Issue 5(3)/5: Escalation procedures for the WMO Information System Issue 5(3)/5 Escalation procedures the WMO Information System References 1. . 2. . 3. : text for the Manual and Guide on the WMO Information System regarding escalation procedures for disagreements on near real time information exchange. Background Information designated for routine international exchange is copied to all GISCs and held in their caches. Large sets of information may cause operational problems (due to congestion, capacity, time to transfer information). GISCs are concerned that a mechanism is needed to resolve incompatibilities with the desire of information producers to exchange information in real time and the ability of GISCs to afford the capacity to handle large volumes of information. Rationale for the proposed advice The GISCs have proposed an escalation procedure to resolve issues concerning the capacity of information to be exchanged. This is based on the inter-commission team authorized by Resolution 8 (EC-69). Advice for CBS-MG What By whom Deadline Advise CBS-MG whether the escalation procedure is appropriate Members at TECO 29 March Request all GISCs implement the escalation procedure. CBS-MG 29 March Advice on recommendations to EC and Congress What To whom (e.g. EC-70, Cg-18, …) Time Review amendments (based on Appendix 1) to the Manual and Guide to the WIS. Members by consultation Q4 2018 / Q1 2019 Include the escalation procedure in the Manual and Guide to WIS. Cg-18 May 2019 Issue 5(3)/6: Approval of centres for the Manual on WIS Issue 5(3)/6 Approval of centres for the Manual on WIS References 1. . 2. : Draft additions to Appendix B tor the Manual on the WMO Information System listing centres to be added to the tables.
Background ET-CAC has assessed DCPCs for inclusion in WMONo. 1060 Manual on the WMO Information System () and Permanent Representatives have nominated National Centres () Rationale for the proposed advice Having passed their technical assessment, the proposed centres have met the criteria for EC70 to include them in the Manual on WIS. Advice for CBS-MG What By whom Deadline Advise CBS-MG whether the entries for the centres are correct. Members at TECO 29 March Advice on recommendations to EC and Congress What To whom (e.g. EC-70, Cg-18, …) Time frame Recommend to EC-70 the centres listed in the Annex/ CBS-MG 29 March 2018 Issue 5(3)/7: WIS connectivity Issue #5(3)/7 WIS Connectivity References 1. . Annex 2 to Recommendation 18. 2. . 3. Responsibilities in WMO Information System for Regional Telecommunications Hubs (RTHs) in WMONo. 386 Manual on the Global Telecommunications System (GTS). CBSTECO2018Inf5(6)GTSResponsibility-Diagram 4. Proposed text on the responsibilities of Regional Telecommunications Hubs in the WMO No. 386 Manual on the Global Telecommunications System. CBSTECO2018Inf5(5)GTSResponsibility-Text Background EC-69 considered the proposals for amendments to the Manual on GTS in recommendation 18 (CBS16) () but was unable to achieve consensus on components of that recommendation. Recommendation 18 (CBS16) has been divided into two components: the diagram of connectivity of WIS centres () and the amendments to the text describing the responsibilities of RTHs (). These recommendations are intended to be passed to EC-70. Rationale for the proposed advice EC70 was unable to consensus on the diagram in the Annex of . Side meetings will be held at CBS TECO 2018 to reconsider the relationships with RTH Tashkent. The text of the annex to was uncontroversial at EC-70 and is therefore presented unchanged. Advice for CBS-MG What By whom Deadline Recommend to EC-70 the contents of (modified as necessary by discussions at TECO) and of . CBS-MG 29
France Copernicus Regional Air Quality Data Centre VI Toulouse Copernicus Regional Air Quality Data Centre RA VI Toulouse Singapore ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC) V Singapore Regional monitoring and alerting of transboundary haze CBS Melbourne Modify the for Kazakstan in table 3 in Appendix B to WMONo. 1060 Manual on the WMO Information System by editing the current row and introducing a second row as shown below. Deleted text is indicated using red strikeout and added text using green dashed underline. Table 3: National Centres Member or organization Centre name GTS function Centre Region location Principal GISC Constituent body Kazakhstan Kazhydromet National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (Almaty) NMC II Almaty Moscow CBS Kazakhstan National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (Astana) NMC II Astana Moscow CBS