Task Team WIGOS Metadata

30 June 2023 13-14:30 UTC

Agenda & Notes

Opening

• Welcome
• Secretariat updates (Anna)
• Review FT2023-2 proposals for amendments
• Other proposals (as time permits)

FT2023-2 Code Issues

(issues with "*" were discussed during the meeting)

No. [issue name and link] (assignee), status

1. *Table 1-01-01, Revision of winds variables #417 (Gao), valid
2. *Table 1-02: Measurement unit - new unit for GHG observation #454 (Gao), valid
3. *2-02 Program/network affiliation: new additions to GOOS #462(Anthonin), valid
4. *Table 4-07, climate zone, As and Aw reversed #479 (Shuli), valid
5. *Table 5-02-01: new methods of observation (for atmospheric variables) #336(Jörg), valid
6. *1-01-01 Align radiation variables requirements #389 (Franziska, John), valid
7. *table 5-02-05: add: radar water level gauge, radar velocimetry and image velocimetry (hydrology) #436(Juan), valid
8. *Table 2-02 Programme/network affiliation: add GDP to GOOS #478(Anthonin, Magali), valid
9. *1-01-01 Addition of definitions for cloud variables #443 (Franziska), in validation
10. *Table 7-06 Level of Data #477 (Jitze), in discussion (for FT2023-2?)
11. *Reintroduce paths #472 (Anna), in discussion
12. *Change duplicate notations in tables 1-01-* and 5-02-* #474 (Anna), in discussion

Other Code Issues

1. 1-01-01 Addition of variable definitions (part 2: lightning) #391 (Jörg), in discussion
2. List of Application Areas #438 (Anna, John), in discussion, for FT2024-1
3. re-combine split tables #464 (Jörg), in discussion (NOT for FT approval)
4. Table 9-02 Data policy #475 (Anna), in discussion

WMDR issues

1. Instrument deployments and siting classifications (Jitze), in discussion
2. Historization of station characteristics (TBD), in discussion

Notes:

• Anna noted that the codes for FT2023-1 were finally published yesterday and some of the notations changed since approval;
• the team reviewed all amendments prepared for FT2023-2; closed issue #190;
• Joerg would like to get some feedback on WMDR2 roadmap (see wiki page to be included)

Actions

Next meetings

• Thursday 17 August 2023 12-14 UTC
• 7 Sept 2023, 12-14 UTC

Attendees

Team Members

Name	Present
Jörg Klausen (Switzerland Chair TT-WIGOSMD)	X
Tom Kralidis (Canada ET-Metadata Chair)
Gao Chen (USA)	X
Lara Ferrighi (Norway)
Rainer Maerz (Germany)
Shuli HAN (China)	X
Juan Bianchi (Argentina)

WMO Secretariat

Name	Present
Anna Milan	X
David Berry
Rodica Nitu
Lize Anthonin (OceanOPS)	X
Johanna Korhonen
Magali Krieger (OceanOPS)	X
Washington Otieno
Champika Gallage

Collaborators/Guests

Name	Present
Franziska Stürzl (OSCAR/Surface)
Sarina Danioth (MeteoSwiss)
Jitze van der Meulen (KNMI)	X
John Eyre (retired from UK MetOffice)	X
Tanja Kleinart, ET-WT
Samantha Linnerts, ET-WT
Thinesh Sornalingam, ET-WT
Markus Fiebig, NILU