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Operational provision for the hydrometeorological safety of the Transport Corridor Europe-Caucasus-Asia (TRACECA)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Всемирная Метеорологическая Организация (BMO) - WMO, 2000 (WMO-No. 917)This brochure describes the TRACECA Programme, launched by the European Union to develop a transport corridor from Europe to Central Asia. The National Hydrometeorological Services will provide assistance for the safety of operations along the route, which crosses a vast surface affected by a wide range of meteo-rological and hydrological phenomena. NMSs will reduce the impact of adverse hydrometeorological events on the transportation sector by providing, inter alia, operational hydrometeorological predictions, data monitoring and early warning systems, and land, coastal and marine forecasts, ...AGM, 01. Coping with Drought in Sub-Saharan Africa : Better Use of Climate Information
This report captures the Kadoma Ranch workshop deliberations on the outcome of the survey and recommendations for a programme to address farmers' needs for information on climate and drought. The major partners who supported this work include USAID, the US Drought Mitigation Center, the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, the UNCCD Global Mechanism and the Government of Zimbabwe through National Meteorological Directorate.AGM, 02. Early Warning Systems for Drought Preparedness and Drought Management
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Sivakumar Mannava V.K.; Wood Deborah A. - WMO, 2000 (WMO/TD-No. 1037)Effective drought early warning systems are an integral part of efforts worldwide to improve drought preparedness. Timely and reliable data and information must be the cornerstone of effective drought policies and plans. In pursuit of the goal of improving the effectiveness of drought early warning systems, participants of the experts meeting were asked to address three fundamental questions:
1. What is your assessment of the current status of drought early warning systems?
2. What are the shortcomings, limitations, and needs for drought early warning systems?
3. How ca ...
Early Warning Systems for Drought and Desertification: Role of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
This brochure describes the growing menace of drought and desertification. It highlights the importance of early warning systems, giving guiding principles for effective early warning. Some systems in use by National Meteorological and Hydrological Services are described.Groupe international de coordination du Système d'alerte aux tsunamis dans le Pacifique - 17e session
UNESCO, 2000International Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System in the Pacific - Seventeenth session
UNESCO, 2000GOOS, 86. Fifth session of the IOC/WMO/UNEP/ICSU Coastal Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC); et al. - UNESCO, 2000GOOS, 82. Fourth session of the IOC/WMO/UNEP/ICSU Coastal Panel of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC); et al. - UNESCO, 2000Statement at the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) - Programme Forum 1999
Obasi G.O.P; World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - WMO, 1999 (SG's lectures, speeches, statements-No. 104)Address at the opening of the International Workshop on West African Monsoon Variability and Predictability (WAMAP)
The 1997-1998 El Niño Event in brief
This publication reviews existing knowledge and capabilities for monitoring and forecasting ENSO in order to establish a sound basis for new strategies to mitigate the negative impacts and capitalize on potential positive benefits.
Weather, Climate and Health
A contribution to World Meteorological Day 1999, this draws attention to the linkages between climate, weather and health, and to the role of WMO and NMHSs in contributing to a safer and healthier world. It shows how humans are vulnerable to changes in meteorological conditions, such as extreme heat or sudden cold temperatures and harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun, and to weather events such as tropical cyclones and severe floods, which create favourable conditions for the transmission of various diseases.Proceedings of the WMO/UNESCO Sub-Forum on Science and Technology in Support of Natural Disaster Reduction
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - WMO, 1999 (WMO-No. 914)This publication includes 15 presentations made at the Sub-Forum convened jointly by WMO and UNESCO at the closing of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. Also included is the Sub-Forum Statement, which reflects the results and conclusions of the deliberations, and summarizes the major conclusions of the Sub-Forum.
The 1997-1998 El Niño Event: a Scientific and Technical Retrospective
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); et al. - WMO, 1999 (WMO-No. 905)This publication reviews existing knowledge and capabilities for monitoring and forecasting ENSO in order to establish a sound basis for new strategies to mitigate the negative impacts and capitalize on potential positive benefits.Address at the opening of the International workshop on West African moonsoon variability and predictability (WAMAP)
Obasi G.O.P - WMO, 1999
El episodio el Niño de 1997-1998: una retrospectiva científica y técnica
Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM); Comisión Oceanográfica Intergubernamental (COI); Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA); et al. - OMM, 1999 (OMM-No. 905)
L'épisode El Niño 1997-1998: rétrospective scientifique et technique
Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM); Commission Océanographique Intergouvernementale (COI); Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement (PNUE); et al. - OMM, 1999 (OMM-No. 905)
PCT, 42. Técnicas de satélite para estimar la cantidad de lluvia asociada a los ciclones tropicales
OMM, 1999 (OMM/DT (ES)-No. 975)
Actas del subforo OMM/UNESCO sobre ciencia y tecnología en respaldo de la reducción de los desastres naturales
Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM); Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) - OMM, 1999 (OMM-No. 914)
Discours liminaire prononcé à l'occasion de l'Atelier international sur la variabilité et la prévisibilité de la mousson en Afrique de l'ouest
Actes de la Conférence OMM/UNESCO sur les sciences et les techniques qui concourent à la prévention des catastrophes naturelles
Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM); Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'Education, la Science et et la Culture (UNESCO) - OMM, 1999 (OMM-No. 914)Handbook on Natural Disaster Reduction in Tourist Areas
World Tourism Organization (WTO) - WTO, 1998Address at the opening of the International IDNDR - Conference on Early Warning Systems for the Reduction of Natural Disasters
Opening address at the INM/WMO International Symposium on Cyclones and Hazardous Weather in the Mediterranean
MMROA Report, 38. Evaluation of the highest wave in a storm
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Lopatoukhin L.J.; Ryabinin V.E. - WMO, 1998 (WMO/TD-No. 858)"In the present note we consider only the problem of statistical estimation of the highest wave in a single storm. Issues related to evaluation of highest waves in a series of storms or those for longer periods (months or years) as well as n-years wave parameters deserve a separate publication."Lectures presented at the forty-eighth session of the WMO Executive Council
Three lectures are presented on the following themes: advances in the prediction of dust and sandstorms; advances in numerical weather prediction in the tropics with particular emphasis on the forecast of tropical cyclones; and status of seasonal predictions.Simposio internacional INM/OMM sobre ciclones y fenómenos meteorológicos adversos en el Mediterráneo
Statement at the first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
Statement at the opening of the second Joint Session of the WMO
CAgM Report, 73. Extreme agrometeorological events
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Dambe J.; Darnhofer T.; et al. - WMO, 1997 (WMO/TD-No. 836)Contains:
- Gommes, R. An Overview of Extreme Agrometeorological Events.
Perarnaud, V. Measures to Monitor and Predict the effects of Agricultural Drought.
- Dambe, D.D. Agrometeorological Inputs in Measures to Alleviate the Effects of Drought and to Combat Desertification.
- Darnhofer, T. Interactions of Desertification and Climate : An Overview.
- Pedgley, D.E. Agrometeorological Information for Locust Control.
- Mwongela, G.N. Agrometeorological Information for Monitoring the Spread of Animal Diseases.
- Bedson, G. Specific Aspects of Nat ...Lectures presented a the twelfth World Meteorological Congress
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Bojkov Rumen D.; Ogallo Laban; et al. - WMO, 1997 (WMO-No. 845)Contains: Status of the "Global warming" hypothesis by G.A. McBean; Global ozone change and possible climate implications by R.D. Bojkov; Interactions between desertification and climate processes by L.A Ogallo; Seasonal climate prediction - status and prospects by D.R. Rodenhuis.
Climate, drought and desertification
Desertification directly affects more than 250 million people in more than 100 countries. This brochure describes the contributions WMO is making to fighting drought and desertification.Allocution prononcée lors de la première session de la Conférence des parties à la Convention des Nations Unies sur la lutte contre la désertification
Выступление на первой сессии конференции сторон конвенции организации объединенных наций по борьбе сопустыниванием
Declaración hecha en el primer período de sesiones de la Conferencia de las partes en la Convención de las Naciones Unidas de lucha contra la desertificación
Water resource management and desertification: problems and challenges = Gestion de la ressource en eau et désertification: problèmes et défis
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; International Panel of Experts on Desertification - WMO, 1996 (WMO/TD-No. 735)Technical reports in hydrology and water resources, 51. Management overview of flood forecasting systems (MOFFS), Version 3
A points weighting method which enables the facilities and performance of individual flood forecasting systems to be simply described, monitored and assessed for management purposes.
Beyond the earth summit - WMO and the follow-up to UNCED
This brochure provides an overview of the action taken by the World Meteorological Organization, as a follow-up to UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), on those parts of Agenda 21, UNCED's blueprint for action, which are within its fields of interest and competence, such as those relating to the protection of the atmosphere, drought and desertification, and freshwater resources.
GCOS, 17. Report of the GCOS Atmospheric Observation Panel: second session
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); et al. - WMO, 1995 (WMO/TD-No. 696)Informes técnicos de hydrología y recursos hídricos, 51. Análisis de la gestión de los sistemas de predicción de crecidas (MOFFS), versión 3
Método de puntuación que permite describir, controlar y evaluar con fines de gestión las instalaciones y el rendimiento de los distintos sistemas de predicción de crecidas.Rapports techniques sur l'hydrologie et les ressources en eau, 51. Evaluation globale de la gestion des systèmes de prévision des crues (MOFFS), Version 3
Méthode simple d'évaluation par points permettant de décrire, de contrôler et d'évaluer les outils d'un système individuel de prévision de crue et leur efficacité en vue de sa gestion.
WCRP, 84. Proceedings of the International Conference on Monsoon Variability and Prediction (WMO/TD-No. 619), Volumes I and II
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU); Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC); et al. - WMO, 1994 (WMO/TD-No. 619)Denmark national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
Denmark - government, 1994This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Denmark, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.Dominican Republic national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Dominican Republic, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as cyclone, flood, tsunami, earthquake and wild fire. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.Norway national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
Norway - government, 1994This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Norway, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, wild fire, land slide, avalanche and tsunami. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.Botswana national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
Botswana - government, 1994This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Botswana, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as drought and insect infestation. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.British Virgin Islands national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in British Virgin Islands, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as hurricane, earthquake, tsunami, land slide and flood. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.Bulgaria national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
Bulgaria - government, 1994This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Bulgaria, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as earthquake, flood, landslide and wildfire. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.Burkina Faso national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Burkina Faso, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, wild fire, drought and insect infestation. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.Cameroon national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
Cameroon - government, 1994This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Cameroon, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as earthquake, flood and release of toxic gas. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.Canada national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
RSC, 1994This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Canada, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, wild fire, earthquake, land slide and volcano. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.Bermuda national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
Bermuda - government, 1994This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Bermuda, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as earthquake, flood, volcanic eruption, tornado, wildfire and hurricane. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.Colombia national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
Colombia - government, 1994This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Colombia, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as earthquake, volcano, tsunami, storm, land slide and flood. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.Cook Islands national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Cook Islands, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as drought, tsunami and cyclone. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.Cost Rica national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
Costa Rica - government, 1994This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Costa Rica, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, land slide, earthquake and volcano. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.Austria national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
Austria - government, 1994This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Austria, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as storm, avalanche, flood and landslide. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an evaluation of Austria’s progress, achievements and challenges in disaster risk reduction during the first half of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), and highlights suggested activities and plans for the rest of ID ...Azerbaijan national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
Azerbaijan - government, 1994^This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Azerbaijan, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as earthquake, landslide, flood and avalanche. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an evaluation of Azerbaijan’s progress, achievements and challenges in disaster risk reduction during the first half of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), and highlights suggested activities and plans for th ...Bangladesh national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
Bangladesh - government, 1994This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Bangladesh, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, storm, drought, and cyclone. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an evaluation of Bangladesh’s progress, achievements and challenges in disaster risk reduction during the first half of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), and highlights suggested activities and plans for the rest of ...Bhutan national report prepared for the IDNDR mid-term review and the 1994 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
Bhutan - government, 1994This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Bhutan, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, earthquake and land slide. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report provides an evaluation of Bhutan’s progress, achievements and challenges in disaster risk reduction during the first half of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), and highlights suggested activities and plans for the rest of IDNDR.
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