GISC Offenbach – Status Report 02/2014 (Doc 19) Markus Heene, DWD

Agenda Welcome Capacity Building GISC Backup Metadata Summary

Capacity Building Workshops WIS Workshop with other NMHSs 2-Day WIS Workshop with Slovenian Environment Agency in August 2013 2-Day WIS Workshop with Italian Air Force Meteorological Service (CNMCA) in November 2013 Internal Trainings WIS Training Workshop with the DWD Technical Department January 2014 Operator WIS Training October 2013, February 2014

GISC Backup GISC Backup with GISC Moscow GISC Backup with GISC Tokyo All 26 NMHSs from GISC Offenbachs AMDCN are uploading their data intended for global exchange to GISC Moscow GISC Moscow will issue soon accounts that the 26 NMHSs can download / subscribe data NC Belarus uploads data intended for global exchange to GISC Offenbach Other NCs will follow in 2014 / 2015 Monthly regularly telephone conference between operation GISC Backup with GISC Tokyo GISC Tokyo and GISC Offenbach signed agreement about GISC Backup in 01/2014 RTH / DCPC Prague already uploads their data intended for global exchange to GISC Tokyo Other RTHs / DCPCs and NCs will follow soon GISC Tokyo will issue soon accounts that the 26 NMHSs can download / subscribe data RTH / DCPC Bangkok already uploads their data intended for global exchange to GISC Offenbach RTH Manila will follow in 2014

Metadata WMO Core Profile 1.3, EC 65 request and GEOSS 01/2014 GISC Offenbach updated all metadata (GTS material) to WMO Core Profile 1.3 GISC Offenbach is in close contact with AMDCN to Describe all data and products with metadata Convert existing metadata to WMO Core Profile 1.3 Volume C Generator as service FTP dissemination server for fulfillment of EC 65 request The operational interface for all WMO metadata between GEOSS and GISC Offenbach works without any problems since July 2012

Summary Mr. Heene presented the status of GISC Offenbach and that since the last ET-WISC meeting in Beijing 07/2013 GISC Offenbach hosted 2 WIS Workshops - one workshop with Slovenian Environment Agency in August 2013 and the other workshop with Italian Air Force Meteorological Service (CNMCA) in November 2013. Furthermore he reported that 2 internal WIS Workshops took place. TT-GISC noted that GISC Offenbach closed an additional GISC Backup agreement with GISC Tokyo in January 2014 and that already some centres are uploading their data intended for global exchange in an operational manner to their Backup GISC. Furthermore Mr. Heene reported that all data intended for global exchange of GISC Offenbach’s AMDCN are uploaded to the GISC Backup Centre GISC Moscow. Furthermore the operation teams of the centres hold a monthly co-ordination telephone conference. TT-GISC noted that GISC Offenbach published all their metadata (for GTS material) in WMO Core Profile 1.3 and that GISC Offenbach is in close contact with the centres of their AMDCN to describe all data and products with metadata and to convert existing metadata to WMO Core Profile 1.3. GISC Offenbach offers the automatic generation of metadata for Volume C1 and AN files as service for centres outside of the AMDCN upon formal request. Furthermore Mr. Heene reported that the operational interface for all WMO metadata – realized through the WIS Catalogue (OAI set which is a union of all sets) – between GEOSS and GISC Offenbach works without any problems since July 2012. Mr. Heene informs all GISC representatives that GISC Offenbach offers an FTP dissemination server for the fulfillment of EC 65 request to make all data of GISC Offenbach’s AMDCN available to the other GISCs. Upon request the GISC receives an account and can download 2-minutes archives with all data of GISC Offenbach’s AMDCN. Furthermore the possibility exists that GISC Offenbach pushes the requested data to the other GISCs.

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