WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

COMMISSION FOR BASIC SYSTEMS
OPAG on ISS

JOINT MEETING OF EXPERT TEAM ON DATA REPRESENTATION AND CODES and COORDINATION TEAM ON MIGRATION TO TABLE DRIVEN CODE FORMS


Geneva, 1-5 September 2008

 
 

Report of the meeting

Report of the meeting (word) and Annexes (word, pdf)

Reference documents        

Report of the Meeting of the Expert Team on Data Representation and Codes (ET/DR&C),  EUMETSAT, 23-27 April 2007  (word)    (PDF)  
Operational Codes Tables and additions for validation or pre-operational
Annex 3 (Edition16) to the Convention on International Civil Aviation   Amendment 74

CBS Ext. 06 statements and recommendations:   on Migration

Documents

1.

ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING

 

 

1.1

Opening of the meeting

 

 

1.2

Approval of the agenda

Doc.  1.2(1)
Doc.  1.2(2)

Secretariat
S
ecretariat

1.3

Working arrangements for the meeting

 

 

2.

GRIB 2 CODE FORM

 

 

2.1

Additions or modifications to GRIB 2
GRIB 2 Event probabilities
New GRIB2 table entries for atmospheric particulates
New GRIB2 table entries for QPF data
New GRIB2 table entries for WAFS data

New GRIB2 table entries chemicals and aerosols
New GRIB2 grid definition template for irregular lat/long grid
New GRIB2 templates for Categorical forecast data
New GRIB2 template for atmospheric aerosols
New GRIB2  table entries
Definition of a new Product Definition Template
GRIB2  for general unstructured grids
GRIB2 new compression method – CCSDS szip
GRIB2  for paleo climate


Doc. 2.1(1)
Doc. 2.1(2)
Doc. 2.1(3)
Doc. 2.1(4)

Doc. 2.1(5)Rev.1
Doc. 2.1(6)
Doc. 2.1(7)
Doc. 2.1(8)
Doc. 2.1(9)
Doc. 2.1(10)
Doc. 2.1(11)
Doc. 2.1(12)
Doc. 2.1(13)


ECMWF
Jeff Ator
Jeff Ator
Jeff Ator
ECMWF
ECMWF
ECMWF
ECMWF
DWD
DWD
DWD
DWD
DWD

2.2

Report on production and experimental or operational exchanges of fields in GRIB2 
Operational production of GRIB 2 data at the Canadian Meteorological Centre

Doc. 2.2(1)
 

Yves Pelletier
 

3.

BUFR AND CREX

 

 

3.1

Review of Descriptors awaiting Validation for becoming Pre-Operational

3.1.1 For reporting correctly radiation Doc. 3.1.1(1) Eva Cervena
3.1.2 Template for synoptic reports from sea stations suitable for ship observation data from VOS stations Doc. 3.1.2(1) Eva Cervena
3.1.3 For Air Chemistry Doc. 3.1.3(1) Yves Pelletier
3.1.4 IEEE representation (for BUFR Edition 5) Doc. 3.1.4(1) ECMWF
3.1.5 Templates for surface observations from one-hour period and from n-minute period with national and WMO station identification Doc. 3.1.5(1) Eva Cervena
3.1.6 Merged” AWS BUFR template for surface observations from one-hour period and for reporting SYNOP data in BUFR Doc. 3.1.6(1)
Doc. 3.1.6(1)ADD. 1
Eva Cervena
3.1.7 Template for buoy and wave data, BATHY and TESAC data Doc. 3.1.7(1) IOC
3.1.8 CREX templates for tide elevation - DART
                                                 - Sea level data
Doc. 3.1.8(1)
Doc. 3.1.8(2)
Kelvin Wong
Kelvin Wong
3.1.9 Template for synoptic reports from fixed land stations suitable for SYNOP data and for maritime data from coastal and island stations Doc. 3.1.9(1) Eva Cervena
3.1.10 EUCOS template for representation of radiosonde data with geopotential height as the vertical coordinate Doc. 3.1.10(1) Eva Cervena
3.1.11 For passive remote sensing by star occultation
3.1.12 New descriptors for GFA (Graphical Forecast AIRMET) data Doc. 3.1.12(1) Jeff Ator
3.1.13 Entries for volume (3-D) radar data Doc. 3.1.13(1) Sibylle Krebber
3.1.14 For the encoding of the JASON2 OGDR data Doc. 3.1.14(1) EUMETSAT
3.1.15 Proposal for WAVEOB data Doc. 3.1.15(1) Weiqing Qu
3.1.16 Proposal for Universal BUFR template for representation of Lightning data Doc. 3.1.16(1) United Kingdom

3.2

CREX SYNOP for West Africa
      Comments
CREX  SYNOP  MESSAGE  FOR  RA1 (AFRICA)

Doc. 3.2(1)
Doc. 3.2(1)ADD1
Doc. 3.2(2)Rev.1

Secretariat
Mr Chouaibou GUEYE
William Chillambo

3.3

New additions for satellite data

3.3.1 CGMS/WMO Task Force on Satellite Data Codes Report(pdf) Simon Elliott
3.3.2 Designation of sub-centres (Common Table C-12) for RARS system Doc. 3.3.2(1) Jérome Lafeuille
3.3.3 SMOS satellite data Doc. 3.3.3(1) ECMWF
3.3.4 GOME Ozone data Doc. 3.3.4(1) Jeff Ator
3.3.5 Other needed additions for satellite data
Table B and D entries for encoding of IASI principal component scores
Table B and Table D entries for encoding of enhanced data from IASI
Satellites with no entries in Common code table C5

Doc. 3.3.5(1)

Doc. 3.3.5(2)

Doc. 3.3.5(3)
 

EUMETSAT

EUMETSAT

Stan Kellett
 

3.4

Master table for oceanographic data

Doc. 3.4(1) IOC

3.5

Other BUFR/CREX needed additions or corrections

New entries in Code table 0 08 002    Doc. 3.5(1) Eva Cervena
Height of base of cloud Doc. 3.5(2) Eva Cervena
Representation of UV radiation data Doc. 3.5(3) Eva Cervena
Notes for non SI Units in BUFR for aviation Codes and in CREX Doc. 3.5(4) Secretariat
New descriptors for surface aviation observation Doc. 3.5(5) Yves Pelletier
Representation  of wind directionat locations within 1˚ of Poles Doc. 3.5(6) Eva Cervena
Correction of BUFR preoperational code tables for SBUV2 data Doc. 3.5(7) Jeff Ator

3.6

Possible revisions to BUFR Guide

4.

MODIFICATIONS TO TRADITIONAL ALPHANUMERIC CODES

 

 

4.1

Matters for METAR; TAF

Proposal for clarification of METAR/SPECI Regulations Doc. 4.1(1) Eva Cervena
ICAO requirements Doc. 4.1(2) ICAO
Inclusion of definitions of Prevailing visibility  and Visibility in Manual on Codes Doc. 4.1(3) Eva Cervena

4.2

Other Matters

Proposal for modification of Regulation 12. 4. 10. 1 Doc. 4.2(1) Eva Cervena
ICAO requirement for ROFOR (Route forecast for aviation) Doc. 4.2(2) ICAO
Adjustment to WMO Manual or ICAO Annex 3? Doc. 4.2(3) Secretariat

5.

MANUAL ON CODES

 

 

5.1

Review of the procedures for adoption of changes to Manual on Codes, including validation processes

Doc. 5.1(1)
Doc. 5.1(2)Rev.1

Secretariat
Secretariat

5.2 Electronic form of Manual Doc. 5.2(1) Secretariat
6. INFORMATION ON OUTCOME OF ET/ADRS MEETING Draft Report Fred Branski, Simon Elliott
  BUFR in UML - Similarity to ISO 19100 Geographic Information Standards Doc. BUFR in UMLRev. 1 (pdf) Gill Ross
  Routemap to drive ISO models from BUFR ISOfromBUFR.ppt Gill Ross
7. REVIEW STATUS OF MIGRATION TO WMO TDCF    
7.1 Information sharing - Status Doc. 7.1(1) Secretariat
  - Secretariat activities (web site. migration guidance document) Guidance document Secretariat
  Members actions Doc. 7.1(2)Rev.1
Doc. 7.1(3)Rev.1

Doc. 7.1(4)
Doc. 7.1(5)
Doc. 7.1(6)Rev.1
Eva Cervena
Eva Cervena
Yves Pelletier
Fang Zhao
William Chillambo
  National training    

7.2

Results of Questionnaire on Migration

Doc. 7.2(1)

Secretariat

7.3

Review migration matrix

   

7.4

Matters to be solved

   
8. TASKS FOR MIGRATION    
8.1

Facilitation of operational Implementation and pre-operational testing
A Primer on Writing BUFR templates

Writing BUFR templates(pdf)
Yves Pelletier
8.2

How to perform more training?

   
8.3

Implementation of Pilot Projects

   
8.4

Migration Implementation Programmes (MIPs)

   
8.5 Review of the Migration Plan    
  Review of the migration plan in view of ICAO requirements Doc. 8.5(1) ICAO
  Review of the migration plan Doc. 8.5(2) Secretariat