Copyright © 2009, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. March 2009 Meteorology Ad Hoc 68th OGC Technical Committee Αθήνα, Ελλάδα Chris Little, UK Met Office

Copyright © 2009, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.Copyright © 2009, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.

March 2009March 2009 Meteorology Ad Hoc Meteorology Ad Hoc

68th OGC Technical Committee

Αθήνα, Ελλάδα Chris Little, UK Met Office

April 2, 2009 2 April 2009 2009-04-02

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Meteorology Ad Hoc Agenda

13:00 Introduction & Background (Chris Little)

13:15 Challenges in implementing OGC standards in Meteorology

13:30 Proposed Meteorology Domain WG Charter & WMO

13:45 Discussion of issues arising

14:00 Examples of interoperability efforts & meetings (Andrew Woolf)

14:10 NNEW NEXTGEN Network-Enabled Weather (Aaron Braeckel)

14:20 AIXM/WIXM Aviation & Weather Info Models (Dennis Hart)

14:30 Work plan: Interoperability Experiments

14:45 Summary, way forward



Follow-up MeetingFollow-up Meeting

• Interested participants met 9am Wed, 1 April 2009 to discuss next steps– Proposals for interoperability experiments, possible coordination

with GALEON, Oceans IE, etc.– Proposals for changes to propose for existing standards



MDWG Planning Outcomes 1

Open membership – OGC Members, anyone for IE, WMO members when MoU established.

Interoperability Experiment based, convergence with domain ‘best practice’ (bias towards ‘near operational’).

Need to include non-meteo examples –inter-operability, not just intra-operability.

Need to include diverse scenarios, such as:• projecting the 4D cube onto a series of maps,• dispersion plume• “sensible weather objects”.

Use open OGC collaboration tools by preference, use external only if not sufficient.

Informal steering group, based on planning meeting attendees, formalise later.



MDWG Planning Outcomes 2

Draft Outline planMonth 0

List volunteers with resources and commitment: CTL, SS, BD, SN, etcPlanners CTL, SS(later), Mailing list moderators, Wiki moderators

Document ‘best’ current practices or status quo, based on Charter, for non-meteorologists. CTL, M-FV

Month 1Advertise to communities for problems with OGC implementations, candidates for IEs and

representatives WMS in particularMonth 2

Prioritise concerns Month 3

Discuss and formalise plan for Boston TC (circulate at EGOWS (De Bilt) for commentProposals for interoperability experiments, including coordination with GALEON, Oceans IE, etc.

Month 3-9WMS IEs

Months 6-12Proposals for changes to propose for existing standards. Draft WMS profile?Editor for standards documents? Metadata profile?WCS candidates for other IEs + representatives?Modelling ? Governance? Service Catalogues? WFS ?



Motion 1Motion 1

• The Meteorology ad hoc WG recommends that the OGC Technical Committee establish the Meteorology Domain Working Group. – Document 09-027 Meteorology DWG Charter to be adopted.

• Moved: Aaron Braeckel• Second: Doug Nebert

• Discussion: Charter to be modified to express that this DWG will coordinate through the ESS DWG.

• No objection to unanimous consent.



Motion 2Motion 2

• The Meteorology ad hoc WG requests that OGC establish a formal MoU with WMO.

• Moved: Aaron Braeckel• Second: Andrew Woolf




Motion 3Motion 3

• The Meteorology ad hoc WG nominates Chris Little as Co-chair.

• Moved: Aaron Braeckel• Second: Andrew Woolf




Motion 4Motion 4

• The Meteorology ad-hoc WG recommends that the TC approve the Meteorology WG email list be open to public participation. This will allow for broader engagement of the Meteorology community and dialogue on requirements, use cases, and so forth.

• Moved: from the chair


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Copyright © 2009, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. March 2009 Meteorology Ad Hoc 68th OGC Technical Committee Αθήνα, Ελλάδα Chris Little, UK Met Office