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cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre from Need to Action Zagreb, 17 th May 2012 MSc Ivan Čačić, Director President of the WMO Region VI (Europe) WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr CONTENT 1. How to reach marine information Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service 2. How it started and evolved 3. Current status and results WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 1. How to reach marine information Different kind of WEB portals, languages, possibilities Slovenia Croatia Montenegro Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 1. How to reach marine information Different kind of WEB portals, languages, possibilities Italy Greece Bulgaria Romania WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 1. How to reach marine information Different data and products Slovenia Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro PLIMA I OSEKA Prognoza za Luku Bar Albania WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 1. How to reach marine information Different data and products Italy Greece Bulgaria Romania WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 2. How it started and evolved WMO Office for Europe initiative 2005 • Explore NMHSs investment to building capacities of the sub-regional centres of excellence in order to ü prevent risk of the Single European Sky “sindrome” that could endanger the role of NMHS, particular in developing countries, by possibility of eventual apperance of a single EU Meteorological Service ü preserve sustainability of the NMHS performance • Build up centres of excellens as a core of the member partners (NMHSs) consortium to respond to the ü specific country needs ü country strategic goals in the sub-regional context WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 2. Ongoing projects How it started and evolved Informal Conference of Directors for South-East Europe (ICEED) v Regional instrument centre – RIC (Ljubljana, Slovenia) Pilot projects v Sub-regional drought management centre Slovenia, for SE Europe (Slovenia , Romania, . . . ) v Sub-regional GCOS training centre for usage of satellite data in climate monitoring (Zagreb, Croatia) v Sub-regional climate centre (Belgrade, Serbia) v Regional education and training centre on NWP in SEE (Bucharest, Romania) v Sub-regional marine meteorological centre for Eastern Adriatic (Split, Croatia) Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service v Regional agrometeorology centre (Chisinau, Moldova) v Sub-regional marine meteorological centre for Black Sea (Bulgaria, Romania) May, 2006 Main outcomes and recommendations v Sub-regional hydrology centre (Ohrid, FRY Macedonia) ICEED welcome d the creation of such a centre of excellenc e located in Croatia WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 2. How it started and evolved DHMZ – activities for establishing the WIS DCPC MMC October, 2006 Podstrana near Split ü unanimous support of foundation of Sub-Regional Marine meteorological center ü commitment for future cooperation with DHMZ to achieve this goal The first meeting of the interested parties from Croatia ü DHMZ initiated the procedure for cost benefit study for Sub-Regional Marine Meteorological Centre v. National Meteorological and Hydrological Service v. Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries v. Croatian Hydrographic Institute Representatives of all institutions v. Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb v. State Directorate on Resque and Protection whose activities are connected to v. Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and infrastructure naval meteorology v. Croatian Navy v. Plovput d. o. o. Split v. Faculty of Maritime Studies, Universitiy of Split v. Faculty of Maritime Studies, University of Rijeka WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 2. How it started and evolved DHMZ – activities for establishing the WIS DCPC MMC October, 2007 ICEED Members supported the proposal that: 2007 ICEED Meeting, Belgrade, Serbia Sub-Regional Marine meteorological center should seek recognition under the WMO Information System (WIS) as an official Data Collection or Production Centre (DCPC) for the Eastern Adriatic November, 2007 Dr Robert Sherman, establisher and first co-president of the JCOMM, has been engaged for producing a Feasibility study for the Specialised Marine Meteorological Centre as the WIS-DCPC Entity WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 2. How it started and evolved May, 2008 DHMZ – activities for establishing the WIS DCPC MMC Conclusions R. J. Shearman Potential for the Creation of a Specialized Marine Meteorological Centre for the Eastern Adriatic as the WIS-DCPC Entity in the Republic of Croatia • DHMZ should be able to develop improved services consistent with a centre of excellence for marine meteorology • Cooperation with other agencies, particularly the Hydrographic Institute and Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, will be essential in developing future products • It is essential that the number of graduate staff be increased and provide a 24 hour service The Feasibility Study was completed • DHMZ Marine Office in Split, and its satellite office in Rijeka, is well placed geographically, technically and by inclination, to become The Centre for Marine Meteorology in the Adriatic WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 2. How it started and evolved DHMZ – activities for establishing the WIS DCPC MMC December, 2008 ü Application to WMO as potential WIS-DCPC for Marine Meteorology in Croatia ü Initiative also recognized in the ANNEX C (ER 7) of the WMO RA VI Strategic Plan (2008 – 2011) that was approved in 2009 March, 2009 ü Acceptance of the application by the WMO - CBS XIV (Dubrovnik, Croatia) by the ANNEX VIII to paragraph 9. 5 of the General Summary List of identified 100 WIS centres from over 35 countries and their functions for demonstration of their WIS capabilities WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 2. How it started and evolved DHMZ – activities for establishing the WIS DCPC MMC November, 2009 ü Recognition of the initiative by the Doc 10. 1 at the JCOMM III (Marrakech, Morocco) 10. 1. 4 The Commission noted that WIS had moved from development to implementation and thanked the Members/Member States from/such as. . . Croatia for their initiative in having their ocean and marine centres identified early as WIS DCPC. May, 2011 ü Follow up designation process as the WIS DCPC MMC at the 16 th WMO Congress Cg-XVI, Annex to draft Resolution 11. 4/1 Table 4: Centres that have registered to be considered for the role of GISC and/or DCPC of the WIS, but for which the demonstration of preoperational compliance requirements had not been completed at the time of submitting papers to Sixteenth Congress WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 3. Current status and results DHMZ – activities in marine meteorology DHMZ – Weather Analysis and Forecast Division Department • Activities mostly trough the Marine Meteorological Centre (Offices Split and Rijeka) to facilitate ü production and distribution of reliable forecasts ü warnings and other information related to sea weather Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service ü climate in the Adriatic area Marine Meteorological Centre Department MMC Office WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 3. Current status and results DHMZ – activities in marine meteorology Marine Meteorological Centre • Activities are based upon Safety of Life at Sea - SOLAS Convention. • The weather bulletin is issued regularly three times per day: ü ü ü warnings brief synoptic analysis weather forecast visibility and sea state weather reports from the selected stations WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

3. Current status and results cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr DHMZ – activities in marine meteorology Marine Meteorological Centre 11 th May 2012 15 UTC Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service 18, 5 o. C 22, 4 o. C Sea surface temperature Island Mljet 20, 4 o. C • Specific data and products for different users WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 3. Current status and results DHMZ – activities in marine meteorology Marine Meteorological Centre • 10 m Wind gust field (12 Z 11 May 2012 UTC + 36 h) • Synoptic chart • Sea surface temperatires WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 3. Current status and results February, 2012 WIS DCPC recognition process by the DWD GISC assistance GISC - Global Information System Centre etter. D DWD - Deutcher Wetter Dienst • WIS Workshop DWD-DHMZ in Offenbach, Germany with the conclusions ü DHMZ Croatia is going to connect as a WIS-NC (National Centre) to GISC Offenbach as principal GISC ü DHMZ will edit the WIS Metadata at GISC Offenbach Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service ü DHMZ is going to implement the Marine Meteorology Centre as a DCPC by in-house development together with students from universities ü Promising open-source tool for file transfer at DHMZ IS the Automatic File Distributor AFD • Letter the PR of Croatia to the WMO Secretary General announcing that: ü DHMZ fulfills requirements for WIS NC ü DHMZ NC is ready to be active and operational ü The principal GISC is at DWD Offenbach ü Focal point for WIS DCPC at DHMZ is Mrs. Klarić Dijana ü Activities in forming the DCPC Marine Meteorology Centre are ongoing WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 3. April, 2012 Current status and results WIS DCPC recognition process by the WMO Start Jump assistance • Four day Start Jump assistance by Mr. Timo Pröscholdt, WMO Programme Officer, WMO Information System (WIS) Outcomes • Assistance in DCPC certificate accomplisment Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service ü Fulfillment of the WIS Questionnaire for the accomplishment of the DCPC candidature ü Building up DCPC data and product inventory including metadata (essential data and additional data with pointers to products source) ü Building up DCPC Data organization and architecture supporting metadata form and international exchange ü Building up DCPC WEB portal (basic configuration) with integrated data, products and metadata WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr 3. Current status and results WIS DCPC recognition process by the WMO Start Jump assistance Outcomes • Assistance in DCPC performance ü Data and products exchange on the sub-regional level as well as the way of communication (e. g. RMDCN, INTERNET) Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service ü Establishment of the DCPC contact (e-mail): dcpc-ammc@cirus. dhz. hr ü DCPC templates for marine data and products (e. g. Marine comprise templates for marine reports are caring, Adriatic include templets for numerical model products) • Trial Adriatic User List of Products ü boats and nautical toursime ü general nautical safety ü costal area • Trial Essential Numerical Models Products ü wind and wind gust (speed and direction) from ALADIN ü waves (height, speed and direction) downscaling from ECMWF WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012

cacic @ cirus. dhz. hr Ivan Čačić Meteorological and Hydrological Service Follow up (DCPC WEB portal with data and products) in the Presentation 2 Thank you WMO RA VI Workshop on establishing WIS-DCPC / WIGOS Marine Meteorological Centre as a RA VI Sub-Regional Facility for Adriatic Sea Area, Zagreb, 17 th May 2012