Chair Report OPAG 1

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Chair ReportOPAG 1 Climate Data and Data
ManagementNeil PlummerThank you OPAG
colleagues and several othersCCl Management
group and WCP SecretariatAustralian colleagues
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Acknowledgment

• The inaugural OPAG 1 Chair - Richard Masikas
  contribution to national (Kenya) and
  international climate activities over many years.

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OPAG 1

• Implementation Coordination Team
• Some useful contributions but did not function as
  planned
• Expert Teams on
• Observing Requirements and Standards for Climate
• Rescue, Preservation and Digitization of Climate
  Records
• Metadata for Climate Applications
• National Networks and Observations in Support of
  Climate Activities
• Rapporteurs on
• Regional Aspects of Data and Data Management
• Use of Data from Remote Sensing Systems
• Activities and outputs
• http//www.bom.gov.au/wmo/climate/ccl/opag1.shtml

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Supporting good quality, consistent and
homogeneous observations

• Key outputs
• Guidelines on
• Climate observation networks and systems
• Phenological observations (outside OPAG)
• Automated versus manual surface meteorological
  observations decision factors
• Managing changes in observation programs
• Calculating normals (an update, OPAGs 1 2)

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Supporting good quality, consistent and
homogeneous observations

• Key outputs
• Brief guidelines on data accessibility and
  maintaining national climate networks
• Inputs to
• The Guide
• CBS led Statements of Guidance (on future
  observation systems)
• GCOS related activities (e.g. Adequacy report,
  implementation plan)

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Supporting good quality, consistent and
homogeneous observations

• Key misses
• From guidelines to knowledge
• Stronger and more coordinated linkages with GEO,
  GCOS, CBS, CIMO, JCOMM, etc activities

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Improving the capacity to manage climate data

• Key outputs
• Actively supporting Climate Database Management
  System (CDMS) project
• Support for data management training
• Guidelines on
• Climate data management
• Metadata and homogeneity (with OPAG 2)
• Extensible Markup Language (XML) essentials for
  climatologists
• Quality control/Quality assurance of climate data

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Improving the capacity to manage climate data

• Key outputs
• Engagement with the (Future) WMO Information
  System (WIS), including on metadata
• Key misses
• National and regional opportunities for capturing
  resources
• International standards for exchanging (station)
  metadata

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Saving national heritage climate data rescue

• Key outputs
• Involvement in data rescue activities, including
  through Regional GCOS initiatives
• Guidelines on climate data rescue (with OPAG 2)
• Brochure for awareness raising
• Support for training

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Saving national heritage climate data rescue

• Key misses
• Progress with inventories of available climate
  records
• Strategy document focussed on planning,
  developing and implementing data rescue
  activities
• National and regional opportunities for capturing
  resources

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Facilitating and supporting activities

• OPAG 1 web site
• http//www.bom.gov.au/wmo/climate/ccl/opag1.shtml
• Training
• Reviewing
• GCOS
• Steering committee, Panels, Regional initiatives
• Regional Climate Centres
• Profile raising
• Presentations at conferences/workshops
• Side events at UNFCCC COP

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Meeting the challenges 2006-2009

• Making implementation and coordination work more
  effectively (CDMSs, data rescue)
• Guidelines Knowledge
  Adoption
• Pathway for Quality Management Framework/Developme
  nt of competencies?
• Strengthening links with CBS, JCOMM, GCOS, CIMO,
  GEO, etc
• Managing remotely sensed data and new climate
  data
• Managing the automation of observations
• Implementing better quality management

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Quality management metadata
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Thank Youand thanks to my colleagues