1. WMO WIGOS Regulatory Material - WRM Report to ET-SBO-1, 9-12 July 2013 Russell Stringer Chair, Task Team on WIGOS Regulatory Material (TT-WRM) Co-chair, CBS Inter-Programme Expert Team on WIGOS Framework Implementation (IPET-WIFI) WIGOS Regulatory Material - - WRM Observing System

2. Outline  Role of Task Team on WIGOS Regulatory Material  Developing the new WRM  WMO observing systems  WMO Technical Regulations (WMO-No.49)  Future documents, transition from GOS Manual  document structure and content  timeline  Contributions to TT-WRM from Technical Commissions  Compilation of the CBS contribution by IPET-WIFI Sub- Group on Regulatory Material (SG-RM)  How ET-SBO can help SG-RM WIGOS Regulatory Material - - WRM Observing System

3. Role of Task Team on WIGOS Regulatory Material EC ICG-WIGOS TT-WRM Cg Technical Commissions WIGOS Regulatory Material - - WRM Observing System

4. Role of Task Team on WIGOS Regulatory Material TT-WRM Terms of Reference a)To develop a high-level WIGOS Framework Architecture; b)To become familiar with WMO Technical Regulations (WMO-No. 49) and other regulatory material relevant to WIGOS; c)To develop the WIGOS sections in WMO Technical Regulations (WMO- No. 49), and the Manual and Guide on WIGOS; d)To propose mechanisms for the update and maintenance of the WIGOS regulatory material (Technical Regulations, Manual and Guide on WIGOS) and, in order to maintain structural relationships between related documents, propose complementary mechanisms for the update and maintenance of related documents (existing, planned and future Manuals and Guides with some relevance to WIGOS); e)To submit the WIGOS sections in WMO Technical Regulations (WMO-No. 49), and the Manual on WIGOS to the ICG-WIGOS for its coordination with and reporting to EC and for its eventual recommendation for approval by Cg-XVII; f)To coordinate regularly with the ICG-WIGOS as needed and report at least annually to the ICG-WIGOS on the progress; g)To complete its tasks by May 2015. WIGOS Regulatory Material - - WRM Observing System

5. Developing the new WRM: - WMO observing systems WIGOS Regulatory Material - - WRM Observing System

6. TRs (Vol 1 – 4) Manuals (Annex 1 – 8) Guides Other reference docs (e.g., TR Manuals Vol II, WMO-No.9, Guidelines, etc.) Regulations Non- Regulations Prescriptive Descriptive Basic SARPs (definitive) Mostly requirement-driven Approval by Congress (in principle) Relatively Conservative More detailed SARPs (procedures and specifications) Mostly technology-driven Approval delegated to EC Relatively Dynamic Procedures and practices Implementation guidance Explanations Examples, good practice Flexible updates “Shall” and “Should” have specific meaning “Shall” and “Should” have ordinary meaning Developing the new WRM: - WMO Technical Regulations (WMO-No. 49) WIGOS Regulatory Material - - WRM Observing System

7. WIGOS ManualWIGOS Guide Tech. Regs WIGOS Manual on GOSGuide &TM on GAW Guide &TM on GCWGuide &TM on GOSGuide &TM on Hydro Developing the new WRM: - Future docs, transition from GOS Manual WIGOS Regulatory Material - - WRM Observing System

8. Developing the new WRM: - document structure and content 1.INTRODUCTION 2.COMMON ATTRIBUTES OF COMPONENT SYSTEMS  Requirements  Design, planning and evolution  Instrumentation and Methods of Observation  Operations  Observational Metadata  Quality Management  Capacity Development 3.COMMON ATTRIBUTES SPECIFIC TO THE SURFACE-BASED SUB-SYSTEM OF WIGOS 4.COMMON ATTRIBUTES SPECIFIC TO THE SPACE-BASED SUB-SYSTEM OF WIGOS 5.OBSERVING COMPONENT OF THE GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE WATCH (GAW) 6.OBSERVING COMPONENT OF THE GLOBAL CRYOSPHERE WATCH (GCW) 7.GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEM (GOS) OF WWW 8.WMO HYDROLOGICAL OBSERVING SYSTEM WIGOS Regulatory Material - - WRM Observing System

9. Developing the new WRM: - document structure and content Progressive drafts are shared amongst the TT-WRM on a web page until ready for review: WIGOS Regulatory Material - - WRM Observing System

10. Developing the new WRM: - timeline WIGOS Regulatory Material - - WRM Observing System

11. Contributions to TT-WRM from Technical Commissions Membership of TT-WRM includes representatives from:  CBS  CIMO  CAS / GAW  CHy  CCl  JCOMM  AMDAR  CAeM  GCW WIGOS Regulatory Material - - WRM Observing System

12. Contributions to TT-WRM from Technical Commissions Other TCs EC ICG-WIGOS TT-WRM Cg OPAG-IOS IPET-WIFI CBS SG-RM WIGOS Regulatory Material - - WRM Observing System

13. Compilation of CBS contribution by IPET-WIFI Sub-Group on Regulatory Material (SG-RM) IPET-OSDE ET-SAT ET-SUP ET-ABO SG-RFC R-SEIS R-MAR ET-SBO Other TCs EC ICG-WIGOS TT-WRM Cg OPAG-IOS IPET-WIFI CBS SG-RM WIGOS Regulatory Material - - WRM Observing System

14. How ET-SBO can help SG-RM In order of priority / immediacy: 1.Review the current Manual on the GOS for content that is obsolete and needs to be updated or deleted (plus Guide to the GOS where necessary to match those updates);  (by October 2013) 2.Review the current Manual on the GOS for new content that should be added to describe existing standard practices; 1.(ideally by October 2013, but more important to do a good job) 3.Compose new content to describe new standard practices as they are developed (for radars, AWS, etc).  (do a good job, material can go in later updates if not first edition of WRM in 2015) WIGOS Regulatory Material - - WRM Observing System

15. Thank you for your attention Further WIGOS information at:  www.wmo.int/wigos www.wmo.int/wigos Contact: Russell Stringer, R.Stringer@bom.gov.auR.Stringer@bom.gov.au Chair TT-WRM; co-chair IPET-WIFI