WIGOS Implementation Status in RA II and National Activities Chong PEI, Division Chief, Department of Integrated Observations of CMA

Outline 1. Background 2. Brief introduction of R-WIP-II 3. Progresses 4. National WIGOS activities in CHINA 5. Challenges and way forward 2

3 1. Background Cg-XVI Decided to implement WIGOS and Request (1) To develop R-WIP (2) To coordinate WIGOS implementation activities with the WIS in their operating plans and working programs (3) To promote capacity-building and outreach activities to assist Members in the implementation of WIGOS The 15 th RA II session (December, 2012, Doha, Qatar) R-WIP-II was approved and adopted as Resolution 4.4/1 3

2. Brief introduction of R-WIP-II R-WIP-II identified 7 individual areas with respect to the 10 areas of the WIGOS IP, Most of the activities will be implemented via 7 Actionable “RAII WIGOS projects” 4

Monitor and review the Implementation of EGOS- IP in RA II Key Regional Players:China Hong Kong, China Completed ̶ Established an expert group ̶ Drafted Work plan ̶ Developed Fund Plan On-going ̶ A Portal will be developed ̶ Gaps and Priority actions will be Identified 3. Progress of implementation of WIGOS project I 5

Standard and Practical Portal, including Technical Documents with Necessary Details in English from all RA II Members Key Regional Player: Republic of Korea Completed _ KMA’s domestic project for the standardization of met observations has finished the 1st phase(2013). Domestic >3,500 sites data from 27 agencies were collected as one system ̶ By the end of 2014, 80% of the data are collected and QC as operational utilization in real time On-going ̶ In 2015, a portal will be developed to share the experience and benefits from the standardization ̶ Preparing for collecting regional standard and best practices regarding data exchange, sensor inter-comparison or calibration from members 3. Progress of implementation of WIGOS project II 6

Integration of Surface-based Remote Sensing Data in the East Asia Key Regional Players: JMA, CMA, KMA Completed — Review progress of on-going activities: a 2-D grid product of analyzed precipitation was generated experimentally from KMA’s CAPPI and AWS by JMA. Dissemination plan for ground-based GNSS on WIS/GTS were discussed at joint meetings — Identified technical issues for data exchange in operations On-going ̶ Encourage to exchange data among members KMA is preparing to expand GNSS data dissemination from ~20 stations via WIS, which are collected domestically by 2016 ̶ To discuss how to develop a feasible and optimal draft design on integrated surface-based remote sensing observations project III-1 3. Progress of implementation of WIGOS

Capacity Building in Radar Techniques in the Southeast Asia Key Regional Players: ASEAN-SCMG: Thailand, Malaysia Completed ̶ Regional Training Workshop on Weather Radar Maintenance, QE and Forecast held in Bangkok, on 24 Feb to 7 Mar 2014, 20 participants from Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam joined it JMA, Japan Radio Co, and WMO Cooperation for Radar between TMD and JMA is ongoing under Japan-ASEAN Integrated Fund ̶ The joint project of ASEAN Radar Composite between Thailand and Malaysia has not achieved any specific progress through ASEAN SCMG’s meeting in Vientiane, LAO PDR in Sep 2014 On-going Establishment of any trans-boundary activities for radar network project III Progress of implementation of WIGOS

Enhance the Availability and Quality Management Support in Surface, Climate and Upper-air Observations Key Regional Players: JMA (Coordinator) and Members of Coordination Group Completed ̶ WMO/JMA Survey on met. instruments, calibration and training in RA II was implemented, and the consolidated report was available on the WMO RIC Tsukuba website. ̶ Experts from RIC Tsukuba provided Bangladesh Met. Department (BMD) practical on-the-job training on instrument. On-going ̶ To develop a draft report for the investigation survey on quality management of meteorological observation by NMHS in RA II. ̶ To hold a workshop focusing on sharing and transferring skills of observations QM. project IV 9 3. Progress of implementation of WIGOS

Develop a Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System (SDS-WAS) in Asia Node Key Regional Players: : China, Japan, Republic of Korea Completed ̶ The dust forecast model has been continuously operated throughout the year daily, which consists of a NWP model with on-line parameterizations of the atmospheric dust cycle. ̶ A portal for dust forecast products was developed. On-going ̶ Dust forecast model products verification will be carried out in the near future. ̶ CMA will apply for WMO Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers with Activity Specialization on atmospheric Sand Dust Forecasts. project V Progress of implementation of WIGOS

Develop Support for NMHSs in Satellite Data, Products and Training Key Regional Players: : Japan, Republic of Korea and other satellite operators in RA II Completed ̶ Issuance of newsletters to RA II Members 4 in in 2014 (Oct) ̶ Asia/Oceania Met. Satellite Users’ Conference 4th conference was held in Melbourne, Australia from 9-11 Oct by Bureau of Meteorology with two day’s training event 5th conference was held in Shanghai, China,from Nov by CMA with two day VLab training event Roshydromet committed to be the 5h sponsor On-going ̶ Supportive activities to be prepared for satellite data users concerning the new generation of geostationary meteorological satellites ̶ To establish a permanent secretariat, preferably within the WMO Space Programme Office ̶ 6th Asia/Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users’ Conference will be prepared by JMA with 3rd Meeting of the Coordinating Group of the RA II WIGOS Project in 2015 ̶ 7th Conference will be the Joint AOMSUC7-AMS meeting in 2016 project VI Progress of implementation of WIGOS

.Strategic Development Under WIGOS Framwork _ Five years Plan _ Standards _ Project Surpports _ Process Monitoring 4. National WIGOS activities in CHINA

. Network Design Under WIGOS Framwork _ Project on OSE & OSSEs & FSO in East of China, NWP-Based _ Will give a report to WIGOS 2016, Shanghai _ will extend to Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 4. National WIGOS activities in CHINA. Sharing data with other Agencies _ Ocean data + Atmospheric data to help forecasting Typhoon _ Hydrological data + Atmospheric data to help nowcasting warning _ PMs + Atmospheric data to help predicting hazy and fog

4. National WIGOS activities in CHINA. New Generation Radar Tech and Dual-Pol _ Phase coding and dual-PRFs _ Dual-pol upgrading _Wind Profilers experimental network for NWP _ “BIG DATA processing” tech to enhance radar data quality.Integrate all existing Operational System _ Bring National and Provincial into An Integrated ONE _ Metadata standardization, collection through the WIS

. CMA Integrated Observing System Operational Platform ONE platform Monitoring > 10 types of instrument > 50,000 sensors Standard Stable Extendable Easy to maintain Integrated Easy to operate Save Resource 4. National WIGOS activities in CHINA

identify data problems automatically Are you sure your radar working well? Wrong Data Data Quality Management

17 Data quality Monitoring Data quality control Data Quality Management COMPARISON Automatically Data quality control and Instruments Performances monitoring by standards and criteria in near real-time. Establish links with WMO other programs including WIS to provide them with the monitoring results by series monitoring reports

Key issues in Implementing WIGOS in RA II General Challenges in RA II Lack of understanding of potential benefits Lack of effective collaboration mechanisms among key partners and stakeholders Low level of commitment from Members Pressing challenges & way forward How to motivate RA II Members to implement new WIGOS technical regulation and Manual –Urgent need of explanatory guiding material to navigate Members to implement WIGOS regulatory practices (esp. Metadata of regional networks, etc) –Training of RA II EG-WIGOS members, to enable them to assist RA II Members to carry on the implementation activities –Strengthen the supervising mechanism on WIGOS implementation, hopefully by joint efforts of RA II MG and ICG-WIGOS –Promotion of regional data exchange following WIS standards (metadata) –WIGOS RA II Centers (CMA Monitoring platform can be a good showcase) 18

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