IPET-DRMM-III

Third meeting of the INTER-PROGRAMME EXPERT TEAM ON DATA REPRESENTATION MAINTENANCE AND MONITORING
(Beijing, China, 20 - 24 July 2015)
Contact points in the WMO Secretariat: Atsushi Shimazaki

 

Report of the meeting

Third meeting of the Inter-Programme Expert Team on Data Representation Maintenance and Monitoring (IPET-DRMM-III)
           Summary / Annex / Attachment


Reference documents

Report of Past meetings
Procedures for Amending the Manual on Codes, 1 July 2013
Outcomes of the sixteenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-XVI) related to data representation

 

Documentation

FORM 1
Documentation Form
FORM 2
Form for conclusion of past proposals (Agenda 4.2)
INF. 1
Information for participants
INF. 2
List of participants
Agenda item
Title
Document
No.
Submitted by
 1 ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING  
   1.1    Opening of the Meeting  
   1.2    Approval of the Agenda
Secretariat
   1.3    Working Arrangement    
 2 GRIB  
   2.1    Amendments to GRIB regulations  
     2.1(1)      Complete encoding of information required for georeferencing
     grid points in GRIB
Daniel Lee (Germany), Sibylle Krebber
     2.1(2)      New GRIB2 Regulations and notes to make it clear that forecast times
     may be negative
Doc 2.1(2)
Charles Sanders (Australia), Weiqing Qu
     
   2.2    Additions to and modifications of templates and tables  
     2.2(1)      New parameters in GRIB2 Code table 4.2
Simon Elliott
     2.2(2)      New GRIB2 parameters and product definition template for
     observational satellite data
 
Jeff Ator
     2.2(3)      New GRIB2 parameter for aviation Doc 2.2(3)
Jeff Ator
     2.2(4)      New parameters for fire modelling Doc 2.2(4)
Enrico Fucile, Francesca Di Giuseppe (ECMWF)
     2.2(5)      New GRIB parameters for climate studies Doc 2.2(5)
Enrico Fucile, Paul Berrisford (ECMWF)
     2.2(6)      New entry in the Common Code table C-12 by Italy Doc 2.2(6)
Secretariat
     2.2(7)      New parameters in GRIB2 Code Table 4.1 4.2 and 4.3 for satellite
     data and products
Doc 2.2(7)
Leon Majewski, Ian Grant, Charles Sanders (Australia),
Weiqing Qu
     2.2(8)      New parameters in GRIB2 Code Table 4.2 and Encoding of some cloud
     base fields in GRIB2
Doc 2.2(8)
Charles Sanders (Australia),
Weiqing Qu
     2.2(9)      New GRIB2 Parameters in Code Table 4.2 Doc 2.2(9)
Dörte Liermann, Daniel Lee (Germany), Sibylle Krebber,
Jean-Marie Bettems (Switzerland)
     2.2(10)      New parameters for hydrological modelling Doc 2.2(10)
Enrico Fucile, Fredrik Wetterhall (ECMWF)
     2.2(11)      Validated GRIB templates for spatio-temporal changing tiles and
     proposal for explanatory notes
Doc 2.2(11)
Dörte Liermann, Daniel Reinert, Florian Prill, Jürgen Helmert,
Daniel Lee (Germany), Sibylle Krebber
       
   2.3    GRIB new edition    
    2.3(1)      New GRIB edition progress Doc 2.3(1)
Enrico Fucile
     
 3 BUFR AND CREX  
   3.1    Amendments to BUFR/CREX regulations  
     3.1(1)      Note for encoding geographic coordinates in BUFR
and a new
     element descriptor for encoding coordinate reference systems
Daniel Lee (Germany), Sibylle Krebber
     3.1(2)     
 
 
     
   3.2    Additions to and modifications of tables  
     3.2(1)      New BUFR code table entry for national practice dropsonde data
Jeff Ator
     3.2(2)      New BUFR sequence and elements for GPM Microwave Imager (GMI)
Enrico Fucile
     3.2(3)      New parameter in Common Code Table C5 for new satellite JASON-3
 
Thomas Heinemann (EUMETSAT)
     3.2(4)      New BUFR sequence and elements for Atmospheric Laser Doppler
     Instrument (ALADIN)
Doc 3.2(4)r2
Enrico Fucile, Michael Rennie (ECMWF), Joost de Kloe (The Netherlands)
     3.2(5)      Encoding elements with a large range and limited precision
     in BUFR
Doc 3.2(5)
Charles Sanders (Australia), Weiqing Qu
     3.2(6)      Modification to wave spectra observation template (3 08 015 and
     3 08 016)
Doc 3.2(6)
Charles Sanders (Australia), Weiqing Qu
     3.2(7)      New entry in BUFR Code and Flag Tables Doc 3.2(7)r3
Thomas Heinemann (EUMETSAT)
     3.2(8)      New Descriptor for radar data products Doc 3.2(8)r
Michael Mott (Germany), Sibylle Krebber
     3.2(9)      New BUFR code table entry for one-hour and n-minute data from
     AWS stations
Doc 3.2(9)
Ying Wang, Guaiguai Liu (China)
     3.2(10)      New BUFR code table entries for radio occultation data of FY-3C Doc 3.2(10)
Mi Liao (China)
     3.2(11)      New BUFR code table entries for high resolution radiosonde data Doc 3.2(11)
Ying Wang, Guaiguai Liu (China)
     3.2(12)      Revision of BUFR sequence 3 02 067 Doc 3.2(12)
Sibylle Krebber
     3.2(13)      New BUFR elements and sequence for international exchange of
     Road Weather Information
Doc 3.2(13)
Sibylle Krebber, Vanessa Stauch (Germany)
     3.2(14)      New sub-category entries in BUFR Table A for radiation and acid rain data Doc 3.2(14)
Ying Wang (China)
     3.2(15)      Synoptic reports from sea stations suitable for VOS observation data Doc 3.2(15)
David Berry (JCOMM)
     3.2(16)      Proposal for a new entry in 0 02 083 Doc 3.2(16) Alexander Kats
       
   3.3    BUFR and CREX new editions    
     3.3(1)      On the timely addition of new data representation features and
     the impact of requested changes in BUFR Editions 4 and 5
 
Yves Pelletier
       
   3.4    Master tables for scientific disciplines other than meteorology    
     
 4 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION OF PROPOSALS  
   4.1    Summary on amendments after IPET-DRMM-II Doc 4.1
Secretariat
       
   4.2    Conclusion on past proposals (in lieu of PFC)    
     4.2.1      GRIB2    
     4.2.1(1)         New parameters and fixed surface types to represent ground
        surface conditions in analyses or models
Report G1
Yves Pelletier
     4.2.1(2)         Tile template for GRIB2 Report G2
Sibylle Krebber
     4.2.2      BUFR/CREX    
     4.2.2(1)          BUFR descriptors for dual-polarization radar data Report B1
Jeff Ator
     4.2.2(2)         Validation of sequence 3 02 064 (Ship / or other marine platform
        wind data)
David Berry (JCOMM)
     4.2.2(3)         Validation of additional Argo BUFR Sequences Report B3
David Berry (JCOMM)
     4.2.3      Common Code tables
 
 
     
 5 REGULATIONS FOR REPORTING TRADITIONAL OBSERVATION DATA IN TABLE-DRIVEN CODE FORMS (TDCF): BUFR OR CREX  
   5.1      Clarifications of B/C 30 and B/C 32 Regulations Alexander Kats
   5.2      Strategy for amending Annex II to B/C 25 Regulations Doc 5.2 Alexander Kats
   5.3      Clarification of upper-air wind reporting nearby the Poles Doc 5.3 Alexander Kats
     
 6 TRADITIONAL ALPHANUMERIC CODES  
   6.1    Amendment 77 to ICAO Annex 3 Doc 6.1
Yves Pelletier,
ICAO
     
 7 MIGRATION TO TABLE DRIVEN CODE FORMS (TDCF)  
   7.1    Status of migration by WWW Monitoring Exercise
Secretariat
        
   7.2    Reports by members on status of migration    
     7.2(1)      Status of migration in RA I Doc 7.2(1)
Samuel Machua
     7.2(2)      Status of the migration to TDCF in RA II Doc 7.2(2)
Jitsuko Hasegawa
       Activities of Migration to TDCF in China Doc 7.2(2a)
Fang Zhao
     7.2(3)      Status of migration in RA III Doc 7.2(3)  
       Migration to BUFR in Brazil Doc 7.2(3a)
José Mauro de Rezende
     7.2(4)      Status of the MTDCF in RA IV Doc 7.2(4)
Glendell De Sousa (Carribean Meteorological Organization)
       Migration to BUFR within the U.S.A. Doc 7.2(4a)
Jeff Ator
       Status of the MTDCF in Canada Doc 7.2(4b)
Yves Pelletier, Charles Paterson (Canada)
     7.2(5)      Status of migration in RA-V Doc 7.2(5)  
     7.2(6)      Status of migration in RA VI Doc 7.2(6)
Att.
Alexander Kats
       
   7.3    Follow-up of migration to TDCF, including issue of partitioned
   TEMP BUFR messages
Secretariat
   7.3(1)    Migration – types of radio-sonde in use Doc 7.3(1)
Secretariat
   7.4    Migration strategy for BUFR TEMP Doc 7.4
Richard Weedon
     
 8 MANUAL ON CODES  
   8.1    New procedures for amending the Manuals on Codes and the GTS Doc 8.1
Annex
 
Secretariat
   8.2    Separation of GRIB edition 1 from the Manual on Codes
Secretariat
   8.3    B/C regulations in multiple languages
Secretariat
     
 9 WMO STANDARD DATA DESIGNATORS  
   9.1    Amedments to the Manual on the GTS on abbreviated headings
 
 
     
10 TASK TEAMS IN IPET-DRMM  
   10.1    Overview and work plan of task teams in IPET-DRMM
Secretariat
     
11 COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND TECHNICAL BODIES  
   11.1    TT-DSM and the future involvement in the WIGOS Monitoring
Secretariat
   11.2    New decoding software for WMO Community    Doc 11.2
Enrico Fucile
   11.3    New BUFR web checker for WMO Community Doc 11.3
Enrico Fucile
   11.4    Membership of CBS-MG task team on resolving the TDCF radiosonde issue Doc 11.4
Secretariat
   11.5    Moving Plotting Symbols to the Manual on Codes Doc 11.5
Annex
Secretariat
     
12 CLOSURE OF THE MEETING