Articles by theme

Articles by theme

Climate and Ocean research: The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)

Ocean issues are gaining visibility due to various organizational and political developments at the international level. These include:

  • The growing Blue Economy
  • The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, which motivates the development of multi-hazard impact-based services for decision-making support
  • An increasing awareness of the importance of the ocean for understanding, predicting and responding to climate variability and change and sustainable development, as highlighted by publications such as the
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Global Climate Indicators: Ocean heat content, acidification, deoxygenation and blue carbon

WMO has published annual State of the Global Climate reports since 1993. In 2020, it published a five-year climate report for 2015 to 2019 incorporating data and analyses from the State of the Global Climate across this period. The initial purpose of the annual report was to inform Members on climate trends, extreme events and impacts. In 2016, the purpose was expanded to include summaries on key climate indicators to...

Three research projects to share US$ 5 million grant

WMO congratulates the three scientists leading the research teams that will share the US$ 5 million grant from the United Arab Emirates Research Programme for Rain Enhancement Science.

  • Masataka Murakami, Visiting Professor from the Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University (Japan), for his work on pre- cipitation enhancement in arid and semi-arid regions. Professor Murakami’s project focuses on innovative algorithms and sensors dedicated to identifying the clouds

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The WMO Bulletin: the first 50 years

 

 

Article published in Volume 51, No. 2, April 2002

For the first few months of its existence, the World Meteorological Organization utilized as its Headquarters the offices of its predecessor, the International Meteorological Organization, which were in Lausanne, Switzerland. On 10 December 1951, the Secretariat was moved to its temporary Headquarters at Campagne Rigot, Avenue de la Paix, Geneva, Switzerland. This...

Obituaries

 

 

There are no obituaries in the April 2008 Bulletin.

 

Forewords - Professor Petteri Taalas and Ambassador Peter Thomson

Bulletin nº
Vol 70 (1) - 2021

World Meteorological Day marks the anniversary of the World Meteorological Organisation celebrated on the 23 March each year. This year, we celebrate the theme “The Ocean, Our Climate and Weather.”

Products and services for a changing ocean

Bulletin nº
Vol 70 (1) - 2021

Services in Oceanographic and Meteorological CommunitiesCoastal communities regularly make make life-saving decisions in the face of extreme weather, coastal inundation and rising sea levels. Scientists predict that all of these threats will increase due to climate change. Mariners rely on forecasts and warnings of impending high waves,...

Ocean Prediction - modelling for the future

Bulletin nº
Vol 70 (1) - 2021

The ocean is the Earth’s largest ecosystem. It plays a major role in regulating the weather and climate of the planet. In addition, the ocean moderates global warming through CO2 absorption and its massive heat capacity. 

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Figure 1: The ocean’s surface layer

Protecting Buoys for our Safety

Bulletin nº
Vol 70 (1) - 2021
Damaged TAO buoy

Damaged TAO buoy, with the superstructure tilting at an angle. Source: B. Burnett, NDBC, 2009 (DBCP-25)

Ocean data buoys (moored and drifting) collect in situ oceanographic and meteorological data that are critical to a wide...

From JCOMMOPS to OceanOPS: supporting oceanography and marine meteorology in-situ observations

Bulletin nº
Vol 70 (1) - 2021

Eighty-six countries are involved in ocean observations with about 10 000 in situ ocean observing platforms and 170 satellites continuously monitoring the global ocean and atmosphere. The analyses, forecasts and products based on ocean observations are the bedrock of decisions across a swath of socio-economic sectors, especially in marine transportation, coastal communities, climate, agriculture and ocean health. Society's need for ocean information is increasing. In response, the Global Ocean Observing...