Guide to the WMO Integrated Global Observing System
- Collection(s)
- Technical > Guides and other guidance
- Author(s)
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
- Published by
- WMO
- Published in
- Geneva
- Year published
- 2019
- Edition/update
- 2019 edition, updated in 2021
- Summary
This edition of the Guide provides material relevant to some of the new WIGOS-related regulations. The topics cover the new system of WIGOS station identifiers, the new requirements to record and make available metadata as specified in the WIGOS Metadata Standard, the new Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) tool to be used by Members to submit metadata for WMO global compilation, the new observing network design principles, national WIGOS implementation, WIGOS data partnerships, Regional WIGOS Centres, and WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System for surface-based observations.
- Language of publication
- English
- Other language(s)
- French, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic
- Number of pages
- 111 p.
- Format
- Digital
- ISBN
- 978-92-63-11165-4
- Material type
- Guide
- Official number
- WMO-No. 1165
- WMO Programmes
- Global Observing System (GOS); Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme (IMOP)
- Topics
- Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS); Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System (GSICS); WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS)