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OPACE 1 achievements 2014-18 and next steps
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William J. Wright Bureau of Meteorology 700 Collins St, Melbourne, Australia Lianchun Song, Director-General of National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration Beijing,China Co-Chairs OPACE 1 for Climate Data and Data Management,
Overview
During 2014-18, OPACE 1 concentrated on improving guidance and capabilities in relation to four main areas:
Data Rescue Climate data management systems (CDMS) Developing a framework for modernising climate data management
standards and practices Collaboration with GCOS and others to improve climate observing
capabilities
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Climate Data Rescue - Achievements
• Formal links established with other global data rescue initiatives ACRE and IEDRO
• I-DARE portal commissioned in 2015; hosted by KNMI. Provides information on current and needed global data rescue initiatives
• Various Data Rescue initiatives carried out • Updated Guidelines document on climate data rescue
published • A Resource Plan in support of international data rescue and
CDMS implementation/support was developed in 2017.
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www.idare-portal.org
Inventory of data to be rescued Ongoing or planned data rescue projects Guidelines and tools Importance and success stories Forum
Climate Data Management Systems - Achievements
• CDMS specifications (WMO No 1131) approved by Cg-17 as a WMO standard with additional work requested. Already used in two CDMS tenders
• Progress towards planning a generic OpenCDMS to reduce CDMS maintenance overhead in long-term
• Solid foundation established for upgrade of WMO No 1131, with development of User Stories and Conceptual Architecture well under way
Example of CDMS Conceptual Architecture diagram
‘An Observation’
CDMS (Cont'd)
• An ongoing need is to encode robust standards around, e.g. definition of climatological day; climatological standard normals; handling data gaps
• These standards to be
developed by………..
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High Quality Global Data Management Framework for Climate
• Part of overall initiative across all WMO programs to modernise data management
• Emphasises climate-relevant topics, in broader WMO context.
• Cross-domain team (IPET-
CDMP), co-chaired by CCl & CBS, launched in 2015
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The IPET-CDMP team
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HQ-GDMFC (Cont'd) - Achievements
• A number of guidelines documents have been updated, and have been, or
soon will be, published. These include guidelines on QC of surface climate data; homogenisation guidelines; Data Rescue Guidelines etc.
• A Manual on best practice in climate data management has been substantially drafted, and links to existing or new guidance documents;
• Topics include best-practice guidance on data management operations; standards, definitions and methodologies;
• A number of new climate-relevant Technical Regulations are being proposed, and will be drafted during this calendar year
• Close correspondence with CBS's Task Team on Information Management, including an assessment of high quality climate datasets.
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Observations-related • Rapporteurs group provided subject
matter experts to attend, contribute to, and learn from relevant observations-related meetings
• Strong relationship with GCOS. CCl experts attended annual GCOS AOPC meetings, and several joint CCl-GCOS task teams were established
• CoCoRaHs (voluntary rainfall network) expanded to Bahamas, and guidance document drafted by Henry Reges on establishing volunteer networks
• Collaboration on WIGOS Task Team –
Data Partnerships
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Looking ahead…..
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Strategic aspects - drivers
• Global and national agendas for carrying out robust climate assessments and monitoring (eg IPCC, UNFCC, National Adaptation Plans) require climate data to be of high quality, discoverable and freely exchanged
• Climate services require trusted, accessible and well-managed data to inform decision-making and underpin development projects (eg GFCS, DRR)
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Strategic aspects – implications for FA1 (Data) work program
• Maintain and strengthen relationships with other Commissions and bodies in the data space, to provide an integrated approach to data and data management issues
• Work in the Data and Data Management areas will move somewhat away from developing guidance material to actual implementation of projects to improve sustainable capability.
• CDMS and Data Rescue activities, including digitisation projects, will be more closely integrated - hence the idea of a single team.
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Improving CDMS capability • Complete and begin implementing a CDMS Implementation Strategy.
Metrics to include evidence of an improvement in CDMS capability in especially developing Member countries.
• Recommendations and collaboration on the development of a WMO reference open-source CDMS
• Aim to publish an update of WMO No 1131 • Maintain and update a pool of experts, and provide guidance to begin
implementing sustainable CDMS and Data Rescue projects
• Complete and disseminate a Communication Plan on CDMS
• Follow-up CDMS users survey , and develop and maintain a CDMS register to allow NMHSs to understand capabilities of various CDMS
Implementing Data Rescue projects • Provide guidance and oversight
to implementing the WMO Data Rescue initiative, including digitisation projects
• Maintain links with other Data Rescue initiatives, including Copernicus, ACRE, IEDRO
• Maintain I-DARE portal for monitoring and coordinating DARE activities
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Modernising data management • Finalise reference manual on HQ-GDMFC, and develop
relevant WMO technical regulations • Collaborate on developing a WMO-wide maturity
model for information management
• In collaboration with GCOS and others, develop and expand a catalogue of trusted, mature climate datasets
• Provide guidance and material for training modules and curricula on climate data
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Facilitating Data exchange
• Collaborate with CBS on technical requirements for registering and exchanging data, including introduction of Daily CLIMAT
• Promote mechanisms and incentives for improving
data-sharing under Res 60.
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Towards more climate-worthy Observations
• Collaborate with GCOS and WIGOS on developing criteria for sustainable reference observing networks
• Continue collaboration with GCOS and WIGOS on expanding Voluntary and non-NMHS observing networks
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Thank you Merci
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