WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
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CBS MANAGEMENT GROUP

SECOND MEETING
SYDNEY, 10-13 DECEMBER 2001

 CBS-MG-II/Doc. 2(7)
(31.X.2001)
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ITEM: 2


ENGLISH

 

 

Progress Report on Innovative Collaboration

(Submitted by R. Patton, Rapporteur on Innovative Collaboration)

October, 2001

 

Introduction

CBS 2001 discussed the development of the World Weather Watch Programme and the need for innovation in non-technical aspects of collaboration. It was agreed that a study should be undertaken to investigate existing cooperative arrangements and agreements and evaluate the results of these efforts so that all Members may benefit from the experience gained.

The hoped for outcome is that more Members will collaborate with others in the implementation of the World Weather Watch Programme of WMO and that these collaborative ventures will be successful.

Current Status

Two questionnaires were drafted. One was of a general nature to be sent to all Permanent Representatives. They were invited to provide input on any venture with which they were involved. A second questionnaire was drafted to be sent to participating members of specific collaborative ventures. A list of these ventures is provided at Annex 1.

After several iterations the questionnaires were sent out on 25th September with a deadline of 30th October.  As of the time of writing 18 responses have been received covering 23 different projects, as shown in Annex 2. It is hoped that despite a relatively low response rate so far, more completed questionnaires shall be received within two weeks of the deadline.

Next steps

The designated rapporteur shall be unavailable to continue work on the study until mid-December at the earliest but plans are in place to enable the draft report to be completed by the end of February 2002.

Annex 1
Specific Ventures to be studied

 

  1. ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC), Singapore

  2. Improved telecommunications for RA IV

  3. Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN)

  4. RMDCN in RA VI

  5. Limited Area Model for Central Europe (LACE)

  6. EUMETNET – EUCOS programme

  7. Data Buoy Cooperation Panel (DBCP)

  8. Aircraft Meteorological Data Reporting (AMDAR)

  9. PSU/NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5)

  10. Unidata

  11. RMDCN for RA III

 

Annex 2

Replies Received as of 13 November 2001

 

  1. AMDAR Panel
  2. Australia
  3. Chile
  4. Czech Republic (3 - THESEO, COST 713 Action, Regional Dobson Centre)
  5. Data Buoy Cooperation Panel
  6. Denmark
  7. Hong Kong
  8. Japan (no ventures)
  9. Macao
  10. New Zealand
  11. Norway (EUMETNET etc, NORDMET, NORDRAD, HIRLAM
  12. Pakistan (no ventures)
  13. Singapore
  14. Slovakia (2 - Opera and lightning data exchange)
  15. Sudan
  16. Sweden (3 - NORDMET, NORDRAD, HIRLAM)
  17. Trinidad and Tobago
  18. Unidata