1. NMHS persective; Trends in acquisition, use and management of observations Jochen Dibbern, Deutscher Wetterdienst Workshop Vision for WIGOS in 2040

2. Stations operated by Deutscher Wetterdienst
Die Mess- und Beobachtungsnetze des DWD
OF, November 2005
Stations operated by Deutscher Wetterdienst
4 Regional Oberserving Network Groups Hamburg, Potsdam, Offenbach, Munich
37 Stations with professional observers, 25 occupied UTC, 12 only daytime 48 measuring radioactivity (air+precipitation) 33 RBSN Stations 6 Climate Reference (traditional equipment) GSN-Stations (GCOS) 1 GUAN Station 1 GAW Station
141 Automated Weather Stations with full equipment
17 Weather Radar Stations
10 Aerological Stations (6 autolaunchers, 2 ozone)
4 Wind Profilers
+28 Stat. as part of Bundeswehr Geoinfo Service
Showing all stations that are published in WMO Pub.9 Vol.A
Deutscher Wetterdienst - Abteilung TI 2 2

3. Additional Stations operated by DWD and Partners
Die Mess- und Beobachtungsnetze des DWD
OF, November 2005
Additional Stations operated by DWD and Partners
1779 Voluntary Stations (climate; wind; precip), reporting online (24/1 reports per day)
Ship-based:
540 Voluntary Observing Ships (VOS)
19 Ship AWS (24 reports/day)
Last but not least …:
1200 Phenological stations (approx)
(observing plants)
1700 Partner stations (approx) (motorways, fed.states, wind-energy, (nuclear) power-plants, universities, military)
Historical (closed) stations are not included
Deutscher Wetterdienst - Abteilung TI 2 3

4. DWD framework concept on future development of the oberving system (1)
Initial start: WMO RRR process, WMO Vision 2025, EGOS-IP
DWD Strategy , detailed concepts for weather, climate with special requirements and on the observing system at national level for 2025
Integrated forecast system from nowcasting to long range forecast
Ensemble Data Assimilation
15 min update cycle for observations and/or near real time using streaming techniques
Additional surface based remote sensing observation of the boundary layer
3D scans from Weather Radar with 5 min update cycle, polarimetric information
PBPV – 03/2013

5. DWD framework concept on future development of the oberving system (2)
Nowcasting and warning service
More use of data from partner networks (wind, temperature, humidity, snow)
Crowd sourcing information (lightning, thunderstorm, hail heavy precipitation)
Video camera systems
Aeronautical Meteorology
Improved services in the framework of Single European Sky, SES
Automation of METAR
Climate applications
Use of Weather Radar data for climate
Combination of satellite and ground based information ( i.e. radiation, snow cover)
Special observations for urban applications
PBPV – 03/2013

6. PBPV – 03/2013