20 - 24 March 2023: Windhoek, Namibia 🇳🇦
Venue
Hotel Safari, Managed By Accor
Corner Of Auas Aviation Road, 9000 Windhoek, Namibia
Learning Objectives
- to be able to explain WIS2 architecture
- to be able to install and configure the WIS2 in a box software
- to be able to operate a WIS2 Node
Timetable
Day 1
| Time | Subject | Instructor(s) | Presentation(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8h30 - 9h | Registration | ||
| 09h - 11h | Opening photo and Round table | ||
| 11h - 11h30 | Break | ||
| 11h30 - 12h | WIS2 Implementation Plan | Hassan Haddouch | Presentation |
| 12h - 12h30 | WIS2 Architecture | Enrico Fucile | Presentation |
| 12h30 - 13h30 | Lunch break | ||
| 13h30 - 14h30 | Practical session: Connecting to WIS2 over MQTT | Maaike Limper/Timo Proescholdt | |
| 14h30 - 15h15 | Introducing WIS2 in a box | Tom Kralidis | Presentation |
| 15h15 - 15h45 | Break | ||
| 15h45 - 16h30 | WIS2 in a box case studies | Enrico Fucile | Presentation |
| 16h30 - 17h | Wrap-up / open issues | Timo Proescholdt |
Day 2
| Time | Subject | Instructor(s) | Presentation(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9h - 9h30 | The training environment | Timo Proescholdt | Presentation |
| 9h30 - 11h | Practical session: Accessing your student VM | Maaike Limper/Timo Proescholdt | |
| 11h - 11h30 | Break | ||
| 11h30 - 12h30 | WIS2 in a box architecture, project and installation | Tom Kralidis | Architecture Project and installation |
| 12h30 - 13h30 | Lunch break | ||
| 13h30 - 15h | Practical session: Installing WIS2 box with test data | Tom Kralidis/Maaike Limper | |
| 15h - 15h30 | Break | ||
| 15h30 - 16h30 | Practical session: Installing WIS2 box with test data | Tom Kralidis/Maaike Limper | |
| 16h30 - 17h | Group discussion: insights and challenges installing wis2box | Timo Proescholdt |
Day 3
| Time | Subject | Instructor(s) | Presentation(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9h - 10h | BUFR and ecCodes | Enrico Fucile | BUFR in a nutshell BUFR with ecCodes |
| 10h - 11h | Conversion to BUFR: synop2bufr | Enrico Fucile/Maaike Limper | SYNOP to BUFR |
| 11h - 11h30 | Break | ||
| 11h30 - 12h30 | Conversion to BUFR: csv2bufr | Enrico Fucile/Maaike Limper | CSV to BUFR |
| 12h30 - 13h30 | Lunch break | ||
| 13h30 - 14h | DAYCLI | Enrico Fucile | Daily Climate data (DAYCLI) |
| 14h - 14h30 | Practical session: Converting DAYCLI data to BUFR | Enrico Fucile | |
| 14h30 - 15h | Break | ||
| 15h - 16h30 | Convert your data | Enrico Fucile/Maaike Limper | |
| 16h30 - 17h | Group discussion: insights and challenges converting data to BUFR | Timo Proescholdt |
Day 4
| Time | Subject | Instructor(s) | Presentation(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9h - 11h | Installing wis2box with test data Configuring data mappings Configuring WIS2 discovery metadata Configuring station metadata |
Tom Kralidis/Maaike Limper | |
| 11h - 11h30 | Break | ||
| 11h30 - 12h30 | wis2box practical session: runtime configuration setup (continued) | Tom Kralidis/Maaike Limper | |
| 12h30 - 13h30 | Lunch break | ||
| 13h30 - 15h30 | Practical session: Data ingest and monitoring | Tom Kralidis/Maaike Limper | |
| 15h30 - 17h | Practical session: Downloading and finding data from WIS2 | Tom Kralidis/Maaike Limper | WIS2 data access |
Day 5
| Time | Subject | Instructor(s) | Presentation(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9h - 10h30 | Joining WIS2 as a WIS2 Node | Timo Proescholdt | Participating in the pilot phase as a WIS2 node |
| 10h30 - 11h | Next steps with WIS2 | Hassan Haddouch/Enrico Fucile | Next steps with WIS2 |
| 11h - 11h30 | Round table: participants' plans for WIS2 | all | WIS2 National Plan |
| 11h30 - 12h | Closing ceremony | all |
Participants
| Country | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algeria 🇩🇿 | Abderraouf KADEM |
| 2 | Congo 🇨🇬 | Francilly Lardin SAMBA |
| 3 | Eswatini 🇸🇿 | Mbongeni Ian GAMEDZE |
| 4 | Kenya 🇰🇪 | Peter Kipkorir MUTAI |
| 5 | Malawi 🇲🇼 | Patrick Edward MTINGWI |
| 6 | Morocco 🇲🇦 | Chems Eddine EL GARRAI |
| 7 | Namibia 🇳🇦 | Odillo KGOBETSI |
| 8 | Namibia 🇳🇦 | Laina AMUNJELA (Ms.) |
| 9 | Namibia 🇳🇦 | Seblonica IMALWA (Ms.) |
| 10 | Namibia 🇳🇦 | Prince Julian HAOSEB |
| 11 | Namibia 🇳🇦 | Uvatera TJIMUNE |
| 12 | Namibia 🇳🇦 | Vilho NDEUNYEMA |
| 13 | South Africa 🇿🇦 | Tshepo Hope TAWANE |
| 14 | South Africa 🇿🇦 | Teko Mohono |
| 15 | South Africa 🇿🇦 | Thula Ngidi |
| 16 | South Africa 🇿🇦 | Christa Ferreira (Ms.) |
| 17 | Tanzania 🇹🇿 | Rose Dudley SENYAGWA (Ms.) |
| 18 | Zambia 🇿🇲 | Naomi MUCHIPU (Ms.) |
| 19 | Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 | Joyce BANDA (Ms.) |
| 20 | Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 | Wilfred Janda CHAWAGUTA |
| 21 | Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 | Zvidzai Malvin KANENGONI |
Instructors
| Name | Organization |
|---|---|
| Enrico Fucile | WMO Secretariat 🇺🇳 |
| Hassan Haddouch | WMO Secretariat 🇺🇳 |
| Tom Kralidis | Meteorological Service of Canada 🇨🇦 |
| Maaike Limper | WMO Secretariat 🇺🇳 |
| Timo Proescholdt | WMO Secretariat 🇺🇳 |