WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION

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COMMISSION FOR BASIC SYSTEMS

OPAG ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS & SERVICES

IMPLEMENTATION-COORDINATION TEAM ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS & SERVICES

GENEVA, 9-13 September 2002

 

 

ICT-ISS 2002/Doc. 1

(12.VI.2002)

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ITEM 1.2

 

ENGLISH only

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

 

  1. ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING

1.1 Opening of the meeting

1.2 Adoption of the agenda

1.3 Working arrangements

  1. REVIEW OF THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF THE GTS

    2. 2.1 Main Telecommunication Network (MTN)

    2.2 Regional Meteorological Telecommunication Networks (RMTN)

  2. DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES (incl. ET- EUDCS report)

    3. 3.1 TCP/IP procedures and applications

    3.2 Technical practices and guidance for use of the Internet

  3. GTS OPERATION (incl. WWW monitoring Rapporteur report)

    4. 4.1 Procedures for collection, routing and distribution of data and products

    4.2 Operational Information Services (related to ISS)

    4.3 Integrated WWW monitoring

  4. IMPROVED MTN AND GTS PLANS (incl. ET-IMTN report)

    5. 5.1 Improved MTN project

    5.2 Telecommunication techniques and services for an improved GTS

    5.3 Review of the organisation of the GTS

  5. DATA REPRESENTATION AND CODES (incl. ET-DRC and ET-MTDC reports)

    6. 6.1 Data representation and codes forms, including procedures for changes

    6.2 Migration to table-driven code forms

  6. METADATA STANDARD (incl. ET-IDM report)

  7. STRATEGIC ISSUES FOR ISS DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ASPECTS

    8. 8.1 The FWIS concept

    8.2 ISS sustainable development

    8.3 Training requirements

  8. RADIO FREQUENCY MATTERS (incl. SG-RFC report)

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Explanatory notes

 

The meeting of the CBS/OPAG-ISS/ Implementation-Coordination Team on Information Systems and Services will open at 9.30 hours on Monday, 9 September 2002 at the WMO Headquarters building in Geneva.

The meeting is planned to work in full sessions; Small ad-hoc groups are, however, likely to be established to address specific matters and to draft conclusions. The working language of the meeting, including documentation, will be in English only.

Participants are invited to contribute working papers under relevant items and to send these contributions to the WMO Secretariat via electronic mail, preferably in MSWord format. Documents should be sent by electronic mail to jmrainer@www.wmo.ch and to rainer_j@gateway.wmo.ch .

A document plan and documents, as soon as available, are posted on the WMO WEB server under:

http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/TEM/ICT-ISS2002/documents.html

 

Tentative work schedule

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Opening-1 / 2

3 / 4

5

6 / 7

8 / 9

 

 

 

 

 

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