WIS 2.0 Training Workshop for CMO, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 12-16 June 2023

15 countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands (British Caribbean Territories), Cuba, Dominica, Jamaica,Saint Lucia,Curaçao and Sint Maarten,Trinidad and Tobago,Turks and Caicos Islands (British Caribbean Territories),Grenada,St. Kitts and Nevis,St. Vincent and the Grenadine,

Summary: 6 local participants + 14 participants + 6 Secretariat/Expert, in total: 26 participants

Venue

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Learning Objectives

  • To be able to explain WIS 2.0 architecture

  • To be able to install and configure the WIS2 in a box software

  • To be able to operate a WIS 2.0 node

Timetable

(Trinidad and Tobago time, UTC/GMT-4)

Day 1

Subject

Teacher

Presentations

Day 1

Subject

Teacher

Presentations

08:30 - 09:00

Registration

 

 

09:00 - 11:00

Opening

 

 

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee break

 

 

11:30 - 12:00

WIS2 Implementation plan

Hassan

 

12:00 - 12:30

WIS2 Architecture

Enrico/Hassan

 

 

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch break

 

 

13:30 - 14:15

Practical session: Connecting to WIS2 over MQTT

Enrico/James

https://wmo-im.github.io/wis2box-training/practical-sessions/connecting-to-mqtt/

14:15 - 15:15

Introducing WIS2 in a box

Tom

 

15:15 - 15:45

Coffee break

 

 

15:45 - 16:30

WIS2 in a box case studies

Enrico

 

16:30 - 17:00

Wrap-up / open issues

 

Hassan

 

Day 2

Subject

Teacher

Presentations

Day 2

Subject

Teacher

Presentations

09:00 - 09:45

BUFR and ecCodes

 

Enrico

 

 

WMO-No 306 Manual on Codes Vol. I.2

09:45 - 10:15

Access WIS2 Training Student VM

Maaike

https://training.wis2box.wis.wmo.int/practical-sessions/accessing-your-student-vm/

 

10:15 - 11:00

Conversion to BUFR: synop2bufr

Enrico/Maaike

https://wmo-im.github.io/wis2box-training/practical-sessions/converting-synop-data-to-bufr/

 

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee break

 

 

11:30 - 12:30

Conversion to BUFR: csv2bufr

Enrico/Maaike

https://wmo-im.github.io/wis2box-training/practical-sessions/converting-csv-data-to-bufr/

 

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch break

 

 

13:30 - 14:00

DAYCLI

Enrico

 

14:00 - 14:30

DAYCLI practical session

Enrico

https://wmo-im.github.io/wis2box-training/practical-sessions/converting-daycli-data-to-bufr/

14:30 - 15:00

Coffee break

 

 

15:00 - 16:30

Convert your own data

Enrico/Maaike

 

16:30 - 17:00

Group discussion: insights and challenges converting data to BUFR

Hassan/all

 

Day 3

Subject

Teacher

Presentations

Day 3

Subject

Teacher

Presentations

09:00 - 10:00

WIS2 in a box development and architecture

Tom

 

 

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee break

 

 

11:00 - 12:30

Practical session: getting familiar with WIS2 in a box on your student VM

Maaike

https://training.wis2box.wis.wmo.int/practical-sessions/wis2box-introduction/

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch break

 

 

13:30 - 14:15

WIS2 in a box data-driven workflow

 

Tom

 

14:15 - 15:00

WIS2 in a box practical session:
Data ingestion and monitoring

Tom/Maaike

https://training.wis2box.wis.wmo.int/practical-sessions/data-ingest-and-monitoring/

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee break

 

 

15:30 - 16:30

Accessing data from WIS2

 

Tom

16:30 - 17:00

Wrapup

Tom/all

 

Day 4

Subject

Teacher

Presentations

Day 4

Subject

Teacher

Presentations

09:00 - 09:30

WIS2 in a box discovery metadata

Tom

 

09:30 - 11:00

WIS2 in a box practical session: prepare your own wis2box:

Update your WIS2 in a box environment variables

Configure your data mappings

Configure your WIS2 discovery metadata

Tom/Maaike

https://training.wis2box.wis.wmo.int/practical-sessions/environment-variables/

https://training.wis2box.wis.wmo.int/practical-sessions/configuring-data-mappings/

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee break

 

 

11:30 - 12:00

OSCAR/Surface and wis2box

Maaike

 

12:00 - 12:30

WIS2 in a box practical session:

Create your wis2box station-list

Maaike

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch break

 

 

13:30 - 15:00

Ingest your own data into WIS2 in a box

Maaike/Tom

 

15:00 - 15:30

Coffee break

 

 

15:30 - 16:30

WIS2box practical session:

Querying data using the WIS2box-API

Tom

 

https://training.wis2box.wis.wmo.int/practical-sessions/data-api-usage-and-queries/

16:30 - 17:00

Wrapup

 

 

Day 5

Subject

Teacher

Presentations

Day 5

Subject

Teacher

Presentations

09:00 - 10:00

OpenCDMS

Dave/Ian

 

10:00 - 10:30

Joining WIS2 as a WIS2 Node

Hassan

 

10:30 - 11:00

Next steps with WIS2

 

Hassan

 

 

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee break

 

 

 

11:30 - 12:30

Round table: participants' plans for WIS2

Hassan/all

 

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch break

 

 

13:30 - 15:30

Discussion and Q&A

Hassan

 

Participants

No.

Country

Name

E-mail

1

Antigua and Barbuda

Melorne MACK

melorne@gmail.com

2

Barbados

Jonathan ALLEYNE

jonathan.alleyne@barbados.gov.bb

3

Belize

Dwayne SCOTT

DScott@nms.gov.bz

4

Cayman Islands (British Caribbean Territories)

Kerry POWERY LINWOOD

 

Kirk Douglas

Kerry.powery@gov.ky

K_Powery@hotmail.com

Kirk.Douglas@gov.ky 

5

Dominica

Ithoma Kelvin JAMES

metoffice@cwdom.dm

6

Jamaica

Adrian Shaw

Balleryouth2002@gmail.com

7

Saint Lucia

Lemuel O'Shaughnessy

olecart@hotmail.com

8

Curaçao and Sint Maarten

Ms. Sheryl ETIENNE-LEBLANC

sheryl.etienne-leblanc@sintmaartengov.org

9

Turks and Caicos Islands (British Caribbean Territories)

Holly HAMILTON

hollyhamilton@tciairports.tc

10*

Grenada*

Johnathan PRYCE

upryce@gmail.com

11*

St. Kitts and Nevis*

Anwa Springer

ANWA.SPRINGER@SCASPA.COM

12*

St. Vincent and the Grenadine*

Gregory CATO

gregorycato@gmail.com

13

Cuba

Alberto HELGUERA FLEITAS

alberto.helguera@insmet.cu
alhelguera98@gmail.com

14

Trinidad and Tobago

(Local participants)

Oscar Lovell

olovell@hotmail.com

15

Jerome Ramirez

jerome.ramirez@metoffice.gov.tt

16

Dion Thomas

deon.thomas@metoffice.gov.tt

17

Kimberly SEATON

kimberly.seaton@metoffice.gov.tt

18

Rakesh Mohan

Rakesh.Mohan@metoffice.gov.tt

19

Argentina

Rodrigo Cortez

rcortes@smn.gob.ar

20

Tobago

Lindsay Saunders

gidien36@gmail.com

*CMO Members, non-WMO, whose interests are represented at WMO by PR of BCT

No

Member/

Organization

Name

No

Member/

Organization

Name

1

WMO

Enrico FUCILE

2

WMO

Hassan HADDOUCH

3

WMO

Maaike LIMPER

4

WMO

Daniel Vila ESPIGO

5

Canada (ECCC)

Tom KRALIDIS tom.kralidis@ec.gc.ca

6

Synoptic Data

James SIMKINS james.simkins@synopticdata.com