World Meteorological Organization

Working together in weather, climate and water

WIGOS – WMO Foundation for Meeting the Observing needs of Weather, Climate, Water and Environment Services

--Briefing to CAS MG Meeting

Dr Wenjian ZhangDr Wenjian Zhang

Observing and Information Systems Department, WMOObserving and Information Systems Department, WMO

www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/wigos/

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Outline

• WIGOS Vision and Congress Decisions

• WIGOS Key Activity Areas and Major Progress

• Collaboration with CAS/GAW

• Summary

WIGOS Vision and Congress Decisions/Guidance

• The Sixteenth World Meteorological Congress decided that enhanced integration of the WMO observing systems should be pursued as a strategic objective of WMO and identified this as a major expected result of the WMO Strategic Plan.

• The WIGOS vision calls for:– An integrated, coordinated and comprehensive observing system to

satisfy, in a cost-effective and sustained manner, the evolving observing requirements of Members in delivering their weather, climate, water and related environmental services.

• Furthermore, WIGOS will provide a framework for enabling the integration and optimized evolution of WMO observing systems, and of WMO’s contribution to co-sponsored systems.

WWMOMO IINTEGRATED NTEGRATED GGLOBAL LOBAL OOBSERVING BSERVING SSYSTEM YSTEM

(WIGOS) is both improving synergy and enhancing (WIGOS) is both improving synergy and enhancing capabilities of all observing systemscapabilities of all observing systems

WIGOS Global Observing Components

Global Observing Systems (WWW/GOS) RBSN, RBCN (>10,000 stations,1,000 upper-air) AMDAR (39754/day) Ship & Marine obs (30417/day) Surface-based remote sensing Meso-scale networks

WMO Space Programme Observing component of Global Atmospheric

Watch (GAW) Hydrological Observations (including WHYCOS) Observing component of Global Cryosphere Watch

(GCW)

Need an Integrated Global Observing System to meet all requirements in a cost –

effective manner

WMO Cg-16 (2011) decisions to Implement

WWMOMO IINTEGRATED NTEGRATED GGLOBAL LOBAL

OOBSERVING BSERVING SSYSTEM YSTEM

(WIGOS)(WIGOS)The key word is Integration:

promote synergy among systems

The whole is more than the sum of the parts--Aristotle

World Weather Watch

GOSGOS

GDPFSGDPFS

GTSGTS

WIGOSWIGOS

GCWGCWGAWGAW

Hydro OSHydro OS

WISWIS

GCOSPartners

Co-sponsors

WIGOS: A future observing framework for WMO

Outline

• WIGOS Vision and Congress WIGOS Vision and Congress DecisionsDecisions

• WIGOS Key Activity Areas and Major Progress

• Collaboration with CAS/GAW

• Summary

Four communities are contributing to WIGOS

1. ICG-WIGOS: Overall WMO Coordination Mechanism, guided by EC sessions

2. Technical Commissions—Technical lead on WIGOS implementation

3. Regional Associations and Members: Real Bodies for WIGOS Implementation

4. Secretariat Team, coordinated under the WIGOS Oversight Board (SG, DSG, Directors)

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ICG-WIGOS is the efficient coordination mechanism

• Res. 2/2 (EC-LXIII, June 2011) - INTER-COMMISSION COORDINATION GROUP ON THE WMO

INTEGRATED GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEM (ICG-WIGOS) Decides: – To establish an Inter-Commission Coordination Group on the WMO

Integrated Global Observing System (ICG-WIGOS)– EC Focal Points on ICG-WIGOS

• Dr MOURA, PR of Brail, WMO first vice-president• Mr SUTHERLAND, PR of Caribbean Met. Organization• Mr ČAČIĆ, PR of Croatia, President of RA VI

– Chair, F. Branski, CBS President (delegated to VP since Sept. 2012)• ICG-WIGOS members are presidents /representatives from all WMO

Technical Commissions and Regional Associations– The two ICG-WIGOS Session: Sept. 2011 and March 2013

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ICG-WIGOS & Task Teams

• ICG-WIGOS &Task Teams: – TT-WIGOS Implementation Plan (March 2012) , – TT-WIGOS Regulatory Material (Nov 2012; June &

Nov 2013)– TT-WIGOS Metadata (WMD) (March 12-15, 2013)

• ICG-WIGOS-2 (March 18-22, 2013): – Updated WIP, and made new decisions to establish

Task Team on Quality Management – Reviewed Regional WIGOS Implementation Plans

and progress

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EC 64 (2012) approved WIGOS Framework Implementation Plan (Global plan)

CONTENTS

1. Introduction and Background

2. Key Activity Areas for WIGOS Implementation

3. Project Management

4. Implementation

5. Resources

6. Risk Management

7. Outlook

Annexes

KEY ACTIVITY AREAS

1) Management of WIGOS implementation (EC, RAs, TCs, ICG)

2) Collaboration with WMO and co-sponsored observing systems

3) Design, planning and optimized evolution

4) Integrated Observing System operation and maintenance

5) Integrated Quality Management6) Standardization, system interoperability

and data compatibility7) The WIGOS Operational Information

Resource 8) Data and metadata management,

delivery and archival9) Capacity development10) Communication and outreach

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Progress of WIGOS activities within Technical Commissions

– JCOMM-4 (May 2012)• Address the importance ocean/marine component of WIGOS, working

structure and activities

– CBS-XV (Sept. 2012)• WIGOS TECO – Global/Regional/National priorities• Working Structure, delegate CBS VP as ICG Chair

– CHy-XIV (Nov. 2012)• Hydrological observations, incorporate WIGOS activities within new working

structure

– CIMO TECO (Oct. 2012)• Elaborate co-leading role on WIGOS• Address Instruments & Methods of observation standardization, metadata,

quality control, and solid precipitation inter-comparisons

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CBS-XV: Inter-Programme Expert Team on WIGOS Framework Implementation Matters (IPET-WIFI)

• Address integration aspects of WIGOS (WIP);• Provide technical advice, guidance, practices,

etc. for WIGOS Framework Implementation• Priority:

• WIGOS Regulatory Material;• WIGOS metadata;• WIGOS Quality Management Framework;• WIGOS Operational Information Resource;• WIGOS standards and best practices;• Capacity development;

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• Cg 16 request Regional associations to:Develop their regional WIGOS implementation

plans;Coordinate WIGOS implementation activities with

WIS in their operating plan and work programme;Promote capacity building and outreach activities to

assist Members in the implementation of WIGOS; Cg 16 Requests Members to:

– Evolve their observing systems to become their national components of WIGOS;

– Support regional and global WIGOS implementation activities;

– Share relevant experience and cooperate with one another in implementing WIGOS;

Roles of Regional Associations

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• Res. 11.3/1 (Cg-XVI) -IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WMO INTEGRATED GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEM

• Requests The Secretary-General to:– Establish a WIGOS Project Office;– Ensure management of, and within available

resources provide support to the WIGOS implementation;

– Coordinate and collaborate WIGOS activities with UN organizations and other relevant international organizations and programmes;

Promoting the synergy among the Observing systems at WMO Secretariat

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WIGOS Framework Implementation

Outline

• WIGOS Vision and Congress WIGOS Vision and Congress DecisionsDecisions

• WIGOS Key Activity Areas and WIGOS Key Activity Areas and Major ProgressMajor Progress

• Collaboration with CAS/GAW

• Summary

Resolution 10 (Cg-XVI)GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE WATCH

PROGRAMME• Requests the president of the Commission for

Atmospheric Sciences (CAS):1) To stimulate and coordinate research and development

activities and studies to increase the value of environmental prediction for the benefit of WMO Members;

2) To support the work of the CAS Open Programme Area Group on Environmental Pollution Atmospheric Chemistry;

3) To work closely with the president of the Commission for Basic Systems (CBS), the president of the Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation (CIMO) and others as appropriate, in order to ensure that as GAW components become operational, they are integrated into WIGOS and the WMO Information System;

From Space-based GOS to space-based WIGOS

Cg 16--3.2.3 Regarding satellite measurements of atmospheric chemical constituents and related physical parameters, Congress recommended for GAW to set up an ad-hoc Task Team to review the needs for GAW regarding satellite measurements and the IGACO recommendations on these that date back to 2004.

Congress further recommended for this work to be done in coordination with the CBS Expert Team on Satellite Systems (ET-SAT) and the Expert Team on Evolution of the Global Observing Systems (ET-EGOS), the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) Atmospheric Composition Constellation group and the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) and also taking into consideration GCOS requirements and the vision for the GOS in 2025. •Congress highlighted that the required coverage, precision, spatial and temporal resolution called for geostationary and low earth orbit observation capabilities to be implemented and sustained.

Observational Requirements under WIGOS Framework

Inclusion requirements of

– Weather, DRR– Climate (GFCS,

GAW, Ocean.),– Water (WHYCOS,..)– Environment (GAW,

Health) – Research– Cosponsored systems

WIGOS Space component

• From weather satellite to WIGOS space component

• CGMS new baseline with greatly enhanced global satellite constellations to meet WWW, GFCS, GAW, WHYCOS,GCW etc .. Operational requirements.

• Challenges to enhance greatly space and ground capabilities

WMO Standard Practice: Rolling Review of Requirements

WIGOS Implementation Plan & Implementation Plan

for Evolution of the GOS All applications synthesis Recommendations for the

observing system

WMO Members’ Space Agencies

and partner organizations’

Programmes

Critical

Review

Long-term vision

of the GOS

Requirements

Requirements

RequirementsRequirements

Statements of guidance

per application

 Monitoring

surface/space

observing

capabilities

and plans

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2005 population-weighted regional estimated average PM2.5

Distributions of selected regional 2005 estimated PM2.5 by urban and rural

areas  

 Brauer M, Ammann M, Burnett R et al. GBD 2010 Outdoor Air Pollution Expert Group 2011 Submitted –under review

Current uses of met. observations for health:Better estimates of health burdens

Courtesy Jhoon Kim,Andreas Richter

GEMSGEMS

Sentinel-4Sentinel-4TEMPOTEMPO

Policy-relevant science and environmental services enabled by common observations•Improved emissions, at common confidence levels, over industrialized Northern Hemisphere•Improved air quality forecasts and assimilation systems•Improved assessment, e.g., observations to support United Nations Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution

Geostationary pollution monitoringSpatial coverage of funded spectrometers 2018-2020

Funded tropospheric chemistry mission parameters(as of 11/2012)

Europe Sentinel 4 USA TEMPO Korea GEMS Europe Sentinel 5 Precursor TROPOMI

Orbit Geostationary Geostationary Geostationary Low-Earth

Launch 2019 ~2018 2018 2015

Status Industry Phase B2 with PDR summer 2012

Funding approved 11/2012, Phase-A

Funding approved 12/2010, RFP 2012

PDR 1/2012

Domain Europe and surrounding North America Asia-Pacific Global

Resolution 8km x 8km at 40N 8km x 4.5km at 35N 7 km (56 km2) at 38N 7km x 7km nadir

Revisit 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 1 day

Payload UV-Vis-NIR305-500, 750-775 nm

UV-Vis290-690 nm

UV-Vis 300-500 nm (tbc) UV-Vis-NIR-SWIR270-500, 675-775, 2305-2385 nm

Species O3, NO2, SO2, HCHO, AAI, AOD, height-resolved aerosol

O3 with vertical sensitivity to lowest 2km, NO2, SO2, HCHO, CHOCHO, AOD, AAOD, AAI

O3, NO2, SO2, HCHO, AOD

O3, NO2, SO2, HCHO, AAI, AOD, height-resolved aerosol, CO, CH4

Notes On sounding platform MTG-S and in formation with imager platform MTG-I. Use MTG-S TIR (expect sensitivity to large O3 and CO events); synergy with imager w.r.t. aerosol/PM

In orbit with GOES-R series meteo imagers. GEO-CAPE precursor.

Includes meteo and ocean color missions with meteo imager in formation.

In formation with S-NPP

NOAA Satellite Conference, April 2013

IASI

Ash Radiance Index (ULB/LATMOS 2010)

GOME-2 SO2 Total Column (Ozone Monitoring SAF, 2010)

Atmospheric composition: volcanic ash and SO2

NOAA Satellite Conference, April 2013

WMO Meteorological Satellites Constellations: on-going coordination efforts

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1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Number of satellite-borne instruments data were assimilated routinely by ECMWF from 1996 to 2010, Expect the similar level of utilization for improving climate model predictions

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Improving data utilizations in other applications – What are the key data for climate prediction

GCOSrequirements

Otherrequirements(e.g. GFCS)

Requirements and gap analysis

ECV related climate

products and climate

analysis

Climate data and products

management and access

User uptake

and feedback

+Transition planning

Research/Demo missions

planning & implementation

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Cal

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Operational missions planning

and implementation

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Climate System

Monitoring

Climate prediction

and services

UNFCCC and

IPCC reports

WMO proposed Building Blocks for an Architecture for Climate Monitoring from Space

RequirementsObservational CapabilitiesProduct GenerationActivities

User Interfaces

Drivers

Logical architecture representation

Progress in key WIP areas

– WIGOS Operational Information Resource• Work-in-progress but already effective

Observations are both: foundation and pioneer From Observing to monitoring, model input, and services

Understanding

Models

Predictions

ConsequencesValidation

Assimilation Initialization

Monitoring

Analysis

Observations

The availability of new observations strongly motivates advances in understanding, prediction, and application.

Outline

• WIGOS Vision and Congress WIGOS Vision and Congress DecisionsDecisions

• WIGOS Key Activity Areas and WIGOS Key Activity Areas and Major Progress (Key achievements Major Progress (Key achievements and plans)and plans)

• Summary

What is WIGOS?

• A future observing framework for coordination and evolution of WMO observing systems and WMO contributions to co-sponsored observing systems.

• A WMO priority and a key contribution to GFCS• With WMO Information System (WIS), and a WMO

contribution to GEOSS.• WIGOS is not:

– Replacing or taking-over existing observing systems, which will continue to be 'owned' and operated by a diverse array of organizations, programmes and, importantly, Members.

Manage WIGOS Implementation through Integrated TR---Promote recommended to standard practices

Update WMO Technical Regulations: engage all observing systemsStandard practices and procedures Recommended practices and

proceduresnecessary for Members to follow or implement

desirable for Members to follow or implement

distinguished by the use of the term shall distinguished by the use of the term should

status of requirements status of recommendations

defined in a technical resolution

Members shall do their utmost to implement

Members urged to comply with

Article 9(b) of the Convention is applicable Article 9(b) of the Convention is not applicable

Members shall inform SG of inability or impracticability of implementation

No requirement

GR 128 is applicable GR 128 is not applicable

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– WIGOS Roadmap

June 2012May 2011 May 2013 June 2014 May 2015 May 2016EC-64 EC-65 EC-66 EC-68Cg-XVI Cg-XVII& EC 67

EC 64 approved EC 64 approved WIGOS IP WIGOS IP ICG-TTs createdICG-TTs created - TT-WIP- TT-WIP- TT-WRM- TT-WRM- TT-WMD- TT-WMDCBS 15 CBS 15 -WIGOS TECO-WIGOS TECO - CBS new Ets- CBS new EtsRA II WIP approvRA II WIP approvRA I,III,IV,V WIPRA I,III,IV,V WIP

Cg-XVI decided Cg-XVI decided to implement to implement WIGOS viaWIGOS via

Res.50 (CG Res.50 (CG XVI);XVI);

WIGOS PO;WIGOS PO;

EC-63EC-63 established ICG established ICG WIGOS;WIGOS;

ICG-WIGOS-1ICG-WIGOS-1

ICG-WIGOS 2ICG-WIGOS 2-doc on WIGOS-doc on WIGOS-revision of WIP-revision of WIP EC 65 agree EC 65 agree on WIP revisionon WIP revision-TT-WRM 2&3-TT-WRM 2&3-TT-WMD 1&2-TT-WMD 1&2WIGOS WIFIWIGOS WIFI CBS & CIMO CBS & CIMO ETs inputsETs inputsCAS 15 GAWCAS 15 GAWRA IV & VI WIPRA IV & VI WIPWIR initial op WIR initial op WIGOS GuideWIGOS Guide

Review Review progress and progress and update plans update plans as appropriateas appropriate

Key deliverables;Key deliverables;-WIGOS chapters -WIGOS chapters within new Tech within new Tech Regs, structureRegs, structure-WIGOS & WIS -WIGOS & WIS Meta-d Meta-d standardsstandards;;-WIGOS OP Info -WIGOS OP Info Resources –WIRResources –WIR-An architecture -An architecture from space from space -CIMO &WIGOS -CIMO &WIGOS Guide (new Guide (new volumes volumes chapters)chapters)-All RA-WIP -All RA-WIP approvedapproved - ………….- ………….-Prepare for CG Prepare for CG XVIIXVII

Cg-XVII receives final Cg-XVII receives final report ofreport of- ICG WIGOS- ICG WIGOS-TCs:CBS,CIMO-TCs:CBS,CIMO,CAS, JCOMM,Chy,CAS, JCOMM,Chy-Regional -Regional AssociationsAssociations-Some Members -Some Members Decisions on next FP Decisions on next FP on WIGOS as an on WIGOS as an prioritypriority

ImplementatImplementationion

Operation Operation

Critical Critical ReviewReview

CIMO & CBS

Interim Interim ReviewReview

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Conclusion remark

• Benefits of WIGOS– Enhanced Members’ capability, in a cost-

effective manner, to meet expanding national mandates and achieve higher national and international visibility;

– WIGOS provides a process and framework for improved collaboration and coordination within and beyond WMO;

• WIGOS is both: challenges and opportunities for building up synergies and new capabilities among us, a true win-win strategy for our future

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Working together with Regional Partners is the most cost-effective approach in the Region-Winwin

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Proverb: If you want go fast, go alone

If you want go far, go together

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Report (C)

Res.30 (Cg-XV)Testing of Concept

(2007-2011)

WMO Regulatory

Material

WIGOS Phases

Res. (Cg-XVII)Operations(2016 - … )

CONOPS (E)

WDIS (F)

W I P

CONOPS WIGOSManual

: Reference for

WDIP (D)

Res.11.3 (Cg-XVI)Implementation

(2012-2015)

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