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WIS 2.0: encourages NCs and DCPCs to provide 'data reduction' services via WIS that process 'big data' to create results or products that are small enough to be conveniently downloaded and used by those with minimal technical infrastructure

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  • Using ‘data reduction’ Web services to process high volume, complex data remotely, Members’ agencies and institutions can deliver high-value, high-quality services to their governments and citizens helping them more effectively meet their national mandates without the need to invest in and operate their own data management infrastructure[1].

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Real-time delivery of data and products in support of the World Weather Watch programme remains a core requirement for WIS. Current data-exchange methods permitted on the GTS[2] require manual intervention in response to each user request for real-time data delivery, e.g. to set up and configure a new data delivery path. This practice will not scale to meet the demand for real-time data from across the meteorological community.

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