2-02 Programme/network affiliation: Supersede CLIMAT(x) by RBON

[fstuerzl]

Proposal Summary

Summary and Purpose

Remove CLIMAT programmes from code table https://codes.wmo.int/wmdr/ProgramAffiliation. Their parent programme "RBCN" is already superseded by "RBON" (see metadata for https://codes.wmo.int/wmdr/ProgramAffiliation/_RBCN), so I suggest to also supersede CLIMAT(C), CLIMAT(CT) and CLIMAT(T) by RBON.
This follows up on issue #215 from FT-2021-1, in which RBCN and RBSN were superseded by RBON. In this issue the "leaves" below RBCN were not changed - probably by mistake. The "leaves" under RBSN, such as e.g. RBSN(p) https://codes.wmo.int/wmdr/ProgramAffiliation/_RBSNp were also superseded by RBON.

This inconsistency should be corrected in the next FT.

Proposal

Supersede CLIMAT(C), CLIMAT(CT) and CLIMAT(T) by RBON.

~9 June 2022

Notation	Name	Description	Supersede by
CLIMATc	CLIMAT(C)	Station for which monthly climatological means of surface elements are transmitted	RBON
CLIMATct	CLIMAT(CT)	Station for which monthly climatological means of both surface and upper- air elements are transmitted
CLIMATt	CLIMAT(T)	Station for which monthly climatological means of upper-air elements are transmitted

Reason

Correction of a mistake or inconsistency

Stakeholder(s)

@echarpent

Consultations

Context

#215

Expected Impact of Change

HIGH (for deprecated and superseded codes)

The migration of RBCN affiliations to RBON in OSCAR is already in development, so the effort to deal with this issue in OSCAR is not HIGH...

[echarpent]

I agree to remove CLIMAT programmes from the code table provided that we make it sure not to loose information in OSCAR/Surface for observing stations that were affiliated to them. In particular, (i) the corresponding observations in OSCAR/Surface ought to be associated to Climate Monitoring application area, and (ii) some information must be provided also in OSCAR/Surface that monthly climate summaries are normally made available.

[joergklausen]

@echarpent The WMDS code tables are used in OSCAR/Surface but our TT-WIGOSMD has no influence on that. If the removal of CLIMAT from the code lists is conditional on any implementation issues in OSCAR/Surface, then this needs to be cleared up first. For TT-WIGOSMD, we need a 'yes': CLIMAT can disappear, or a 'no': CLIMAT must remain as a child of xxx (and the XXX needs to be specified).

[echarpent]

For consistency with what we did with RBSN and RBCN, I suggest to drop CLIMAT from the code list. We'll find a way to deal with this outside of the scope of TT-WIGOSMD

[fstuerzl]

CLIMATc/t/ct were removed from table 2-02 (7c2caf8) and included in the superseded file (f4b7578).

@joergklausen, @gaochen-larc, please review the branch.

[joergklausen]

Thank you @fstuerzl, I am fine with these commits.

[gaochen-larc]

I reviewed the branch and agree with your changes @fstuerzl. Thank you!!!

[amilan17]

@fstuerzl - please review new branch.

[fstuerzl]

@amilan17, the new branch is correct.

[amilan17]

ready for FT