Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP), 102. Use Of Seasonal Forecasts And Climate Prediction In Operational Agriculture

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Kanga A.; Magrin Graciela O.; et al. - WMO, 2007 (WMO/TD-No. 1344)

The Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM) at its 12 th Session held in Accra, Ghana, 18-26 February 1999, established the Working Group on the Use of Seasonal Forecasts Climate Prediction in Operational Agriculture. The Terms of Reference of the Working Group are:
a) In liaison with the CLIPS project, review and summarise the current advances in seasonal forecasts and climate prediction and the products and services relevant to agriculture that are becoming available based on the forecasts
b) To survey and summarise, using appropriate case studies, the current applicat ...

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 Use Of Seasonal Forecasts And Climate Prediction In Operational Agriculture

  Available online: http://www.wamis.org/agm/pubs/CAGMRep/CAGM102.pdf

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; A. Kanga ; Graciela O. Magrin ; G. Hugo ; I. Tarakidzwa ; C. Mullen ; H. Meinke

Published by: WMO ; 2007

The Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM) at its 12 th Session held in Accra, Ghana, 18-26 February 1999, established the Working Group on the Use of Seasonal Forecasts Climate Prediction in Operational Agriculture. The Terms of Reference of the Working Group are:
a) In liaison with the CLIPS project, review and summarise the current advances in seasonal forecasts and climate prediction and the products and services relevant to agriculture that are becoming available based on the forecasts
b) To survey and summarise, using appropriate case studies, the current applications and possible impacts of seasonal forecasts and climate prediction in agriculture, forestry and livestock management
c) To review and recommend ways to use and disseminate optimally the seasonal forecasts and climate prediction in operational agriculture with emphasis on user needs especially in the tropical and subtropical zones
d) To assess the potential of predictions in Early Warnings to reduce the adverse impacts of climate events on agriculture, forestry and livestock management.

Collection(s) and Series: WMO/TD- No. 1344; Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP)- No. 102

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free)

Tags: Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP) ; Early warning systems ; Agriculture ; Seasonal forecast ; Weather service ; National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (NMHS) ; Climate Information and Prediction Services (CLIPS) Add tag

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PWS, 16. Supplement to Guidelines on Biometeorology and Air Quality Forecasts

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - WMO, 2007 (WMO/TD-No. 1400)

This document has been produced as a supplement to “Guidelines on Biometeorology and Air Quality Forecasts” WMO/TD No. 1184. It addresses the specific aspects of human biometeorology related to human disease, which was not included in that publication. It should be consulted in conjunction with WMO/TD No. 1184. The guidelines are intended to provide useful advice to National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) on methods of incorporating air quality forecasts and biometeorological information into the suite of products and services offered to the public. The Public We ...

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 Supplement to Guidelines on Biometeorology and Air Quality Forecasts

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World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Published by: WMO ; 2007

This document has been produced as a supplement to “Guidelines on Biometeorology and Air Quality Forecasts” WMO/TD No. 1184. It addresses the specific aspects of human biometeorology related to human disease, which was not included in that publication. It should be consulted in conjunction with WMO/TD No. 1184. The guidelines are intended to provide useful advice to National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) on methods of incorporating air quality forecasts and biometeorological information into the suite of products and services offered to the public. The Public Weather Services (PWS) Expert Team on Product Development and Service Assessment developed the original guidelines at the request of the Commission on Basic Systems (CBS). This supplement was developed by the Public Weather Services (PWS) Expert Team on Services and Products Improvement. It is acknowledged that several NMHSs already provide this type of information while others are on the verge of developing an air quality programme. However, all NMHSs should find this document useful, especially those in developing countries that are seeking to develop or improve their national public weather services delivery while, at the same time, attempting to come to terms with some aspects of the widening array of environmental issues.

Collection(s) and Series: WMO/TD- No. 1400; PWS- No. 16

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy (ill., charts, maps)

Tags: Capacity development ; Guidelines ; Biometeorology ; Air quality ; Weather forecasting ; Service Delivery Division (SDD) ; Developing countries Add tag

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PWS, 15. Guidelines on capacity building strategies in Public Weather Services

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - WMO, 2007 (WMO/TD-No. 1385)

Weather affects virtually every person on the planet, every day of the year. Consequently information on past, present and future weather conditions plays an important part in planning our daily lives. Although the provision of weather and climate information to the community at large has long been one of the main responsibilities of the National Meteorological Services (NMHSs) of the now 188 Member States and Territories of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), it is only during the past decade that most NMHSs have begun to focus their efforts on the provision of the highest possible ...

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 Guidelines on capacity building strategies in Public Weather Services

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World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Published by: WMO ; 2007

Weather affects virtually every person on the planet, every day of the year. Consequently information on past, present and future weather conditions plays an important part in planning our daily lives. Although the provision of weather and climate information to the community at large has long been one of the main responsibilities of the National Meteorological Services (NMHSs) of the now 188 Member States and Territories of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), it is only during the past decade that most NMHSs have begun to focus their efforts on the provision of the highest possible quality public weather services (PWS) to their national communities. This dramatic increase in concern with the scope, quality and utility of weather and climate information for use by society at large was, to some extent, responsible for, and has in turn been reinforced by, the establishment of the WMO Public Weather Services Programme (PWSP) in 1991. But it has also presented a major challenge to the NMHSs of both the developing and the developed countries as they strive to make the best use of the remarkable advances taking place in the science, technology and public policy for weather service provision. The purpose of the WMO PWSP is to help ensure that every country is enabled to draw on all the relevant knowledge and expertise within the WMO system to build its capacity to provide the best possible PWS to its national communities.

Collection(s) and Series: WMO/TD- No. 1385; PWS- No. 15

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy

Tags: Capacity development ; Guidelines ; National Meteorological and Hydrological Service (NMHS) ; Meteorology ; Natural hazards ; Service Delivery Division (SDD) ; Developing countries Add tag

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World Climate Applications and Services Programme (WCASP), 74. Expert Meeting on Water Manager Needs for Climate Information in Water Resources Planning

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - WMO, 2007 (WMO/TD-No. 1401)

Recognizing that climate information is presently not widely used by water managers, the expert meeting aimed to identify the current state of climate information that potentially could be used by water managers and looked into the perception of water managers with regard to the use of climate information that would suit their requirements. The meeting also served as a scoping platform to identify current uses of climate information in water management and to provide an overview at which scales climate information has the greatest potential for use now and the near future. Likewise, gaps and ...

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 Expert Meeting on Water Manager Needs for Climate Information in Water Resources Planning

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World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

Event: Report of the Expert Meeting on Water Manager Needs for Climate Information in Water Resources Planning (18-20 December 2006; Geneva, Switzerland)

Published by: WMO ; 2007

Recognizing that climate information is presently not widely used by water managers, the expert meeting aimed to identify the current state of climate information that potentially could be used by water managers and looked into the perception of water managers with regard to the use of climate information that would suit their requirements. The meeting also served as a scoping platform to identify current uses of climate information in water management and to provide an overview at which scales climate information has the greatest potential for use now and the near future. Likewise, gaps and deficiencies in present knowledge and research were identified. The meeting showed that climate predictions and seasonal climate outlooks at present have the highest potential to be more readily used while predictions of climate variability and change, while inherently useful, are not yet ready to be applied from an engineering point of view and other techniques, such as using multi-model ensembles and downscaling techniques are required to improve prediction skills to reduce large uncertainties. The expert meeting concluded that all possible information should be processed in such a way that it would allow the development of adaptation processes and activities even though there are large uncertainties still prevailing. Major outcomes of the expert meeting were:
• Participants encouraged the development of demonstration projects based on a project proposal developed by WMO “Bringing Climate Information to Water Managers” and
• Participants developed an agenda and work plan for a WMO initiative on “Improvement in Water Resources Planning through the Use of Climate Information”.

Collection(s) and Series: WMO/TD- No. 1401; World Climate Applications and Services Programme (WCASP)- No. 74

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy

Tags: Climate ; Water ; Water management ; World Climate Applications and Services Programme (WCASP) Add tag

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The Scope of Science for the International Polar Year 2007-2008

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; International Council for Science (ICSU) - WMO, 2007 (WMO/TD-No. 1364)

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 The Scope of Science for the International Polar Year 2007-2008

  Available online: http://ipy.arcticportal.org/images/uploads/LR*PolarBrochureScientific_IN.pdf

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; International Council for Science

Published by: WMO ; 2007

Collection(s) and Series: WMO/TD- No. 1364

Language(s): English

Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy (ill.)

Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Melting Ice ; Development ; Arctic Ocean ; Antarctic Ocean ; Arctic ; Antarctica ; International Polar Year (IPY) Add tag

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GAW Report, 178. Plan for the implementation of the GAW Aerosol Lidar Observation Network GALION

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Hoff Raymond - WMO, 2007 (WMO/TD-No. 1443)

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GCOS, 115. Report of the 3rd GTN-H Coordination Panel Meeting

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) - WMO, 2007 (WMO/TD-No. 1408)

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GCOS, 113. Report of the Third Meeting of the GCOS Cooperation Board: meeting report

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); International Council for Science (ICSU); et al. - WMO, 2007 (WMO/TD-No. 1396)

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WCRP/JSC, 28. Annual review of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and report of the twenty-eighth session of the Joint Scientific Committee

World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) ; International Council for Science (ICSU); World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; et al. - WMO, 2007 (WMO/TD-No. 1395)

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IOM Report, 86. Training Material on Metrology and Calibration: measurement theory

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Dubois Aurélie - WMO, 2006 (WMO/TD-No. 1306)

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IOM Report, 87. Training Material on Automated Weather Observing Systems

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Yalcin L.; Dag Z.T.; et al. - WMO, 2006 (WMO/TD-No. 1307)

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WWRP/THORPEX, 7. Second THORPEX International Science Symposium (STISS) : Programme & Extended Abstracts

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - WMO, 2006 (WMO/TD-No. 1355)

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JCOMM Technical Report, 36. Ship Observations Team (SOT), annual report for 2006

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) - WMO, 2006 (WMO/TD-No. 1394)

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WCDMP, 71. Proceedings of the Fifth Seminar for Homogenization and Quality Control in Climatological Databases

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - WMO, 2006 (WMO/TD-No. 1493)

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SP, 04. Status of the availability and use of satellite data and products by WMO Members for the period 2004–2005

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - WMO, 2006 (WMO/TD-No. 1423)

This document provides the results of an analysis of the responses to a questionnaire that was distributed in 2006 to WMO Members in order to assess the status of the availability and use of satellite data and products during the period 2004 - 2005.

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