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Table
WIGOS Pre-operational Phase Activities
Depending on the implementation scale, planned activities are specified as follows: G = Global activity, R = Regional activity and N = National activity
No.
I.
1.1.1
G
1.3.1
N
3.1.4
G
3.2.3
R
4.1.1
G
6.1.1
G
7.3.1
Estimated Costs
Target
Potential Risks
Date for
Responsibility (2012-2015) K CHF
Completion
Dependencies
RQ RB Shortfall
Activities listed in the WIP (Version 3.0, Table 2) not completed during the Implementation Phase, and proposed to be included in
the Pre-Operational Phase
Develop WIGOS Functional
ICG-WIGOS
WIGOS FA
2018
Architecture
(or successor)
Develop National WIGOS
N-WIPs developed
2019
Members
Implementation Plans (N-WIPs)
Develop a concept of Regional
Description of RBON
2016
ICG-WIGOS,
Basic Observing Network
concept applied by Regions
onwards
RAs
(RBON) to be applied by RAs
Migrate from the existing
2017
RBONs adopted by RAs
RAs, Members
RBSN/RBCN into an integrated
onwards
RBON
Develop guidance, mechanisms
1) Guidance included in the
1) 2019
ICG-WIGOS
and procedures for improved
WIGOS Guide
2) 2015
integration of observational data
2) Work is underway for
onwards
and products
some specific product
integration activities
1) Develop guidance for WIGOS 1) Guidance to WIGOS
1) 2015
Relevant TCs
standards
standardization developed
TT-WRM
2) Implemented standard
2) 2015
WIGOS PO
and recommended practices
2) Document the implemented
onwards
and procedures are
standard and recommended
documented and available at
practices and procedures on
the Portal as appropriate
instruments, methods of
3) 2015
3) Newly developed standard
observation, data products, etc.
onwards
and recommended practices
documented in the WIGOS
regulatory material
Provide information required by
Required information
2015
Members
Activity
Deliverables
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N
WIR
available in WIR and
onwards
maintained
II.
New activities (by WIGOS Key Activity Area)
1. WIGOS Regulatory Material, supplemented with necessary guidance material, focusing on providing Members with those technical
details that are required for the implementation (KAA 1, 2, 5, 6, 9)
1.1.G Develop Guide to WIGOS,
Guide to WIGOS
Cg-18
including guidelines on:
1) WIGOS Metadata
2) Station Identifiers
3) OSCAR/Surface
4) WIGOS Data Quality
Monitoring
5) Lifecycle management of
data (acquisition, data policy,
sharing, quality management,
dissemination, archiving,
reprocessing, etc.)
6) Incorporation of observations
2016
(WMO and partners) across
onwards
all WIGOS component
observing systems (access,
sharing and integration of
WIGOS data)
1.2.G Develop Guideline on National
WIGOS Development and
Partnerships
1.3.G Develop standards and
recommendations supported by
best practices and procedures
for surface-based remote
sensing (mainly weather radars
and wind profilers)
1.4.G Develop standards and
recommendations supported by
2016
2017
2017
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best practices and procedures
for improving observational data
and products quality
1.5.G Update the Manual on WIGOS
New editions of Manual on
WIGOS
EC-68, EC69, EC-70,
Cg-18
2. WIGOS Information Resource (WIR), including the OSCAR and SORT databases (KAA 7, 8)
Web-based portal
2.1.G
2016
preliminary operation
OSCAR/Capabilities
2.2.G
2016
migration
2.3.G
OSCAR/Space migration
2017
2.4.G
SORT initial capability
2017
OSCAR/Surface fully
2.5.G
2018
populated
3. WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System (WDQMS) (KAA 5, 9)
Initial WIGOS (GOS surface3.1.G
based components)
monitoring capability at
ECMWF, NCEP and/or other
NWP centres
Full WIGOS (GOS surface3.2.G
based components)
operational monitoring and
reporting functionality
Monitoring Workshop(s) for
3.3.G
GAW, GCOS, GCW and
hydrology components of
WIGOS
Initial monitoring capability
3.4.G
for all WIGOS components
Mechanisms for routine
3.5.G
reporting of monitoring
Mid 2016
2018
2016
Mid 2017
Mid 2016
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3.6.G
results to EC, Regional
Associations and Members
Mechanisms and regional
structures in place to handle
incident management actions
and support Members in
improving the data
availability and quality
4. WIGOS Regional Centres (KAA 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9)
Initial establishment of
4.1.G
WIGOS Regional Centres in
pre-operational mode in
some regions/sub-regions
Establishment of WIGOS
4.2.G
Regional Centres covering
all WMO Regions
Operational phase of initial
4.3.G
WIGOS Regional Centres,
after successful completion
of two-year pre-operational
phase
2017
Mid 2016
2018
Mid 2018
onwards
5. Regional and national coordination and governance mechanisms (KAA 1, 2, 6, 9)
Develop Guidance on
5.1.G Develop Guidance on
2017
governance mechanisms and
governance mechanisms
partnership arrangements to
and partnership
support the incorporation of
arrangements to support the
observations (WMO and
incorporation of observations
partners) across all WIGOS
(WMO and partners) across
component observing systems
all WIGOS component
(see also 1.1.G – 6))
observing systems (see also
1.1.G – 6))
Tools and guidance for
5.2.G Develop tools and guidance for
2018
Members to plan, deliver,
Members to plan, deliver,
expand and evolve their national expand and evolve their
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WIGOS implementation
national WIGOS
implementation
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