1. Ivan Čačić President RA VI
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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

2. 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 …
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3. 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
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4. 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)
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5.  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
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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
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7. 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)
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8. 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
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9. Structure of (virtual) RWC in RA VI
Example in 2. part of the talk
(link to JCOMM; DCPC Adriatic sea)
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10. 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
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11. 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 from RA VI WIP
WIGOS Quality monitoring
Extent the AMDAR Program to aircrafts of Turkish Airlines
task from RA VI-WIP
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12. 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
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13. Thank you