1. Fostering climate data in support of GFCS/CSIS
WMO-OMM
Omar Baddour
Chief Division Climate Data Management Applications
Observing and Information System Department
WMO GENEVA
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2. Collection, generation and exchange of climate data
WMO-OMM
Collection, generation and exchange of climate data
Ongoing plans for improving climate data
World Data Centres
CCl priority (CCl-XV, February 2010)
Towards high quality climate data system
CSIS workshop, Geneva 5-7 April 2011

3. Collection, generation and exchange of climate data
WMO-OMM
Collection, generation and exchange of climate data
Ongoing plans for improving climate data
World Data Centres
CCl priority (CCl-XV, February 2010)
Towards high quality climate data system
CSIS workshop, Geneva 5-7 April 2011

4. The Global Observing System underpins climate data collection
WMO-OMM
Surface & Ocean in situ observing networks
Upper-air networks
Surface remote sensing (Radar) networks
Airborne and observations
Satellite
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5. Climate Data Management
Data Management for operational weather analysis and forecast
time-critical exchange
SYNOP, SHIP, TEMP, AIREP, ….. Reports
Data
Processing
WMO-OMM
Numerical
Weather
Prediction
Observations QC
Weather
Analysis and Forecast
GTS
GDPFS
Climate Data Management
Climate System
Monitoring
Monthly
CLIMAT
Reports
Data Homogenisation QC
Climate Data Management
System (CDMSs)
Climate
Assessment
&
Projections
Climate Data sets
QC,
DIGITAL ARCHIVING,
RETRIEVAL &
DATA SERVICES
Reanalysis
National Climate summaries &
data products (NMHS)
Climate Models
Climate
Prediction
DARE
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6. Global climate data exchange
WMO-OMM
Real Time Data reporting and exchange
SYNOP
SHIP
TEMP
 Content (Manual on GOS, Guide to GOS)
 Dissemination manual on Code and manual on GTS
 Processing ( GDPFS)
These reports are also used to generate operational climate monitoring at 10 and 30 days periods
Monthly CLIMAT / CLIMAT-SHIP / CLIMAT TEMP :
Monthly averages
 Content  Guide to climatological practices
 Dissemination  GTS
 Network - Regional Association (RBCN)
- GCOS (GSN ,GUAN, GRUAN)
World Weather Record (WWR)
Compiled as monthly values of certain climate elements on 10year basis the latest edition
Compilation through WMO + Dataset development at NCDC
Climate Normals WMO
Compiled as 30 year averages of all climate elements available. Standard reference periods are used (… , ,…)
CLINO WMO No.847
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7. Global Surface Temperature Datasets
WMO-OMM
Developped mainly for climate change assessement and monitoring
There are three centres that maintain global climate datasets:
Met Office, UK, in collaboration with the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia (United Kingdom);
National Climatic Data Center, which is part of NOAA (United States);
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, which is part of NASA (United States).
The development of climate datasets is based on the following:
Routinely disseminated daily and monthly weather and climate observations by the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services of the 189 WMO Members following the WMO standards for data collection, quality control and exchange;
Historical climate records dating back to 1850, including those available from marine climate summaries;
Recovered old climate records worldwide as part of continuous data rescue efforts promoted by WMO and its Members;
Peer reviewed scientific methods for quality control, homogenization and interpolation to constitute high-quality global climate datasets.
The data sets are gridded 5°x 5°
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8. WMO-OMM
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9. Collection, generation and exchange of climate data
WMO-OMM
Collection, generation and exchange of climate data
Ongoing plans for improving climate data
World Data Centres
CCl priority (CCl-XV, February 2010)
Towards high quality climate data system
CSIS workshop, Geneva 5-7 April 2011

10. Ongoing WMO work on climate data
WMO-OMM
- WWR to be updated on yearly basis
- Climate normals for operational climate services  Guidance to be prepared
Promote exchanging useful climate extreme indices based on daily data
( formal procedure?)
- Set up an International portal on historical Data and Metadata
Capacity building on CDMS:
+ Assess existing infrastructure at national level and the need for improvement
+ Accelerate Data Rescue worldwide
+ Promote using WMO standards and WIS infrastructure for climate data and
metadata discovery, access and exchange through training workshops
CSIS workshop, Geneva 5-7 April 2011

11. Collection, generation and exchange of climate data
WMO-OMM
Collection, generation and exchange of climate data
Ongoing plans for improving climate data
World Data Centres
CCl priority (CCl-XV, February 2010)
Towards high quality climate data system
CSIS workshop, Geneva 5-7 April 2011

12. World Data Centres
WMO-OMM
World Data Center System part of the International Council of Scientific Union (ICSU), 52 WDCs as of 2003
The World Data Center system works to guarantee access to solar, geophysical and related environmental data. It serves the whole scientific community by assembling, scrutinizing, organizing and disseminating data and information.
Meteorology and climat
WDC for Meteorology, National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) Asheville, USA
WDC for Meteorology, National Meteorological Information Center , Beijing, CHINA
WDC for Meteorology, All-Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information , Obninsk RUSSIA
World Data Centre for Climate, Humburg Germany
WMO World Data Centres
World Radiation Data Centre (WRDC), St Petersburg, RUSSIA
World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre (WOUDC) CANADA
World Data Centre for Aerosols (WDCA), Kjeller, Norway
WMO World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases (WDCGG) Tokyo, JAPAN
World Data Centre for Precipitation Chemistry, (WDCPC) Albany, U.S.A.
World Data Centre for Remote sensing of the atmosphere (WDC-RSAT), Wessling, GERMANY
Other interesting WDCs : Oceanography, Paleoclimatology, Glaciology, Land cover, Renewable resources and environement, Sun Spot....
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13. Data information Systems
WMO-OMM
ICSU- World Data System WDS
GAW Station Information System- GAWSIS
Global Observing Systems Information Centre - GOSIC
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14. Collection, generation and exchange of climate data
WMO-OMM
Collection, generation and exchange of climate data
Ongoing plans for improving climate data
World Data Centres
CCl priority (CCl-XV, February 2010)
Towards high quality climate data system
CSIS workshop, Geneva 5-7 April 2011

15. CCl priority w.r.t climate data
WMO-OMM
CCl-XV stressed the importance of climate data in climate monitoring, research and applications, climate change and adaptation as well as in supporting the operation of the newly established Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS).
Recognizing that real opportunities exist for the improvement of climate data management in its various aspects including archiving, quality control, discovery and timely exchange
Underlining that collaboration of Members is critical to ensure high quality, timely and accessible climate data from all possible sources encompassing land and marine data and including in-situ, space based and proxy data.
CCl-XV recommended to work towards to the development of a high quality global climate data management system which will benefit from the progress made in implementing modern Climate Data Management Systems (CDMSs) and Climate Data Rescue (DARE) and the utilization of international standards for data representation, exchange and database models.
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16. High quality global data management system for climate HQ-GDMSC
WMO-OMM
HQ-GDMSC will support the operational functions of the GFCS Climate Services Information System. Its concept is based on putting in place operational climate data processes.
It will build on and link Climate Data Management infrastructure at country level, regional and global levels.
The technical procedures for operating the HQ-GDMSC will build on existing WMO manuals with the core elements being the CCl Guide to Climatological practices, the guidelines on best practices (WCDMP series) and the upcoming WIS and WIGOS manuals.
HQ-GDMSC will use WIS data discovery, access and retrieval facilities and standards,
and WIGOS standardization for Quality Control and Quality Assurance
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17. HQ-GDMSC in the GFCS / CSIS context
WMO-OMM
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18. WMO-OMM
THANK YOU
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