WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

 

 COMMISSION FOR BASIC SYSTEMS
OPAG ON INTEGRATED OBSERVING SYSTEMS

 

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

 

Geneva, Switzerland, 5 - 9 May 2008

 

CBS/OPAG-IOS/ET AWS-5/INF.1

 

(7.2.2008)
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Original:  ENGLISH ONLY

 

DOCUMENTATION PLAN
(Updated 2 May 2008)

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

Done

2.

REPORT OF THE CHAIRMAN

2.

Report of the chairman

2

ET Chair

Done

3.

AWS FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS

3

AWS Functional Specifications

3

J.P. van der Meulen

Done

4.

REQUIREMENTS AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR A ROBUST, LOW POWER, CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM FOR ALL AWS, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN REMOTE LOCATIONS

4

Requirements and Implementation Plan for a robust, low power, continuous communications platform for all AWS, particularly those in remote locations

4(1)

R. Nitu

Done

5.

REQUIREMENTS AND SUBSEQUENT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR AWS HOSTED SENSORS TO CONTRIBUTE DIRECTLY TO THE CALIBRATION AND GROUND TRUTH OF SPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS

5

Requirements and subsequent Implementation Plan for AWS hosted sensors to contribute directly to the calibration and ground truth of space-based observations

5(1)

K. Monnik

Done

6.

REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW SENSORS OR THE INTEGRATION OF SENSORS TO MEET THE DEFICIENCIES OF AWS FOLLOWING THE MIGRATION FROM MANUAL OBSERVATIONS

6

Requirements for new sensors or the integration of sensors to meet the deficiencies of AWS following the migration from manual observations

6(1)

R. Nitu

Done

7.

ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR INTEGRATION OF POINT MEASUREMENTS WITH AREA MEASUREMENTS

7 Addressing the need for integration of point measurements with area measurements

7

J.P. van der Meulen

Done

8.

DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSITION FROM MANUAL TO AUTOMATIC SURFACE OBSERVING STATIONS

8

Development of guidelines and procedures to assist in the transition from manual to automatic surface observing stations

8(1)

K. Monnik

18 April

9.

DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW DATA TYPES FROM EITHER NEW SENSORS OR FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION OF SENSORS

9

Development of guidelines for the implementation of new data types from either new sensors or following the successful integration of sensors

9(1)

H. Zhou

Done

10.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE RECOMMENDED FOUR CATALOGUES OF AWS METADATA

10

AWS Development of the recommended four catalogues of AWS Metadata

10(1)

K. Monnik

18 April

11.

DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDELINES FOR THE SITING CLASSIFICATION OF AWS

11

Development of guidelines for siting classification of AWS

11(1)

M. Leroy

18 April

12.

STANDARD AND OPTIONAL VARIABLES TO BE REPORTED BY AWS

12

Standard and optional variables to be reported by AWS

12

J.P. van der Meulen

Done

13.

REVIEW OF BUFR DESCRIPTORS RELATED TO AWS MEASUREMENTS

13

Review of BUFR descriptors related to AWS measurements

13(1)

I. Zahumenský

Done

13 National and WMO station identification

13(2)

Eva Červená

Done

14.

THE VISION FOR THE GOS

14

The vision for the GOS

14(1)

I. Zahumenský

Done

15.

ADVANCES IN AWS TECHNOLOGY FOR ET-EGOS

15

Advances in AWS technology for ET-EGOS

15(1)

M. Leroy

18 April

16.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS  

16

Implementation Plan for Evolution of Space and Surface-based Sub-Systems of the GOS (EGOS-IP)

16

I. Zahumenský

Done

17.

RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE SUBMITTED TO CBS-XIV

17

Recommendations to be submitted to CBS-XIV (2008)

17

ET Chair

ET Members

 

18.

FUTURE WORK PLAN

18

Future Work Plan

18

ET Chair

ET Members