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January 2022 Volume 8, Number 1
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1. Congress approves key initiatives to strengthen the international exchange of observations and other Earth system data
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In October 2021, the Extraordinary Session of the World Meteorological Congress (Cg-Ext, 2021) approved three sweeping initiatives to significantly improve the weather and climate service delivery capabilities of all WMO Members by strengthening the international exchange of necessary observational data and other data products. The need for WMO action was triggered by a number of factors, including persistent observational data gaps especially in developing regions, the lack of sustainable financing for observations, continued unequal access of WMO Members to reap the benefits of progress in data, science, and technology, and by the rapid growth of private sector capabilities and activities in meteorology.
The three initiatives approved were the WMO Unified Data Policy, the Global Basic Observing Network (GBON), and the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF). The development of GBON was launched by EC-70 in 2018, while the developments of SOFF and the Data Policy were launched during Cg-18 in 2019. The preparation of these initiatives involved extensive consultation with thousands of experts and other stakeholders around the globe, much of which was centered around the WMO Data Conference taking place in November 2020.
WMO Unified Data Policy
The new WMO Unified Data Policy provides a comprehensive update of the policies guiding the international exchange of weather, climate and related Earth system data between the 193 Member states and territories of WMO. The new policy reaffirms the commitment to the free and unrestricted exchange of data, which has been the bedrock of WMO, since the organization was established more than 70 years ago.
To meet the growing need for better information and services within a growing variety of environmental application areas, the new policy will encompass all WMO-relevant Earth system data – weather, climate, hydrology, ocean, atmospheric composition, cryosphere, and space weather. This integrated Earth-system approach will help the global community strengthen and better sustain all Earth system monitoring and prediction, with massive socioeconomic benefits as a result. It will lead to additional exchange of all types of environmental data, which in turn will enable all WMO Members to deliver better, more accurate and more timely weather- and climate-related services.
Earth system modelling capabilities are progressing rapidly, and the need for exchange of Earth system data is expected to continue to grow. In contrast to previous data policy resolutions, WMO’s unified data policy is therefore built around a modular approach, with a clear distinction between the respective roles of the policy itself and the underlying regulatory texts. This will make it significantly easier to adopt incremental updates to the policy and its implementation as requirements continue to evolve in the years ahead.
The WMO Infrastructure Commission will have a major role in future development and implementation activities under the new data policy. Among the immediate priorities will be improving the access to high resolution Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) data for all Members in return for their observational data, and the development of regulatory material for observing systems and data exchange in areas beyond the scope of the current version of GBON.
The Global Basic Observing Network
Over the last several decades, global NWP, has emerged as the common foundational application underpinning all weather and climate services. Thus all WMO Members are increasingly depending on model data products provided by a small number of modeling centers. However, these centers and the quality of their products are in turn completely dependent on consistent access to reliable observations from all areas of the globe, and monitoring undertaken with the WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System (WDQMS) has shown that currently, critical surface-based observations continue to be missing over many areas, especially in many developing countries. This limits the quality of model products, first and foremost locally in the areas where observations are missing, but over time the negative impact will tend to spread throughout the global domain.
In response to this persistent data gap, the Cg-Ext (2021) approved regulatory material establishing the Global Basic Observing Network (GBON), effective January 1, 2023. GBON represents a new approach in which the basic surface-based observing network needed to feed the NWP systems is specified at the global level, including which variables to measure, maximum horizontal spacing, minimum temporal reporting frequency, and a commitment to international exchange of observations.
Full implementation of GBON will have a direct positive impact on the quality of quantitative weather forecast products, which will help to improve global public safety and well-being. Via use of the same observations for reanalysis, GBON will be instrumental also to preparing, implementing and monitoring mitigation and adaptation efforts undertaken under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Paris Agreement. However, in order to reach the GBON implementation goal, additional investment and capacity development will be needed for many developing countries. WMO is working closely with the international development and climate finance communities to facilitate this, including through the establishment of the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) SOFF is a dedicated mechanism that will provide long-term grants and technical assistance, with a focus on Small Island Developing States and Least Developed Countries to enable sustained compliance with GBON regulations. See a dedicated article in this newsletter for more details on SOFF announcement and 2022 activities.
Over the remainder of 2022, preparing guidance and technical systems to support Members in their efforts to implement GBON will be a major area of focus for the Infrastructure Commission and the Infrastructure Department in the WMO Secretariat. A web interface through which Members can follow progress on these preparatory activities is being developed, and additional information will be made available in due time.
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2. After a successful announcement event at COP26, SOFF gets ready to start operations in 2022
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At COP26 (the 2021 United Nations climate change conference), the WMO, the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced the creation of the Systematic Observations Finance Facility (SOFF). Three agencies legally established SOFF as a United Nations Multi-Partner Trust Fund.
The event was attended virtually by over 12,000 participants and featured interventions from high-level representatives of an initial group of countries and organizations that announced financial support, including Denmark, Norway, Nordic Development Fund, Austria, and Portugal.
Switzerland also welcomed the establishment of the SOFF and confirmed the provision of financial support for setting up the SOFF Secretariat. In addition, several countries, including Canada, France, Spain, Sweden and Turkey expressed strong support and are exploring avenues to financially contribute to the SOFF in the near future.
The SOFF Interim Secretariat, hosted by the WMO in Geneva, was created in January 2022 to kick-off the SOFF Start-up phase. This phase will end in June 2022 with the First Steering Committee meeting. SOFF will then become operational in July 2022.
What is SOFF?
Currently, the lack of adequate observational data coverage is negatively impacting the quality of climate analysis products and early warnings, especially locally, where observations are missing. In many parts of the world, even with improved management and practices, it is unlikely that many countries can sustain and operate adequate observation networks on their own.
SOFF will provide long-term grants and technical assistance, with a focus on the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), to enable sustained compliance with the WMO Global Basic Observing Network (GBON) requirements. SOFF will (i) deploy a global approach with sustained international data exchange as a measure of success; (ii) provide long-term finance toward sustained data sharing results; (iii) enhance technical competency through peer-to-peer advisory, harnessing the operational experience of the most advanced national meteorological services around the globe; and (iv) leverage partners’ knowledge and resources.
SOFF will focus exclusively on the initial part of the meteorological value chain while working in partnership with other development agencies that focus on other links in the chain to help ensure that its investments ultimately translate into end-user benefits. SOFF funding will be embedded within larger hydromet/climate projects. This will ensure that countries are further supported in developing the capacity to effectively use improved weather forecast and climate products to create adaptation and resilience development benefits.
In July 2022, SOFF will roll out its first three-year implementation period supporting countries to close the weather and climate observation gap, including rehabilitation or establishment of data-gathering stations, enabling them to generate and internationally exchange essential data that is missing today.
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3. Updates from the WMO-CGMS Virtual Laboratory for Training and Education in Satellite Meteorology
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The Centres of Excellence, working closely with one or more of the satellite operators and often co-located with WMO Regional Training Centres (RTC), are established in all WMO Regions to meet user needs for increased skills and knowledge in utilizing satellite data within their Region.
The VLab key objectives are to achieve better exploitation of data from the space-based component of the WIGOS for services that are increasingly reliant on satellite data, and globally share knowledge, experience, methods, and tools related to access and usage of satellite data, especially in support of WMO Members that have limited resources.
To ensure that VLab is operating sustainably, two co-chairs are nominated by the two main stakeholders: Satellite Operators and Training Centres of Excellence and are supported by a Technical Support Officer serving as a central point of contact for the Network, ensuring the communication and coordination of tasks.
In 2021 the two VLab Co-Chairs, Dr. Mark Higgins (EUMETSAT Training Manager) and Dr. Marinés Campos (Director of the RTC WMO-SMN Argentina), stepped down. Subsequently, NOAA nominated Dr. Bernadette Connell from the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere of Colorado State University and China Meteorological Administration (CMA) nominated Mr. Wen Bo, from CMA Training Center in Beijing, for the positions of the new VLab co-chairs.
The CGMS Plenary in May 2021 endorsed Dr. Connell as a new VLab co-chair representing the CGMS space agencies, and Mr. Wen Bo’s nomination was endorsed by the WMO as a representative of the Centre of Excellence.
In January 2021, Lu Veeck, the VLab long-term TSO, resigned to take a position with the WMO Education and Training Office, and Dr. Marcial Garbanzo, the Head of the Centre of Excellence in Costa Rica, was appointed as a new VLab TSO as of 1 October 2021.
VLab would like to thank the former Co-chairs and TSO for their leadership and achievements in the past years. VLab welcomes onboard the new leadership team, ensuring continuity and further success of the VLab activities.
As for the training events scheduled for 2022, most workshops are still planned to be organized as online events, which on the one hand ensures an increased number of participants involved, but on the other hand, as it was emphasized by the VLab members, numbers are no key. The important thing is to ensure that these courses really help operational services in their activities. It is also valid to add that there is a clear focus on the wider topics to be covered by training providers, e.g. several non-operational meteorological courses have recently been run by EUMETSAT. Thus, workshops, addressing not only satellite imagery interpretation for Nowcasting, but also Level 2 products analysis, should become a priority for VLab as a Global Network of Training Providers in satellite meteorology and related fields.
You are welcome to check the online Calendar of Events available at: https://www.wmo-sat.info/vlab/calendar-of-events/, which shows the upcoming training events, workshops, and conferences organized by VLab Members and partner Programmes. You will find there the detailed information on the how to apply to the training events advertised, target audiences as well as hosted organizations. The Calendar is continuously updated, so make sure to revisit it frequently.
Finally, it is also worth mentioning that the Tenth session of the VLab Management Group (VLMG-10) is planned to be held in September 2022, hosted by EUMETSAT, in Darmstadt, Germany.
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4. International comparisons of radiation instruments
(IPC-XIII/IPgC-III/FRC-V)
The 13th WMO International Pyrheliometer Comparison (IPC-XIII), the 5th Filter Radiometer Comparison (FRC-V), and the 3rd International Pyrgeometer Comparison (IPgC-III) were held jointly from 27 September to 14 October 2021 at the Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos/World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC), Switzerland.
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Typically, the comparisons take place every 5 years, and the original plan was to organize them in 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic they had to be postponed by one year. In the end, the community was very fortunate that the in-person event could take place in autumn 2021. The participation of the international community turned out to be at a quite high level (about 2/3 of the average participation in normal years). In total, 110 people registered from a total of 29 countries. Over the past decades a steady increase in the number of participants has been observed, in particular participants from the solar energy sector. Some institutions from countries affected by international travel ban had their instruments shipped to and operated by PMOD/WRC.
Parallel to the comparisons a Symposium was held at PMOD/WRC at which participants were able to share the latest news on measurement and calibration methods, new instrument developments, radiation network, and/or solar energy applications. In addition, a few talks on solar-terrestrial science were also accommodated. All talks were streamed online, and the abstracts and slides are available at https://www.pmodwrc.ch/en/ipc-xiii/#Symposium.
Currently, proceedings papers are in preparation and will be published by spring 2022.
The next IPC/IPgC/FRC is currently planned for autumn 2025 - to keep the original 5-year cycle.
50th anniversary of the WRC
In 1971, WMO appointed the Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos (PMOD/WRC) as the World Radiation Center (WRC). The mandate associated with it is to maintain the World Radiometric Reference and to hold the IPCs every 5 years.
Already in the 1930s it was recognized that pyrheliometers need to be calibrated. The first IPC was held at the time at the Villa Dora in Davos in 1959. PMOD/WRC celebrated the 50th anniversary on 28 November 2021 with representatives from WMO, Meteoswiss, the Canton of Graubünden, and the municipality of Davos.
For further details see:
https://www.pmodwrc.ch/en/ipc-xiii/
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| Left panel: Impression from the first day of the IPC-XIII/IPgC-III/FRC-V. Bottom panel: World Standard Group along with other instruments on the solar tracker at PMOD/WRC. Right panel: Participants of the IPC-XIII/IPgC-III/FRC-V during the Welcome Note by Anthony Rea from WMO. |
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5. Snow observations – a key input to understanding changes in weather, climate, and water resources
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On 27 January 2022, the Joint Body on the Status of Mountain Snow Cover (JB-SMSC) was formally launched as a joint 4 -year initiative of the WMO Global Cryosphere Watch (GCW) activity area with the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) and Mountain Research Initiative (MRI).
Snow is a key feature of the environment, globally. Snow is key to mountain regions as water towers, providing a critical supply of freshwater to downstream areas, essential for
power generation, irrigation, for domestic use, groundwater recharge and aquatic ecosystems. Besides hydrology, snow plays an important role in numerical weather prediction, climate analyses, for sustaining mountain ecosystems and tourism, while snow-related natural hazards impact people and infrastructure, directly or indirectly.
The JB-SMSC initiative aims at enhancing the access to and the use of mountain snow cover data, globally, in support of key applications related to weather, climate, and hydrology, by identifying the current status of snow cover monitoring and the related gaps.
The joint effort of the three organizations will ensure the successful compilation of information on in-situ snow observations (from weather, climate, and hydrological stations, from avalanche services, from research programmes, etc.), on remote sensing products, together with downscaled reanalysis data and snow model simulations. The project recognizes the value of satellite products in increasing the spatial coverage of snow observations, with appropriate verification and validation. Additionally, the project aims at providing robust data harmonization methods, and information on mountain snow cover changes, at global scale, based on compiling and standardizing existing data sources at sufficiently high resolution, while supporting a better understanding of processes of accumulation and ablation based on existing modelling and observational studies.
The project will seek to address the need for long term preservation and archival of, and the open access to snow data, and to contribute to the operational capacity building in terms of understanding mountain snow cover changes and its impacts on and responses to climate, water and environment. These will directly support other WMO initiatives, as is the Third Pole Regional Climate Network (TPRCC-Network).
JB-SMSC will build on the significant improvements in the international access to snow depth data, globally, as reported in the April 2020 issue of the WIGOS Newsletter. As part of its contribution, GCW will work closely with the WMO Members and partners, as well as with the Satellite Snow Product Intercomparison and Evaluation Exercise (SnowPEx+) , organized as an initiative of the Snow Watch of GCW.
In particular, engagements coordinated by GCW- Advisory Group are planned in 2022 to augment the registration of snow depth observations in OSCAR/Surface for those stations already registered and known to exchange these data, since snow depth is one of the Global Basic Observing Network (GBON) variables. The representation of snow observations in OSCAR/Surface is essential for monitoring of stations performance. Currently, there are only 867 stations which include their snow depth observations in OSCAR/Surface database, while the number of stations known to exchange snow data is significantly higher than that. The goal is that by 2023, OSCAR/Surface will reflect a more accurate representation of available snow observations.
Joint Body co-chairs are Wolfgang Schöner, University of Graz, Austria; Lijuan Ma, China Meteorological Administration, China and Shawn Marshall, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada
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6. RA V OSCAR/Surface Online Training Course, 14 – 17 December 2021
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The WMO Secretariat, supported by a consultant, held an online training course on OSCAR/Surface for Regional Association V (RA V) Members. This event is part of a series of training activities to support the commencement of the pilot phase operations of Regional WIGOS Centres in RA V.
The National Focal Points (NFP) on OSCAR/Surface or metadata editors from RA V Members were invited to attend this training, with a priority to those who had never attended an OSCAR/Surface training before. The invitation was extended to other OSCAR/Surface users from the WIGOS community in other regions.
The course was intended to make participants able to find information in OSCAR/Surface, register new stations (using the OSCAR/Surface registration dialogue, the web client tool, the station templates and the machine-to-machine interface) and edit existing stations. This online training course was organized in the Moodle platform of WMO Education and Training Program (ETRP).
The course was organized in 4 sessions one in each day of the course. Training materials were made available, in form of reading material or tutorial videos, and assignments, using the test environment of OSCAR/Surface. Certificates will be given to participants who were able to finish all requested assignments.
During the course, facilitators were available to answer questions from participants via the discussion forum in Moodle. Participants from seven different countries successfully completed the course.
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7. WMO online Training Workshop on Transition to Automated Ground-based Measurements for Regional Association V
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The WMO online Training workshop on Transition to Automated Ground-based Measurements for Regional Association V (RA V, SW Pacific) Members, focusing on the transition of manual to automated measurements and related network aspects was conducted online over five days between 30 November and 9 December 2021 using the MS Teams platform and WMO Moodle platform. The workshop comprised five sessions of two-hours each held over three consecutive days in week one and two consecutive days in week two.
The target audience for the workshop was managers responsible for planning, designing and decision-making regarding measurements systems and observation network management within RA V. On average, 13 participants, from 9 countries (Cook Islands, Fiji, Malaysia, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga), nominated by their Permanent Representatives, attended the workshop each day. The objective of the workshop was to introduce participants to instrument upgrades, changes and transitions – preparing for success. At the same time, it was important to also recognize that there are instances where a technical solution has been predefined for a National Meteorological and Hydrological Service. An expected outcome from the workshop was that it gives Members the ability to have an informed conversation with all stakeholders, including partner organisations, on all aspects of the data chain from observations, data processing and data management to information systems, services and products, as well as related human resource aspects rather than simply the provision of Automatic Weather Stations (AWS).
The workshop covered a wide range of material in a short time and topics included: Network Planning, Project Planning and Management, People Change, Risk Analysis and the WMO Generic AWS Tender Specification. The AWS Tender Specification was given a full session on day four and pulled together the previous topics nicely with the final day given over to homework presentations and discussion from the participants on things they might consider when planning a transition. Short quizzes and polls using MS Forms and Mentimeter (https://www.mentimeter.com) were also used and were an invaluable addition to the workshop. These were very simple and easy to use and provided instant feedback which were used by the facilitators to help guide the discussions.
Each workshop topic generated excellent discussion among the participants and participants feedback was positive and indicates that the topics were well chosen, and the delivery well made.
Some improvements have been suggested and these will be discussed by the Standing Committee on Measurements, Instrumentation and Traceability (SC-MINT) Expert Team on Transitioning to Modern Measurement, as the team looks forward to organizing a similar workshop for other RAs, but this is still to be confirmed.
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8. Outcomes of the Sixth Training Workshop of the joint WMO-IOC Regional Marine Instrument Centre for Asia Pacific in RA II
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The WMO-IOC Regional Marine Instrument Centre for the RA II (Asia-Pacific Region), (RMIC-RA-II) was established by the WMO and IOC/UNESCO through WMO Resolution 9 (Cg-16) and IOC Resolution XXVI-9. The RMIC-RA-II for Asia Pacific is based on National Centre of Ocean Standards and Metrology (NCOSM), Ministry of Natural Resources, China. NCOSM has successfully organized five workshops for Asia Pacific from 2011 to 2020.
In the context of WMO reform, UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, and 2030 Strategy of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), NCOSM together with WMO and IOC organized the Sixth Training Workshop of the joint WMO-IOC Regional Marine Instrument Centre for Asia Pacific in RA II, from 13-17 December 2021. More than 60 officials and experts from 26 Members/Member States attended the five-day hybrid workshop, representing WMO and IOC technical groups, regional measurement-related centres, operational centres, and research institutes, etc.
The workshop intended to 1) Increase awareness of the importance of the best practices, quality assurance, quality control, and data sharing in oceanographic and marine meteorological (metocean) observations; 2) Enhance the capacity of quality control in metocean observation, data processing, ecology recovery, and ocean biodiversity protection; 3) Improve practical knowledge of implementation aspects of ocean observing systems; 4) Demonstrate the role of metocean observations for understanding and predicting regional weather, ocean state, and climatology; 5) Illustrate societal and economic benefits of metocean observing system for well informed decision making; then finally advance regional cooperation.
At the workshop the participants agreed to nine major recommendations regarding
- Governance of regional marine instrument centres in short term,
- Collaboration among regional measurement-related centres and their support to Members in mid-term, and
- Streamlining the concepts of regional, measurement-related centres in long term perspective, in consultation with partner organization(s) and national centres. The recommendations will be published in the final report of the workshop.
More details at the event page.
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9. Regional WIGOS Centres Coordination (RWC) Meetings
9.1. The 3rd RWC East African Community Coordination Meeting, 16 December 2021
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RWC Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and RWC Kenya serve as Regional WIGOS Centre in pilot mode for East African Community (EAC) countries since July 2020. As agreed by the two RWCs, RWC Dar es Salaam is responsible for evaluation and incident management functions, while RWC Kenya is responsible for metadata management function.
The 3rd coordination meeting of RWCs was organized online on 16 December 2021. This meeting was attended by representatives from the two RWCs, affiliated Members, RWC Southern Africa and WMO Secretariat (the Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa and the WIGOS Branch). RWCs and their affiliated Members reviewed their activities and assessed the challenges they’ve been facing and agreed to follow-up more closely with the tickets raised in the Incident Management System (IMS).
At this coordination meeting, RWC Southern Africa shared their experience of using analytical dashboard tool to evaluate data availability and quality within their area of responsibility. The meeting agreed to use similar approach, with the guidance of RWC Southern Africa.
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9.2. RWC Beijing and RWC Tokyo developed a Guide to Transition of Operation between the two RWCs
RWC Beijing and RWC Tokyo have been carrying out their functions as RWCs in operational mode for Regional Association II (RA II) Members since July 2021. According to the RA II RWC concept, endorsed by RA II Management Group Sixteenth Session, RA II Members are divided into two groups and the two RWCs will take turns covering each group in every 6 months period.
On 10 December 2021, facilitated by the WMO Secretariat (WIGOS Branch and Regional Office for Asia and the South-West Pacific), RWC Beijing and RWC Tokyo met remotely and agreed on the procedures for the transition of operations between the two RWCs, that are now described in a “Guide to transition of operations”. At the meeting both RWCs shared their experiences with activities since July 2021, and they proposed improvements to RWC procedures and tools.
The first switch of responsibility area between the two RWCs was agreed to commence from 1st January 2022. RWC Beijing and RWC Tokyo considered to extend their period of transition, from every 6 months to annually, to be discussed further in the next coordination meeting.
9.3. The 1st Coordination and Feedback Meeting of RWC Southern Africa, 8 December 2021
Having been performing RWC pilot phase operations since March 2021 for Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, RWC Southern Africa organized its first coordination and feedback meeting on 8 December 2021. This coordination meeting was attended by NFPs on WIGOS, NFPs on OSCAR/Surface and NFPs on WDQMS of Members affiliated with RWC Southern Africa, as well as representatives from the WMO Secretariat.
The main objectives of this meeting were to share information on WIGOS and WIS, and to review tickets status registered in Incident Management System for RWC. The WMO Secretariat delivered presentations on WIGOS and WIS activities, especially those related with their implementation in Regional Association I.
RWC Southern Africa also presented their optional functions they carried out, such as delivering one to one online training to WDQMS NFPs and OSCAR/Surface NFPs. Members affiliated with RWC thanked RWC Southern Africa for the assistance and guidance provided to them.
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10. WIGOS related Events/Meetings
10.1 Recent Events/Meetings
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Systematic Observation Financing Facility (SOFF),4th Funders Forum (online), 28 October 2021
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Eighteenth session of the Regional Association VI (Europe) - RA VI-18 (online), 16 November 2021
- Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems (INFCOM) Management Group meetings, 18 November and 14 December 2021 (online)
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WMO online Training Workshop on Transition to Automated Ground-based Measurements for WMO Regional Association V (South-West Pacific), 30 November – 2 December and 7 - 8 December 2021
- 6th Training Workshop of the Joint WMO-IOC Regional Marine Instrument Centre for Asia-Pacific Region (RMIC-RA-II/AP-6). "High quality procedure we meet, deliver the ocean data we need”. (online) 13-17 December 2021.
- Standing Committee on Measurements, Instrumentation and Traceability (SC-MINT) meeting (online), 25 January 2022
- Online Training workshop on WIGOS tools for Regional WIGOS Centre for West Africa [Un Atelier de Formation sur les Outils du WIGOS], 28 January 2022
10.2 Coming Events/Meetings
- The Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites Working Group III – Forth Risk Assessment Workshop, 22-24 February 2022 (online)
- INFCOM Management Group meeting, 25 and 28 February 2022
- GAWTEC training course on greenhouse gases at the Environmental Research Station Schneefernerhaus, Germany, 7-18 March 2022
- Standing Committee on Earth Observing Systems and Monitoring Networks (SC-ON) full committee meeting, 14, 16 and 18 March 2022
- International UV Filter Radiometer Comparison (UVC-III) 13 June - 29 August 2022
- The 50th Plenary session of the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS-50), 15-17 June 2022, Geneva, Switzerland
- The “WMO Space Observations for Earth System Monitoring” day, 21 June 2022, Geneva, Switzerland
- International Radiation Symposium 4-8 July 2022 Thessaloniki, Greece
- WMO Upper-Air Instrument Intercomparison, Lindenberg, Germany, Laboratory phase: December 2021-April 2022, Field phase: 8 August - 17 September 2022
- XVII Intercomparison Campaign of the Regional Brewer Calibration Center-Europe at Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium (Davos, Switzerland) from 22 to 31 August 2022. Registration form is available at the RBCC-E web page. Please register before 31st March 2022.
- Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM)-WMO Workshop on Metrology for Climate Action, 26-30 September 2022 (online)
- WMO Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation (TECO), Paris, France, 10 - 13 October 2022 (tentatively)
11. New WIGOS related publications
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- Margit Haberreiter and Wolfgang Finsterle (Switzerland)
- Andrew Harper (New Zealand) and Mike Molyneaux (UK)
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