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1 Data Rescue and Climate Data Management Current Status and Plan for the Future Mr Omar Baddour Chief, Data Management Applications Division WMO Information System Branch Observing and Information System Department

2 Data Rescue and Climate data Management, WMO core activities Provision of Guidance on rescuing and digitizing old and recent climate records (ET-DARE) Implementation of project using modern tools Climate Data Management Systems (WMO,CCl- ET-CDMS) Training on tools, systems and data analysis (WMO, ET-DARE, ET-CDMS, ETCDDI) International and Regional collaboration on Climate Data Rescue, QC/Homogenisation, Analysis and Applications, etc. (IEDRO, ACRE,MEDARE, INDARE, WACA-DARE ) Ongoing Governance WMO Congress, Resolution 16 On Climate Data Requirements (CG-16, 2011), and GFCS Implementation Plan ( adopted by Congress-Ext in 2012)

3 Link with the GFCS: Transforming climate archives into high value climate information for supporting climate services DRR, CRM, Climate Adaptation. Climate Extremes: ET-CCDI indices Climate Watch System

4 MEDITERRANEAN DATA RESCUE INITIATIVE MEDARE

5 Supporting the national level Provide support to the Members for developing climate data projects and advise on priorities and implementation plans WMO-Data Management Applications Division WMO-Commission for Climatology (ET-DARE, ET-CDMS) Global Framework for Climate Services Partners and donors

6 Latest update on DARE projects Data Rescue is being accelerated world-wide. In Africa ongoing efforts by WMO and partners: In Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Guinea, (1) The activity is executed under, and funded by, the Programme of Cooperation for Climate Change Adaptation in West Africa component 4 : Implementation of data rescue programs and producing national climatologies

7 Status in Climate Data Management in the countries ( 2012) WMO Survey shows: 137 countries in 2012 ( 72 % of WMO Members) 92 % use computer systems to store their data, RDBMS, or Excel 18 % still using the outdated CLICOM system 40 % have their CDMS not properly working or out of service

8 Climate Data Management Specifications Commission for Climatology ET-CDMS

9 WMO Data Management Specifications, WMO No-1031, 2014 CCl published guidelines on CDMS specifications, with indicating mandatory, highly recommended and optional specifications (WMO-No.1131) WMO and CCl will have increasing task: To monitor permanently the development of the new version of CMDSs and their implementation CCl/ET-CDMS will play a pivotal role in advising WMO on these aspects To work with the countries on providing regular updates on the operational status of CDMSs in their NMHSs and report to the CCl and WMO Regional Associations and their WGs on Climate Services as well as partners workshops b.googledrive.com/host/0BwdvoC9AeWjU azhkntdxrxuzoeu/wmo_1131_en.pdf

10 Plan for the Future Towards an integrated approach for improving the quality and the management of climate data globally, High Quality Global Data Management Framework for Climate HQ-GDMFC Inter-Programme Expert Team on Climate Data Modernisation Programme

11 Building blocks of the HQ-GDMFC Develop consistent guidance around climate data from various sources, and metadata, including on standards for the defintion, preservation, archiving, management and information services; Boost the availability, discovery and the exchange of climate data with the required quality and timeliness (Leveraging on WIS); WMO Technical Regulations relevant to data and metadata (Manual) Integrate model and satellite derived climate data and information with station observations for vulnerable and data sparse areas. Managing Climate Data in association with Socio-economic data for application in DRR and Risk Management. (GFCS requirement)

12 International Data Rescue Portal (I-DARE) Commission fior Climatology ET-Data Rescue, an element of HQ-GDMFC Single entry portal to data rescue worldwide - Inventory of to-be-rescued and rescued data - Stimulation of best practices and knowlegde sharing - Promotion of applications using rescued data - Stimulation of new data rescue projects - Converge contents of new and existing DARE WebSites - Avoid duplication of data rescue activities - An information gate for donors - Promote citizen science to enhance DARE activities A white paper on I-DARE (endorsed by CCl-16) can be found at: f

13 Thank you

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