1. WIGOS Pre-operational Phase
(Cg-17 & EC-68)
RA II Expert Group on WIGOS – First Session
31 October – 1 November 2016
(Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
Dr. Igor Zahumensky,
WIGOS Project Office, WMO Secretariat

2. Outline WIGOS Cg-17 & EC-68 (WIGOS pre-operational phase) Way forward
Benefits

3. Resolution 23 (Cg-17) Pre-operational Phase of the WIGOS
Cg-17 decides that the development of WIGOS will continue during its pre- operational phase in the seventeenth financial period with the aim of having Members benefit from a fully operational WIGOS from 2020 onward;

4. WIGOS Pre-operational Phase
Five highest priorities:
National WIGOS implementation
WIGOS Regulatory and Guidance Material
WIGOS Information Resource
WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System
Regional WIGOS Centres

5. Resolution 2 (EC-68) Plan for WIGOS Pre-operational Phase
EC-68 requested Members, the regional associations and the technical commissions to organize their activities so as to realize WIGOS goals and associated outcomes as described in the Plan

6. 1. National Implementation, Coordination & Governance Mechanisms

7. Role of Members
Implement and operate their observing networks and systems in accordance with the WMO Technical Regulations (WMO-No. 49)
(see WIGOS Technical Regulations in: WMO-No (Eng. version: Resolutions 25 and 26 respectively))

8. Role of Members
Develop their National Observing Strategy and National WIP;
Establish national WIGOS governance, coordination and implementation mechanisms;
Nominate national WIGOS focal points and OSCAR/Surface focal points;
Coordinate their WIGOS implementation with the implementation of WIS and other WMO key priorities;
Development of a National Observing Strategy will enable to better meet the user needs and to ensure that NMHS has the best basis for planning of its investment in systems, science and people. It will also permit the NMHS to make informed decisions based on user requirements for future planning purposes. Four key principles that guide the Strategy are as follows: (1) demand- and user-driven products and services; (2) a phased approach to implementation; (3) effective partnerships; and (4) building on core strengths.
N-WIP should build on the National Observing Strategy.
Not a one-size-fits all approach. Every country is different; therefore not a template approach. The Self-assessment (Readiness) Checklist ( already developed will be useful in assessing current maturity of observing systems, their priorities, plans, gaps and capabilities, etc., and will provide the basis for developing an achievable national WIGOS plan.
Members will develop a national WIGOS plan that reflects their national situation, in terms of the mandate of their NMHS, the requirements of their user community and the need to reach out to partners to develop a comprehensive integrated observing system to meet national service needs.
Each plan will be different, both in content and style, and while Members can learn from the plans and experiences of others, through case studies and workshops, it is proposed that Members be provided with guidance materials to assist them to understand what steps they needed to take but not with a specific template that might unduly constrain them.

9. National Planning
It reflects a national situation, requirements of user community with a goal to meet national service needs,
It links NMHS with their national partners for increased integration and open sharing of observations, incl. those from non-WMO sources

10. “WIGOS Ready” level
OSCAR/Surface: completed WIGOS metadata of all observing stations across all WIGOS components for which observations are exchanged internationally;
WIGOS metadata compliance achieved;
WIGOS Station Identifiers: implemented;
WDQMS: national process for acting on quality problem information received from the WDQMS in place;

11. “WIGOS Ready” level
National WIGOS governance, coordination and implementation mechanisms established;
Nominate national WIGOS focal points and OSCAR FPs;
WIGOS implementation coordinated with the implementation of WIS and other WMO key priorities.

12. 2. WIGOS Regulatory and Guidance Material

13. WIGOS Technical Regulations
« Shall » (Standard)
« Should » (Recommendation)
Just to mention some of them as examples
(see WIGOS Technical Regulations in: WMO-No (Eng. version: Resolutions 25 and 26 respectively))

14. WIGOS Technical Regulations
Members shall implement and manage their national observing systems in accordance with the provisions laid out in this Volume, Part I, and in Annex VIII (Manual on the WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WMO‑No.1160)).
Members shall also perform quality control of observations on a non-real-time basis, prior to forwarding the observations for archiving.
Members should develop and implement adequate quality control processes.
Just to mention some of them as examples
(see WIGOS Technical Regulations in: WMO-No (Eng. version: Resolutions 25 and 26 respectively))

15. WIGOS Technical Regulations
The ”Manual on WIGOS” will be updated in 2019, with two main new elements
Full integration of the Manual on the Global Observing System, which will be retired at that point
New material on the Regional Basic Observing Network (RBON), …, …

16. Guide to WIGOS
Initial version of the “Guide to WIGOS”, submitted to CBS-16 (Nov 2016) with guidance material on:
Station IDs,
WIGOS Metadata,
OSCAR/Surface,
Observing Network Design;
More material coming on Regional WIGOS Centers, WIGOS data quality monitoring, AWS, national partnerships, data sharing, national observing strategy, Regional Basic Observing Network, …

17. 3. WIGOS Information Resource

18. 4. WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System (WDQMS)

19. 5. Regional WIGOS Centres

20. Way forward
Promote WMO culture of compliance with Technical regulations;
Complete the nomination process of the national WIGOS, OSCAR/Surface and WIS focal points, respectively, as soon as possible;

21. Way forward Consider and draft Pilot Projects, e.g. on:
OSCAR/Surface implementation
Data Quality Monitoring
Incident Management
Helping the LDCs of RA II (8 Members)
Consider and draft Pilot Project(s) on establishment of RWC(s)
national
sub-regional

22. Thank you
Merci