World Meteorological Organization

Purpose: Further engage with PoCs and Coordinators and facilitate their work towards completing the transition to the new RRR, in particular:

• Reminding all of the existing material Reference Guide, OSCAR/Requirements User Manual) and providing training (explanation, clarification) as needed,
• Discussing appropriateness of the existing guidance material (Reference Guide, OSCAR/Requirements User Manual) and planning review of key documents, if necessary,
• Regular reviewing of the existing observation requirements and addition of new ones in the OSCAR/Requirements database,
• Stimulating population of recently introduced attributes (priorities, layer quality and horizontal coverage quality),
• Identifying what is needed for completion of those AA gap analyses that are currently in progress
• Proposing timelines for completion of the remaining activities (e.g., missing definitions, requirements, Gap analyses, SoGs),
• Interacting with ET-EOSDE sub-group on RRR regarding development of additional RRR outreach material (WIGOS Newsletter article on SoG done),
• Information and task distribution for the ESAC Coordinators and AA PoCs workshop in Darmstadt, 22-24 September 2025.
• Exchange information about activities of the WIGOS Vision drafting group.

• RRR contribution and involvement in RBON (validation of requirements, mapping of key hazards and AAs).

   

Part I (3 June 2025, 10:00-12:00 UTC) - Tentative agenda

10:00 – 10:05 Welcome and purpose of the workshop (Rosemary Munro)

10:05 – 10:25 Overview of the completed (or near completion) SoGs (ESAC Atmosphere – Erik Andersson, ESAC Ocean – Emma Heslop, ESAC Cryo – Jeff Key (TBC), 10’ each)

10:25 – 10:40 Timeline for approval and promotion of the SoGs (Rosemary Munro and ESAC Coordinators) 

10:40 – 10:50 Insight into WIGOS vision update (Sid Boukabara (TBC), or Erik Andersson on his behalf)

10:50 – 11:10 Lessons learned from developing Gap analyses and consolidating them in SoG (Erik Andersson, Emma Heslop, Jeff Key, PoCs)

11:10 – 11:20 Reminder of the existing RRR guidance material (WMO Secretariat – Krunoslav Premec)

11.20 – 11:55 Discussion of the RRR guidance material and possible update (Rosemary Munro, all Coordinators and PoCs)

11:55 – 12:00 Conclusions and closure of Part I (Rosemary Munro)

Part II (5 June 2025, 10:00-12:00 UTC) - Tentative agenda

10:00 – 10:10 Brief overview of part I and plan for Part II (Rosemary Munro)

10:10 – 10:20 Status of OSCAR/Requirements transition and update (WMO Secretariat/Heikki Pohjola and Krunoslav Premec) 

10:20 – 10:40 What is critical for up-to-date user requirements (e.g., how PoCs should regularly populate/review/update the requirements, including all attributes, document that in the database and inform relevant stakeholders accordingly, Rosemary Munro and Erik Andersson) 

10:40 – 11:40 Presentation and discussion of issues/lessons learned from the use of OSCAR/Requirements (Rosemary Munro, all Coordinators and PoCs)

11:40 – 11:50 Conclusions and recommendations (Rosemary Munro and Erik Andersson)  

11.50 – 11:55 Announcement of the Hybrid RRR in Darmstadt (22-24 September 2025, Rosemary Munro)

11:55 – 12:00 Closure of Part II (Rosemary Munro)

Note: The agenda can be downloaded from here.