Future WMO Information System (FWIS)Hiroyuki Ichijo (Japan Meteorological Agency)
WMO/WSIS Session on Reducing Natural Disaster Riskthrough Technical Opportunities of Information Society-Applications of ICT in Natural Disaster Risk Reduction
(Kobe, Japan, 21 January 2004)
Argo Maritime Safety Pollution response
IntroductionIntroductionThere are various WMO programmes. Each programme
has traditionally worked independently with each information system.
Furthermore evolving technology accelerated the needs.
However the needs of a coordinated common system rapidly expanded because of demerits of system multiplicity and emerging new crosscutting programmes.
On the background, the innovative FWIS project was born in 1999.
1. Vision1. Vision
The Future WMO Information System (FWIS) will be a single coordinated global infrastructure for collecting and sharing information to support all WMO and related international programmes.
The FWIS will meet information exchange requirements of all WMO programmes without information incompatibilities, inefficiencies, duplication of effort, limitation in sharing valuable information and higher overall costs.
The FWIS will provide a flexible and extensible structure that allows National Meteorological or Hydrological Services (NMHSs) to enhance their capabilities as their national and international responsibilities grow.
2. Roadmap
With the latest breakthroughs in Information Communication Technology (ICT), the FWIS concept has been developed. The concept provides a common roadmap to guide the orderly evolution of the information system functions performed by current WMO Programmes into an integrated system.
Implementation Pilot Projects Concept
Currently various pilot projects on promising technologies with prototype evaluation are under progress towards early implementation.
Renaming from “FWIS” to “ WIS (WMO Information System)” is expected.
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3. Main challenges
Interoperability of information systems Providing online catalogue and metadata of all information
Standardization/Harmonization of information formats Providing functions to discover and share information in distributed information sources
Supporting real-time, quasi real-time and non-real-time information exchangeSmooth and coordinated transition
Building upon the most successful components of existing WMO systems
Scalable and sustainable system Supporting various standard communication protocols and links
Using international industry standards and off-the-shelf hardware and software systems
4. FWIS structure and functions
GISC
GISC
GISC
Portal sitefor
request/ request
GISCPortal sitefor
request/ request
Synchronization of all information
GISC: Global Information System Center
with Portal site for request/reply
DCPC: Data Collection or Product Center
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NC: National Center
Core network
DCPC
DCPCDCPC
DCPC
DCPC
data collection Routinedissemination
Ad hocrequest/replyAuthorized
userAuthorized user
National authority
National authority
5. Promising technologies
IP-VPN with MPLS provides any to any connectivity within a VPN group, a guaranteed quality of service, reliability, scalability of capacity and full security.
Closed
IP networkby a provider
Core Router
Core RouterCore Router
VPNgroup
VPNgroupIPdata Labe
lIPdata Labe
lIPdata IPdata
IP-VPN with MPLS : Virtual Private Network (VPN) over a managed network by a single
provider
Internet VPN : Virtual Private Network (VPN) over the Internet
Internet VPN provides cost-effective connectivity with moderate security.
Internet
Internet VPN (IPsec)
Access with authentication
Satellite-based telecommunicationsVSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal)DVB (Digital Video Broadcast)DAB (Digital Audio Broadcast)
One Way VSAT system is used forbroadcast/multicast.
Two Way VSAT system is used forcombination broadcast/multicast andpeer-to-peer communications.
Data GRID : uniform and integrated access to heterogeneous and distributed information sources
Data GRID provides secure access to distributed information sources.
Information SourceInformation Source
Grid Server- authorisation- metadata service- data and resource management- information services
Grid Server- authorisation- metadata service- data and resource management- information services
Metadata database
Climate database
Database Job Runner andDatabase Information Provider
Database Job Runner andDatabase Information Provider
Database WrapperDatabase Wrapper
Grid Client- authentication- data requests
Grid Client- authentication- data requests
Information SourceInformation Source
Grid Server- authorisation- metadata service- data and resource management- information services
Grid Server- authorisation- metadata service- data and resource management- information services
Metadata database
Climate database
Database Job Runner andDatabase Information Provider
Database Job Runner andDatabase Information Provider
Database WrapperDatabase Wrapper
Information SourceInformation Source
Grid Server- authorisation- metadata service- data and resource management- information services
Grid Server- authorisation- metadata service- data and resource management- information services
Metadata database
database
Database Job Runner andDatabase Information Provider
Database Job Runner andDatabase Information Provider
Database WrapperDatabase Wrapper
Portal site
6. Examples of pilot projects
NWP productsSatellite data
UpdatedApplication software
Prototype application
NC (National Centre)
Gathering data from different data sources
Internet
Software updating
Application portal
Data portal
Satellite dataReference information
Data sources
VPN
XML metadata
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BUFR
<xml><xmlusers>country name</xmlusers><code>47997</code><date>20050101</date><time>0100</time><winddeg>360</winddeg><windspeed>10</windspeed><view>9999</view><temp>12</temp><dew_point>09</dew_point><pressure>1002</pressure></xml>
Reporting observational data
NC (National Centre)
RJTD
01 01 0100
36010
999912
09
1002
Office code
Metadata creationConversion to BUFR
Secure connection(VPN or HTTPS)
Internet
Input data on Web
SNJP70 RJTD 010100SYNOP36010KT 9999 12/09 1002=
Dew_temp
Date/Time
WIND_degWIND_sp
View
Temp
Pressure
Information sources
Portal Site
Data GRIDVPN
Information source
Request/Replywith authentication
MatadataCatalogue
Internet
Request/reply with Data GRID
technologies
7. Benefits of FWIS Information
managementInformation
exchange/accessSecurity Cost aspect
For WMO programmes
• Expanding of provision and use of potential information• Collaboration between programmes
• Meeting requirements on timeliness (time-critical), reliability, and traffic volume.
• Coordinated full security under FWIS security policy
• Great cost benefit• Reducing development cost and human resources
For NMHSs (and national disaster prevention authorities linked with NMHSs)
• Improvement of information discovery and availability• Easy handling of standardized information
• Strengthening mission-critical exchange (e.g. WWW operation. and distribution of emergency information)• Consolidation of exchange procedures
• Coordinated full security under FWIS and/or national security policies
• Further cost-effective operation with saving recurrent costs• Reducing development cost and human resources
For authorized users (e.g. academic and research communities)
• Improvement of information discovery and availability• Easy handling of standardized information
• Flexibility in communication options• Simple access procedures
• Appropriate security mechanism under security policies of FWIS and/or each information source
• Availability of convenient services for minimum costs