GSICS Data Working Group Action Items

Year 2011 Meeting in Daejeon, Korea (Meeting #5)

Action Ref. Description Assigned to Due date State  
GDWG05_01 Pending the 3rd GSICS user conference, the IPET-DRC: Inter-program Expert Team on Data Representation and Codes will be informed on the outcome with a view to endorse the proposed GSICS international data sub-categories into the WMO GTS. (go to action) AleksandarJelenak 01 Oct 2011 open edit
GDWG05_02 Each GPRC are requested to inform the GCC what instrument information is available. GCC to provide links to this information on its website.

Action item for GCC. (go to action)

Main.All_GPRCs 01 Mar 2012 closed edit
GDWG05_03 For instrument information, open discussion with CGMS on what they want and to what level of detail.

Action item for GCC. (go to action)

RobertIacovazzi 01 Mar 2012 closed edit
GDWG05_04 All GPRCs are requested to examine the draft for recording GSICS processing history using ISO 19115 metadata and prepare feedback for the next GSICS Joint Meeting. (go to action) Main.All_GPRCs 01 Mar 2012 closed edit
GDWG05_05 WMO GSICS Portal: Update the GSICS Wiki link to point to the correct location. (go to action) JLafeuille@wmo.int 01 Mar 2012 closed edit
GDWG05_06 WMO GSICS Portal: Create a generic webmaster address to receive feedback on the website. (go to action) JLafeuille@wmo.int 01 Mar 2012 closed edit
GDWG05_07 WMO GSICS Portal: Add existing GSICS collaboration servers to the right hand navigation bar:
http://gsics.eumetsat.int/thredds
http://gsics.nesdis.noaa.gov:8080/thredds (go to action)
JLafeuille@wmo.int 01 Mar 2012 closed edit
GDWG05_08 GCC website: All GSICS Quarterlies should be available, not just the latest edition. (go to action) RobertIacovazzi 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_09 GCC website: GSICS meetings page need update to point to the new Wiki domain name. (go to action) RobertIacovazzi 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_10 GCC website: Link to the official Executive Panel minutes on the WMO website instead of the local versions. (go to action) RobertIacovazzi 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_11 GCC website: Create a generic webmaster address to receive feedback on the website. (go to action) RobertIacovazzi 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_12 GCC website: GSICS PPA page need update to point to the new Wiki domain name. (go to action) RobertIacovazzi 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_13 GCC website: GSICS Baseline Satellite Instrument Inter-Calibration Analyses needs to be updated. (go to action) RobertIacovazzi 01 Mar 2012 closed edit
GDWG05_14 GCC website: Add an instrument information status page under the Instrument Info Kiosk. (go to action) RobertIacovazzi 01 Mar 2012 open edit
GDWG05_15 GCC website: Add WMO GSICS Portal link above GCC Home link to go back to the portal. (go to action) RobertIacovazzi 01 Mar 2012 closed edit
GDWG05_16 GCC website: Move Partner GSIC Sites into Links and expand this to show them. (go to action) RobertIacovazzi 01 Mar 2012 closed edit
GDWG05_17 GCC website: Add GSICS collaboration servers to the partner navigation links. (go to action) RobertIacovazzi 01 Mar 2012 closed edit
GDWG05_18 CMA GPRC website: Replace old GSICS logo with the new one.

Closed because CMA reported a redesign of their GSICS site. (go to action)

Liyuan@cma.gov.cn 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_19 CMA GPRC website: Create a generic webmaster address to receive feedback on the website.

Closed because CMA reported a redesign of their GSICS site. (go to action)

Liyuan@cma.gov.cn 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_20 CMA GPRC website: Fix the broken Download button/link on the instrument performance monitoring (IPM) webpages.

Closed because CMA reported a redesign of their GSICS site. (go to action)

Liyuan@cma.gov.cn 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_21 NOAA GPRC website: Improve location of the GSICS logo in the banner. Move it more to the left so it can be seen in a browser window. (go to action) XiangqianWu 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_22 NOAA GPRC website: All GSICS wiki links need to update to the new domain name. (go to action) XiangqianWu 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_23 NOAA GPRC website: Fix Organisation broken link. (go to action) XiangqianWu 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_24 NOAA GPRC website: Create a generic webmaster address to receive feedback on the website. (go to action) XiangqianWu 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_25 NOAA GPRC website: In the Contact us page, there are 2 different contact email addresses. Have only the correct one. (go to action) XiangqianWu 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_26 NOAA GPRC website: Satellite vs. In-situ does not work. Remove or update. (go to action) XiangqianWu 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_27 NOAA GPRC website: Update the EUMETSAT GPRC website link to be the same as the page pointed to by the WMO GSICS portal. (go to action) XiangqianWu 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_28 EUMETSAT GPRC website: No links to other GPRC websites. (go to action) PeterMiu 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_29 All GPRC should have a GSICS product status table. See GSICS Product Status Summary table here. (go to action) PeterMiu 01 Mar 2012 open edit
GDWG05_30 JMA GPRC website: Add "Navigation and" to the title of the home page to be consistent with the tabs there. (go to action) YukiKosaka 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_31 JMA GPRC website: Create a generic webmaster address to receive feedback on the website. (go to action) YukiKosaka 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_32 Follow up the status of the KMA GPRC website. (go to action) AleksandarJelenak 01 Mar 2012 closed edit
GDWG05_33 Fixed the history string (to be same as the JMA's).
Add processing_level.

MFG15
Add source to global metadata and not source_formats.
Add filename to global metadata and not wmo_filename.

MSG15
Add source to global metadata and not source_formats.
Add filename to global metadata and not wmo_filename.

Add coordinates: "lon lat" to the channel variables.

IASI
Add source to global metadata and not source_formats.
Add filename to global metadata and not wmo_filename.

Coordinate axis type for time variable needs to be added:
_CoordinateAxisType: "Time".

Closing remarks: EUMETSAT will present their netCDF convention at the 2012 Joint WG Meeting. (go to action)

PeterMiu 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_34 rScript automatically generates a coordinate variable when a dimension is defined. Need to find a solution to fix this. (go to action) YukiKosaka 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_35 GRWG to provide feedback on the 13 proposed new standard names, especially their definitions, before GDWG re-submits them to the CF committee. (go to action) TimHewison 30 Apr 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_36 Check with CF committee if there is any progress on the standard names submission. (go to action) AleksandarJelenak 30 Apr 2011 late edit
GDWG05_37 NetCDF subsetting service is able to extract information from files to build a new netCDF file. This works only for discrete sampling geometries. It would be good for this to be available for GSICS data. Contact Unidata to see if this service can be adapted to the GSICS products. (go to action) PeterMiu 01 Mar 2012 closed edit
GDWG05_38 The GRWG is required to inform the GDWG on what GSICS products are required to be archived. It is expected that NRTC products are not archived but are available on a rolling repository basis. The RAC product should be archived. (go to action) TimHewison 01 Jan 2012 open edit
GDWG05_39 The NOAA THREDDS server should be updated to follow the agreed URL path directory structure. (go to action) AleksandarJelenak 01 Jan 2012 closed edit
GDWG05_40 EUMETSAT server needs update to the URL path from msg2-mviri-metopa-iasi-demo-rac to rac-msg2-mviri-metopa-iasi-demo (also check the RAC URL path duplicates as reported by the Unidata’s ToolsUI). (go to action) PeterMiu 01 Jan 2012 open edit
GDWG05_41 NOAA’s THREDDS server is required to hide the path and show something similar to rac-msg2-mviri-metopa-iasi-demo in the URL path for a product. (go to action) AleksandarJelenak 01 Jan 2012 closed edit
GDWG05_42 The GRWG is asked to confirm that the source and intermediate data sets are not required as a pre-requisite for product validation using different ATBDs. (go to action) TimHewison 01 Jan 2012 open edit
GDWG05_43 The server specification is required to be updated to reflect the new remote access of GPRC catalogues in THREDDS and also estimate the potential down time of a GISCS collaboration server. (go to action) PeterMiu 01 Mar 2012 open edit
GDWG05_44 Server upgrade to be proposed for the next GSICS meeting. (go to action) PeterMiu 01 Mar 2012 closed edit
GDWG05_45 A THREDDS template to configure remote catalogue access and metadata pages is to be created and shared amongst GPRCs. (go to action) PeterMiu 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_46 Change CF metadata convention version from 1.4 to 1.5. (go to action) AleksandarJelenak 30 Apr 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_47 Metadata convention updates:

date_create to be mandatory
standard_name_vocabulary: CF-1.5 to be mandatory

monitor_instrument and reference_instrument should be mandatory for GSICS products. Change the values from satellite/instrument names as strings to numbers from the WMO Manual on Codes Tables C-5 and C-8.

A variable’s standard name must be used if appropriate one exists. (go to action)

AleksandarJelenak 30 Apr 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_48 netCDF file content templates for current GSICS products to be prototyped on the wiki for further discussion. (go to action) AleksandarJelenak 30 Apr 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_49 GRWG is required to specify what type of data are to be displayed; the terminologies for labelling need to be clarified and agreed. Also confirm the plotting is for time series data only. (go to action) TimHewison 01 Jun 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_50 Experiment with the ncISO plugin for THREDDS to generate ISO 19115 metadata directly from GSICS netCDF files. Consult a WIS metadata expert to evaluate the generated content and based on the feedback identify what needs to be improved or changed. (go to action) AleksandarJelenak 01 Mar 2012 closed edit
GDWG05_51 Implement voluntary GSICS user registration system on the GCC website.

Closing remark: The action item is superseded by the GSICS user registration and messaging system discussion at EP-10. (go to action)

RobertIacovazzi 01 Sep 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_52 Propose to the Executive Panel creation of a GSICS announcements Google group as a tool for communicating operational information to GSICS users.

Closing remark: The action item is superseded by the GSICS user registration and messaging system discussion at EP-10. (go to action)

AleksandarJelenak 15 Jun 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_53 Discuss with the Executive Panel where the helpdesk should be created; GCC or GPRC helpdesks. Resources or budget available, etc. (go to action) AleksandarJelenak 15 Jun 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_54 Ask the GCC if GPPA automation is required and what would the functionality be. (go to action) AleksandarJelenak 01 Nov 2011 closed edit
GDWG05_55 The GDWG requires representatives from all member organisations to attend to be effective. New members need to be identified and to attend future GDWG meetings. Please contact GDWG chair on your nomination. (go to action) AleksandarJelenak 01 Mar 2012 closed edit

Topic revision: r23 - 14 Apr 2013, AleksandarJelenak
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