IPET-DRC-III

Third meeting of the INTER-PROGRAMME EXPERT TEAM ON DATA REPRESENTATION AND CODES
(Melbourne, Australia, 20 - 23 September 2011)

Report  of the meeting

Third meeting of the Inter-Programme Expert Team on Data Representation and Codes (IPET-DRC)


Reference documents

Second meeting of the Inter-Programme Expert Team on Data Representation and Codes (IPET-DRC)
First meeting of the Inter-Programme Expert Team on Data Representation and Codes (IPET-DRC)
Procedures for amending the Manual on Codes
Outcomes of the sixteenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-XVI) related to data representation

 

Documentation (deadline: 10 September 2011) --- last update: 15 September 2011

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 1 ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING    
   1.1    Opening of the meeting    
   1.2    Approval of the agenda Doc 1.2(1)
Doc 1.2(2)
Secretariat
   1.3    Working arrangement    
 2 GRIB    
   2.1    Status of previous proposals of IPET-DRC Doc 2.1 Secretariat
   2.2    Amendments to GRIB (common aspects)    
      2.2(1)       GRIB Calendar Identification Doc 2.2(1) Richard Weedon
      2.2(2)       Representation of west longitudes in GRIB Doc 2.2(2) Enrico Fucile
      2.2(3)       Units of Measurement of GRIB2 parameter and Accumulation Doc 2.2(3) Eiji Toyoda
       
   2.3    Additions and modifications of templates and tables    
      2.3(1)       Transverse Mercator GRIB2 Template Doc 2.3(1) r Richard Weedon
      2.3(2)       Arakawa E grids in GRIB2 Doc 2.3(2) Jeff Ator
      2.3(3)       GRIB Scanning Mode Doc 2.3(3) Richard Weedon
      2.3(4)       GRIB Variable GRID Definition Templates Doc 2.3(4) Richard Weedon
      2.3(5)       GRIB template for rotated tilted Mercator projection Doc 2.3(5) Enrico Fucile
      2.3(6)       New table entries of chemical or physical constituents Doc 2.3(6) Enrico Fucile
      2.3(7)       GRIB template for “Optical properties of Atmospheric aerosols” Doc 2.3(7) r Enrico Fucile
      2.3(8)       Rename of GRIB2 parameter “Atmospheric Optical Thickness” Doc 2.3(8) Eiji Toyoda,
Enrico Fucile
      2.3(9)       New entries in Code table 4.2 (for ICOM model) Doc 2.3(9) Sibylle Krebber
      2.3(10)       GRIB2 Code Table Entries Doc 2.3(10) Sibylle Krebber
      2.3(11)       New entries in Code table 4.2 for ADWICE-Advanced Diagnosis and
      Warning system for aircraft ICing Environments      
Doc 2.3(11) Sibylle Krebber
      2.3(12)       Space Weather in GRIB2 Doc 2.3(12) Jeff Ator
       
 3 BUFR AND CREX    
   3.1    Status of previous proposals of IPET-DRC Doc 3.1 Secretariat
   3.2    Amendments to BUFR/CREX (common aspects)    
      3.2(1)      Definition of Update Sequence Number Doc 3.2(1) r Eva Cervena
      3.2(2)      Specification of Sections in CREX Edition 2 Doc 3.2(2) Eva Cervena
      3.2(3)      Cancellation of coordinates with missing value Doc 3.2(3) Jeff Ator
      3.2(4)      Termination of BUFR edition 3 and CREX edition 1 Doc 3.2(4) Secretariat
      3.2(5)      Identification of converted data in Octet No. 7 of Section 3 Doc 3.2(5) Eva Cervena
       
   3.3    Additions and modifications of tables    
      3.3(1)       BUFR template for AMDAR, version 6 and descriptors for AMDAR data Doc 3.3(1) Eva Cervena
      3.3(2)       Validation of BUFR/CREX descriptors related to AWS Doc 3.3(2) Eva Cervena
      3.3(3)       Proposal for a new entry in 0 02 177 Doc 3.3(3) Eva Cervena
      3.3(4)       New entries in BUFR/CREX Class 00 Doc 3.3(4) Jeff Ator
      3.3(5)       New entries in Common Code Tables (satellites and radiosonde) Doc 3.3(5) r2 Jeff Ator
      3.3(6)       Validation of EUCOS BUFR template for representation of radiosonde
      data
Doc 3.3(6) r Richard Weedon
      3.3(7)       n-minute template (3 07 092) Doc 3.3(7) r Richard Weedon
      3.3(8)       Representation of Horizontal Visibility Doc 3.3(8) Eva Cervena
      3.3(9)       New entries in common Code table C-2 Doc 3.3(9) Secretariat
        Using of existing and needs in new entries in Common Code table C-2 Doc 3.3(9-2) Alexander Kats
      3.3(10)       New BUFR/CREX entries for NPP data Doc 3.3(10) Jeff Ator
      3.3(11)       Additional Code table 0 02 017-"Correction algorithms for humidity
      measurements"
Doc 3.3(11) Sibylle Krebber
      3.3(12)       Revision of Sequence 3 02 067 Doc 3.3(12) Sibylle Krebber
      3.3(13)       Introducing a BUFR template for Lidar Cloud Base Recorders (LCBRs) Doc 3.3(13) Richard Weedon
      3.3(14)       Request of new entries in Common Code Table C-2 for radiosondes
      of China
Doc 3.3(14) r Fang Zhao
      3.3(15)       BUFR template for CRYOSAT-2 SIRAL altimeter Doc 3.3(15) Enrico Fucile
      3.3(16)       New entries in Common Code Tables and BUFR for satellite data Doc 3.3(16) Simon Elliott
      3.3(17)       Update from JCOMM on developments and validation of BUFR templates Doc 3.3(17) JCOMM
       
   3.4    Regulations for reporting traditional observation data in Table-Driven
   Code Forms (TDCF): BUFR and CREX
   
      3.4(1)       Amendments to B/C Regulations Doc 3.4(1) Eva Cervena
      3.4(2)       CREX template examples in the Manual on Codes Doc 3.4(2) Eva Cervena
       
 4 TRADITIONAL ALPHANUMERIC CODES    
   4.1    Amendments to the aeronautical codes   ICAO
   4.2    Proposal for modification of definition C = / Doc 4.2 Eva Cervena
       
 5 MIGRATION TO TABLE DRIVEN CODE FORMS (TDCF)    
   5.1    Migration status    
     5.1.1(1)       Result of WWW Monitoring Doc 5.1.1(1) r Secretariat
       
     5.1.2(1)       Arrangements for step-by-step migration by zones Doc 5.1.2(1) Eva Cervena
     5.1.2(2)       Errors in BUFR messages (zip file) Doc 5.1.2(2) Eva Cervena
     5.1.2(3)       Report of the Chair of RA VI Task Team on Migration to TDCF Doc 5.1.2(3) r
Add 1 r
Eva Cervena
     5.1.2(4)       U.S.A. migration status Doc 5.1.2(4) Jeff Ator
     5.1.2(5)       Status of the migration to TDCF in RA II Doc 5.1.2(5)
ANNEX
Jitsuko Hasegawa
     5.1.2(6)       Some aspects of BUFR messages received within CMA Doc 5.1.2(6) r Fang Zhao
     5.1.2(7)       Migration Status Doc 5.1.2(7) José Mauro de
Rezende
     5.1.2(8)       Canada MTDCF status Doc 5.1.2(8) Yves Pelletier
     5.1.2(x)       (Activities by members of IPET-DRC)    
       
   5.2    Migration in aeronautical services    
     5.2(1)       Table Driven Data Representation for Operational Aeronautical
      Meteorological Information
Inf 5.2(1) r
METAR, TAF
(XML samples)
EUROCONTROL
     5.2(2)       ICAO Requirements for the Table Driven Data Representation of
      Operational Aeronautical Meteorological Information
Inf 5.2(2) ICAO
       
 6 MANUAL ON CODES    
   6.1    Electronic publication of the Manual on Codes Doc 6.1
ANNEX
Secretariat
       
 7 COLLABORATION WITH OTHER CBS TEAMS    
   7.1    Station index numbers Doc 7.1 Secretariat
     7.1(1)       Overview of the station identification in CMA Doc 7.1(1) r Fang Zhao
   7.2    Monitoring of BUFR messages from sea RBSN stations Doc 7.2 Eva Cervena
   7.3    WMO BUFR Conceptual Model - Transforming WMO BUFR into an ISO-
   style form
Doc 7.3(Summary)
ANNEX
Richard Weedon
       
 8 CLOSURE OF THE MEETING