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WMO Members, Working Together in Good Times and Bad
Bulletin nº Vol 69 (2) - 2020
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Publish Date: 16 November 2020
The ongoing global pandemic has demonstrated that WMO is much more than the official scientific body of the United Nations on the global climate, weather and water – it is a family that pulls together when times get hard. The WMO Secretariat’s initial survey to assess the impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on its Members’ operational capability contained a few supplementary questions, the responses to which highlighted that fact.
The Role of the Hydrometeorological Service in the Information Economy
Bulletin nº Vol 69 (2) - 2020
Theme: Water
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Publish Date: 18 November 2020
As a professional technologist working within a deeply scientific domain, I have spent more time than one might expect explaining exponential growth. In the past, this has been mostly through analogy; from grains of rice on a chess board to bacteria on a petri dish. In these difficult and uncertain times, I am finding that I am having to explain this much less.
Stranded at Sea during COVID-19 Restrictions
Bulletin nº Vol 69 (2) - 2020
Theme: Polar
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Publish Date: 18 November 2020
The crew, staff and researchers on the RV Polarstern, a German research vessel, found themselves stranded aboard a ship drifting in the ice in the Arctic in March when COVID-19 restrictions made scheduled changes of staff virtually impossible. Two staff from Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), Robert Hausen, a meteorologist, and Christian Rohleder, a weather technician, were aboard. This is their story.
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