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Catalysing Innovation: WWRP Implementation Plan 2016-2023, part 1 : (1st Booklet – Draft 1Apr2016)
The World Weather Research Programme has been established in 1998 for addressing the growing societal impacts of a range of high-impact weather events, such as landfalling hurricanes and heavy rainfall. It served as an international umbrella beneath which many international and national research programs related to weather prediction can function more effectively. It initiated, endorsed, and facilitated projects that required an especially large critical mass of effort. [...]
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Overview of natural disasters and their impacts in Asia and the Pacific, 1970 - 2014
The paper provides a review of natural disasters and their impacts in Asia and the Pacific by disaster type, sub region and level of development. The first section looks at the occurrence of natural disaster events. This is followed by an analysis of fatalities and economic loss in sections two and three respectively. The short-term consequences of natural disasters on the economy are also mentioned. The final section briefly discusses aspects regarding exposure and vulnerability of countries in Asia and the Pacific.
GCOS - 1992 * 2012: 20 Years in Service for Climate Observations
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC); et al. - WMO, 2012The demand for information on global climate has never been greater.Many regions in the world are clearly impacted by changes in climate, and those changes need to be managed now.It took years of work by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), assessing the climate science literature, and by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), advancing the state of climate science, to raise the awareness that observations of climate need to be available on a global scale to underpin decisions.The year 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the system dedicated to providing the observational ...
SMOC - 1992 * 2012: 20 años trabajando por las observaciones del clima
SMOC - 1992 * 2012: 20 ans au service de l'observation du climat
Commission for Climatology: over eighty years of service
This brochure will facilitate an improved general understanding and perception of the role of the WMO Commission for Climatology (CCl), in particular in the context of the development of the new Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS), an initiative approved in 2009 by the third World Climate Conference (WCC-3).
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Thunder Events in China: 1980-2008
Using data collected at 517 weather stations in contiguous China over the period 1980-2008, characteristics of thunder events have been investigated. These characteristics include geographical distribution, interdecadal variation, annual variation, and seasonal variation. The areas with the highest frequencies of thunder events are located in the central Tibetan Plateau, Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guangdong. The annual number of thunder days increases from northern to southern China. But the frequency of thunder events over mountains and plateaus is much higher than the frequency of events over plai ...
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Renforcer les capacités dans le monde entier
Bulletin, Vol. 59 (1). OMM, 2010L’OMM aide depuis 60 ans les Services météorologiques et hydrologiques nationaux (SMHN) de ses Membres à renforcer leurs capacités dans plusieurs domaines critiques afin de favoriser leur croissance et leur perfectionnement.
IACPO Informal Report, 08. Arctic Climate System Study (ACSYS) - ACSYS Historical ice chart (1553-2002)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC); International Council for Science (ICSU) - WMO, 2003
Polar Satellite Products for the Operational Forecaster (POES) Module 1: POES Introduction
This Web-based module is a component of the Integrated Sensor Training (IST) Professional Development Series (PDS) Professional Competency Unit #6-Satellite Data and Products. Dr. Stan Kidder of the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) at Colorado State University is the principal science advisor for this module with significant assistance from Dr. Gary Hufford (NWS Alaska Region). The module provides an overview of current polar satellite products and their applications in forecasting situations and also contains a summary of instruments currently in use and a short his ...
WMO and the ozone issue
This booklet gives a brief account of the story of ozone in the atmosphere, focusing on WMO's continuous involvement over the last 35 years. It also deals concisely with the latest scientific findings of the 1991 stratospheric ozone assessment.
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