WIGOS PreOperational Phase Deliverables and timelines WIGOS Side

WIGOS Pre-Operational Phase; Deliverables and timelines WIGOS Side Event at 17 th World Meterorological Congress Geneva, May 26 2015 Lars Peter Riishojgaard, WIGOS Project Office WMO Secretariat

The WIGOS Pre-Operational Phase (2016 -2019) • Five main priority areas: I. II. III. WIGOS Regulatory Material, supplemented with necessary guidance material Question: Why not WIGOS Information Resource, its Observing Capacity Development? Systems Capabilities analysis and Review tool (OSCAR), especially OSCAR/Surface Answer: Capacity Development is an integral • This is how we know what WIGOS is! part of all five proposed WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System priorities! (WDQMS) • This is how we know how well WIGOS works! IV. Regional Structure; Regional WIGOS Centers V. National WIGOS Implementation, coordination and governance mechanisms

The Path to the Pre-Operational Phase; via Congress, EC and ICG-WIGOS WMO • The WIGOS Pre-Operational Phase is proposed at Cg-17, based on a skeleton plan that includes the five priority areas • Pending this approval, the subsequent EC-68 is expected to reestablish the Inter-Commission Coordination Group on WIGOS (ICG-WIGOS), with adjusted composition and To. R • A complete Plan for the WIGOS Pre-Operational Phase (PWPP) will then be developed by ICG-WIGOS with Secretariat support during the second half of 2015 • PWPP will be discussed at ICG-WIGOS-5 in Jan/Feb 2016 • To be submitted to EC-68 in May 2016 for approval This process is analogous to the one used in the WIGOS Implementation Phase!

Priority I; Regulatory and Guidance Material; Deliverables and tentative initial timeline • Guide to WIGOS, including chapters on WIGOS Metadata, Station Identifiers, OSCAR/Surface and Monitoring System; by Cg-18; • Guidance on National WIGOS Development; end of 2016; • WIGOS Data guidance, integration of third-party data, partnering with private sector, life cycle management, etc. ; from 2016; • Standards, recommendations, best practices and procedures for surface-based remote sensing (radars, wind profilers); by 2017; • Standards, recommendations, best practices and procedures for improving observational data quality; by 2017; • Guidance on the transition of existing observing systems to meet WIGOS requirements and standards; end of 2017; • Updates to Manual on WIGOS and new edition; by Cg-18. test footer 4

Priority II; WIGOS Information Resource and OSCAR; Deliverables and initial timeline • • • OSCAR/Capabilities migration; by 2016; OSCAR/Space migration; by 2017; SORT initial capability; by 2017; Initial operational capability of OSCAR/Surface; 2 nd half 2015 Transition from Vol. A to OSCAR/Surface completed; by 2017; OSCAR/Surface as source of all capabilities and all mandatory metadata; by 2018 • Roll-out and operational uptake of OSCAR/Surface will require very substantial support (in terms of both financial and human resources) from the WIGOS Project Office! Note: Additional information about WIR and OSCAR/Surface in Side Event May 27, 17: 45 test footer 5

Priority III; WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System; Deliverables and initial timeline • Initial WIGOS (GOS surface-based components) monitoring capability at ECMWF, NCEP and/or other NWP centers; mid-2016; • Full WIGOS (GOS surface-based components) operational monitoring and incident reporting functionality; by 2018; • Monitoring Workshop(s) for GAW, GCOS, GCW and hydrology components of WIGOS; in 2016; • Initial monitoring capability for all WIGOS components; mid-2017; • Mechanisms for routine reporting of monitoring results to WMO Constituent Bodies and to Members; by mid-2017; • Mechanisms and regional structures in place to handle incident management, and to support Members in improving availability and quality of their data; by 2017. test footer 6

IV. Regional WIGOS Centers • Members requesting guidance and support from the WIGOS PO; some of this could be provided more efficiently and effectively by a regional entity, e. g. WIGOS Regional Centers • General role of WRC would be to monitor, coordinate and support the implementation activities in the Region (or sub-Region) • Specific areas of responsibility may be any or all of the following: • Regional performance monitoring of WIGOS networks (data availability). • Regional monitoring of observational data quality, especially for observations not used for global NWP (climate, atmospheric composition, hydrology, etc. ) • Fault management, i. e. follow-up with data providers in case of data availability or data quality problems. • Regional network design. • Regional coordination of WIGOS implementation activities and projects. • Coordination of regional calibration activities. • Training.

WMO Congress and EC Regional ICG-WIGOS Regional Association National Global Governance WMO Member R-WIGOS-TT National WIGOS ICT Management and Execution WMO Secretariat/ WIGOS Project Office WIGOS Regional Center WIGOS National Center/NMHS

Priority IV; Regional WIGOS Centers; Timeline • Concept to be developed and matured during the second half of 2015 • Will be presented and discussed at ICG-WIGOS-5 in Jan/Feb 2016 • Submitted to EC-68 for approval May 2016 • Solicitation for candidate host countries/institutions (and funding) to proceed in parallel • The goal is to be able to introduce potential Regional WIGOS Center(s) at respective Regional Association Session, starting with RA-II in second half of 2016

V. National Implementation, Coordination and Governance Mechanisms; tentative timelines Development of National Partnership agreements; integration of third-party data; data policy issues, …. • This will be supported primarily through • Guide to WIGOS • Regional and sub-Regional WIGOS events • Regional WIGOS Centers • Tools and guidance to help Members WIGOS implementation; from 2016; • Activities to support Member implementation of WIGOS; underway by 2016; • Training activities and material to support implementation of WIGOS, in particular regarding WIGOS Station IDs, WIGOS metadata, of OSCAR/Surface and WDQMS, from 2016;

Summary and Conclusions • The implementation of the global WIGOS framework has made substantial progress; work remains to be done, especially on • Guidance material • Electronic repository of all station/platform metatata (OSCAR/Surface) • WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System OSCAR/Surface Project • In the Pre-Operational. Demonstration Side Phase, work will shift toward Regional and national activities Event May 27, 17: 45 • Regional WIGOS Centers Implementation of WIGOS • Regional/Sub-Regional Workshops and training events to in Region I; Side Event support OSCAR/Surface and Regional priorities for WIGOS June 3, 17: 45 • Support for national WIGOS implementation efforts, in particular regarding national partnerships, data guidance, and network design and operation and maintenance