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New Web Portal Eases Access of Forecast Products
News
Data exchange, Meteorology, Weather, Forecast
Publish Date: 7 January 2022
WMO has launched a new web portal to make key meteorological analyses and forecast products more readily accessible.
Extraordinary World Meteorological Congress endorses Data, Observations and Water Initiatives
Data exchange, Water, Observations
Meteoworld : October 2021
The Extraordinary World Meteorological Congress from 11–22 October approved three sweeping initiatives to dramatically strengthen the world’s weather and climate services through a systematic increase in much-needed observational data and...
WMO Integrated Global Observing System
WIGOS
WMO Programmes
Observations, Weather, Data exchange, Partnership
WIGOS provides the new overarching framework for all WMO observing systems and for WMO contributions to co-sponsored observing systems in support of all WMO activities.
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Start date

17 December 2015
Global Data-processing and Forecasting System
GDPFS
WMO Programmes
Weather, Climate, Water, Data exchange
The GDPFS is an international mechanism that coordinates Member capacities to prepare and make meteorological analyses and forecast products available to all Members. It enables delivery of harmonized services and is currently organized as a network of Global, Regional and National Centres.
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1 June 1963
Natural hazards and disaster risk reduction
Natural hazards, Floods, Drought
Natural hazards are severe and extreme weather and climate events that occur in all parts of the world, although some regions are more vulnerable to certain hazards than others. Natural hazards become disasters when people’s lives and livelihoods are destroyed.
Data exchange and technology transfer
Data exchange, Technology transfer, Information
Powerful computers in WMO centres worldwide process the data collected from tens of thousands of land and sea observation instruments and Earth-observing satellites. These data are used in numerical models...
Focus areas
Applications, Data exchange, Technology transfer, Environment, Natural hazards, Observations, Oceans
Within its mandate in the areas of weather, climate and water, WMO focuses on many different aspects and issues from observations, information exchange and research to weather forecasts and early warnings, from capacity development and monitoring of greenhouse gases to application services and much, much more.
How we do it
Observations, Data exchange, Research, Applications
Through its Technical Commissions, Programmes, Projects and Regional Offices, as well as its synergistic and public-private partnerships, WMO facilitates and coordinates an Earth system approach to the gathering and free exchange of observations, promotion and integration of research and the development and delivery of services in the areas of weather, climate and water.
Modernizing Data Exchange for Earth System Monitoring and Prediction
Data exchange, Observations
Bulletin nº Vol 70 (2) - 2021
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Publish Date: 6 October 2021
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) have a critical role to play as humanity faces growing risks from weather and climate extremes (IPCC 2021). Climate and weather information and early warning systems enable timely and effective decision-making to protect lives and livelihoods, supporting global efforts to reduce poverty and promote shared prosperity (WMO et al 2015).
WMO Data Exchange – Background, History and Impact
Data exchange
Bulletin nº Vol 70 (2) - 2021
5
Publish Date: 5 October 2021
While our everyday experience of weather is dominated by its local impact, weather and climate are truly global phenomena.