GTS of WMO
The coordinated
global system of telecommunication facilities and arrangements for the rapid
collection, exchange and distribution of observations and processed information
within the framework of the World Weather Watch. from WMO No 49 Technical
Regulations.
Inserting data
Data is inserted
onto the GTS by operational centers in real time, in the form of GTS reports
which are embedded within GTS bulletins identified by GTS bulletin headers to
make sure they reach the right operational centres. A number defined by WMO
identifies a platform within the messages.
Accessing data
Users can then
access data via national meteorological centres. Information about accessing
data is available on under data access.
Delays
The DBCP strives
to improve data throughput from all buoys and reduce the delays experienced
between a measurement being taken and the reception of the data by forecasters
and modeling centers.
The biggest source
of delays is between the buoy and the satellite and then between the satellite
and the ground station or data processing center. As bandwidth on connections
between GTS centers is now usually very good that is not a significant source
of delay. The improved satellite telecommunications available today have reduced
the delays in the system, in the last 20 years.
This is an area
that the DBCP works hard to improve across the global ocean.
A 'GTS delays' map
is produced to show average delays for the buoy network each month.
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