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Bulletin nº Vol 68 (1) - 2019
Theme: Observations
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Publish Date: 17 April 2019
The vast majority of disasters are triggered by hydrometeorological hazards. Weather, climate and water impact society and all socioeconomic sectors. According to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of...
Meteoworld : December 2019
The high-level segment of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) opened on 10 December with renewed warnings from WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...
Meteoworld : December 2019
Twelve international development organizations, spearheaded by WMO and the World Bank, launched the Alliance for Hydromet Development on 10 December at the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Members will work...
Meteoworld : March 2019
The three-year Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Agriculture Project culminated with a Networking Conference on 4 and 5 February in Rome, hosted by the Italian National Research Council and the Italian Meteorological Service. Decision-makers and experts from 21 countries in West Africa used the opportunity to discuss project outcomes, examine continued needs and consider follow-up capacity development initiatives.
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
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Publish Date: 27 November 2019
The WMO Community Platform launched at the Eighteenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-18) in June. Its first module, the Experts Database (contacts.wmo.int), replaces the static Pub5 with an interactive self-service system that allows Members to review and update information about experts and organizations. In September, the Platform’s new revamped extranet − organized by activity area and integrating events and document sharing for working in teams − went live.
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
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Publish Date: 27 November 2019
An international expert task team on nowcasting has developed the WMO Guidelines for Nowcasting Techniques (WMO, 2017) to initiate a process for an enhanced integrated and seamless WMO Data-processing and Forecasting System (DPFS). Their purpose is to help National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) by providing them with information and knowledge on how to implement a nowcasting system with the resources available to them and an understanding of the current state of science and technology.
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
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Publish Date: 27 November 2019
The adoption of Resolution 40, WMO Policy and Practice for the Exchange of Meteorological and Related Data and Products including Guidelines on Relationships in Commercial Meteorological Activities, by the Twelfth World Meteorological Congress in 1995 (Bautista Pérez, 1996) remains a watershed event in the history of WMO. In some respects, it marked the end of what has been called the golden age of international cooperation in meteorology.
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
Theme: Weather
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Publish Date: 27 November 2019
Operational weather forecasting has reached a turning point. It is possible that it could be reshaped by the “Triple-In” properties of “indispensability”, “inexactitude” and “incompleteness” of numerical models. The indispensability of numerical models is a salient feature of current operational weather forecasting. But inexactitude is rooted in almost all numerical schemes, and incompleteness of numerical models will always exist due to the extreme complexity of the Earth system.
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
Theme: Disaster risk reduction
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Publish Date: 27 November 2019
Coastal inundation occurs along vulnerable coastlines. The combination of storm surges – typically from tropical cyclones or extratropical storms – and waves, with riverine flooding at various tidal states regularly leads to major loss of life. At least 2.6 million people are estimated to have drowned due to coastal inundation caused by storm surges over the last 200 years (Dilley et al., 2005).
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (2) - 2019
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Publish Date: 27 November 2019
The Eighteenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-18) articulated a clear and urgent need for innovation to deliver better and more timely weather, climate and water services to stakeholders. The term is mentioned 58 times in the Cg-18 report – four times more often than in the report from the previous Congress. The Cg-18 report expresses the need to support, promote, foster and accelerate innovation.
