ITU Workshop on
“ICT as an Enabler for Smart Water Management”
(Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013)
The WMO Information System
Steve Foreman,
C/DRMM, WMO
sforeman@wmo.int
Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013
Contents
Role of WMO
WMO Information System
Exploiting WMO Information System
Role of WMO
Need
Data
Analysis
Action
World Meteorological Organization
(WMO)
Specialized agency of UN (1951)
“UN system's authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of
the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the
climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water
resources”
WMO promotes cooperation in the establishment of networks
for making meteorological, climatological, hydrological and
geophysical observations, as well as the exchange,
processing and standardization of related data, and assists
technology transfer, training and research.
It also … furthers the application of meteorology to public
weather services, agriculture, aviation, shipping, the
environment, water issues and the mitigation of the
impacts of natural disasters.
WMO Technical Commissions
Basic
Systems
(CBS)
Instruments
and methods
of observation
(CIMO)
Aeronautical
Meteorology
(CAeM)
Hydrology
(CHy)
Atmospheric
Sciences
(CAS)
Climatology
(CCl)
Oceanography
& Marine
Meteorology
(JCOMM)
Agricultural
Meteorology
(CAgM)
Collect Observations
Combine with knowledge
Data + Knowledege
=
Analyses and
Forecasts
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Disseminate products
Observations
User needs
Products
Forecasts
Interpretation
Products
WMO Information System
WMO Information System aims to…
Increase data visibility
Broaden data access
Simplify data use
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WIS defines
Responsibilities of centres
Telecommunications practices
Data representations
Minimum metadata for discovery
through
WMO Technical Regulations
WMO IPR categories and policies
WIS
National Centre:
• contributes information to WIS
• distributes WIS information to national users
National
Centre
Data Collection or Production Centre:
• Collects, prepares or analyses information, or
• Manages sub-regional exchange of information
Data
Collection
or
Production
Centre
Global Information System Centre:
• Holds catalogue of all information available through WIS
• Manages global exchange of information
Global
Information
System
Centre
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Adding data to WIS
WMO Pizza Programme
DCPC
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Discovery, Access, Retrieval
GISC
DCPC
User
• Searches catalogue at GISC
• Asks GISC/DCPC for
DCPC
product
Passes product
WIS metadata
to userto GISC
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Data representations in WIS
TDCF
Traditional Alphanumeric Codes
Table Driven Code Forms
Model Driven Representations
TAC
XML
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Exploiting the WIS
Steps to exploiting the WIS
Share your information
through your National Centre or a Data
Collection or Production Centre
Use information from others
find the information in the WIS
catalogue on a GISC
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/
WIS/GISCs.html
Sharing your information
Create a metadata record
description of content
location
time span
how to get the information
contact/responsibility/IPR information
Publish
routine or on request?
Use others’ information
WIS
Coordinated by World Meteorological
Organization
Operated by Countries
Share weather, water, climate
Can be near-real time
Luxor, Egypt, 14-15 April 2013
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Questions?