Ivan Čačić President RA VI ICG-WIGOS-6 REPORT on RWCs in RA VI Ivan Čačić President RA VI Main contributors to the Report Dr. Dieter Schröder Chair WG TDI in RA VI Dr. Jochen Dibbern Chair CBS OPAG-IOS

Content RWCs Activities in RA VI Possible implementation of RWCs in RA VI Proposed functionalities of RWC RA VI RWC “in a nutshell” Next steps foreseen … ICG-WIGOS-6

Support WIGOS Implementation Plan RWCs Activities in RA VI Support WIGOS Implementation Plan Decision of the 4th RA VI MG Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, 21 – 22 April 2016 RA VI Regional WIGOS Centers (RWC) should be established as a network of contributing NMHSs (virtual center structure) - Draft Concept document on RWC-Network, including the Terms of Reference for the modules of RWC Network Establish a “proof of concept” phase in setting-up of RWC-Network - assign the roles of virtual RWC that will start to work as a “nut shell RWC” - initiate assignment process after the RA VI Session in 2017 ICG-WIGOS-6

RWCs Activities in RA VI Decisions have been derived on the results from several RA VI WIGOS activities Unique characteristic of RA VI WIGOS implementation is related to EUMETNET - EMI entity which encompasses more than half the WMO RA-VI Members EUMETNET is already actively pursuing several elements of WIGOS implementation Capitalising existing EUMETNET activities (currently hosted by DWD) - a strawman concept for a RA VI RWC has been developed through a series of consultations RA-VI Workshop on WIGOS (Belgrade, Nov 2015) WMO-DWD meeting (Offenbach, Jan 2016) ICG-WIGOS-5 (Geneva, Jan 2016) EUMETNET STAC/PFAC (Bratislava, March 2016) RA-VI MG (Lisbon, May 2016) EUMETNET Assembly (Prague, May 2016) RA-VI Task Team on WIGOS (Belgrade, June 2016) ICG-WIGOS-6

 Virtual RWC concept in RA VI Possible implementation of RWCs in RA VI (following RA-VI Workshop on WIGOS, Belgrade, November 2015) Difficult for most NMHSs to identify new resources for such entities However, it is felt that it would be attractive for many Members to take on responsibility for one or more functionalities Networking between these active members will motivate and strengthen the cooperation  Virtual RWC concept in RA VI ICG-WIGOS-6

Possible implementation of RWCs in RA VI (following RA-VI Workshop on WIGOS, Belgrade, November 2015) RWCs could be implemented as virtual centres, where a group of NMHSs would share the relevant tasks between them under the overall coordination of one of them (illustrated in the next slide) RWCs need not cover the Region as a whole Tasks could be shared between Regional WIGOS Centres covering sub-regions, with areas of responsibility aligned with existing geographic or linguistic boundaries within the Region In RA-VI, the existing EUMETNET activities could be strengthened and broadened to encompass several intended RWC functionalities at the WMO level ICG-WIGOS-6

Proposed functionalities of RWC Coordination (if implemented as Virtual Center involving more than one NMHSs) Overarching coordination and communication with all RWCs in the Region relevant RA VI Working Groups and Task Teams WMO Secretariat including Regional Office for Europe Communication … and more (Problem Management) Act as Regional information resource for Members concerning various aspects of WIGOS implementation Collect and document regional experience with WIGOS implementation and its benefits Support for education & training in WIGOS implementation, especially concerning Establishment of partnerships WIGOS metadata management (OSCAR/Surface) ICG-WIGOS-6

Proposed functionalities of RWC Technical Support Regional network management (network design and coordination) Regional data monitoring & data quality management (WDQMS) Regional metadata management (OSCAR/Surface) (Support concerning national data management)* Linking WIGOS to external entities/ establishing partnerships Establishing and maintaining links with Regional Oceanographic Groups Establishing and maintaining links with Regional Climate Centres Establishing and maintaining links with Regional Instrument Centres Establishing and maintaining links with Regional Hydrological Groups Establishing and maintaining links with Regional Training Centres ICG-WIGOS-6

Structure of (virtual) RWC in RA VI Example in 2. part of the talk (link to JCOMM; DCPC Adriatic sea) ICG-WIGOS-6

Support WIGOS Implementation Plan RWC for the Adriatic Sea area Support WIGOS Implementation Plan “WMO RA VI WIGOS Workshop with focus on marine observations”, Split, Croatia, 5-7 September 2016 28 participants from 11 Members NMHSs and Partner Organizations The RA VI WIGOS / Marine - Ocean workshop recommendations Establish a RWC for the Adriatic Sea area as a virtual centre and refine the functionalities of this centre. The proposed RWC will complement existing WIS DCPC for the Adriatic Sea area; Croatia will be leading in this regard. Explore possibilities to establish an WMO-IOC Regional Marine Instrument Centre (RMIC) for the Adriatic Sea as a distributed centre where service for instruments and measurements would provide oceanographic institute(s) - for oceanografic part NMHS(s) – for marine meteorological part ICG-WIGOS-6

RA VI RWC “in a nutshell” preliminary operation till summer 2017 The roles of the RWC are assigned to voluntary TT members This group forms a “RWC in a nutshell” Currently involved TT members: TSMS, EUMETNET, DWD, UKMO, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Lebanon “RWC in a nutshell” operate and “experiment” like a real RWC would do it Foreseen operational and “experimental” tasks: Filling “OSCAR/Surface” (data base) with metadata of RA VI task 6.3.3 from RA VI WIP WIGOS Quality monitoring Extent the AMDAR Program to aircrafts of Turkish Airlines task 1.2.4 from RA VI-WIP ICG-WIGOS-6

Next steps foreseen … “RWC in a nutshell” will operate until next RA VI plenary 17th RA VI Session in September 2017 The nutshell experiment will finish before next RA VI plenary Progress report at the next RA VI Management Group meeting Presentation of the results at the next RA VI plenary Decision for the RA VI plenary will be prepared Depending on the decision RWC designation process for RWC in RA VI could be established ICG-WIGOS-6

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