WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

COMMISSION FOR BASIC SYSTEMS
OPAG on ISS

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

MONTREAL, 8-12 MAY 2006

 CBS/ISS CT-MTDCF/ET-DR&C/ INF.1

(13.IV.2006)
 _________

 

ENGLISH only

OUTCOME: FINAL REPORT

INFORMATION ON VENUE (ICAO) / HOTELS

THE MEETING WILL START MONDAY 8 MAY AT 9.30 A.M. AT

 ICAO HEADQUARTERS, 999 University Street, Montreal 

DOCUMENTATION PLAN
 (20 April 2006)

IMPORTANT REFERENCE DOCUMENTS: 

     -          Report of the first Meeting of the Coordination Team on Migration to Table Driven Code Forms (CT/MTDCF), Geneva, 1-4 November 2005.  (word)

-          Report of the Meeting of the Expert Team Data Representation and Codes (ET/DR&C), Muscat, Oman, 5-8 December 2005. (word)    (pdf)

 

(Note: Documents in bold are done)

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 Secretariat

1.3

Working arrangements for the meeting

 

 

2.

GRIB 2 CODE FORM

 

 

2.1

Status and coordination of validation tests for GRIB2 encoding/decoding

 

 

2.1.1

Validation of special templates for the transmission in GRIB 2 of cross-sections and Hovmöller type diagrams

Doc. 2.1.1(1)

Any

2.1.2

Validation of Weather Huffman compression scheme

Doc. 2.1.2(1)

Jeff Ator

2.2

Other additions or modifications

 

 

2.2.1

Parameters for GMES

2.2.2

Difference with GRIB 1/GRIB 2 packing

Doc. 2.2.2(1)

ECMWF

2.2.3

Discrepancy in template 4.30 (instrument type octet)

Doc. 2.2.3(1)

ECMWF

2.2.4

Lossless packing

Doc. 2.2.4(1)

ECMWF

2.2.5

Other

Doc. 2.2.5(1) Doc.2.2.5(2) Doc. 2.2.5(1+n)

ECMWF            ECMWF             Any

2.3

Report on experimental and operational exchanges of fields in GRIB2

Doc. 2.3(1) Doc. 2.3(2) Doc. 2.3(3)  Doc. 2.3(3+n)

ECMWF   USA                    China                  Any

3.

BUFR AND CREX

 

 

3.1

Review of Entries awaiting Validation for becoming Pre-Operational                            SIGMET

                     Doc. 3.1(1) Doc. 3.1(2) Doc. 3.1(3)

               Secretariat          Jeff Ator            Stanley Kellet      

3.2

New elements for Air Chemistry

Doc. 3.2(1)

Secretariat

 

 

Doc. 3.2(2)

Yves Pelletier

3.3

Requirements for GTS distribution of ocean data

Doc. 3.3(1)

Secretariat

3.4

Various needed additions or corrections

 

 

3.4.1

Number for pre-operational tables

Doc. 3.4.1(1)

Secretariat

3.4.2

Additional entries for polar satellite data

Doc. 3.4.2(1)Rev.1

EUMETSAT

3.4.3

Pre-operational entries of BUFR Tables D for new templates of RADOB, TRACKOB and SAREP

Doc. 3.4.3(1)

JMA

3.4.4

Additions in CREX for sea level data monitoring (Tsunami warning programme)

Doc. 3.4.4(1) Doc. 3.4.4(2)

Secretariat        IOC

3.4.5

Other Various needed additions or corrections

Doc. 3.4.5(1) Doc. 3.4.5(2) Doc. 3.4.5(3)      Doc. 3.4.5(4)  Doc 3.4.5(5) Doc. 3.4.5(5+n)

Milan Dragosavac Eva Cervena   CMA                   UKMO                Eva Cervena    Any

4.

MODIFICATIONS TO TRADITIONAL ALPHANUMERIC CODES

 

 

4.1

New Modifications to aeronautical codes – Calendar  

Doc. 4.1(1)  Appendix A Appendix B Doc. 4.1(2) Doc. 4.1(3)

ICAO    

             Secretariat        Eva Cervena

4.2

ICAO TAC Templates

Doc. 4.2(1)

Secretariat/Charles Sanders

4.3

Thunderstorm reporting

  Doc. 4.3(2)

Eva Cervena

5.

MANUAL ON CODES IN RELATION TO MIGRATION TO TABLE DRIVEN CODE FORMS

 

 

5.1

Proposed Observations Reporting Practices for TDCF in Manual on Codes

Doc. 5.1(1)    B/C1,   B/C5, B/C10, B/C20, B/C25, B/C26, B/C35

Eva Cervena

5.2

Proposal for coverage of Regional Reporting Practices In BUFR Templates for TAC

Doc. 5.2(1)

Eva Cervena

5.3

Procedural issues for national practices

Doc. 5.3(1)

Eva Cervena

5.4

Review and define needed templates and Common Sequences

Doc. 5.4(1)

Secretariat

  Proposal for modification to BUFR template for CLIMAT TEMP and CLIMAT TEMP SHIP data

Doc. 5.4(2)

Eva Cervena

 

Proposed BUFR template for buoy wave data

Doc. 5.4(3)

Secretariat

 

Expressed requirement for Radiosonde templates

Doc. 5.4(4)

Secretariat

5.5

Review METAR/SPECI/TAF template and related BUFR sequences and parameters

Doc. 5.5(1)

Charles Sanders

6.

REVIEW STATUS OF MIGRATION

 

 

6.1

Information sharing

Doc. 6.1(1)  Doc. 6.1(2) Doc. 6.1(3)   Doc. 6.1(4) Doc. 6.1(5) Doc. 6.1(6)

Secretariat         Fred Branski           MilanDragosavac CMA                   USA           Australia

6.2

Review of migration matrix

Doc. 6.2(n)

Any

6.3

Matters to be solved or finalized (e.g. NIL reports)

Doc. 6.3(1)  Doc. 6.3(2)

Secretariat Australia

6.4

Problems specific to aviation

Doc. 6.4(1)

ICAO

6.5

Use of CREX (e.g. Region I)                          CREX Example in Excel

Use of XML and NetCDF

CF standard (pdf)

Doc. 6.5(1)   

Doc. 6.5(2)   Doc. 6.6(1) Doc. 6.6(2)

Secretariat    

William Chillambo  USA                    UKMO        

7.

TASKS FOR MIGRATION

Doc. 7(1)     Doc. 7(2)

Secretariat         Fred Branski

7.1

Facilitation of operational Implementation and pre-operational testing

Doc. 7.1(1)  Doc. 7.1(2)  Doc. 7.1(3)           Doc. 7.1(n+3)

CMA                Michal Weis          Jan Willem Noteboom           Any

7.2

Contacts with other Organizations 

JCOMM             

Doc. 7.2(1)  Doc. 7.2(2)

Fred Branski       Jan Willem Noteboom

7.3

Training

 

 

7.4

Migration Guidance document

Doc. 7.4(1)

Secretariat

7.5

Improved web site

Doc. 7.5(1)

Secretariat

7.6

Migration Implementation Programmes (MIPs)

Doc. 7.6(1)

Secretariat

8. CLOSURE OF THE MEETING