1. Observing System Capability Analysis and Review Tool (OSCAR) Detailed functions WIGOS Project Office WMO; Name of Department (ND)

2. Today  Future of WIR  OSCAR  Volume A / OSCAR – transition plan  OSCAR/surface capacity development  OSCAR/surface beta-testing  Monitoring 2

3. Future of WIR  Operational status and evolution of WIGOS  OSCAR  Surface  Space  Analysis  Requirements  WIR Portal  SORT  Monitoring, too?  Parallel development & timelines 3

4. Why Care? Benefits for Members through OSCAR/Surface  Know what you have o Structured overview of Member’s own observing systems  Know what they have o Same structured overview of observing systems in neighboring countries and region  Peace of mind o Safe and secure archiving of metadata  Know where you should improve o Objective assessment of gaps through the Rolling Review of Requirements process  More value for money through collaboration o Enhanced valorization of one Member’s existing observations through use by another Member (and vice versa)

5. RRR  Evolve observing systems rationally WIGOS metadata  Enable adequate use of observational data Application of WIGOS metadata RRR and OSCAR

6. Current status of OSCAR/Surface 6  Successful demonstration of phase 1 prototype at Cg-17 (June 2017) OSCAR Booth OSCAR side Event OSCAR Brochure Members obligations with regard to OSCAR included in Technical Regulations and WIGOS Manual to come into force in July 2016 3-level Beta Testing completed Capacity development ongoing Operational as of December 2015

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8. OSCAR capacity development  Plan is to expose all Members to OSCAR  Use regional Workshops / piggy-back  ETR Instrument calibration workshops in Barbados and Nairobi  Talk about WIGOS in a practical way  Metadata leverages work of intrument people  Excellent way to see how people interact with OSCAR We have a 1-day programme for you! 8

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11. OSCAR Beta-testing  Requested by IPET-WIFI  4-levels of Beta Testing  Météo Suisse / WMO team  WMO Secretariat internal  Member testing  50 Members contacted  34 provided feedback  Testing @CD workshops Machine to machine interface 11

12. Plan for transition from Volume A to OSCAR/Surface  Transition period: December 2015 - December 2017.  In December 2015, National Focal Points will be given the opportunity to decide between: o providing their WIGOS metadata directly via OSCAR o c ontinuing to provide their metadata through existing WMO procedures  Uploads will be possible through: o user editing via the web interface, and o machine to machine interfaces/web service  At that point (December 2015), OSCAR will become the official repository of WIGOS metadata, and will serve as the source for Vol. A

13. Plans for transition from Volume A (Cont.)  OSCAR can generate reports similar to the existing Vol. A flat- files available on the WMO website. The new “Vol. A report” will maintain all current column headings but may not contain information in all columns.  Station information provided to WMO via current Vol. A procedures will be used to update WIGOS metadata in OSCAR.  Protocol and format for feeding information by batch-process into OSCAR to be completed by mid-2016  By December 2017, transition to OSCAR completed; Vol. A will officially cease to exist and related procedures used to maintain station information will be discontinued

14. WIGOS monitoring  Show real time information  Component of QM Fault Management  Currently getting data from ECMWF/NCEP  Pilot Implementation in Q4 14

15. Machine to Machine Interface  Connect National / Regional DBs to OSCAR  Requested by Beta-Testers  Important to keep OSCAR up-to-date  Pilot Project  Synchronize DWD station DB with OSCAR  Work together with IPET-DRMM  How fast do we want to go? 15

16. Documentation and help  OSCAR service desk (Meteo Suisse and WMO)  OSCAR User Manual  OSCAR inline helps (tooltips)  OSCAR capacity development workshops  Online materials 16

17. Last words  Many countries / regions appear to have / develop their own station DBs.  Can OSCAR not be used instead?  Push on Regional Level? 17

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