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Climate Change – “A Serious Challenge to Human Existence”
Bulletin nº Vol 60 (2) - 2011
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Publish Date: 1 November 2011
Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, addressed 16th World Meteorological Congress in Geneva, 16 May 2011. She spoke about an issue she described as “very close to my heart” – climate change.
Managing Water Resources with Climate Information
Bulletin nº Vol 60 (2) - 2011
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Publish Date: 1 November 2011
The need for long-term historical climate information and products is as important as ever. Advances in the science of seasonal climate prediction have created significant potential for this science to contribute to improved water resources management practices. Improved collaboration between the two sectors can only be beneficial.
Understanding User Needs for Climate Services in Agriculture
Bulletin nº Vol 60 (2) - 2011
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Publish Date: 1 November 2011
Climate is both a resource and a hazard. By harnessing climate information and services for decision-makers, the agriculture sector will be better placed to provide food for a more crowded and increasingly urban world.
Improving Availability, Access and Use of Climate Information
Bulletin nº Vol 60 (2) - 2011
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Publish Date: 1 November 2011
Climate variability and change are serious challenges to sustainable development in Africa. The current famine crisis in the Horn of Africa is yet another reminder of how fluctuations in the climate can destroy lives and livelihoods. Ethiopia, one of the countries impacted by the current drought, has been suffering from climate fluctuations for decades.
Laying the Foundations for Climate Science
Bulletin nº Vol 60 (2) - 2011
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Publish Date: 1 November 2011
WMO presented its most prestigious award to Professor Taroh Matsuno of Japan during the 16th World Meteorological Congress, held from 16 May to 3 June 2011. The award recognizes his contributions to the progress of studies on climate change.
Making Cities Resilient
Bulletin nº Vol 60 (2) - 2011
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Publish Date: 1 November 2011
Disaster risk is an escalating problem in urban areas where population and economic assets are concentrated. A campaign launched in May 2010 has created a global network of local governments committed to reducing risk and building more resilient cities.
Valuing Investments In Data Processing and Forecasting Systems
Bulletin nº Vol 62 (1) - 2013
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Publish Date: 1 March 2013
The three main operational components of daily weather production systems are real-time observing and data collection, routine global exchange of data and information and the systematic operational processing of data to produce meteorological analyses, numerical weather predictions (NWP) and weather forecasts and warnings. Thus, these three components – the Global Observing System (GOS) , the WMO Information System (WIS) , and the Global Data-processing and Forecasting System (GDPFS) – have formed the backbone of the World Weather Watch (WWW) System .
WMO Fellowships: Enhancing Practical Forecasting Skills
Bulletin nº Vol 62 (1) - 2013
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Publish Date: 1 March 2013
Two fundamental requirements for effective running of the World Weather Watch (WWW) are adequacy of human resources and of physical infrastructure. When the WWW was established in the 1960s, these two requirements formed the most important obstacles for WMO and its partners to deliver an efficient and effective cooperation framework for global weather monitoring. Since the inception of the WWW, WMO has cooperated with diverse partners in order to respond to the human resources needs of developing countries through its Education and Training Programme. Through strategic interventions...
ARISE - A European Research Infrastructure Combining Three Measurement Techniques
Bulletin nº Vol 62 (1) - 2013
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Publish Date: 1 March 2013
Technology first used to listen for secret H-bomb tests could help forecasters tell us what the weather is going to be like up to a month in advance. That is one of the aims of an exciting new international research project, Atmosphere dynamics Research InfraStructure in Europe (ARISE) , which kicked-off in January 2012. Following studies that showed that the upper layers of the Earth’s atmosphere could provide crucial information for more accurate longer-term weather forecasts, on timescales up to four weeks ahead, twelve partners from eight European member states and one associated country...
The Global Observing System
Bulletin nº Vol 62 (1) - 2013
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Publish Date: 1 March 2013
Three jewels shine particularly brightly in the crown of the World Weather Watch : the Global Observing System (GOS) , the Global Telecommunication System (GTS) and the Global Data-processing and Forecasting System (GDPFS) . As envisaged in the original, visionary plan for the WWW, these individual components deliver their achievements not in isolation but through their connection from end-to-end and through the strong user requirements process that underpins them. The combined achievement is far greater than the sum of the parts, and no single component would be able to deliver the intended...