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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Friends and Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to (bring your attention to)|(update you on), the latest from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) UAS Demonstration Campaign (UAS-DC) (<a href="https://community.wmo.int/en/uas-demonstration">https://community.wmo.int/en/uas-demonstration</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The WMO UAS-DC data format implementation and testing period is beginning nowish.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The WMO UAS-DC has implemented a framework for data sharing in all WMO domains and disciplines, the WMO Information System 2.0 (WIS 2.0). WIS 2.0 is based on the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) APIs and the MQTT publish-subscribe machine-to-machine
network protocol. WMO UAS-DC is specifying standard UAS data representation formats to be one of either: WMO-CF UAS Trajectory (based on approved WMO Experimental NetCDF Profiles), or WMO UAS BUFR.
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<p class="MsoNormal">NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Conventions are described here:
<a href="https://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-conventions/cf-conventions-1.9/cf-conventions.html">
https://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-conventions/cf-conventions-1.9/cf-conventions.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Code examples for the WMO UAS-DC pipelines are here: <a href="https://github.com/synoptic/wmo-uasdc">
https://github.com/synoptic/wmo-uasdc</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"WIS2 in a box" (<a href="https://docs.wis2box.wis.wmo.int/en/1.0b5/user/introduction.html">https://docs.wis2box.wis.wmo.int/en/1.0b5/user/introduction.html</a>) is a reference implementation of WIS 2.0, and a page showing openly accessible
instances can be found at: <a href="https://demo.wis2box.wis.wmo.int">https://demo.wis2box.wis.wmo.int</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An image of the interface is attached, showing surface winds being reported at the US Federal Airfield where I work. (This image is from the official US node,
<a href="https://wis2box.synopticdata.com">https://wis2box.synopticdata.com</a>, run by Synoptic Data, a US Public Benefit Corporation).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Stay safe, be well, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Don <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Don Sullivan <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">NASA Ames Research Center <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Bldg N245, Rm 131a/MS 245-4 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">P.O. Box 1 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Moffett Federal Airfield, CA 94035-0001 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Office: +1 650 604 0526 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Mobile: +1 650 714 9742 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">email: <a href="mailto:donald.v.sullivan@nasa.gov" title="mailto:donald.v.sullivan@nasa.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">donald.v.sullivan@nasa.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">- Winston Churchill </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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