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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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Published by: WMO ; 2016
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. [...]
Language(s): English
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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.
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Available online: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=44453
Published by: United Nations ; 2015
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.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Natural hazards ; History ; Case/ Case study ; Region II - Asia ; Region V - South-West Pacific
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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 ...
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission ; International Council for Science ; United Nations Environment Programme
Published by: 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 data and information that is the foundation for our decisions on climate: the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS).This system, sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the International Council for Science, formally came into being at the first meeting of the GCOS Joint Scientific and Technical Committee in Geneva in April 1992.This brochure will examine the forces that brought GCOS into being, some of the major highlights and accomplishments along the way, and a perspective on the future for the system.
Language(s): English; Other Languages: French, Spanish
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copyTags: Capacity development ; History ; Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
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SMOC - 1992 * 2012: 20 años trabajando por las observaciones del clima
Organización Meteorológica Mundial ; Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura ; Comisión Oceanográfica Intergubernamental ; Consejo Internacional para la Ciencia ; Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente
Published by: OMM ; 2012Language(s): Spanish; Other Languages: English, French
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copyTags: Capacity development ; History ; Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
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SMOC - 1992 * 2012: 20 ans au service de l'observation du climat
Organisation météorologique mondiale ; Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'Education, la Science et et la Culture ; Commission Océanographique Intergouvernementale ; Conseil International pour la Science ; Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement
Published by: OMM ; 2012Language(s): French; Other Languages: English, Spanish
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copyTags: Capacity development ; History ; Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
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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.
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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
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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 ...
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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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Forty years of progress and achievement: a historical review of WMO
A record of activities of the World Meteorological Organization over the past 40 years dealing, in 18 chapters and seven appendices, with the services the World Meteorological Organization has been called upon to provide in areas of meteorological concern, and in addition its new responsibilities regarding the many global problems that have arisen. A final chapter explains the Organization's future challenges and the preparations being made to deal with them.
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Meteorology in the service of aviation
The theme selected for World Meteorological Day 1989 was a tribute to the development of aeronautical meteorology in response to the ever-growing demands of aviation. Mr J. Kastelein, President of the WMO Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology, describes the role played by meteorology in the past in an effort to improve the safety and efficiency of air navigation. He also describes the intensity with which available air space is used today.
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The World Weather Watch: 25th anniversary 1963-1988
This booklet provides a short description of the WWW system and takes a brief look at the demands likely to be made upon WWW in the future.
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Meteorology and the media
Published to mark World Meteorological Day 1988, this booklet contains four chapters. Chapter 1 provides a historical background and review of the service products disseminated to the public through the media, Chapter 2 deals with the various modes of disseminating weather reports and Chapter 3 summarizes the replies from some fifty Member countries to an inquiry on the relationship between national Meteorological and Hydrological Services, the media and the general public. Chapter 4 contains an interview with Dr K. Takeuchi of the Japan Weather Association.
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MMROA Report, 13. User's guide to the data and summaries of the Historical Sea Surface Temperature Data Project
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Contribution à l'hydrologie scientifique en 1000 apr. J.C. : par le mathématicien iranien M.H. Karadji
Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM); International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) - OMM, 1974
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Climatological Commission - 6th session : abridged final report
Organisation météorologique internationale (OMI) - Organisation météorologique internationale (OMI), 1949
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Kommission fuer Landwirtschaftliche Meteorologie : Protokolle der tagung in Salzburg
Organisation météorologique internationale (OMI) - Secrétariat du Comité Météorologique International, 1938 (OMI-No. 36)
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Liste des membres du Comité météorologique international et des commissions de l'Organisation météorologique Internationale : a. Liste alphabétique, b. Listes par commission
Organisation météorologique internationale (OMI) - Secrétariat du Comité Météorologique International, 1938 (Edition 1938; OMI-No. 05)
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Kommission für Landwirtschaftliche Meteorologie, Protokolle der Tagung in Danzig
Organisation météorologique internationale (OMI) - Secrétariat du Comité Météorologique International, 1936 (OMI-No. 24)
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Procès-verbaux des séances de la Conférence internationale des directeurs du Comité météorologique international et de diverses commissions
Organisation météorologique internationale (OMI) - Secrétariat du Comité Météorologique International, 1929 (OMI-No. 03)
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Report of the International Meteorological Conference of Directors and of the Meeting of the International Meteorological Committee
International Meteorological Organization (IMO) - Koninklijk Nederlandsch Meteorologisch Instituut, 1924 (IMO-No. 112)
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