WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) Implementation Workshop for the WMO Regional Association II (RA-II) Members
Overview
The WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) Implementation Workshop for the WMO Regional Association II (RA II) Members will be held in Beijing, China, from 27 to 30 November 2023, at the kind invitation of the China Meteorological Administration (CMA). The Workshop will be conducted in English in a hybrid way.
The purpose of the Workshop is to address the needs of and provide necessary support to RA II Members towards ensuring full implementation of WIGOS, and better respond to the requirements of the UN Early Warnings for All initiative (EW4All). The following topics will be covered during the Workshop: the Global Basic Observing Network (GBON), the Regional Basic Observing Network (RBON), the WMO Rolling Review of Requirements (RRR), operational weather radar networks and related data exchange, Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay (AMDAR) and Regional Centres supporting WIGOS.
Local Logistics
For visa, transportation, venue and, additional details, kindly consult the meeting information available here.
Please find the template for all presenters here and for National presentation for GBON here.
| Day 1 - 27 November | |||
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| Time (UTC+8) | Item | Topic | Speaker/Lead |
| 1 | Opening and introductions |
Albert Fischer, WANG Jiankai |
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| 9:00-9:20 | 1.1 | Welcome remarks by CMA Deputy Administrator | Cao Xiaozhong (China) |
| 9:20-9:40 | 1.2 |
Welcome remarks by President of WMO and Acting President of RA-II |
Abdulla Al Mandous (WMO) |
| 9:40-10:00 | 1.3 | Welcome remarks by WMO Assistant Secretary-General | Zhang Wenjian (Secretariat) |
| 10:00-10:20 | 1.4 | Remarks by Delegate Representative of WMO SG | Albert Fischer (Secretariat) |
| 10:20-10:30 | 1.5 | Outcome of Cg-19: WMO Strategic Plan | Etienne Charpentier (Secretariat) |
| 10:30-10:50 | 1.6 | Local arrangements | LI Cuina, MOC, CMA |
| 2 | SESSION 1: WIGOS PRIORITIES | Etienne Charpentier, ZHOU Qingliang | |
| 10:50-11:10 | 2.1 | WMO technical regulations and guidance material | Krunoslav Premec (Secretariat) |
| 11:10-11:30 | 2.2 | WIGOS framework (priorities, national implementation of WIGOS, etc) | Etienne Charpentier (Secretariat) |
| 11:30-12:00 | 2.3 | EW4All, RA-II services, including INFCOM aspects | WG-S Chair, Qingliang Zhou (China) |
| 12:00-12:30 | 2.4 | RA-II WIGOS Operating plan and challenges | WG-I Chair, Yushiaki Sato (JMA) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 3 | SESSION 2: GBON in RA-II | CHEN Yongqing, Yoshiaki Sato | |
| 14:00-14:20 | 3.1 | The Global Basic Observing Network (technical regulations, requirements) | Krunoslav Premec (Secretariat) |
| 14:20-14:40 | 3.2 | GBON implementation and compliance monitoring | Etienne Charpentier (Secretariat) |
| 14:40-15:00 | 3.3 | WIGOS Tools for GBON (WDQMS, OSCAR/Surface) | Tanja Kleinert (Germany) - online |
| 15:00-15:30 | 3.4 | SOFF in RA-II | Albert Fischer (Secretariat) |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 3.5 | National presentations on GBON and Discussion on the GBON implementation in RA II | Etienne Charpentier (Secretariat) | |
| 18:00-20:00 | Reception | ||
| Day 2 - 28 November | |||
| 09:00-10:00 | 3.5 | National presentations on GBON Discussion on the GBON implementation in RA II (cont’d) | Albert Fischer (Secretariat) |
| 4 | SESSION 3: RBON Implementation in RA-II | Krunoslav Premec, SHI Lijuan | |
| 10:00–10:15 | 4.1 | Introduction to the WMO Rolling Review of Requirement (RRR) process | Rosemary Munro (or Krunoslav Premec (Secretariat)) |
| 10:15–10:30 | 4.2 | Regulatory framework and guidance material supporting RBON implementation | Krunoslav Premec (Secretariat) |
| 10:30–10:50 | Coffee/Tea break | ||
| 10:50-11:00 | 4.3 | Addressing EW4All requirements using RBON | Emma (Bing) Liu (Secretariat) |
| 11:00-11:40 | 4.4 | Implementation of the Regional Basic Observing Network in RA II | ET-WIGOS leader, Lijuan Shi (China) |
| 11:40-12:30 | 4.5 | Discussion of the report and plan | Lijuan Shi (China) and Secretariat |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 5 | SESSION 4: CMA observing capabilities | CHEN Yongqing, ZHANG Ming | |
| 14:00-14:20 | 5.1 | Introduction of Round-trip drifting sounding system | Expert of CMA MOC, Qiyun Guo |
| 14:20-14:40 | 5.2 | Introduction to dynamic and static calibration system of weather radar | Expert of CMA MOC, Xiaopeng Wang |
| 14:40-15:00 | 5.3 | Fengyun Satellites | TBD, NMSC CMA |
| 15:20-15:40 | 5.4 | Construction and development of new integrated ground-based remote-sensing observation system | Expert of CMA MOC, Fa Tao |
| 15:40-16:00 | 5.5 | Large unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) targeted at typhoons | ZHAO Peitao, MOC, CMA |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30-16:50 | 5.6 | Optimization of the Observing Network in China | GUO Jianxia, MOC, CMA |
| 16:50-17:30 | 5.7 | The application and contribution of Huayun observation equipment in WIGOS | Zhangchianm, Hua Yun Group, CMA |
| 17:30-20:00 | Dinner | ||
| Day 3 - 29 November | |||
| SESSION 5: Regional Centres supporting WIGOS | Krunoslav Premec, MA Lijuan |
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| 6 | Regional WIGOS Centres | ||
| 9:00-9:15 | 6.1 | RWC Beijing - operations | CUI Xiai (CMA) |
| 9:15-9:30 | 6.2 | RWC Tokyo - operations | HAGIYA Satoshi (Japan) |
| 9:30-9:45 | 6.3 | Audit of the centres – report | Eugene Burger |
| 9:45-10:30 | 6.4 | Members’ experience with the RWCs – national presentations – discussion | Yongqing Chen (Secretariat) |
| 10:30-10:50 | Coffee/Tea break | ||
| 7 | Other regional Centres in support of WIGOS | Krunoslav Premec, MA Lijuan |
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| 10:50-11:05 | 7.1 | Regional Instrument Centres in RA-II – report (RIC-Beijing, RIC Tsukuba) | Hiroumi Shigeoka (JMA) - online |
| 11:05-11:20 | 7.2 | Regional Marine Instrument Centre China – report | GAO Zhanke (NCOSM, China) |
| 11:20-11:35 | 7.3 | Regional Radiation Centres in RA-II - report（Pune, Tokyo, Saint Petersburg） | Rodionov Artem (Russian Federation) |
| 11:35-11:50 | 7.4 |
Regional Climate Centres in RA-II – report (Beijing, Tokyo, Moscow, Pune) |
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| 11:50-12:05 | 7.5 | Paul Bugeac (Secretariat) - online | |
| 12:05-12:20 | 7.6 | Implementation of GSRN-LC | TBC, MOC CMA |
| 12:20-12:35 | 7.7 | Progress Report of TPRCC-Network | Lijuan Ma, CMA |
| 12:35-12:50 | 7.8 | Discussion | |
| 12:50–13:30 | Lunch break | ||
| 8 | Visit to Regional Centres in Beijing | ||
| 13:30-17:00 | 8.1 | RWC-Beijing | Expert of RWC, Xiai CUI |
| 17:00-17:30 | 8.2 | Visit to CMA Atmosphere Observation Test Bed | Director of Test Bed, Peitao ZHAO |
| 17:30-19:00 | Dinner | ||
| Day 4 – 30 November | |||
| 9 | SESSION 6: WICAP and Radar capabilities and opportunities | Etienne Charpentier, GUO Jianxia | |
| 9:00-9:30 | 9.1 | WICAP regulatory framework, including WIGOS implementation concerning aircraft observations, (WSI, metadata repository, data exchange, compliance monitoring | ET-WICAP Leader, Yiu-Fai Lee (Hong Kong China) |
| 9:30-9:45 | 9.2 | Report on WICAP implementation in RA II | ET-WICAP Leader, Yiu-Fai Lee (Hong Kong China) |
| 9:45-10:00 | 9.3 | Aircraft-based Water Vapour Measurement for Aviation Application | Nicolas Rivaben (Argentina) |
| 10:00-10:30 | 9.4 | New and developing systems (MODE-S, UAS, ADD) | Nicolas Rivaben (Argentina) |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 11:00-11:20 | 9.5 | Introduction to Radar guidance and standardization material | Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan) - online |
| 11:20-11:40 | 9.6 | WMO Weather Radar database and data exchange formats | Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan) - online |
| 11:40-12:10 | 9.7 | Radar networks in RA II (South-Asia network, Gulf network) |
South-Asia network：HAGIYA Satoshi (Japan) , Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) network: Mr Karel de Waal (UAE) |
| 12:10-12:30 | 9.8 | National experience and practices with Radar observations (JMA, OPERA) |
HAGIYA Satoshi (Japan) - online, OPERA (Pekka) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 10 | SESSION 7: SUMMARY AND CLOSING | Albert Fischer, WANG Jiankai | |
| 14:00-16:00 | 10.1 | Discussion – drafting workshop recommendations (breakout groups) | |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:30-17:30 | 10.2 | Final discussion and summary of the Workshop recommendations |
CMA & Albert Fischer (Secretariat) |
| 17:30-18:00 | 10.3 | Closure of the workshop |
CMA & Albert Fischer (Secretariat) |
| 18:00-20:00 | Dinner | ||