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WMO REGULATORY MATERIAL Standards & Best Practices

ICG-WIGOS TT on Regulatory Material

(Geneva, 19-23 November 2012)

Dr M. Ondráš Chief, WMO Observing Systems Division

WMO/OBS www.wmo.int

WMO Organigram

WMO Convention

(Part II, Article 2, Purposes)

(a) To facilitate worldwide cooperation in the establishment of networks of stations for the making of meteorological observations as well as hydrological and other geophysical observations related to meteorology, and…; (b) … (c) To promote standardization of meteorological and related observations and to ensure the uniform publication of observations and statistics;

General Regulation of WMO

( Annex III, Structure and TOR of TCs)

I. Basic Commissions

• CBS – (A) • CIMO – (A) • CHy – (A) • CAS – (B)

II. Applications Commissions

• CAeM – (C) • CAgM - (C) • JCOMM - (C) • CCl - (C) (A) Basic operations and facilities (B) Research in Atmospheric sciences (C) Applications to economic and social activities Develop, for consideration by the Executive Council and Congress, proposed

international standards for methods, procedures, techniques and practices

in meteorology and operational hydrology including, in particular, the relevant parts of the

Technical Regulations, guides and manuals

.

WMO Regulatory Material

http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/manuals.html

Guides (Recommended pr.

Technical regulations Manuals (Standard pr.)

See: Doc.7.1.1 & 7.2.1

WMO Regulatory Material

A. Manuals (standard practices “SHALL”):

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6.

International Cloud Atlas (WMO-No. 407), Volume I - Manual on the observations of clouds and other meteors Manual on Codes (WMO-No. 306) Manual on Global Telecommunication System (WMO-No. 386)

Manual on Global Data Processing and Forecasting Systems

(WMO-No. 485)

Manual on Global Observing System

(WMO-No. 544) Manual on Marine Meteorological Services (WMO-No. 558) • • • • 7.

Manual on the Implementation of ETR standards

B. Guides (recommended practices “SHOULD”) : Guides on GOS, GDPFS

, GTS,

Guide to Met. Instruments and Methods of Observation Guide to Hydro Practices

Guides to Practices or Services for different app areas, such as

Agrometeorology, Aviation, Marine Climatology, C. Other Technical Documents

needed for general understanding, such as

GAW Reports

WMO Regulatory Material

International Meteorological Vocabulary

• Aimed at standardizing the terminology used in this field and at facilitating communication between specialists speaking different languages • 1st edition in 1967 , • Last hard copy edition 1992 ( 3500 terms in four languages) • Further updates in digital : METEOTERM

WMO Regulatory Material

42000

METEOTERM

terms in • Includes: six languages • International Meteorological Vocabulary • International Glossary of Hydrology • Terms from related sciences that

Metadata

: Information about meteorological and climatological data concerning how and when they were measured, their quality, known problems and other characteristics.

(IPCC 4th Assessment Report, WG 1 Glossary)

http://wmo.multicorpora.net/METEOTERM/Main2.aspx?changeTermbase=0

Partnership in Standardization

Cooperation Agreement with ISO (2008):

1.

Development of

joint

ISO/WMO tech standards 2.

WMO

existing

standards can become ISO standards 3.

4.

 WMO retains primary

control

of its

own

standards Underlines

authority

of WMO standards and enhances international

recognition

WMO standards

Need for any WIGOS standards to be promoted to ISO standards ?

Working Arrangements with CIPM (2002)

:  Ensuring

traceability

of measurements to SI  Part of MRA: mutual

recognition

& measurement certificates of standards & calibration 

Need for WIGOS measurements to be traceable to SI ?

• • • 

Manual on the Global Observing System, WMO-No. 544

Part I.

General Principles Regarding the Organization, Design and Implementation Global Observing System of the

Part II.

Requirements for Observational Data WMO Rolling Review of Requirements

Part III.

&

Part IV

Surface- and Space -based Subsystems: Composition & Implementation of Elements

Part V.

Quality Control

Are some of these practices relevant to all WIGOS component observing systems? WIGOS Regulatory Material http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/OSY/Manuals_GOS.html

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WMO Global Observing System (GOS) (Design & Evolution)

A process named the

Rolling Review of Requirements (RRR)

has been instituted for continuously reviewing the requirements of Members and international programmes. Through RRR WMO generates guidance to Members, named

Statements of Guidance

. The

Vision of the GOS

provides high-level goals to guide the evolution of the Global Observing System in the coming decades (currently Vision for 2025 ).

Responding to the above Vision, the

Implementation Plan for the Evolution of global observing systems

(EGOS-IP) is a key document providing Members with clear and focused guidelines and recommended actions in order to stimulate cost-effective evolution of the observing systems to address in an integrated way the requirements of WMO programmes and co-sponsored programmes.

– – – – – – – As a general principal, the evolution of the system is based on proven techniques represents the best mix of observing elements that: and satisfies to the maximum extent the data requirements in respect of accuracy, frequency and spatial resolution; is operationally and technically feasible; meets the cost-efficiency requirements of Members; is able to meet long-term needs of relevant WMO Programmes and a wide variety of purposes; covers ocean and data-sparse areas adequately; permits making new technologies available at affordable costs, so that all Member countries can maintain and satisfactorily operate their national components of the system and benefit from them in a sustainable and self reliant manner; permits the availability and accessibility of data for operational, research and educational purposes .

WMO Rolling Review of Requirements

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Similar approach for all observing components?

Requirements Requirements Requirements Requirements Long-term vision of the GOS Critical Review Statements of guidance

per application

Implementation Plan for Evolution of the GOS

All applications synthesis Recommendations for the observing system

Monitoring surface/space observing capabilities and plans WMO Members’ Space Agencies and partner organizations’ Programmes

RRR - Design and Evolution

http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/OSY/GOS-RRR.html

Application Area

Global NWP HR-NWP Nowcasting & VSRF S&IA Forecasts Aeronautical Met.

Atm. Chemistry

Application Area

Ocean Application Agricultural Met.

Hydrology GCOS Climate Applications Space Weather

Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation, WMO-No. 8

• Comprehensive und up-to-date

guidance

on the most effective meteorological

practices

for making observations and measurements • Describes

instruments

to the most complex experiments • 1st edition 1954 • 7th edition 2008 , systems and techniques in regular use from the simplest • Does not describe instruments and methods to be used only for research or • Supplement to 7th edition: 2011

Should Instrument Practices be included in the

WIGOS Guide

?

http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/IMOP/publications/CIMO-Guide/CIMO_Guide-7th_Edition-2008.html

STANDARDIZATION – harsh (cold) environment

Issues: Large amounts of snow Power - significant periods of no data Herschel Island AWS

Courtesy: Darren Tessmer, MSC

STANDARDIZATION – harsh (cold)

Whistler Mountain

environment

High Level Elevated plateau may not always be a solution Courtesy Bill Scott, MSC

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Task Team on WRM to discuss:

the scope , content and the form Regulatory Material of WIGOS

–

Develop a proposal of WIGOS-RM for the consideration by ICG-WIGOS

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