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Overview of the WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS)Sue Barrell, Australia, Co-Chair, ICG-WIGOS

Bertrand Calpini, Switzerland, Co-Chair, ICG-WIGOS

The WIGOS Pre-Operational Phase (2016-2019)

• Approved by Cg-17 in 2016• Increased emphasis on regional and national activities• Five main priority areas:

I. WIGOS Regulatory Material, supplemented with necessary guidance material

II. WIGOS Information Resource, including the Observing Systems Capabilities analysis and Review tool (OSCAR), especially OSCAR/Surface

III. WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System (WDQMS)IV. Regional Structure; Regional WIGOS CentersV. National WIGOS Implementation, coordination and

governance mechanisms

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I. WIGOS Regulatory and Guidance Material

• New version of Manual on WIGOS (Cg-18)– Integration of the Manual on the Global

Observing System which will then be retired; this is a very challenging task!

– Revised and updated WIGOS Metadata Standard

– Regional Basic Observing Networks (RBON) replacing current RBSN and RBCN

• Guide to WIGOS (EC-69, EC-70,…)– OSCAR, WDQMS, WIGOS station identifiers,

national partnership development, WIGOS readiness, “how to” on national WIGOS implementation,…

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II. WIGOS Information Resource - OSCAR

• OSCAR/Surface– Operational since 05/2016– Education and training and

development of machine to machine interface are the main challenges

• OSCAR/Space– New version released 06/2016– Resourcing for maintenance and

operations unresolved• OSCAR/Requirements

– Working actively with GAW, GCOS, WCRP on capturing their application areas and requirements

– Workload of main expert team IPET-OSDE keeps increasing

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III. WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System

• Pilot project with NWP centers (ECWMF, NCEP, JMA, DWD) progressing well; near-real time 24/7 monitoring of data flow and data quality

• Demonstration project on incident management underway with involvement of Kenya and Tanzania

• Integration of GAW, GCOS, WHOS and GCW monitoring efforts to be discussed at WDQMS Workshop in June 2017

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IV. Regional WIGOS Centers• Why?

• Many requests for support for national implementation efforts; can be addressed more efficiently and effectively at regional level

• What?• Initial role of RWC will be to support national WIGOS Implementation

efforts, • OSCAR/Surface; ensuring metadata input and QC• WDQMS; especially fault management component

• How?• To be decided by Regions - will likely take place primarily at the sub-

Regional level• Pilot RA-VI (Europe) RWC implemented in pilot mode• Indications of interest from many countries in various Regions• RWC implementation meetings planned to be held in all Regions in

2017-2018• Resourcing the RWC is a challenge

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V. National WIGOS Implementation

• (supported by all other priority areas)• Secretariat support for observing system assessment and

WIGOS implementation on individual basis (Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia …)– Many requests for support; limited resources to respond

• TT-WDP: Guidance on WIGOS Data Partnerships– Work is uncovering numerous lingering unresolved issues related to

data policy for WIGOS• ICG-WIGOS and WIGOS Project Office: Guidance on step-by-

step implementation of WIGOS

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