Building Climate and Disaster Resilience in Africa
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Aviation, weather and climate: Scientific research and development for future aeronautical meteorological services in a changing atmospheric environment
WMO Pub No.
1189
WMO Programmes
Ensuring the efficient and effective functioning of the six WMO Regional Associations in coordinating the meteorological, hydrological, climatologic and related activities of their Members by providing a framework for...
Coordinating the space weather activities of Members to ensure sustained and interoperable satellite observations and to promote their applications.
The WCRP's mission is to facilitate analysis and prediction of Earth system variability and change for use in an increasing range of practical applications of direct relevance, benefit and...
Enabling worldwide use of timely, reliable and accurate Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) products and services in all time-scales for applications related to weather, climate, water and environment....
Enabling the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to enhance both human and institutional capacities in order to eradicate poverty, achieve internationally agreed development goals...
Providing observations, modelling and analysis of marine and ocean variables to support research, assessments and operational ocean services worldwide.
Connecting people and institutions to the learning opportunities necessary for well-functioning meteorological, hydrological and climate services.
Setting technical standards, quality control procedures and guidance for the use of meteorological instruments and observation methods in order to promote development documentation and worldwide standardization.
Quality management includes the coordinated activities that organisations use to direct, control, and coordinate quality. These activities include formulating a quality policy and setting quality objectives. They also...
Whether due to natural climate variability or climate change, the likelihood of extreme weather conditions is increasing. The impacts include more frequent and severe droughts, which affect the...
Floods are the most common natural hazards with the largest impacts on society. Although exceptionally devastating floods distort the trend, flood impact records show that the number of related fatalities...
Enabling worldwide use of specialized and tailored products in support of environmental emergency response involving large-scale dispersion of air-borne hazardous substances.
Providing assistance and support to National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in developing and least developed countries and small island developing states.
Coordinating the global system of telecommunication facilities and arrangements for the rapid collection, exchange and distribution of observations and processed information within the framework of the World Weather...
Addressing atmospheric composition on all scales: from global, regional, to local and urban.
Assisting the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services to provide relevant weather and climate services to farmers, herders and fishermen in order to promote sustainable agricultural development, increase productivity and contribute to food security....
Collecting, exchanging, processing and providing climate and hydrological observations, forecasts and data exchange to all WMO programmes.
WCSP puts in place appropriate institutional mechanisms and operational infrastructure to generate, exchange and disseminate quality information on climate and provides guidance on related applications and services. ...
Assisting in the capacity development of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) by improving human, technical and institutional capacities and infrastructure, particularly in developing, least developed and small island developing states and territories in order...
The vision of Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) is for all users to have access to the climate observations, data records and information they need to address pressing...
Supporting the safety of life and property at sea, integrated coastal management and the minimization of societal impacts from natural hazards through the provision of meteorological-ocean services....
Assisting Members in monitoring and forecasting tropical cyclones to reduce disaster-related losses of life and infrastructure.
Providing better hydrologic information, assessments and forecasts, so that Members are able to independently assess their water resources and respond to the threat of floods and droughts....
Providing reliable, high quality, timely and cost-effective meteorological services to aviation users worldwide.
Small Island Developing States and Member Island Territories are low-lying island nations that are highly vulnerable and often affected by weather extremes and climate change, including the increased severity...
Enabling the delivery of weather and related services for sound decision-making on public safety and cost-efficiency in all social and economic activities affected by weather.
Improving the understanding of the climate system for the benefit of societies coping with climate variability and change.
Research activities focusing on high-impact weather – from basic research in the academic community to operational contributions.
Offering operationally reliable, surface-based and space-based subsystems with observing facilities on land, at sea, in the air and in outer space.
Data rescue and archives
Data repositories and archives play a critical role as the source for the observational data used in the study of weather and climate. After over two centuries of recording observations on physical media – and the last 20 years on digital media – these records are at risk.
Sand and Dust Storm Warnings
The WMO Sand and Dust Storm Project was initiated in 2004 and its Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System (SDS-WAS) was launched by the Fifteenth World Meteorological Congress in 2007.
