR)
Theme Leader in Integrated Global Data Dissemination System (TL-IGDDS)

26. Proposals on Future Working Structure — ToR of ISS-East/West-rapporteur
To collect information on ISS for eastern/western Asia, including the status of RMTN and TDCF migration, the implementation of DAR metadata, Climate data management and IGDDS, as well as WIS requirements;
To provide input to the Theme Leaders of EG-WIS on issues related to the status and the implementation plan of ISS for eastern/western Asia;
To provide input to R2-WIS-IP concerning WIS requirements for eastern/western Asia.

27. Proposals on Future Working Structure — ToR of EG-WIS
To monitor the progress made in the implementation and operation of WIS in the Region and advise on possible improvements and priorities for appropriate actions to be carried out under the respective WMO Programmes and cosponsored Programmes;
To keep abreast of new developments in WIS, promote the relevant WIS support to all WMO Programmes, and make recommendations, in compliance with relevant WMO Technical Regulations, for WIS implementation in the Region as regards communication techniques, communication structure, data management, data and metadata representation and relevant monitoring activities;
To keep under constant review the Regional Meteorological Telecommunication Network and its implementation, as the WIS component for time-critical and operation-critical exchange, identify shortcomings and recommend appropriate measures for remedial action in the Region;
To provide guidance to the Members of the Region in capacity-building for information and outreach relevant to improving WIS;
To communicate with WIS 2.0 strategy and plan on the regional requirements.

28. Thank you for your attention.