Surface Transport Service Delivery

Dr Tang Xu

Director, WDS

WMO

WMO; Name of Department (ND)

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Expected outcome of meeting

Recommendations to the upcoming meeting of the Presidents of Technical Commissions (PTCs) (29 and 31January 2015) on surface transport

BackgroundRecommendations by UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for International Transport Networks (New York and Geneva 2013): Fostering cooperation between the UNECE &

WMO Establishing a process for better communication

among transport professionals, climate scientists, and relevant scientific experts

Sharing of best practices for addressing potential impacts of climate variability and change in the transport sector

Background Request by NMHSs (such as Meteo Suisse) Request by the user community, e.g. The International

Railway Union (Based in Paris) The post-2015 framework: Contribution of transport sector

to all three pillars of sustainable economic, social and environmental development were recognized in the post-2015 framework for sustainable development

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Background

Resolution 4 EC-66 (WMO-No. 1136, Page 122), Geneva June 2014: Requested relevant technical commissions and

appropriate service delivery oriented working groups to investigate the potential benefits that will meet the current and emerging needs of the transport sector

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Background Several meetings organized by the WDS Department to

discuss implementation of surface transport services Meeting of the EC Working Group on Service delivery

Geneva, Switzerland, 25-27 March 2014 Informal Consultation Meeting Ad-hoc expert group on

integrated approach to meteorological service delivery to transport sector (Geneva, 4 April 2014)

Land Transport was discussed at CBS Ext 2016 (Sept 2014)

Land Transport Meeting (Geneva, 9 October 2014)

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Outcome from discussions Feedback from Members has shaped the approach of

implementing the surface transport initiative Land transport (road and rail) have the first priority.

Integrated transport and multi-modal transport (bringing together aviation, marine and surface transport) to be considered later

WMO to provide Members with guidance on observations, data management, data processing, forecasting and delivery of services based on user requirements

To carry out analysis of the requirements of the transport community and existing gaps

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Outcome of discussions To make surface transport an important component of the

implementation of the WMO Strategy for Service Delivery and Its Implementation Plan

WMO Programmes to factor surface transport in their functions (WIGOS, WIS etc)

The Ad-hoc expert group on integrated approach to meteorological service delivery to transport sector was formed

The Team developed a concept note focused on identifying the specific requirements of land transportation

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Way Forward Form an inter-commission expert team, under CBS?: to

assist Members improve service delivery to land transport from observation (integration of public and private networks, sensors and their standardizations), through data collection and sharing to delivery of services in the best possible way

Guide NMHSs on finding out and engaging with private sector owners of instruments on the road and rail systems

Standardization of equipment and sensors including their siting, exposure, data collection mode, data processing

leverage investments by Members and NMHSs to improve standards of observations

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Way Forward Investments in WIGOS and WIS as well as in forecasting

and service delivery be taken into consideration and applied in improving the road transportation services

Take advantage of modern technology: mobile devices and GPS driven systems that could integrate weather and road conditions into location of road users or road operators

Start by mapping out the situation about road transport in a region (RAVI for example) or a particular country and see gaps and how to address them

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Way Forward Recommend to Congress to request EC to launch a

mechanism to investigate this issue and report back to Congress in 4 years with reports on: current situation; what steps have been taken to improve the situation

and address the problem; and what projects have been implemented and their results

Technical commissions (especially CIMO and CBS) could be asked to engage in the process and work through a mechanism to be agreed by EC to address this issue

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Way Forward To present issue to Congress as the first thematic

area of the implementation of the WMO Strategy for Service Delivery and its Implementation Plan

Implementation to be based on Quality management, competency and

standardization Impact-based forecasting and risk based

warning Demonstration of Social and Economic Benefits

of land transport services

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