Congratulations to China, Germany and Japan whose GISCs are now operational. See Press release for more details or visit www.wmo.int/giscs to visit the GISC web sites.
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WIS news
News about the development of WIS.
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A workshop on Emergency Alerting Policy will be held in Montreal, Canada from 1-2 May 2012. See http://events.oasis-open.org/home/cap/2012. This meeting is very relevant to effective implementation of CAP the Common Alerting Protocol.
Contact is:
Ms. Kim Gravelle.
Environment Canada.
4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario. M3H 5T4
Tel: +1 416-739-4396
E-mail:kim.gravelle@ec.gc.ca
Contact is:
Ms. Kim Gravelle.
Environment Canada.
4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario. M3H 5T4
Tel: +1 416-739-4396
E-mail:kim.gravelle@ec.gc.ca
The document page for the fourth session of the ET-GDDP being held at NCAR in Boulder, Colorado is now open. See Web Page for details
The WMO Secretariat has conducted WIS JumpStart capacity building missions in September.
From September 4-7th, a WIS GISC building workshop was held at IMD/India and another consultation with SAWS/South Africa from September 14-21.
On September 15th, a WMO expert visited MeteoSchweiz, to discuss WIS National Centre development strategy.
Another visit was paid to NIMH/Bulgaria foscusing on WIS National Centre development from 28-30th of September.
Please contact David Thomas (dthomas@wmo.int) for more information on
the JumpStart offer.
From September 4-7th, a WIS GISC building workshop was held at IMD/India and another consultation with SAWS/South Africa from September 14-21.
On September 15th, a WMO expert visited MeteoSchweiz, to discuss WIS National Centre development strategy.
Another visit was paid to NIMH/Bulgaria foscusing on WIS National Centre development from 28-30th of September.
Please contact David Thomas (dthomas@wmo.int) for more information on
the JumpStart offer.
On 1 June 2011, Cg XVI designated 5 GISCs and 37 DCPCs as operationally ready WIS centres.
They also conditionally designated a further 7 GISCs and 49 DCPCs from 18 countries subject to their successful completion of the CBS demonstration process prior to EC LXIV. A list of designated centres is available from
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WIS/centres/index_en.php?advancedSearch=2011-06-01&advancedOption=8
These centres constitute the initial implementation of WIS and will be
listed in the inaugural publication of the Manual on WIS.
Congratulations to all.
They also conditionally designated a further 7 GISCs and 49 DCPCs from 18 countries subject to their successful completion of the CBS demonstration process prior to EC LXIV. A list of designated centres is available from
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WIS/centres/index_en.php?advancedSearch=2011-06-01&advancedOption=8
These centres constitute the initial implementation of WIS and will be
listed in the inaugural publication of the Manual on WIS.
Congratulations to all.
WIS was demonstrated live at a side meeting of Cg XVI on Saturday 21 of May. This was a joint effort by ACMAD, CMA, DWD, EUMETSAT, INMET, IRIMO, JMA, Met.No, MF, and the Met Office and showed the new functions of WIS across various WIS centres using a hypothetical food security analysis as an overarching theme. The side meeting was well attended and received very positive feedback from the audience.
The story of the demonstration can be downloaded here. There are also some of the posters of the WIS exhibition.
The story of the demonstration can be downloaded here. There are also some of the posters of the WIS exhibition.
WMO experts have visited NOAA/NWS and IRIMO in the course of the WIS
Project Office JumpStart programme.
The mission to Washington took place from 5-12th of March and the one
to Tehran from 8-13th of April.
Both visits focused on giving advice to members on the respective GISC
implementation plans.
Please contact David Thomas (dthomas@wmo.int) for more information on
the JumpStart offer.
Project Office JumpStart programme.
The mission to Washington took place from 5-12th of March and the one
to Tehran from 8-13th of April.
Both visits focused on giving advice to members on the respective GISC
implementation plans.
Please contact David Thomas (dthomas@wmo.int) for more information on
the JumpStart offer.
The WMO Information System (WIS) was demonstrated at the CBS Extraordinary Session from 17-24th of November 2010.
CMA,DWD, JMA and Met.No (Norway) gave a live demo of WIS, synchronizing metadata and data between pre-operational GISCs.
The openWIS partnership gave a presentation of openWIS, and demonstrated the openWIS prototype.
There was also a presentation on WIS at the CBS-teco.
Matteo Dell’Acqua (Météo France), Jean-Pierre Aubagnac (Météo France), Steve Foreman (UK-MO), Geerd Hoffmann (Chair ICG/WIS), Russell Stringer (BoM),Sunghoi Huh (KMA), Patrick Bénichou (Météo France International)
Xin Qian (CMA), Lipeng Jiang (CMA)
Matteo Dell’Acqua (Météo France), Jean-Pierre Aubagnac (Météo France), Steve Foreman (UK-MO), Russell Stringer (BoM), Patrick Bénichou (MFI), Stephane Benchimol (MFI), Sunghoi Huh (KMA)
Lipeng Jiang (CMA), Markus Heene (DWD) and Eizi Toyoda (JMA)
Lipeng Jiang (CMA), Markus Heene (DWD) and Eizi Toyoda (JMA)
CMA,DWD, JMA and Met.No (Norway) gave a live demo of WIS, synchronizing metadata and data between pre-operational GISCs.
The openWIS partnership gave a presentation of openWIS, and demonstrated the openWIS prototype.
There was also a presentation on WIS at the CBS-teco.
Matteo Dell’Acqua (Météo France), Jean-Pierre Aubagnac (Météo France), Steve Foreman (UK-MO), Geerd Hoffmann (Chair ICG/WIS), Russell Stringer (BoM),Sunghoi Huh (KMA), Patrick Bénichou (Météo France International)
Xin Qian (CMA), Lipeng Jiang (CMA)
Matteo Dell’Acqua (Météo France), Jean-Pierre Aubagnac (Météo France), Steve Foreman (UK-MO), Russell Stringer (BoM), Patrick Bénichou (MFI), Stephane Benchimol (MFI), Sunghoi Huh (KMA)
Lipeng Jiang (CMA), Markus Heene (DWD) and Eizi Toyoda (JMA)
Lipeng Jiang (CMA), Markus Heene (DWD) and Eizi Toyoda (JMA)
In October WMO experts have given three WIS JumpStart trainings in Toulouse, Morocco and Jakarta.
The mission to Météo France, from 14-15th of October, focused on working on the details of GISC catalogue synchronization and the 24h cache.
In Casablanca WMO experts gave practical advice on building a GISC infrastucture at Direction de la Météorologie Nationale from 18-22th of October and a Workshop on WIS and Metadata was held from 25-29th in Jakarta at the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics.
The mission to Météo France, from 14-15th of October, focused on working on the details of GISC catalogue synchronization and the 24h cache.
In Casablanca WMO experts gave practical advice on building a GISC infrastucture at Direction de la Météorologie Nationale from 18-22th of October and a Workshop on WIS and Metadata was held from 25-29th in Jakarta at the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics.
The proposed amendment to Tech Reg WMO No49, Volume 1, section A3 to include WIS is now available on the WIS wiki in official WMO languages.
