Introduction to DAR revision 0.4 GISC Tokyo Japan Meteorological Agency 1 Guide 0: Essentials 2
WIS = GTS + DAR GTS is: for operational services (World Weather Watch) for time- & operation-critical usage DAR is for the rest of you 3
DAR = Discovery + Access + Retrieval Discovery You can search whole-WIS catalog Access Ad-hoc browsing of recent global data Retrieval Subscribe to data 4
Welcome to Tokyo Global Information System Centre! Home   About WIS   WMO format   Metadata    Help Desk News Home
Welcome to the Tokyo Global Information System Centre!
This portal web-site is operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency(JMA) in its capacity as a GISC (Global Information System Centre) for the WMO Information System (WIS). Please proceed to: ● Overview of WIS
Recent Posts Notification of GISC Tokyo portal 2018/04/13 (Fri) Migration to New WIS Portal completed on 1 March 2018 2018/03/01 (Thu) Notification for GISC Tokyo Downloading Script user 2018/02/19 (Mon) Renewal of GISC Tokyo portal on 1 March 2018 2018/02/02 (Fri) Notification of maintenance of Himawari-8 2018/02/01 (Thu) - Powered by PHP工房- All Rights Reserved, Copyright © 2018 WIS Portal - GISC Tokyo (Japan Meteorological Agency). <Legal Notice> 5 Guide 1: Discovery 6
DAR Catalogue: collection of metadata records Metadata record links to data or document GISC's DAR Catalogue covers entire WIS Not only global data available at GISC Tokyo 7
Welcome to Tokyo Global Infor Home   a About WiS WMO form News Help Desk Home
Welcome to the Tokyo Global Information System Centre!
This portal web-site is operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency(JMA) in its capacity as a GISC (Global Information System Centre) for the WMO Information System (WIS). Please proceed to: ● Overview of WIS
Recent Posts Notification of GISC Tokyo portal 2018/04/13 (Fri) Migration to New WIS Portal completed on 1 March 2018 2018/03/01 (Thu) Notification for GISC Tokyo Downloading Script user 2018/02/19 (Mon) Renewal of GISC Tokyo portal on 1 March 2018 2018/02/02 (Fri) Notification of maintenance of Himawari-8 2018/02/01 (Thu) - Powered by PHP工房- All Rights Reserved, Copyright © 2018 WIS Portal - GISC Tokyo (Japan Meteorological Agency). <Legal Notice> 8
WIS Portal - Gli Welcome to Tokyo Global Information System Centre! Home   About WIS   WMO format   Metadata   Help Desk    News
Metadata Record
Next Search WIS_Center(OAI_Set): urn:x-wmo:md:int.wmo.wis::fr-meteofrance-Toulouse_CRIS_rars_npp_pap@WIS-GISC-TOULOUSE_ Full Text: . [ XML ] CrIS Sensor Data Records – Suomi-NPP Title: Abstract: Keywords: North: West: East: South: Reset Search de pangaea dataset668495@WIS-GISC-OFFENBACH | XML | Basic and other measurements of radiation at station Barrow (1998-12), Version 1 urn:x-wmo:md:int.wmo.wis: fr-meteofrance-Toulouse_ATMS_rars_npp_pap@WIS-GISC-TOULOUSE_ [ XML ] ATMS Sensor Data Records – Suomi-NPP urn:x-wmo:md:int.wmo.wis::ISMI02LEMM@WIS-GISC-TOULOUSE | Download | | XML | ISMI02 SYNOP report (available from Gabriel de Castilla Antartic Station-LEMM) (AEMET-SPAIN) as BUFR at 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC during Antartic Campaign 9
Search WIST Center(OAL Set); Hong Kong Observatory -ul Text Title: Abstract: Keywords: North: 40 West: 120 li ← Metadata Source ← Text in metadata record: only in title, abstract, or keywords, or anywhere ← Bounding box: latitude & longitude ranges
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Metadata urn:x-wmo:md:int.wmo.wis::SMVX16RJTD GTS bulletin SMVX16 RJTD GISC-Cache:SMVX16RJTD l – I metadata detail Click “+”(plus) button to expand complex content "le identifier: urn:x-wmo:md:int.wmo.wis::SMVX16RJTD anquage: eng haracter set: utf8 ierarchy level: dataset hierarchy level name: Data or Resource in WMO Information System (WIS) L+ contact date stamp: 1994-11-30T00:00:00Z metadata standard name: ISO 19115-2 Geographic information — Metadata — Part 2: Extensions for imagery and gridded data metadata standard version. ISO 19115-2:2009-02-15 reference system info reference system identifier code: WGS 84 code space. The World Geodetic System 1984 11
GTS data: link top of the page Metadata urn:x-wmo:md:int.wmo.wis.test5::UKJP01RJTD Other data: section “distribution info” often has links to data 12 Guide 2: Access 13
GISC Catalogue (described before) Scope: entire WIS information May link to external site -  JMA can't be responsible about content GISC Cache Scope: global distribution data only All data on GISC Tokyo server -  Coherent service
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Data in WMO Codes This time Click here Home a About Wi WMO format Metadata   Help Desk    News Home
Welcome to the Tokyo Global Information System Centre!
This portal web-site is operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency(JMA) in its capacity as a GISC (Global Information System Centre) for the WMO Information System (WIS). Please proceed to ● Overview of WIS • List of JMA's WIS serices relating to its capacity as a GISC and a DCPC
• User Guides including Tutorial Slides of DAR service
Recent Posts Notification of GISC Tokyo portal 2018/04/13 (Fri) Migration to New WIS Portal completed on 1 March 2018 2018/03/01 (Thu) Notification for GISC Tokyo Downloading Script user 2018/02/19 (Mon) Renewal of GISC Tokyo portal on 1 March 2018 2018/02/02 (Fri) Notification of maintenance of Himawari-8 2018/02/01 (Thu) 15
All kinds of recent data cess[Open] Type[Alphanumeric] Category] Surface] Subcategory Central America and the Caribbean] Location[United States of America] Indicator[KWBC] ReferenceTime[2011-07-04T03:00:00Z] 2011-07-04T00:40:40 | SIVD30 RRV | Access[Open] Type[Alphanumeric] Category[Surface] Subcategory[SHIP] Region[North America, Central America and the Caribbean] Location[United States of America] Indicator[KWBC] ReferenceTime[2011-07-04T02:00:00Z] .2011-07-04T06:40:40 | SN/D01 RRU Access[Open] Type[Alphanumeric] Category[Upper air] Subcategory[AIREP] Region[North America, Central America and the Caribbean] Location[Canada] Indicator[CWAO] ReferenceTime[2011-07-04T06:40:00Z] 2011-07-04T06:40:40 | UMMITO1 | Access[Open] Type[Alphanumeric] Category[Surface] Subcategory[SHIP] Region[North America, Central America and the Caribbean] Location[United States of America] Indicator[KWBC] ReferenceTime[2011-07-04T06:00:00Z] 011-07-04T06:40:40 Newest first So much traffic
You can search “WMO Format” Select “Select and Browse" 17
You can select data types or properties Click “Browse” button You'll see new listing of selected data
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The data is somewhat restricted WMO additional data OPMET (Aviation Weather) data Data with other restrictions Registration required Contact: Administrator of GISC Tokyo w i s - j m a  @ m e t. k i s h o u. g o. j p
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Guide 3: Subscription (this is a bit tricky one)
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Automatic download of near-realtime data Downloading script runs on your computer Similar to subscription of RSS You can quickly fix if there's problem 21
Go to GISC-Tokyo top: http://www.wis-jma.go.jp Go to “WMO Format” to open a pull-down menu Select “Subscribe/Download/S ynchronize"
Choose “Open” to select publicly available data Add “Closed” for data with access control You have to be registered in that case
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Multiple choices not allowed; if you want two or more types of data, please repeat step 1 to 4 and create multiple shell scripts.
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Multiple choices allowed You can also specify a producing center or exclude a center. 25
Category="Surface" Type="Alphanumeric" Access="Open" Subcategory="SHIP" Data Syndication - Data Infomation This time we assume Linux total file size per day (Yesterday): 4092418 total number of files per day (Yesterday):  10436 (bytes) - Your Infomation - download utility. Wget (Please install Wget for Linux or Wget for Windows to download data file.) os and shell: | Linux Bash and Weet directory of wget(.exe):  /usr/bin limit speed of download: | 128kBytes/sec  (1 Mbits/sec) local directory to store download files: from_WIS-JMA Click here Back Show sample shell script to download files
that works as a script This shell will endlessly repeat subscription every 30 seconds for observation data, every 5 minutes for GRIB data, every 30 minutes for climate data.
Check: /usr/bin/wget is installed (okay for most Linux) Check: network connectivity (set $http_proxy if you are behind firewall) Save script to a text file (any name okay: say download.sh) Start it as a background job $ sh ./download.sh start > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null & Stop it $ sh ./download.sh stop
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Check: GNU Wget is installed Check: Microsoft PowerShell 2.0 is installed Open notepad Paste script & save (suffix must be .PS1 ; say download.ps1 ) Prepare: type on console PowerShell -command "& {Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned}" Start: Open console & go to folder with script PowerShell -WindowStyle hidden .¥download.ps1 start Console vanishes if successful Stop: Open console & go to folder with script PowerShell .¥download.ps1 stop
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Guide 4: Help Desk 30
WMO format Metadat Ticket System Web-based board you can write questions Registration Required Online Documentations
Go to “Help Desk” to open menu Select “Ticket System” WMO format   Metadata
SC Tokyo Help De Please enter your login name and password Contact us to get registered
Logged in as Add Search: Please select “DAR” for most cases Latest projects ● DAR (04/14/2011 11:42 am) issues related on facilities of ad-hoc data access (GISC Cache), metadata search (SRU), and metadata service (OAI-PMH). ● GTS (04/14/2011 11:41 am) Issues related to GTS, including GTS-over-internet. ● test (03/10/2011 08:58 am)
You can post new issue You can view existing issues processed
Please fill: Brief title Description Click “Create” to submit You will have email when GISC Tokyo staff respond vered by Redmine © 2006-2011 Jean-Philip
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Listing of open issues (being processed) To see closed (older) issues: Set status “All” Click “Apply” 37 Questions and Registration Request: Please contact w i s - j m a  @ m e t. k i s h o u. g o. j p
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