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Capacity Development for Climate Services: Guidelines for National Meteorological and Hydrological Servi
These guidelines are intended to provide National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) and other climate service providers with up-to-date information on available resources, strategies, procedures and best practices to help develop their capacities in the provision and use of climate services at the global, regional and national level. The guidance focuses on enhancing the capacity of NMHSs in four key areas: institutional, infrastructural, procedural and human resources. These four areas must be considered together to achieve sustainable capacity development.
SP, 14. RA II and RA V Survey on the Use of Satellite Data
The purpose of the present RA II and RA V Survey on the Use of Satellite Data 2018 is to collect up-to-date information on WMO Members’ capabilities and needs regarding the use of satellite data in meteorological, climate, water and related environmental applications.
The survey was conducted under the leadership of the WMO Regional Coordination Groups on Satellite Data Requirements for Regional Association II and Regional Association V, that are the Regional Association II World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS). Project to Develop Support for ...
GFCS, 01. The Global Framework for Climate Services: Work Plan 2019–2020
In many parts of the world, disasters caused by natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods, landslides, drought, wildfires, tropical cyclones and associated storm surges, tsunami and volcanic eruptions have exacted a heavy toll in terms of the loss of human lives and the destruction of economic and social infrastructure, not to mention their negative impact on already fragile ecosystems. Indeed, the period between 1960 and 2000, witnessed an significant increase in the occurrence, severity and intensity of disasters, especially during the 1990s. This trend poses a major threat to sustainable ...
Vision for the WMO Integrated Global Observing System in 2040
This document provides high-level targets to guide the evolution of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) in the coming decades. This vision (henceforth referred to as the “Vision for WIGOS in 2040” or simply the “Vision”) replaces the “Vision for the Global Observing System in 2025”, which was adopted by the Executive Council at its sixty-first session in June 2009. In many ways, the 2025 Vision foreshadowed the development of WIGOS, whereas the current document anticipates a fully developed and implemented WIGOS framework that supports all act ...
CREWS Report Series Annual Report, 03. CREWS 2019 Annual Report
Project Portfolio Status Summary Report June – November 2019
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; World Bank the; Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery, the ; et al. - WMO, 2020By aligning its programming with other investments, CREWS is enabling its country partners to generate additional funding for greatest impact. CREWS impact is monitored through its results-based Monitoring Framework.
GCOS, 232. Report of the twenty-seventh session of the WMO-IOC-UNEP-ISC steering committee for GCOS
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC); et al. - WMO, 2020
2019/ No.4 - December 2019
Notably contains:
- Latest WMO climate science informs negociations at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25)
- WMO addresses high-level segment of COP25
- Decade of exceptional global heat and high-impact weather marks close of 2019
- State of Climate Services report shows significant cost benefit of investments in climate services for agriculture and food security
- WMO joins new partnership on renewable energy
- WMO voices concern about radio frequency decision
- Nomination of WMO Experts by Permanent Representatives now facilitated throug ...
Vol. 68(2) - 2019 - Realizing the WMO 2030 Vision
Contains:
Realizing the WMO Vision for 2030: An interview with Secretary-General Petteri Taalas
By Sylvie Castonguay, p.2
Copernicus Joining Forces with WMO on GFCS
By Erica Allis, Jean-Nöel Thépaut, Carlo Buontempo, Rupa Kumar Kolli, Wilfran Moufouma Okia, Berit Arheimer, Abdu Ali, Joni Dehaspe and Christian Birkel, p.5
Sustainability of Atmospheric Observations in Developing Countries
By Paolo Laj, Marcos Andrade, Ranjeet Sokhi, Claudia Volosciuk and Oksana Tarasova, p.14
Changing Volatile Organi ...
Vol. 68(1) - 2019 - WMO for the 21st Century
Contains:
Preface: WMO for the 21st Century
By David Grimes and Petteri Taalas, p.2
The Smart Organization for the Future
By Gerhard Adrian, p.4
Data and Systems Perspective on Constituent Body Reform
By Sue Barrell, p.7
Data Sharing for Sustainable Development: the WMO Information System (WIS) 2.0
By Jane Wardle and Jeremy Tandy, p.12
Extreme-scale Computing and Data Handling - the Heart of Progress in Weather and Climate Prediction
By Peter Bauer, Michael C ...
Manual on the Global Data-processing and Forecasting System (WMO-No. 485): Annex IV to the WMO Technical Regulations
In 2022, the Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems (INFCOM) decided to adopt WMO Integrated Processing and Prediction System and WIPPS as the new name and acronym of the future GDPFS (Recommendation 23 (INFCOM-2)). The process of changing GDPFS to WIPPS in the Manual on the GDPFS will occur progressively.
This manual is designed to facilitate cooperation in data-processing and forecasting among Members; to specify obligations of Members in the implementation of the Global Data-processing and Forecasting System (GDPFS); and to ensure adequate uniformi ...
WMO Guidelines on Emerging Data Issues
These WMO Guidelines on Emerging Data Issues are the result of a request made at the seventeenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-17) to provide clarity and guidance for Members in navigating the rapidly changing world of data and data technologies, and especially to provide some insight regarding trends and emerging challenges in data and their use (WMO, 2015a). While these Guidelines necessarily refer to technical aspects of data, the focus is on the impact (positive and negative) of emerging data issues on WMO systems, on the systems and services provided by WMO Members, and how Members mi ...
WMO Strategic Plan 2020-2023
The Strategic Plan adopted by the Eighteenth World Meteorological Congress, in June 2019, sets the directions and priorities to guide the activities of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) during 2020–2023 and up to 2030 to enable all Members to improve their information, products and services.
Manual on Codes - International Codes, Volume I.2, Annex II to the WMO Technical Regulations : Part B – Binary Codes, Part C – Common Features to Binary and Alphanumeric Codes
Volume I contains WMO international codes for meteorological data and other geophysical data relating to meteorology. The relevant regulations are given for each code form.
Guide to WMO Information System (WMO-No. 1061)
In conjunction with the Manual on the WMO Information System (Manual on WIS) (WMO-No. 1060), the Guide to the WMO Information System (Guide to WIS) is designed to ensure adequate uniformity and standardization in the data, information and communication practices, procedures and specifications employed among WMO Members in the operation of the WMO Information System (WIS) as it supports the mission of WMO. The Manual on WIS, Annex VII to the WMO Technical Regulations (WMO-No. 49), contains standard and recommended practices, procedures and specifications. The Guide to WIS contains additional in ...
Guide to the WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WMO-No. 1165)
This edition of the Guide provides material relevant to some of the new WIGOS-related regulations. The topics cover the new system of WIGOS station identifiers, the new requirements to record and make available metadata as specified in the WIGOS Metadata Standard, the new Observing Systems Capability Analysis and Review (OSCAR) tool to be used by Members to submit metadata for WMO global compilation, the new observing network design principles, national WIGOS implementation, WIGOS data partnerships, Regional WIGOS Centres, and WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System for surface-based observations ...
Basic Documents, 2. Technical Regulations, Volume I: General Meteorological Standards and Recommended Practices
The Technical Regulations are determined by the World Meteorological Congress in accordance with Article 8 (d) of the Convention.
These Regulations are designed:
(a) To facilitate cooperation in meteorology and hydrology among Members;
(b) To meet, in the most effective manner, specific needs in the various fields of application of meteorology and operational hydrology in the international sphere;
(c) To ensure adequate uniformity and standardization in the practices and procedures employed in achieving (a) and (b) above.
Manual on the WMO Information System (WMO-No. 1060) : Annex VII to the WMO Technical Regulations
The Manual on the WMO Information System (WMO-No. 1060) is designed to ensure adequate uniformity and standardization of data, information and communications practices, procedures and specifications employed among World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Members in the operation of the WMO Information System (WIS) as it supports the mission of the Organization.
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