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Update from WMO secretariat (David)
Proposal to postpone the WWR (World Weather Record) for another year (see the email message by Peer Hechler below in the Discussion topics table)
Any other general update?
A quick intro to working with the WMO sharepoint Word (David?)
Updates on the IM Guide draft from the section leads, including risks and challenges they are facing and help they may need from the team:
6.1 Introduction (DB/GP)
6.2 Definitions (GP/XC)
Categorization of metadata
6.3 Principles of information management (RS/WW)
6.4 Information Management Lifecycle (WW/RS)
6.5 Other Considerations (HH)
6.6 Summary and Conclusion (WW)
Team discussion: Path forward (Timeline we are working with: 29th July or earlier)
Date for next Team Meeting?
Timeline that ET-IM is working with:
Now - Friday July 29, 2022: Address comments and finalize the chapter
Mon Aug 1, 2022 - Wed Aug 31, 2022: WMO consistency check - ET-IM addresses any comments
Thurs Sept 1 - Oct ?, 2022: Language translations (INFCOM-2: 24-28 Oct 2022; EC-75: 20-24 June 2022)
Nov ?, 2022: EC? review and decision on the whole guidance document
\uD83D\uDDE3 Discussion topics
Time | Item | Presenter | Notes |
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Proposal to postpone WWR collection by another year | Input asked by Peer Hechler, Scientific Officer Climate Monitoring and Policy Services Division Services Department | Dear Colleagues and Friends, Normally, it is now time to issue the next call for collecting the World Weather Records (WWR). In fact, as we postponed the last year's collection of 2020 WWR, we should request Members to process and submit 2020 and 2021 WWR in 2022. Moreover, the 2020 WWR complete the decade 2011-2020, thereby providing a good opportunity for all Members to close any gaps within this period and submit respective data for publication of the 2011-2020 WWR. So far, so good. On the other hand, we need to achieve a step-change in the collection of 1991-2020 Climatological Standard Normals; only 25% of our Members submitted CLINO 1991-2020 so far. We are planning a couple of actions to promote CLINO calculation and collection with the aim of having an as complete as possible global CLINO collection by the end of 2022 (for processing and publication by NCEI on behalf of WMO in 2023). We are afraid of requesting Members to accelerate CLINO submissions and to submit WWR data by the same time. Also, we see some risks in processing both data streams in parallel and keeping them separate. Our proposal, therefore, is to postpone the WWR collection for another year and to fully focus on CLINO collection during 2022. To keep Members aware of WWR, we plan to issue a letter to Members, asking them to consider calculating 2020 and 2021 WWR and closing gaps in the 2011-2020 decade at their earliest convenience, store their data locally and expect WWR collection in the second half of 2023. We may also highlight a draft expert proposal to continue collecting WWR in the future, yet not annually anymore but every ten years as previously (prior to 2011). We expect much better infrastructure for climate data in the beginning of the 2030ies, including OpenCDMS and WIS for climate etc., to collect CLINO and WWR in parallel or back-to-back by then. | |