WMO CIMO and WIGOS Bertrand Calpini ICG WIGOS
WMO CIMO and WIGOS Bertrand Calpini ICG WIGOS co-chair ICG-WIGOS-3, 10 -14 Feb 2014
WMO 1. How WIGOS implementation is reflected in CIMO plans and the tasking of working groups/expert teams 2. Activities with WIGOS and/or challenges 3. CIMO perspectives on the intersection of WIGOS with other WMO priorities such as DRR and GFCS. ICG-WIGOS-3, 10 -14 Feb 2014 2
WIGOS in CIMO plans and structure WMO §ICG-WIGOS-2 2013 reporting § § Restructured CIMO in 2010 vs anticipated key WIGOS implementation activities In response to Actions 1. 1. 2 (working structure), 6. 1. 1(standards, best practice vs methods of observation), and 8. 1. 1 (Metadata Standards), CIMO MG 10 reviewed its OPAG/ET §CIMO MG-11, March 2014 §CIMO-16, July 2014 ICG-WIGOS-3, 10 -14 Feb 2014
CIMO activities and WIGOS WMO 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. …in TT-WRM and CIMO Editorial Board …in TT WMD … vs New Ed. of the ICA … vs common ISO-WMO standards … vs DRR and GFCS … vs capacity building … vs private partners ICG-WIGOS-3, 10 -14 Feb 2014
CIMO activities and WIGOS (1) WMO § CIMO Editorial Board in TT-WRM: § § review of the CIMO Guide to separate guidance from mandatory material. CIMO Guide Next Edition with other TCs: § § Atmospheric chemistry with CAS Marine Observations with JCOMM New Satellite Part with CBS Soil moisture with GCOS experts ICG-WIGOS-3, 10 -14 Feb 2014
CIMO involvement in the TT-WMD (2) § § § § Brian Howe, CIMO Chair, Roger Atkinson WMO 1 physical and 12 remote meetings Draft semantic standard for WIGOS metadata is near completion. § 9 groups of metadata (plus contact info) § Approx. 53 individual elements (plus contact info) Applicability to all disciplines and for climate applications independently re-assessed by all members of TT-WMD. The standard needs profiling to be applicable for applications demanding less comprehensive metadata. Formal review by TCs pending. ICG-WIGOS is requested to give guidance on direction of future work. ICG-WIGOS-3, 10 -14 Feb 2014 6
WMO PTC-PRA-2014 New Edition of the International Cloud Atlas (3) B. Calpini, President of CIMO R. Atkinson, I Ruedi, WMO Secretariat WMO; OBS
CIMO and Internatinal Cloud Atlas (3) Promote: § § high quality observational data world-wide compatibility Vs ICA The ICA should be the world‘s authoritative, primary source of cloud classification. It should be fully comprehensive and contain the most up-to-date information. B. Calpini CIMO
Progress § TT recommends major update of ICA: § Design web-based version of ICA; § Significantly expand imagery to reflect climatic and seasonal variation, while maintaining inclusion of current reference imagery; § Expand metadata associated with images (mandatory: f. ex. Cloud base height, optional: f. ex. aerological sounding, synoptic context, radar view, imagery as viewed from aircraft and satellite, timelapse imagery where it would be clearly beneficial); § Update and expand text as required for accuracy and clarity and modernize language; § Design and include an updated graphical decision aid; § Add a Glossary of terms with images; § Expand cloud classifications with a number of additions recommended by TT-ICA.
Need to modernize and improve decision aid
Possible web-based template
Considerations & decisions § CIMO MG supports recommendation of TT: § Proliferation of web-based cloud atlases, not always consistent with ICA. § In WIGOS strategy, promotion of global standadization in observations is key. § The New Edition of ICA as a WIGOS project (Funding issue to be considered).
Collaboration with ISO § Collaboration going on between WMO and ISO on the development of 2 common WMO-ISO standards: § Ground-based Remote Sensing by Doppler Wind Lidars (ISO TC 145/SC 5 – WD 28902) § ISO initiated this activity and leads the development with participation of WMO experts (CIMO at present) § Siting Classification for Surface Observing Stations on Land § “WMO Standard” already existing and published in the CIMO Guide § TCs were invited to nominate representatives for this work (CCl and JCOMM did) § Was approved as ”Draft International Standard by ISO (DIS)” at level 4 (out of 6) of ISO approval procedure with some comments and one negative vote in December 2013 § Comments need to be considered and “Final Draft International Standard (FDIS)” needs to be prepared in coming 4 months (for approval by ISO and CIMO-16)
CIMO in WIGOS and DRR and GFCS (5) § . . and DRR § … and GFCS § Direct involvment of Jitze van der Meulen, CIMO in support § CIMO as one of the pillar for GFCS In accordance with its mission (see next slide) § ICG-WIGOS-3, 10 -14 Feb 2014 §
CIMO in WIGOS and DRR and GFCS (5) Promote: § high quality observational data § world-wide compatibility by: § Defining technical standards, § Testing and calibration § Performing instrument intercomparisons, § Implementing quality control procedures. § Increasing expertise and Capacity-building
Monthly rain precip: comparison vs reference Sta J F M A M J J A S O N D Jahr SRL 63 24 90 75 48 78 89 74 92 70 75 61 70 CTO 70 88 67 63 64 69 97 62 74 66 79 68 72 AVB 75 34 92 75 70 86 82 86 91 76 77 63 76 BSG 88 85 61 84 79 86 86 70 59 66 71 82 76 ZNZ 61 50 65 75 94 97 96 96 88 66 78 83 79 AFI 89 85 84 76 75 80 84 65 89 86 66 78 80 HIW 69 77 79 76 88 83 82 91 73 76 88 81 80 UNS 70 65 74 79 81 80 97 92 84 86 69 81 80 COG 86 68 59 96 62 69 91 70 100 88 83 104 81 SAI 83 73 71 69 69 90 88 83 73 109 74 87 81 MBA 78 72 79 85 90 85 78 97 96 67 69 84 82 WBR 84 76 79 90 73 92 85 81 92 82 68 87 82 LEN 73 78 78 82 86 86 101 84 83 106 84 69 84 WET 66 71 89 94 97 86 91 92 84 80 87 75 84 RIC 73 79 86 92 87 87 85 92 81 94 89 89 86 ERB 97 86 81 73 88 89 98 90 84 80 87 86 87 SNS 84 87 80 85 85 73 101 99 92 77 78 99 87 LAF 67 70 67 87 91 94 87 93 110 76 156 84 90 MOU 89 92 92 89 88 112 104 90 88 88 87 84 92 MES 86 74 81 96 94 92 112 105 110 87 93 85 93 REG 98 87 95 93 87 93 94 110 113 106 97 117 99 SIM 75 77 81 99 98 96 94 89 99 137 91 151 99 ZWK 77 80 97 99 108 99 96 120 96 125 87 119 100 BIS 94 96 101 102 105 104 103 101 106 102 100 103 101 SCE 104 143 87 96 97 119 80 83 132 112 88 114 105 SAP 84 76 102 106 116 120 108 114 96 156 93 107 SAX 137 132 112 124 109 125 131 107 135 111 145 126 125
Real-time radar-raingauge integration Radar-only Combi. Precip (radar+raingauge) 1 -hour sum Technique: Space-time co-kriging with external drift, data transformation and sophisticated quality control Developed as part of NCCR-III (Sideris, Erdin, Frei, Gabella, Germann, et al) Operationally implemented on Rad 4 Alp server in 2012 (Sassi, Sideris, Gaia, et al)
CIMO in WIGOS and Capacity building (6) § § § TECO 2014 St Petersburg Collaborate with ETR and Regional Training Centres for content of Wkshops on traceability (Jeff Wilson, WMO Education and Training) Survey conducted on use of mercury and obsolete instruments § Mercury still widely used § Autographic instrument still widely used § Minamata convention (UNEP): Ban on production, import and export of instruments containing Hg from 2020 Tentative (subject to CIMO-MG-11, CIMO-16 decisions): § § Conference on Measurements in harsh environment (icing), in collaboration with Region-VI (Europe) Conference on AWS QA-MD-Siting-Maintenance ICG-WIGOS-3, 10 -14 Feb 2014
CIMO and private vendors (HMEI) • Intercomparisons • SPICE • Radiosondes • … ICG-WIGOS-3, 10 -14 Feb 2014
WIGOS challenges for the CIMO (cf. 2013) WMO § § Limited number of experts in CIMO position vs: § § § Role of TT in WIGOS: addresses issues relevant to «most of» the TCs, work under ICG WIGOS Role of TCs: addresses issues relevant at first to the specific TC CIMO experts’ engagement «on demand» mode vs specific issues.
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