WMO PTC Meeting, 30 January-1 February 2012, Geneva.

Collaborations among TCs for GFCS Implementation

from the perspective of CAgM

Byong-Lyol LEE

President of CAgM

Objectives & Expectations

• To share impending issues within CAgM for future collaborations in GFCS implementations with TCs, RAs and Secretariat

• To invite suggestions/recommendations from PTC for efficient GFCS implementations by TCs under limited resource availability while reflecting WMO requirements including strategic plan. (human, financial, infrastructure & governance)

• To report recent progresses having been made with obstacles confronted or expected during implementation processes

• To bring up any necessity of re-structuring of CAgM for better management and operation in order to meet user requirements from member countries under GFCS umbrella

1.1. Strategic Plan : GSN 3 – ST 5 – Strategic Plan : GSN 3 – ST 5 –

ER 8ER 8Enhanced Capabilities for High Quality resources , Risk

Management,better information service, earth system monitoring, ST

developments,for emerging members through better partnerships and

cooperations 2.2. WMO Reform WMO Reform a. Improved Documentation & communication between TCs and Rasb. Orientate the constituent bodies of WMO to deliver the Strategic Planc. Reduce the intergovernmental part of constituent body sessions

3.3. GFCS ImplementationGFCS Implementation

4.4. WIS Implementation WIS Implementation - Agronomy data sharing

beyond WMO5.5. WIGOS Implementation WIGOS Implementation – LDAS, Carbon Tracker

supports

WMO Requirements to CAgM

a. Internal working methods, …deciding on implementation priorities, b. Mechanisms to strengthen the global cooperative system c. Projects for the needs of developing countries d. External communications, resource mobilisation and capacity development

GFCS Implementation Priorities by WMO

1. Capacity building in developing countries (CB) Linking climate service users and providers. Building national capacity for climate services.

2. Strengthening the Climate Services Information System (CSIS) Standardizing products; promoting WIS; facilitating access to, use of

GPC products Strengthening regional climate capabilities through establishing and

promoting RCCs and RCOFs

3. Building capacity to implement the User Interface Platform (UIP)

4. Improving climate observations in data sparse areas (OM)

5. Building the capacity of the climate research sector (RMP)

GFCS Structure vs CAgM Legacy

Products/ApplicationsProducts/Applications

MonitoringMonitoring CommunicationsCommunications

User InterfaceUser Interface

CapacitCapacityy

BuildingBuilding

CAgMCAgMGFCSGFCS

Legacy Service Components of CAgM

• WAMIS (CSIS , UIP, ..)

- Web portal of World AgroMeteorological Information Service• INSAM (CB, RMP, ..)

- on-line International Society of Agricultural Meteorology• NASNET (OM, ..)

- National Agricultural Meteorological Station Network• RTC (CB, ..)

- Education/Training, Roving seminar, Field school, etc.• TECO (RMP, ..)

- prior to Congress, ET meetings jointly with RA events/symposium• Pilot projects (CSIS, UIP, RMP, OB, ..)

- regional/sub-regional research/operational programmes

- WIS, WIGOS related pilot proposals

WMO PTC Meeting, 30 January-1 February 2012, Geneva.

Global Federation of AgMet Society (GFAMS)

Global Center of Research, Excellency in AgMet (CREAM)

Global AgMet Pilot Projects (GAMPP)

Global AgMet Outlook System (GAMOS)

WAMIS next phase (WAMIS II)

Global Initiatives in AgMet

Service Enhancement Scheme by CAgM

• WAMIS (CSIS , UIP, ..) -> WAMIS Grid portal

- Web portal to Grid Portal for resource sharing• INSAM (CB, RMP, ..) -> INSAM off-line

- Global Federation of AgroMeteorological Society (GFAMS)• NASNET (OM, ..) -> Core AgMet Station

- Crop Phenology, Ground truth information, flux monitoring, etc.

- Global AgMet Outlook System (GAMOS) – drought, land use, etc• RTC (CB, ..) -> Global Center of Excellency in AgMet

- Center of Research, Excellency in AgroMeteorology(CREAM)

- including Graduate courses in AgMet. and Outreach• Pilot projects (CSIS, UIP, RMP, OB, ..) -> 1~3 in each RA

- Global AgMet Pilot Projects (GAMPP)• TECO (RMP, ..) -> Regional/Global AgMet society meetings

- prior to or in parallel with CAgM Congress or ET meetings

- together with GFAMS, CREAMs, GAMPP, etc.

GAMOS(Global AgroMeteorogical Outlook System) - GDEWS(Global Drought Early Warning System)

- GLUMS(Global Land Use Monitoring System) - GWHAS (Global Weather Hazard Assessment

System ) - GPPON(Global Plant Phenology Observation

Network)

GFCS : Observation & Monitoring

NASNET Pilot Sites

Tall Tower Observation

Climate Change Monitoring

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- Data standardization at global - Data standardization at global scalescale

- GEOSS supporting hub- GEOSS supporting hub- WIGOS regional center- WIGOS regional center- GEOSS demonstration site- GEOSS demonstration site

Core AgMet Station

New Governance for enhanced AgMet National Service - Strengthening multi-institutional governance within a nation - High level education system for next generation AgMet experts - Core AgMet Station (national reference site for AgMet)

GFCS : Research, Modeling, Prediction

Global Federation of AgMet Society(GFAMS)

Mission : to strengthen INSAM for complementing with WAMIS,

   to consider simultaneous/parallel meeting with CAgM session  Issues : How to establish regional associations, Who will take care (Federica, Shiv) - RAI : jointly help subregional AgMet society meetings when

exists. (Sue, All) - RAII : China/Japan/Korea, India, Central Asia (Byong, Rathore)

- RAIII : Already exists (Brunini) - RAIV : North A. MS A. Caribbean (Ray, Adrian) - RAV : SE Asia, Oceania (Roger) - RA VI : Europe, Eastern E (Simone, Sasha) * at least 2 persons needed : one from CAgM MG, another from Societies 

Global AgMet Pilot Projects (GAMPP)

Mission : to develop reg. specific operational applications

Issues : How to identify then, who will take care? (MG members) - RA I : (Sue, John) - RA II : (Zhou, Rathore ) - RA III : (Brunini , Jose) - RA IV: (Ray, John, Adrian ) - RA V : (Roger, Azhar) - RA V : (Simone, Federica, Sasha ) 

GFCS : Capacity Development

CREAM : Center of Research & Excellency in AgroMeteorology

RA I : South Africa – Free State University (Sue)

RA II: S. Korea – Seoul National University (Byong)

China - Nanjing RTC / ST University (Caifang)

India – Pune Agric. University (Lathore)

RA III : Brazil – Federal University (Paulo, Brunini)

RA IV : USA – George Mason University (John)

RA V : Australia – Southern Queensland University (Roger)

RA VI : Italy – University of Florence (Simone)

 

* Scholarships for Graduate Course : Rob Masters, Bob Stefanski

* Joint Graduated Course in AgroMet at global scale

Candidates for CREAMs

GFCS : User Interface Platform

◎ uWAMIS - RS/GIS, Global Climate/weather info,

NWPS,

GISC/(DCPC), CAMI, DSSAT, JAWF, E/T,

GFCS

◎ kWAMIS - IT/GIS, IT Resource, NWPs,

Downscaling,

GISC/(DCPC), Russia/FSU-DM, Interface,

E/T, GFCS

◎ iWAMIS - Model/GIS, INSAM, Reg. projects,

Phenology

GISC/(DCPC)(DWD), COST,

Education/Training

◎ bWAMIS - *Region-specific Information

GISC/(DCPC) Argentina/Peru for

Spanish

◎ aWAMIS - 〃

◎ sWAMIS - 〃

GRID Portal Resource sharing

Forecast-based AgMet Services for researcher / extensionBenchmarking on AMBER (DWD), expanding with DSATNCAR (GDAS, MM5), DWD (GME, LM) as NWPsSuper ensemble of Seasonal Forecasts (APCC / KMA, etc.)GISC / DCPC dedicated to WAMIS will be established (NCAR, DWD)LIS (NASA) as a framework for LSM (GDS / LAS + GRID)

Web Portal information sharing

XML-based service : standard schema developmentMachine translation : multi-lingual interfacesOperational applications based on Web service architectureTutorial interfaces for real practices

WAMIS next phase for resource sharing

GISC

UNIDAT

Data Broker

GDS

LAS

DCPC NCAR

NCDC

TIGGE

WAMIS

Climate Projection

SIP

GDAPS / GME

RDAPS / GME : WRF

Mesoscale model

Nowcasting

Historical (Legacy) data

Non-Meteorological Data

Surface Flux

Vegetation

Soil Profile

GRIDComputing • Data • Access

Computation • ResearchKMA/KISTI

WAMIS Grid Portal

AMBERDSSAT

GIS RS

User InterfaceGridSphere

END-USERS

K*GRIDeScience

LDAS/LISFlux, GHG

Data Grid

MME

AppliedMeteorology

GFCS : Climate Service Information System

Emerging Needs & Requirements

Urgent Needs : High quality, Value-added, Feasible, Operational, Diverse Applications at Farmer’s site (Quantitative) Value-added Operational Service (Qualitative) Feasible Communication Networks (Timely)

Impending Requirements : High-resolution information production

(spatial/temporal/elemental) Feedback Mechanism from Users (bidirectional

communication) ICT Resource Sharing Platform

(Computing/Storage/Networks/Interface) Future Considerations

Contribution to NWP models (as information provider) Multi-lingual Translation (efficient sharing of

experiences/information)

Implementation of Requirements

Advanced Services

High-resolution information production (data processing)

- Downscaling of climate/observation/forecast/projection data - GIS-based micrometeorological downscaling technology

NWP-based Forecast services (AgMet forecasting)

- Linking NWP outputs to AgModels for value-added forecasts - Short-, medium-, long-range, sub-seasonal to seasonal, CC

scenario - Various AgModels : DSSAT, AMBER, etc.

ICT resource sharing platform (ICT infrastructure)

- Computing resources for NWP/AgModel with GIS/RS technology - User communication interface as information provider and

feedback

Advanced service based on ICT sharing

ICT Resource Sharing Platform

• Region-specific Service Platforms– Currently 3 to at least 6 servers with differentiated

functions

• Computing resources for– NWPs operation on user domain on time– NWP output downscaling to high spatial resolutions– User-specific AgModel operation on time– GIS S/W operation– RS data processing– Derived products processing

• Large volume of data storage for– NWP and AgModel outputs– RS/GIS raw and processed data– Ground truth data (vegetation, weather, soil)

Summary of GFCS Implementation by CAgM

1. WAMIS Next Phase - WAMIS mirrors in each RAs - WAMIS implementation : contents, tools, resources, infrastructure, interface, service - new Governance : collaboration/operation, feedbacks, resource sharing, - NCAM 2. Regional Pilot Projects - Identification of existing/candidate projects (1-3 per RA) - Collaborating mechanisms with RAs/TCs

3. Global Federation of AgMet Society (INSAM next phase) - Regional federations (existing/potential) - Governing mechanism including joint society meetings with CAgM session4. Education/Training/Outreach : Global CoE - NCAM - Strengthening current system - Accommodation of emerging user requirements - Collaborations among centers now/future (center of excellency in AgMet)

5. Global Monitoring Networks : crop, phenology, drought, etc. - Collaboration with global efforts : GEOSS AG-0702 (crop monitoring/risk management) - Joint networks : ISBM/CBD (tree/bird/insect/germs/coral phenolgy) - Integration of existing/potential domestic/regional networks : WAOB (crop status) 6. Collaborations with relevant international programs/institutions - INFITA/WCCA : Informatics in Agriculture - FluxNet : GHG/Energy flux monitoring, Caron tracker, LDAS - Geant/Tein2/APAN/Gloriad : high performance networks

(Joint)GISC(Joint)GISC

SIMDATSIMDAT

GISCGISC

UNIDATUNIDAT

Data BrokerData Broker

GDSGDS

LASLAS

GTS/WISGTS/WIS

GEOSSGEOSS

DCPCDCPC NCARNCAR

NCDCNCDC

TIGGETIGGE

WAMISWAMIS

Climate ProjectionClimate Projection

SIPSIP

GDAPS / GMEGDAPS / GME

RDAPS / GME : WRFRDAPS / GME : WRF

Mesoscale modelMesoscale model

NowcastingNowcasting

Historical (Legacy) dataHistorical (Legacy) data

Non-Meteorological DataNon-Meteorological Data

Surface FluxSurface Flux

VegetationVegetation

Soil ProfileSoil Profile

GRIDGRIDComputing Computing • • Data Data •• Access Access

Computation Computation • • ResearchResearchKMA/KISTIKMA/KISTI

WAMIS Grid PortalWAMIS Grid Portal

AMBERAMBERDSSATDSSAT

GIS RSGIS RS

User InterfaceUser InterfaceGridSphereGridSphere

LDAS/LISLDAS/LISFlux, GHGFlux, GHG

Data GridData Grid

MMEMME

AppliedAppliedMeteorologyMeteorology

Pilot ProjectsPilot ProjectsSIMDATSIMDATWAMISWAMISUNIDATUNIDAT

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WMO Integrated WMO Integrated GOSGOS

WMO Information SystemWMO Information System

Climate Service Schematics of CAgM

CAgM Implementation Components for GFCS

RS/GIS

ICT WISWIS

Applications

Models

GFCSGFCSPrimaryPrimaryUserUser(TC/CAgM)(TC/CAgM)

Global Federation of AgMet Global Federation of AgMet SocietySociety

Regional Pilot Projects (1~3/RA)Regional Pilot Projects (1~3/RA)Regional Pilot Projects (1~3/RA)Regional Pilot Projects (1~3/RA)

AgModel, IT Resource, Tools, Storage, DBMS, Server, Interface

Regional AssociationsRegional Associations(operation)(operation)

CAgMCAgM

GFCSGFCSSecondarSecondaryyUserUser(RA/(RA/NMHS)NMHS)

Feedback Feedback (Ground Truth Information) (Land Surface Information)

Regional FederationRegional Federation(R & D)(R & D)

GFCSGFCSEnd User End User (Farming (Farming CommunityCommunity))

Partnerships among TCs/RAs

End-User + Service Provider

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