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WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION COMMISSION FOR BASIC SYSTEMS EXTRAORDINARY SESSION CAIRNS, 4–12 DECEMBER 2002 ABRIDGED FINAL REPORT WITH RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WMO-No. 955 Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization - Geneva - Switzerland REPORTS OF RECENT WMO SESSIONS Congress and Executive Council 883 — Executive Council. Fiftieth session, Geneva, 16–26 June 1998. 902 — Thirteenth World Meteorological Congress. Geneva, 4–26 May 1999. 903 — Executive Council. Fifty-first session, Geneva, 27–29 May 1999. 915 — Executive Council. Fifty-second session, Geneva, 16–26 May 2000. 929 — Executive Council. Fifty-third session, Geneva, 5–15 June 2001. 932 — Thirteenth World Meteorological Congress. Proceedings, Geneva, 4–26 May 1999. 945 — Executive Council. Fifty-fourth session, Geneva, 11–21 June 2002. Regional associations 924 — Regional Association II (Asia). Twelfth session, Seoul, 19–27 September 2000. 927 — Regional Association IV (North and Central America). Thirteenth session, Maracay, 28 March–6 April 2001. 934 — Regional Association III (South America). Thirteenth session, Quito, 19–26 September 2001. 942 — Regional Association VI (Europe). Thirteenth session, Geneva, 2–10 May 2002. 944 — Regional Association V (South–West Pacific). Thirteenth session, Manila, 21–28 May 2002. 954 — Regional Association I (Africa). Thirteenth session, Mbabane, 20–28 November 2002. Technical commissions 893 — Commission for Basic Systems. Extraordinary session, Karlsruhe, 30 September–9 October 1998. 921 — Commission for Hydrology. Eleventh session, Abuja, 6–16 November 2000. 923 — Commission for Basic Systems. Twelfth session, Geneva, 29 November–8 December 2000. 931 — Joint WMO/IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology. First session, Akureyri, 19–29 June 2001. 938 — Commission for Climatology. Thirteenth session, Geneva, 21–30 November 2001. 941 — Commission for Atmospheric Sciences. Thirteenth session, Oslo, 12–20 February 2002. 947 — Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation. Thirteenth session, Bratislava, 25 September–3 October 2002. 951 — Commission for Agricultural Meteorology. Thirteenth session, Ljubljana, 10–18 October 2002. 953 — Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology. Twelfth session, Montreal, 16–20 September 2002. 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WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION COMMISSION FOR BASIC SYSTEMS EXTRAORDINARY SESSION CAIRNS, 4–12 DECEMBER 2002 ABRIDGED FINAL REPORT WITH RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WMO-No. 955 Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization - Geneva - Switzerland 2003 © 2003, World Meteorological Organization ISBN 92-63-10955-9 NOTE The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. C O N T E N T S Page GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE SESSION 1. OPENING OF THE SESSION ............................................................................................................................. 1 2. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION .................................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Consideration of the report on credentials................................................................................................ 2 2.2 Adoption of the agenda.............................................................................................................................. 2 2.3 Establishment of committees ..................................................................................................................... 2 2.4 Other organizational questions .................................................................................................................. 2 3. REPORT BY THE ACTING PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION............................................................................. 2 4. REVIEW OF DECISIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL RELATED TO THE COMMISSION...................................... 3 5. STATUS OF WORLD WEATHER WATCH IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION.................................................... 5 6. WORLD WEATHER WATCH PROGRAMME, SUPPORT FUNCTIONS AND PUBLIC WEATHER SERVICES, INCLUDING THE REPORTS BY THE CHAIRPERSONS OF THE OPEN PROGRAMME AREA GROUPS........................ 6 6.1 Integrated observing systems ..................................................................................................................... 8 6.2 Information systems and services .............................................................................................................. 19 6.3 Data-processing and forecasting systems ................................................................................................... 31 6.4 Public weather service ................................................................................................................................ 36 7. LONG-TERM PLANS ........................................................................................................................................ 41 7.1 Monitoring and evaluation of the Fourth and Fifth WMO Long-term Plans ........................................... 41 7.2 Preparation of the Sixth WMO Long-term Plan ........................................................................................ 42 8. FUTURE WORK PROGRAMME ......................................................................................................................... 43 9. REVIEW OF PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION AND RELEVANT RESOLUTIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ................................................................................................... 43 10. OTHER BUSINESS .......................................................................................................................................... 43 10.1 Operational information service ................................................................................................................ 43 10.2 Demonstration of Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre capabilities ............................................. 44 11. DATE AND PLACE OF THE THIRTEENTH SESSION ............................................................................................ 44 12. CLOSURE OF THE SESSION ............................................................................................................................. 44 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE SESSION Final Session No. No. 1 9/1 Review of previous resolutions and recommendations of the Commission for Basic Systems ... 46 IV ABRIDGED FINAL REPORT OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SESSION (2002) OF THE COMMISSION FOR BASIC SYSTEMS Page RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY THE SESSION Final Session No. No. 1 6.1/1 Review of the Manual on the Global Observing System (WMO-No. 544), Volume I, Global aspects................................................................................................................................ 47 2 6.1/x AMDAR activities........................................................................................................................... 47 3 6.2/1 Amendments to the Manual on the Global Telecommunication System (WMO-No. 386), Volume I, Global aspects, Parts I and II ........................................................................................48 4 6.2/x Amendments to the Manual on Codes (WMO-No. 306), Volume I.1, Alphanumeric codes and Volume I.2, Binary codes and common features .......................................................................... 54 5 6.3/1 Amendments to the Manual on the Global Data-processing System (WMO-No. 485)..................... 79 6 9/1 Review of resolutions of the Executive Council based on previous recommendations of the Commission for Basic Systems or related to the World Weather Watch...................................... 111 7 10.2/1 Broadening of the functions of a Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre to include the provisions of ultraviolet index forecasts for Europe ..................................................................... 111 ANNEXES I Procedures for observational data collection using e-mail over the Internet (agenda item 6.2.17 of the general summary)................................................................................................................... 112 II Reserved T1T2A1A2 abbreviated heading allocations for facilitating the migration to table-driven code forms (T1 = I (observations) or T1 = J (forecasts) for BUFR, and T1 = K for CREX)