1. World Meteorological Organization Working together in weather, climate and water WMO OMM WMO www.wmo.int/sat WMO World Meteorological Organization Working together in weather, climate and water SAON Task #TN3 WMO Contribution to the SAON through the RRR Potsdam, Germany, 1-2 Oct. 2012 Miroslav Ondr áš, Chief, WMO Observing Systems Division

2. WMO OMM 2 2 Recommendation The SAON Board was invited to review the user requirements of the WMO database* for the WMO applications of its interest, and propose changes to the WMO database vis-à-vis Arctic observational requirements. Proposals for changes should be submitted to the WMO Secretariat (echarpentier@wmo.int).echarpentier@wmo.int Status: Two requests sent (March & July 2012) → no replies so far, Continuity? * http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/OSY/RRR-DB.html http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/OSY/RRR-DB.html

3. WMO OMM 3 3 What next?  The WMO CBS Inter-Programme Expert Team on the Observing Systems Design and Evolution (IPET-OSDE)  RRR process, including review & update of user requirements  Implementation Plan for the evolution of the global observing systems (EGOS-IP)** –Outlines key activities to be implemented during 2012-2025 for maintaining & developing of global observing systems addressing observational requirements for weather, water, and climate –Requires close cooperation with partner organizations, e.g. SAON –Includes 115 actions (with agents for implementation, time frame, performance indicators)  SAON representative in the IPET-OSDE could represent SAON community **https://docs.google.com/a/wmo.int/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=d21vLmludHxjYn MtMTV8Z3g6NTkyMzQxNjI3M2Q3YzQ0MAhttps://docs.google.com/a/wmo.int/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=d21vLmludHxjYn MtMTV8Z3g6NTkyMzQxNjI3M2Q3YzQ0MA