world meteorological organization (wmo) observing and information systems department

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)Observing and Information Systems Department

WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS)

Presented by Eliot Christian <[email protected]>

WIS Senior Scientific Officerat the

Regional Consultation MeetingZambezi River Flood Early Warning System

Maputo, Mozambique 1-5 December 2009

2WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS)1-5 Dec 2009

WIGOS Vision

An integrated, comprehensive and coordinated observing system

to satisfy in a cost-effective and sustained manner

the evolving observing requirements of WMO Members

and to enhance coordination of WMO observing systems

with those of WMO partner organizations for the benefit of society


Drivers Policy & decision makers need quality advice

Don’t like funding duplication across "silos"; Don't like uncoordinated activities

Increased awareness of Earth as integrated systemModeling our world requires information from many

sourcesWMO increasingly depends on partnerships and collaboration across different fields

Greater vulnerability of society to extreme weather events and climate change

Society is much more complex, yet also more capable of using technology and science

Increasingly sophisticated expectationsDemands more for less


Purpose

Pursuant to Resolution 32 (Cg-XV), WMO Quality Management Framework requested National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) • to ensure the traceability of measurements

to recognized world standards approved for the use of WMO Members;

• to ensure that observations and related information are of identified quality for international exchange through the WMO coordinated systems and relevant joint standards with other international organizations


Benefits

Across all WMO domains of activity, WMO Members and Partners will benefit from WIGOS through: • Improved quality, traceability and consistency of

observations for better products and services• Improved access to observations, both real-time

and non-real-time• Optimization of observing network design and

flexibility to incorporate new observing systems• Improved coordination, standardization and

evaluation of national observing networks by NMHSs• Improved data assimilation techniques to allow better

exploitation of observations in Numerical Weather Predictions (NWPs) in an integrated manner


Objectives Enable the evolution and integration

of WMO observing systems and enhance collaboration with WMO partner organizations

Better enable WMO Members to meet expanding national mandates and achieve higher national visibility with other environment related agencies

Provide a mechanism for enhanced integration between surface- and space-based components

Realize integration efficiencies and cost savings, freeing resources that can be reinvested to overcome known deficiencies and gaps in the observing systems


Collaboration

Strong cooperation and collaboration is needed among all partners

WMO will work with partner organizations to achieve maximum commonality of standards and practices across the co-sponsored observing systems

Guarantee a continuing sense of ownership by those organizations that initiated and developed observing system components


Programme Requirements

Integrated governance and collaboration Quality management (user focused, quality

assurance/quality control, traceability, documentation, capacity building, monitoring, evaluation, feedback, remedial actions, improvement)

Observing system interoperability and data compatibility

Optimization (coordinated planning, platform opportunities, innovation)


Approach Build upon the existing observing components of WWW GOS,

GAW, and WHYCOS Capitalize on existing and new and emerging technologies. Improve access to and utilization of surface-based observations

and products from co-sponsored systems such as GTOS, GOOS and GCOS through enhanced coordination.

Improve space-based component by enhanced collaboration through partnerships such as the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) and the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS).

Enhance integration between its surface- and space-based components

Provide a mechanism to meet new observational requirements of its Members.

Make a major and unique contribution to United Nations agencies that are focused on environmental stewardship


Standardization: the Key to IntegrationStandardization of instruments and

methods of observation standards relating to homogeneity, usability,

compatibility and traceability of observations and related products

Information management and exchange Standards relating to WIS information

management and exchange including, interoperability, search and access

End-product quality assurance Standards relating to quality management

practices, including how to describe QM frameworks


Standards for Observations, Quality Management, Information Management

QMF Standards Instruments and methods of observation standards

WIS

Standardsfor

Data & Metadata exchange

&Discovery, Access and

Retrieval (DAR) Services

Observationsfor

Weather,Climate,Water,

Ocean, …

DataProcessing and

Forecasting

Archiving

Users

Active Quality Management


Standards for Observations

WIGOS should encompass homogeneity, interoperability, compatibility, and traceability of observations from all encompassed observing systems

This should be: based on guidance and studies and achieved through implementation of

recommendations on methods of observation by the Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme (IMOP) and all related WMO and partner Programmes in all encompassed networks


Standards for Observations

Required for all observational data and associated metadata, including all relevant data and metadata management procedures:

the measurements from individual observing systems can be integrated into accurate and coherent data sets for development of unbiased, homogeneous long-term trends;

also needed to improve their use in Numerical Weather Prediction


Phase 1: WIGOS Development and Implementation Strategy

Development and Implementation Phase (Project Phase) aiming at development and implementation of the WIGOS organizational global framework for integration, coordination and optimization of multiple observing systems owned by WMO and its partners (co-sponsors) expected to be conducted principally between 2011 (Cg-XVI) and 2015 (Cg-XVII)


Phase 2: WIGOS Operational Phase

WIGOS Operational Phase (decades ongoing) implementation of WIGOS constituent observing systems / networks will evolve continuously to expand and improve services delivery and decision making, in response to evolving users’ needs and opportunities.


Pilot and Demonstration Projects

Pilot Projects – Technical Commission projects to explore WIGOS concepts as they might be applied in actual systems AMDAR, JCOMM ODP, GAW WDC,

WHYCOS, CIMO, GSICS, GRUAN Demonstration Projects – Regional or

Member activities exploring WIGOS Concepts Kenya, Morocco, Russia, Australia,

Brazil, Korea, United States, RA VI (Europe)


WIGOS Reference Documents

WMO Cg-XV (2007) governance WMO Executive Commitee guidance WIGOS Concept of Operations (CONOPS) WIGOS Development and Implementation Plan

http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/wigos/index_en.html

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