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The Sustainable Energy for All Initiative and Climate Change Mitigation
Bulletin nº Vol 61 (1) - 2012
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Publish Date: 1 July 2012
This paper briefly explores the climate change mitigation benefits from the goals of the United Nations Sustainable Energy for All Initiative. In doing so, it relies on the analytical work and scenarios of the forthcoming Global Energy Assessment.
Evolution of Climate in Response to Human Activity
Bulletin nº Vol 61 (1) - 2012
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Publish Date: 1 July 2012
It is useful to recall what scientists have said about the evolution of our climate in response to the increased greenhouse effect caused by human activity.
The 5 Essential Elements of a Hydrological Monitoring Programme
Bulletin nº Vol 61 (1) - 2012
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Publish Date: 1 July 2012
Water is the natural capital of the growing world population. Services built on our natural capital are the currency of the 21st century. Hydrological Monitoring – 2012 Global Industry Survey Your Participation Matters!
Predictability Beyond the Deterministic Limit
Bulletin nº Vol 61 (1) - 2012
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Publish Date: 1 July 2012
Our ability to reduce disaster risk relies on the full engagement of local governments. When national and local governments work together, they can be a formidable alliance for risk reduction.
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...
World Weather Watch Successes and Challenges for the Future An Interview with Alan Thorpe
Bulletin nº Vol 62 (1) - 2013
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Publish Date: 1 March 2013
Professor Alan Thorpe is the Director-General of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and a founding member of THe Observing system Research and Predictability EXperiment (THORPEX) programme. Under the skillful leadership of the Professor and Dr Mel Shapiro, Co-chairs of the THORPEX International Science Steering Committee, the THORPEX International Science Plan – which lays a foundation for the initiative and provides a 10-year plan for its development – was completed in 2004. THORPEX is a core component of the WMO World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) .
The World Weather Watch at 50
Weather, Climate, Climate services, Observations, Information, Satellite, Data exchange, Forecast, Water, Oceans
Bulletin nº Vol 62 (1) - 2013
Theme: Observations
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Publish Date: 1 March 2013
The World Weather Watch (WWW) is one of the crowning achievements of WMO. The celerity with which WMO responded to the introduction of meteorological satellites with the establishment of the WWW, and its subsequent adoption by all WMO Members, set a standard for international cooperation in operational programmes that remains unequalled today.