WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

REGIONAL ASSOCIATION V
WORLD WEATHER WATCH

WORKING GROUP ON PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WWW IN REGION V
FOURTH SESSION  (Apia, Samoa, 30 November - 3 December 2005)

Chairperson: Terry Hart, Australia

Contact point in the WMO Secretariat: Jean-Michel Rainer (jmrainer@wmo.int)

 Last update: 16/01/2006

         OUTCOME: RA V/WG-PIW-IV final report

WG-PIW chairman's report to RA V

REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

          RA V/WG-PIW-III (Sidney, Australia, December 2001)

          XIII-RA V (Manila, Philippines, May 2002)

WORKING DOCUMENTS

Agenda Item
& Doc. No.

Title

Submitted by

 

Information note for participants REVISED

Host

 

List of participants

Secretariat

1

Provisional Agenda & Explanatory memorandum 

Secretariat

2

Report of the chairman of the working group

T. Hart, Australia

3(1)

Decisions of XIII-RA V, CBS-XIII, Fourteenth Congress and EC-LVII including requirements for support to other Programmes

Secretariat

3(2)

WWW support to Early Warning Systems, and, in particular, Tsunami Warning Systems in the Pacific and Indian Ocean, and to the WMO DPM Programme.

Secretariat

3(3)

World Weather Watch aspects of the WMO LDCs Strategy and the Mauritius Strategy for SIDSs in RA V.( see also http://www.sidsnetpacific.org/)

Secretariat

3(4)

GEOSS: CBS Expert Meeting on GEOSS matters

Secretariat

4(1)

Status of WWW implementation and operation
Availability of SYNOP, TEMP, CLIMAT and CLIMAT TEMP reports

Figures 1-5 and Tables 1-8:   (PDF)  (PPT1 + PPT2

Secretariat

5.0(1)

“The Needs Analysis for the Pacific Island Meteorological Services: Meeting the Challenges”

Secretariat

5.1(1)

Integrated Observing Systems (IOS) Co-Rapporteurs’ report

Co-Rapporteurs on Regional Aspects of IOS:

C. Iroi, Solomon Islands J.L. Maridet, French Polynesia

5.1(2)

Status of GOS implementation and operation in Region V
Addendum: AMDAR Report

Secretariat

5.1(2), ADD

Status of the WMO Space Programme in Region V

Secretariat

5.1(3)

Operation of MTSATs

Japan Meteorological Agency

5.1

Revision to the Manual on the GOS, Vol. II, Region V

Chairman

5.1

Draft TORs for IOS Rapporteurs

Chairman

5.2(1)

Information Systems and Services (ISS) - Coordinator’s report



Coordinator of the Sub-group on Regional Aspects of ISS:
K. Alder, New Zealand

5.2(2)

Status of GTS implementation in Region V (PPT)

Secretariat

5.2(3)

Report of the Implementation Co-ordination Meeting on the GTS and ISS in Region V (Wellington, December 2003)

Secretariat

5.2(4)

Complementary systems, especially EMWIN and RANET (pdf)
MSWord (2.5MB)

Garry Clarke, Bryan Hodge, Colin Schulz

5.2(5)

The WMO Information System (WIS) and Pilot Projects (pdf)
MSWord (2.2MB)

Secretariat

5.2(6)

WIS VPN Pilot Project in Regions II and V

H. Ichijo, Japan

5.2

For information: Outcome of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), Tunis, 16-18.XI.2005: Tunis Agenda for the Information Society   Tunis Commitment
Note: parts with direct WMO interest are highlighted

Secretariat

5.3(1)

Data-Processing and Forecasting System (DPFS) - Rapporteur’s report

Rapporteur on Regional Aspects of the GDPFS:

Choo Huat Aik, Singapore

5.3(2)

Status of Data-Processing and Forecasting System

Secretariat

5.4

Operational Information Service (OIS)

Secretariat

5.5

Public Weather Services (PWS)

Secretariat
Co-Rapporteurs on Regional Aspects of PWS:

Cecilia Monteverde (Ms), Philippines
 
(F. Malele), Samoa

5.6

WWW-related Co-operation Activities

Secretariat