WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

 

 COMMISSION FOR BASIC SYSTEMS
OPAG ON INTEGRATED OBSERVING SYSTEMS

 

EXPERT TEAM ON REQUIREMENTS FOR DATA FROM 
AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS
 Fourth Session

 

Geneva, Switzerland, 20 - 24 March 2006

 

CBS/OPAG-IOS/ET AWS-4/INF.1

 

(9.I.2006)
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Original:  ENGLISH ONLY

 

DOCUMENTATION PLAN
(Updated 15 March 2006)

Agenda Item

Title

Doc No.

Submitted by

Deadline

1.

ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION

1.2

Provisional Agenda 

1.2(1)

Secretariat

Done

1.2

Explanatory Memorandum 

1.2(2)

Secretariat

Done

n/a

Provisional List of Participants

INF-2

Secretariat

15 January

2.

REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN

2.

Report of the chairman

2

ET Chair

Done

3.

REPORT OF THE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE ET-DR&C

3

Report of the Representative to the ET-DR&C

3(1)

Igor Zahumenský

Done

4.

REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR AWS QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES

4

Report on the Development of Guidelines for AWS Quality Control Procedures      Annex 1,     Annex 2

4(1)

Igor Zahumenský

Done

5.

REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS FOR THE STANDARDIZATION OF AWS PLATFORMS

5

Issues related to the Development of Standards for the Standardization of AWS Platforms

5(1)

Jitze van der Meulen

Done

6.

REPORT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICAL EXAMPLES FOR A STANDARD SET OF METADATA FOR AWS

6

Report on the Development of Practical Examples for a Standard Set of Metadata for  AWS (zip file to download)

6(1)

Igor Zahumenský

Done

7.

REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE JOINT EFFORT WITH HMEI AND CIMO IN DEFINING METADATA NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE WMO INFORMATION SYSTEM 

7

Report on the Status of the Joint Effort with HMEI and CIMO in Defining metadata Needs for the Future WMO Information System

7(1)

Jitze van der Meulen

1 March

7 Development of Siting Criteria and Metadata Standards

7(2)

Jitze van der Meulen

Done

8.

REPORT ON THE NEED FOR UPDATING AWS CODE AND DESCRIPTOR TABLES

8

Report on the Need for Updating AWS Code and Descriptor Tables

8(1)

Igor Zahumenský

1 March

8

AWS representation of nominal values

8(2)

Milan Dragosavac

Done

9.

REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR EVOLUTION FOR SUB-SYSTEMS OF THE GOS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ET-EGOS

9

Review Implementation Plan for Evolution for Sub-Systems of the GOS and Recommendations to the ET-EGOS

9(1)

ET Members
Invited Experts

1 March

10.

OTHER BUSINESS  

10.1

Climate Requirements for AWS

10.1(x)

CCl representative

1 March

10.2

Report on Assessment of Cost/Benefits of AWS for Climate

10.2(x)

CCl representative

1 March

10.3

CIMO Role in Designing national and Global Networks

10.3(x)

Jitze van der Meulen

ET Members

1 March

10.4

Further development of the ET's website

10.4(x)

ET Members

1 March

10.5

Functional Specifications for AWS - corrections

10.5(1)

ET Members

Done

11.

RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE SUBMITTED TO CBS-XIII

11

Recommendations to be submitted to CBS-Ext. (2006)

11(x)

ET Chair

ET Members

1 March

12.

FUTURE WORK PLAN

12

Future Work Plan

12(x)

ET Chair

ET Members

1 March