IPET-CM-III

Third meeting of the INTER-PROGRAMME EXPERT TEAM ON CODES MAINTENANCE
(Marrakech, Morocco, 15 - 19 April 2019)

Report of the meeting

Third meeting of the Inter-Programme Expert Team on Codes Maintenance (IPET-CM-III)
           Summary / Annex


Reference documents

Report of Past meetings
Procedures for amending WMO Manuals and Guides that are the responsibility of the Commission for Basic Systems (Rec, 15 (CBS Ext. (2014)/Res. 21 (Cg-17)/Res. 12 (EC-68))/Interpretation by IPET-DRMM-III
Outcomes of the sixteenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-XVI) related to data representation
All assigned entries of GRIB, BUFR and CREX including those for validation

 

Documentation (last updated 16/04/2019)

FORM 1
Documentation Form
FORM 2
Validation Report Form used in item 6, otherwise, a document is submitted in the documentation form
INF. 1
List of participants
INF. 2
List of contacts (representatives and Secretariat)
INF. 3
Local times, including remote participants
INF. 4
Information Note kindly prepared by Maroc Météo

 

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
MANUAL ON CODES: TABLE-DRIVEN CODE FORMS
  FM 92 GRIB  
 
   2.1 Amendments to GRIB regulations  
 
  (to be submitted by participants)  
 
   2.2 Additions to GRIB templates and tables  
 
  New GRIB2 parameter for evapotranspiration rate Doc 2.2(1)
Jeffrey Ator
  New GRIB2 Code table 4.2 entries for snow squalls Doc 2.2(2)
Yves Pelletier
  New GRIB2 Code table 4.2 entries for various parameters Doc 2.2(3)
Yves Pelletier
  New templates for spatio-temporal changing tiles Doc 2.2(4)
Sibylle Krebber, Daniel Reinert, Dörte Liermann (DWD)
  Space Weather in GRIB2 Doc 2.2(5)
Jeffrey Ator, Martin Kriegel, Jens Berdermann (DLR,Germany),
Sibylle Krebber
  New parameters and types of level for Ocean modelling Doc 2.2(6)
Christopher Roberts, Frédéric Vitart, Richard Mladek (ECMWF), Sébastien Villaume
  New GRIB2 code Table 4.2 entries Doc2.2(7) Eivind Støylen
  New GRIB2 parameters and templates for atmospheric composition modelling Doc2.2(8) Sébastien Villaume
  (to be submitted by participants)  
 
 
  FM 94 BUFR/FM 95 CREX
   2.3 Amendments to BUFR/CREX regulations  
 
  (to be submitted by participants)
 
 
   2.4 Additions to BUFR/CREX tables  
 
  New BUFR descriptors for limb profiler ozone data Doc 2.4(1)
Jeffrey Ator
  Development and Validation of a BUFR sequence for AMDAR Profile products Doc 2.4(2)
Supplement
Richard Weedon
  Reporting CryoSat-2 NOP observations using element 0-25-190 following BUFR sequence 3-12-071 Doc 2.4(3)
Marijana Crepulja, Saleh Abdalla (ECMWF)
  Table D sequence for reporting marine observations from unmanned surface vehicles Doc 2.4(4)r
David Berry, Kevin O’Brien, Jon Turton
  (to be submitted by participants)  
 
  Common Code tables to binary and alphanumeric codes
   2.5 Additions to Common Code tables
 
  New entry to Common Code Table C-11 Doc 2.5(1)
Richard Weedon
  New entry to Common Code Table C-5 (FY-2H) Doc 2.5(2)
Xiaohu Zhang, Fang Zhao
  Proposal for new entries in Common Code Tables C5 and C8 Doc 2.5(3)
Simon Elliott
  Update to XBT Fall Rate Equations (Common Code Table C-3) Doc 2.5(4)
David Berry
  Amendment to Common Table C-14 (for experimental use) Doc 2.5(5) Sébastien Villaume
  Editorial changes to Common Code Table C-14 – Atmospheric chemical or physical constituent types Doc 2.5(6) Sébastien Villaume
  (to be submitted by participants)  
 
  New editions of Table-Driven Code Forms
   2.6 GRIB edition 3
 
   2.7 BUFR and CREX new editions
 
  Exploring GRIB3 as a Universal Data Representation Binary Code Form
Yves Pelletier, Tom Kralidis (Canada), Markus Heene (Germany)
 3
MANUAL ON CODES: REGULATIONS FOR REPORTING TRADITIONAL OBSERVATION DATA IN TABLE-DRIVEN CODE FORMS
   3.1 (to be submitted by participants)
 
 
 4
MANUAL ON CODES: TRADITIONAL ALPHANUMERIC CODES
   4.1 Alignment of the WMO Manual on Codes regarding the representation of midnight in OPMET information, including TAF, plus other relevant considerations
ICAO
 5
MANUAL ON THE GTS: DATA DESIGNATORS
   5.1 (to be submitted by participants)
 
 
 6
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION OF PROPOSALS
   6.1
Summary of amendments since IPET-CM-II and update of status of validation
Secretariat
   6.2 Conclusion on intersessional discussion (in lieu of PFC)
 
  New BUFR sequence for describing the "First five" Fourier components of the directional wave spectrum (2018-2.4.7) Doc 6.2(1) David Berry
  (to be submitted by participants)
 
 
 7
MIGRATION TO TABLE-DRIVEN CODE FORMS
   7.1
Comparison of number of reports received in TDCF and TAC during January 2019
Secretariat
   7.2
Reports on status of migration by representatives from RAs and TCs
 
 
  Status of migration to TDCF in RA I
Hassan Haddouch (Morocco)
  Status of migration to TDCF in RA II
Jitsuko Hasegawa
  Status of migration to TDCF in RA III
Luis Arturo Lazcano Guerrero (Chile)
INPE/CPTEC
  Status of migration to TDCF in RA IV
Glendell De Souza (British Caribbean Territory)
  Status of migration to TDCF in RA-V Weiqing Qu (Australia)
  Status of migration to TDCF in RA VI
Sergey Belov (Russian Federation)
  Status of migration to TDCF within JCOMM David Berry
   7.3 Issues management process for upper air BUFR reports Doc 7.3 Secretariat
 8
ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES
   8.1 Update of Category of Amendments
Secretariat
   8.2 Development of Reporting Practices
Secretariat
   8.3 Common Code tables C-1 and C-11
Secretariat
   8.4 Use of GitHub as collaboration tool for IPET-CM Doc 8.4
Secretariat
   8.5 VocabularyManager: A tool for managing BUFR tables Doc 8.5 Simon Elliott
 9
IPET-CM AND TASK TEAMS
  Implications for the further Re-Architecting of coding formats Doc 9.1
Richard Weedon
10
COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND TECHNICAL BODIES
   10.1
Task Team on the WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System (TT-WDQMS)
Jeffrey Ator
 
   10.2 WMO Programmes needs for CF conventions Doc 10.2
Secretariat
11
CLOSURE OF THE MEETING