Transcript on FWIS

WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
Weather – Climate - Water
(Future)
WMO Information
System
FWIS -> WIS
Dieter C. Schiessl
Director, WWW Department
WMO
Tel.: +(41 22) 730 8369
Fax: +(41 22) 730 8021
[email protected]
RTH in Region II
NMC in Region II
Centre in other region
Washington
64K
MTN circuit
Regional circuit
Interregional circuit
Additional circuit
No implementation
NI
64K
Moscow
19.2-33.6K (V.34)
Non-IP link
IP link
Khabarovsk
IMTN-MDCN CIR<32/768K>
19.2-33.6K (V.34)
Almaty
19.2-33.6K
(V.34)
19.2-33.6K V.34
NI
19.2-33.6K
(V.34)
Novosibirsk
19.2-33.6K (V.34)
Bishkek
Ulaanbaatar
19.2-33.6K (V.34) 9.6K
Via Moscow
19.2-33.6K (V.34)
19.2-33.6K (V.34)
PyongYang
Tokyo
Id V.34
Ashgabad Id V.34
Offenbach
Tashkent
IMTN-MDCN
Frame Relay
CIR<16/16K>
NI
Baghdad
NI
IMTN-MDCN
Frame Relay
CIR<16/8K>
Tehran
NI
50
9.6K
64K
IMTN-MDCN
Frame Relay
CIR<16/16K>
New Delhi
Doha
Kathmandu
NI
Hong Kong
2.4K
Hanoi
Cairo
Internet
Internet
Sanaa
Male
Melbourne
Frame Relay
CIR<16/16K>
Yangon
Colombo
50
200
64K
Frame Relay
CIR<16/16K>
9.6K
Vientiane
50
200
Macao
Dhaka
Internet
Cairo
ISDN 128K
100
50
64K
Muscat
Frame Relay
CIR<16/16K>
CMA-VSAT
100
Internet
128K
Moscow
Internet
Emirates
Seoul
64K
50
64K
Algiers
Internet
Frame Relay
CIR<16/16K>
Offenbach
Kabul
Karachi
Bahrain
1200
64K
Frame Relay
CIR<32/32K>
NI
200
Internet
IMTN-MDCN
Frame Relay
CIR<48/48K>
Beijing
75
64K
Jeddah
64K
75
NI
64K
64K
75
IMTN-MDCN
Frame Relay
CIR<48/48K>
Dushanbe
NI
2.4K
Kuwait
50
NI
CMA-VSAT
CMA-VSAT
1200
IMTN-MDCN
CIR<16/32K>
Manila
Washington
Bangkok
75
2.4K
Regional Meteorological Telecommunication Network for
Region II (Asia)
December 2004
Singapore
NI
Phnom Penh
Melbourne
Frame Relay
CIR<16/16K>
Kuala Lumpur
The GTS Network
World Weather Watch GTS
- Global Telecommunication System -
Current situation
Information exchange – multiplicity of procedures; real-time and non-real time
Information management - multiplicity of data formats; uncoordinated metadata and catalogues
World Radiation Centre
WWW GTS
Regional Instrument
Centres
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Regional/Specialized
Meteorological Centres
WMO World Data
Centres
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National
Meteorological
Centres
Meteorological and R&D
Satellite Operator Centres
World
Meteorologic
al Centres
stop
stop
Commercial
Service Providers
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5 GAW World Data Centres
GCOS Data Centres
Global Run-off Data Centre
IRI and other climate research
institutes
International Organizations
(IAEA, CTBTO, UNEP, FAO.. )
Universities
Regional Climate Centres
Cg-XIV (2003):
The multiplicity of systems of the different Programmes
causes incompatibilities, inefficiencies, duplication of
efforts and higher overall costs.
Congress approved the concept of the Future WMO
Information System (FWIS), which will provide a single
coordinated global infrastructure for the collection and
sharing of information in support of all WMO and
related international programmes.
EC-LVI (2004):
Identified FWIS to be one of the key contributions of
WMO to GEOSS
(F)WIS brings new features and opportunities
• Common to all WMO programmes
• Inter-disciplinary locating, retrieval and
exchange of information in real and non-real
time
• On-line catalogues using metadata based on
ISO 19100 (geographic information standard)
• Industry standards and off-the-shelf hardware
and software systems to ensure costeffectiveness and inter-operability
Interoperability of Information
Systems
Example of queries:
Where to find data on the Antarctica
for the period 1950-1960?
How to get them?
Network
NETWORK
Network
How to use them?
At present, WMO Programmes do not offer
appropriate response to such queries in quasi realtime
Structure of (F)WIS
• National Centres (NC)
• Global Information System Centres (GISC)
• Data Collection and Production Centres (DCPC)
• Data communication networks
National Centre (NC)
• Several NCs in a country are possible (not just the NMC)
• Exchange information collected or generated in the
country with the GISC or DCPC
• Serve as portal for national users and administrate their
access to FWIS
Data Collection and Production Centre (DCPC)
• Serve as information production facilites in response to
stated requirements
• Facilitate access/exchange from/with NCs and GISCs
• Support information “Push” and ”Pull” mechanisms
• Generate, maintain and provide metadata catalogues of
their information
Global Information System Centre (GISC)
• Receive information from NCs and DCPCs
• Exchange information with other GISCs
• Disseminate, within its area of responsibility, the entire
WWW set of data and products for routine global
exchange (GTS function)
• Maintain metadata catalogues
• Ensure around-the-clock, reliable and secure operations
(F)WIS implementation
• Build upon the most successful components of existing
WMO systems and prepare a smooth and coordinated
transition
• Map existing WMO Programme centres into the
functional (F)WIS centres (e.g. WWW/RSMC <=>DCPC)
• Evaluate functions, technologies and architecture
through pilot projects and prototype solutions
• Ensure a flexible system structure that can respond to
growing requirements and technological progress
(F)WIS implementation
The information and communication functions of existing WMO
Programme centres are mapped into the corresponding
functions of (F)WIS centres as illustrated below for the WWW:
Current WWW Centres
FWIS Functional centre
NMC (as regards information
and communication)
NC
RSMC (as regards information
and communication)
DCPC
WMC (as regards information
and communication)
DCPC and/or GISC
RTH (on the MTN)
DCPC and/or GISC
RTH
DCPC
From the GTS towards the (F)WIS core network
• Expanding bandwidth
• Flexible connectivity
• Saving recurrent costs
• Internet like applications
• Flexible services
• Saving implementation costs
and human resources
Improved GTS
Use of
cost-effective
networks
Migration to
TCP/IP
Strategies
Leased circuits
Legacy protocols
Legacy GTS
Strengthen GTS capabilities
benefit from technology opportunities
The Improved Main Telecommunication Network
Network I
Tokyo
Melbourne
Washington
Buenos Aires
Brasilia
Beijing
Sofia
Moscow
Prague
Exeter
New Delhi
Jeddah
Offenbach
Network II
Nairobi
Toulouse
Managed
data communication network
Point-to-point services
Dakar
Algiers
Cairo
IX-2004
Evolution to IP-VPN through provider networks
(full any-to-any point interconnectivity, high
security & reliability)
Complemented by the Internet
VPN
group
Core Router
VPN group
Closed
IP network with MPLS
by a provider
Core Router
CE
Core Router
Internet
VPN : Virtual Private Network
MPLS : Multi Protocol Label Switching
Several current pilot projects test and evaluate various
functional concepts and architectures and thus spearhead
the implementation of (F)WIS
•
RA VI VGISC : Exeter, Offenbach, Toulouse, ECMWF and EUMETSAT are
developing a distributed GISC – prototype demo at CBS-XIII
•
EUMETNET - UNIDART: data portal
•
RA II & V VPN Project: VPNs via Internet linking NMCs in the Regions
•
Roshydromet CliWare project (CCl)
•
WAMIS (CAgM)
•
Cooperation with Earth Sciences Portal, NCAR, etc
•
Test and evaluation of WMO Core Metadata standard coordinated by
focal points of the TCs
Impact on and benefits for WMO
• (F)WIS concerns only information exchange and data
management functions and does not affect data processing
components.
• (F)WIS maximizes cross-programme standardization
related to data and data connectivity between all
applications
• (F)WIS information cataloguing and metadata ensure
finding of and access to information by each user (person
or institution) within established data policies
• (F)WIS is a cost-effective comprehensive solution for
developing countries to actively participate in the WMO
Programmes
Inter-commission
Coordination Group on FWIS
• Established by EC-LVI as a coordination and
collaboration mechanism spanning across the
technical commissions and reporting to EC
• Includes TCs’ representatives and other ad-hoc
experts
• Facilitates sharing of knowledge, resources and
commitment to strengthen the FWIS development
and implementation processes
• First session: 12-14 January 2005
Frequently asked questions
Q1:
Will there still be a GTS data exchange mechanism as
we know it today?
A1:
Yes, but more flexible and based on WMO TDCF
Q2:
With several NCs within a country, what is the role of
the NMC/RTH?
A2.1:
Only the NMC/RTH manages the GTS traffic according to the
WMO Manual on the GTS
A2.2:
The NMC/RTH is the network coordinator for connection and
access rights of the “other” NCs
Q3:
Who are the so-called “other” NCs in a country?
A3:
Examples are national or international data centres,
academia, research institutions, commercial service
providers if permitted according to A2.2
Frequently asked questions
Q4:
What can a NC gain through the connection to
(F)WIS?
A4:
Cost-effective, standardized access to a wealth of national
and international data archives and data bases of the
GEOSS; in reverse, the international user community can
obtain access to the data bases and archives of the NC in
conformity with established data policies
Q5:
Is there a financial and administrative burden on the
NMC/RTH?
A5.1: Financial - That depends how the national network is
organized;
if the “other” NCs are directly connected to the Network
Service Provider: NO!
if their data flow through the NMC/RTH: YES!
A5.2: Administrative – NO! at least not more than in the current
GTS/RMDCN situation
Frequently asked questions
Q6:
Will the (F)WIS in conformity with the WMO data
policy (e.g., Res. 40 (Cg-XII) and Res. 25 (Cg-XIII),
and is it flexible enough to permit an evolution of the
WMO data policy?
A6.1: Yes, the management and practices related to essential and
additional data and products and related conditions will
remain unchanged
A6.2: Procedures for the management of access rights, control of
data retrieval, registration and identification of users, etc.
can be defined as and when required
A6.3: Anonymous downloading is technically possible, but depends
on whether a NC permits that feature
Frequently asked questions
Q7:
Are there implications in connection with relevant
international law, convention, such as copyright,
patent, etc.?
A7:
(F)WIS has no inherent or system-specific features that
would violate international legal frameworks; the control
procedures are fully within the responsibility of the
NMCs/RTHs
Thank you
(F)WIS
WMO Information System