1. (Istanbul, Turkey, 09 to 10 April 2015)
World Meteorological Organization Working together in weather, climate and water
WMO
WG -TDI
Status of Work
(Istanbul, Turkey, 09 to 10 April 2015)
Dieter Schröder, Chair WG-TDI
Deutscher Wetterdienst

2. 1. WG-TDI at a Glance Basic Composition
Chair: Dieter Schröder, DWD Germany
Co-Chair: Ercan Büyükbas, TSMS Turkey.
4 Task Teams, 4 Rapporteurs
Tasks in the Workplan are derived from
ToRs from the predecessor teams
Deliverables from the RA VI Operation Plan.
Results from the 16th Session of RA VI in Helsinki
Accepted at the meeting of MG 2014 in Tallinn
Meetings of WG TDI
1st meeting: 6. – 7. November 2014
2nd meeting: foreseen September 2015 at TSMS Turkey

3. 1. WG-TDI at a Glance (II) TT/WIGOS-I TT/MTDCF TT/RMDCN TT/RIC
Chair: Ercan Büyükbas, TSMS Turkey
ToR: ☺ List of Members: ☺
TT/MTDCF
Chair: Alexander Kats, Roshydromet Rusia
ToR: ☺ List of Members: ☺
TT/RMDCN
Chair: Ilona Glaser, DWD Germany
TT/RIC
Chair: Drago Groselj, EAS-MO Slovenia

4. 1. WG-TDI at a Glance (III)
Rapporteur on WIS
Antonio Vocino, MeteoAM, Italy ToR: ☺
Rapporteur on ISS
East: Leonid Bezruk, Roshydromet ToR: ☺
West: Hermann Asensio, DWD Germany ToR: ☺
Rapporteur on DPFS
Laurent Perron, Météo France ToR: ☺
Special Task (Nowcasting technologies)
Postponed due to lack of maturity & lack of finances
Requested Support: All Task Teams would like official nomination letters from WMO RA VI for their TT members

5. 2. Task Team WIGOS Implementation - ToR
1. WIGOS Implementation Plan
Priority Activity for TT WIGOS-I
Timeline
Revision, Analysis, Further Enhancement of RA VI WIGOS IP
ongoing
Assist RA VI Members to develop their national WIPs
- Develop mechanisms for efficient cooperation with focal points
- Organize workshops and prepare guidance document
foreseen in the period of

6. 2. Task Team WIGOS Implementation - ToR
2. Support for WIGOS Implementation
Priority Activity for TT WIGOS-I
Timeline
Establish concrete tools for the cooperation with the other related bodies (technical commissions of WMO, WGs of the other RAs, EUMETNET, etc..
ongoing
Follow new developments and technologies on observing systems for implementing in RA VI
Review the existing reference documents (CIMO Guide 8, Technical Regulations-WMO 49, etc.)
- Develop recommendations for determining technical requirements and siting conditions of the observation systems
- Analyse the common problems of members due to the rapid urbanisation around the observation networks, and developing solution algorithms

7. 2. Task Team WIGOS Implementation - ToR
3. Realizing WIGOS via Regional Observation Networks
Priority Activity for TT WIGOS-I / TT RIC
Timeline
Determine the needs of the existing Regional Observation Networks for upgrading, enhancing and operating them by considering the requirements of Members
foreseen in the period of
To develop mechanisms for efficient use of RICS;
- Review the capacities and needs of RICs
- Improve the cooperation among RICs
Realize WIGOS via regional observation networks
- Review the regional observation networks (weather radars, wind profilers, lightning detection systems, etc.)
- Develop mechanisms and guidance for improving the existing ones and establish new regional observation networks
- Develop tools for data exchange via regional observation networks

8. 2. Task Team WIGOS Implementation - ToR
4. Monitoring and Integrated Quality Management
Priority Activity for TT WIGOS-I
Timeline
Integrate the Quality Monitoring and control activities of the members;
- Establish a QM process in which the RA VI members can participate in the further development of the RA VI WIP,
- Implement real-time (quality) monitoring in coordination with EUMETNET & EUCOS QM portal,
- Develop real-time monitoring and reporting capabilities; incorporating existing EUMETNET & EUCOS monitoring portal,
foreseen in the period of
5. Problems
Not all the NMSs has nominated a WIGOS focal point
WIGOS Workshop in 2016 needs additional support

9. 2. Task Team WIGOS Implementation - Members
Name
NMHS, State
personally
NMHS
Remark
Dr. Olaf Schulze
DWD, Germany
agreed
Stefan Klink
EUMETNET, DWD, Germany
Simon Gilbert
UKMO
Linih Tatiana
Republic of Moldova
not yet agreed
Müslüm Yigit
TSMS Turkey
Özden Tüten
Subteam for Radar Data Exchange
Name
NMHS, State
personally
NMHS
Remark
Dr. Ferenc Dubai
Hungary
not yet agreed
Oğuzhan Şireci
TSMS Turkey
agreed
Cihan Gözübüyük
Turkey

10. 3. Task Team MTDCF - ToR
1. Coordination and Supervision of the Migration
Priority Activity for TT MTDCF
Timeline
Continue an active and regular communication process with the national focal points. Restructure this communication process.
vividly ongoing
Continue a RA VI monitoring of the migration to TDCF by collecting (oral) progress and problem reports from the focal points. Restructure the monitoring process.
ongoing
Liaise with CBS IPET-DRMM and WMO secretariat to report and solve problems occurring during the migration to TDCF
vivid exchange
Prepare a continuous status report on the migration on the basis of WMO monitoring and RA VI monitoring (6.1.2).
excel table
Clear discrepancies between RA VI and WMO monitoring
not started

11. 3. Task Team MTDCF - ToR 2. Support RA VI Members in the Migration
Priority Activity for TT MTDCF
Timeline
Review and update the Regional Plan for the migration to TDCF in RA VI
ongoing
Support National Centres in RA VI to develop and update their national migration plan
Advice members of RA VI on all aspects related to the migration to TDCF
often
Organize training events and workshops on TDCF.
-(1)
Organize hands-on partnership or support for countries which have severe difficulties in migrating to TDCF.
actively ongoing(1)
Further develop encoder-decoder software (e.g. synop2bufr) and guide members in using these tools -
Collect, report and trying to solve actual problems occuring during the migration to TDCF
ongoing(1)
(1) Request to GISCs, DCPCs, RTHs to support!

12. 3. Task Team MTDCF - ToR
3. Miscellaneous: GRIB 2 and other Code Concepts
Priority Activity for TT MTDCF
Timeline
Collect occurring problems referring to the GRIB1 --> GRIB2 migration and give advice
Not started
Promote usage of WMO TDCF and sharpen the demarcation to other code concepts (e.g. XML, NetCDF)

13. 3. Task Team MTDCF - ToR 4. Highlights TT focused on BUFR Migration
TDCF became reality since Nov 2014
TT accompanies this migration with vivid discussions
Some NCs already stopped TAC dissemination for Synop
5. Problems
No established process to approve BUFR bulletin before dissemination of TAC stops
Temp conversion to BUFR: 2 alternatives - part by part  4 BUFR bulletins for 1 Temp - entirely  1 BUFR bulletin for 1 Temp

14. 3. Task Team MTDCF - Members
Core and associated members
Name
NMHS, State
personally
NMHS
Remark
Sibylle Krebber
DWD, Germany
agreed
confirmed
Perisa Sunderic
RHMSS, Serbia
Brendan Butler
ME, Ireland
Pal Sannes
Met.No, Norway ?
Vasily Fisunov
Ukraine -
Eva Cervena
CHMI, Czech Rep.
retired
Discussion partners from IPET DRMM
Simon Elliot, EUMETSAT; Yann Genin, Météo France; Yasin Er, Turkey; Richard Weedon, UKMO; Dafi Elryalat, Jordan

15. 4. Task Team RMDCN Implementation - ToR
1. Migration to RMDCN – Next Generation
Priority Activity for TT RMDCN-I
Timeline
Monitor the Migration to RMDCN-NG in RA VI
ongoing
Activate DMVPN Backup of RMDCN-NG in RA VI (Backup of RMDCN with encrypted VPN over Internet)
not required
2. Support RA VI Members in the Migration to RMDCN-NG
Priority Activity for TT RMDCN-I
Timeline
Help RA VI members in any RMDCN problems - Support the trouble shooting communication with ECMWF and Interoute
ongoing
Advice RA VI members who are not able to afford RMDCN-NG in the "Low budget option" of RMDCN-NG (encrypted VPN over Internet to the Interoute RMDCN Gateway)
Iron-A;
Iron-B;
Connection via 3rd party

16. 4. Task Team RMDCN Implementation - ToR
3. Miscellaneous
Priority Activity for TT RMDCN-I
Timeline
Contribute to the multicast and IPV6 issues of RMDCN (Special interest for GISC communication within WIS)
not started
Liaise with CBS ET-RMDCN for further development of RMDCN and discussion of problems occurring in RA VI
Ongoing communi- cation via
4. Next Steps
Refering to ToR
Priority Activity for TT RMDCN-I
T2: Activate DMVPN backup for RMDCN-NG connection in RA VI
Collect status information on current DMVPN backup and discuss further steps with ECMWF
T3: Help RA VI members dealing with RMDCN problems
Follow up on problems reported by Russia (access to portal and language support)

17. 4. Task Team RMDCN Implementation - Members
Name
NMHS, State
personally
NMHS
Remark
Mattias Anderson
SMHI, Sweden
agreed
Pavel Gal
CHMI, Czech Rep.
not yet agreed
Raul Hilara Parra
AEMET, Spain
Dominic Woottall
UKMetO, UK
Vasiliy Fisunow
SHMS, Ukraine
not agreed
Member in TT MTDCF
Tony Bakker
ECMWF
Next step: Official letter from WMO to the PRs to get approval to work in the TT

18. 4. Task Team RMDCN Implementation - ToR
5. Decisions/Actions from last Workshop
Priority Activity for TT RMDCN-I
Timeline
Submit new working and Reporting structure (ROC, TT-RMDCN) to RA VI MG
WG Chair
Create a document which will summarize the existing RMDCN-NG backup options, including cost requirements as information for the RMDCN-NG users
TT-leader in 2015
Members expressed strongly, that it is still necessary to preserve the connection diagrams showing the meteorological telecommunication network in RA VI
Members also raised the question, if the proposed new communication structures using web services is seen as formal WMO communication (as traditional documents) and therefore is mandatory (in parallel to traditional documents?)
WG chair

19. 4. Task Team RMDCN Implementation – New Reporting Structure
New branch established
CBS
ICT-ISS
ET-CTS
ROC
RA VI
Management Group
TAC
ECMWF
Council
WG-TDI
(RMDCN Task Team)

20. RMDCN-NG –Actual configuration (prepared by Leonid Bezrouk)

21. 5. Task Team RIC - ToR 1. Collaboration between RICs and NMHS
Priority Activity for TT RIC
Timeline
Establish an active and regular communication process between RICs and interested NMHSs
ongoing
Establish a regular experience exchange (workshops, reports, other procedures)
Workshop 2014
Review regional and national practices and guidelines relevant to observing networks and instrument and method of observation
not started
2. Establish a Network of Calibration Centres
Priority Activity for TT RIC
Timeline
Compile a survey on calibration capabilities in RA VI
prepared
Maintain a calibration laboratory capabilities data base
ongoing
Organize inter laboratory calibration between RICs and interested NMHSs
started

22. 5. Task Team RIC - ToR 3. Support on Instrument Issues
Priority Activity for TT RIC
Timeline
Continue capacity building activities in RA VI
No activity
Continue to establish traceability functions in data dissemination
ongoing
Assemble and distribute basic calibration kits to those NMHSs in RA-VI which have no calibration facilities
Focus on measurement uncertainty of on-site measured data
not started
Assist members with difficulties in data quality issues

23. 5. Task Team RIC - Members Name NMHS, State personally NMHS Remark
Krunoslav Premec
Croatia
agreed
Francoise Montariol
Météo France
Holger Dörschel
DWD, Germany NN
Slovakian Met. Service
Request to RIC Bratislava

24. 5. Task Team RIC - ToR 5. Decisions/Actions
Priority Activity for TT RIC
Timeline
TT-RIC has established collaboration between MeteoMet2 Project and Slovenian NMI to improve and facilitate laboratory intercomparison and electronic form of the foreseen questionnaire
WG Chair
Combination of questionnaire on calibration and measurement capabilities (CMCs) of NMHSs calibration labs with the basic info on interlaboratory comparison
TT-leader in 2015
Electronic questionnaire on MeteoMet2 website (with logo of MeteoMet project and WMO RA VI). All the data on CMCs will be strictly used for WMO purposes and finally published at WMO server.
WMO RAVI support posting invitation letter for interlaboratory comparison and questionnaire to PR of NMHSs in RAVI. Foreseen start is September 2015.
WG chair

25. 6. Rapporteur on WIS - ToR 1. Status Report on Implementation
Priority Activity for Rapporteur on WIS
Timeline
Status of the WIS implementation in RA VI (e.g. how many countries are participating in WIS)
Country data base, CBS Documents
Status of knowledge and capacity building in RA VI (Survey of workshop activities)
ongoing
Status of the country Profile data Base (CPDB), referring to the RA VI dates
2. Assessment of WIS Operation in RA VI
Priority Activity for Rapporteur on WIS
Timeline
Report on the comprehensive results of the WIS operational monitoring (Monitoring is provided by the RA VI GISCs)
not started
SWOT analysis of WIS operation in RA VI (e.g. with special focus on station catalog and effectiveness of the GISC backup)
draft ideas

26. 6. Rapporteur on WIS - ToR
3. Evaluation of future WIS requirements for RA VI
Priority Activity for Rapporteur on WIS
Timeline
Collection of WIS requirements from RA VI members
not started
Reporting a comprehensive feedback from the RA VI members to recommendations of the relevant WIS
Review of new ideas from RA VI members for the further development of WIS
Report and review of new services from RA VI GISCs for WIS

27. 6. Rapporteur on WIS - ToR 4. Ongoing actions – next steps
Priority Activity for Rapporteur on WIS
Timeline
Continue communication with WIS focal points
ongoing
General Survey of the implementation status – first feedbacks
Draft SWOT analysis of WIS operations in RA VI
foreseen
5. Issues - Support
Priority Activity for Rapporteur on WIS
Resp.
Support from GISCs: Establish short circuit of information from/to GISCs
Support from WMO RA VI: - financial support for 2 trips p.a. and a workshop in circular letters to WMO-PRs and WIS national focal points
RA VI - MG - bureau
Foster a network of WIS experts (to enhance awareness of WIS concept)

28. 7. Rapporteurs on ISS East/West - ToR
Deliverables
Priority Activity for Rapporteur on ISS East/West
Timeline
Support the Communication of WG to NMHSs and vice versa -
Monitor status of the RMTN and support members to be connected to RMDCN in RA VI
Reporting a comprehensive feedback from the RA VI members to recommendations of the relevant WIS
Review of new ideas from RA VI members for the further development of WIS
Report and review of new services from RA VI GISCs for WIS
Rapporteur ISS West focusses on AvXML and IWXXM!

29. 8. Rapporteur on DPFS - ToR
Deliverables
Priority Activity for Rapporteur on DPFS
Timeline
Monitor and publish improvements and new development in global weather models in RA VI. Especially in DWD, ECMWF, Météo France, Roshydromet and UKMetOffice. Identify similar work in different centres and recommend synergies
ongoing (draft report)
Monitor and publish improvements and new development in local area weather models in RA VI. Especially in the consortia Aladin, Cosmo, Hirlam and Lace. Identify similar work in different centres and recommend synergies
Analyse radar cooperation networks, especially Baldrad and Opera. Report last improvements. Analyse the need for use of radar data by numerical models.
Analyse the availability of lightning data (e.g. the UKMO long range lightning data available via Eumetcast)
Report on the improvements of meteo-hydrological models in RA VI
not started
Analyse and compare forecasters tools for volcanic ash dispersion prediction and radiologic pollution dispersion

30. Thank you for your attention !
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