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Publish Date: 18 May 2018
First ever Pan-Arctic Regional Climate Outlook Forum provides predictions for summer season A new Pan-Arctic Climate Outlook Forum has met for the first time to provide predictions for the forthcoming summer season as part of an international drive to improve weather, climate and sea ice forecasts in a region undergoing rapid environmental change.
Publish Date: 1 May 2018
Bogotá, abril 25 de 2018. El documento que entrega el Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales IDEAM, es una herramienta para el desarrollo de las energías renovables en el país, la gestión del riesgo y la toma de decisiones climáticamente inteligentes. La versión 2018 del Atlas de Clima, Radiación y Viento de Colombia, contiene amplios aportes y avances con respecto a la última edición del 2005. Los Atlas contienen información de las variables meteorológicas y productos agregados, los cuales se convierten en insumos que el IDEAM entrega al país, para contribuir con la...
Publish Date: 3 May 2018
Persistent hot conditions in lower half of Pakistan continue, which started in late March when thermal regime had broken previous highest record for March at more than 30 sites. Another exceptional hot spell for the second time in year 2018 affected large parts below 30° N latitude in April. Initially, the heating initiated over relatively small part of the country in mid-April. In late April, the heat extended over a much larger area and peaked on 29 and 30 April when many records were set over large parts of Sindh Province (Table-1). The last day of April happened to be the hottest day on...
Publish Date: 4 May 2018
On May 1, Fengyun-4A, the first spacecraft of Chinese next-generation geostationary meteorological satellite and its ground system, were officially put into operation. FY-4A is the first quantitative remote sensing satellite with a three-axis stabilization structure on geostationary orbit for China. Four new instruments are onboard, namely, Advanced Geosynchronous Radiation Imager (AGRI), Geosynchronous Interferometric Infrared Sounder (GIIRS), Lightning Mapping Imager (LMI) and Space Environment Package (SEP). Read more >>
Publish Date: 4 May 2018
On April 24, China Meteorological Administration (CMA) released the Emergency Support Mechanism for International Users of FengYun Meteorological Satellites in Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (hereinafter referred to as Mechanism). When suffering from meteorological disasters such as typhoons, rainstorms, severe convections, forest and grassland fires, sandstorms, the countries along the “Belt and Road” may apply for initiating the Mechanism to get high-frequency cloud atlas and quantitative products from Fengyun satellites. Read more >>
Publish Date: 11 May 2018
Bogotá, abril 25 de 2018. El documento que entrega el Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales IDEAM, es una herramienta para el desarrollo de las energías renovables en el país, la gestión del riesgo y la toma de decisiones climáticamente inteligentes. La versión 2018 del Atlas de Clima, Radiación y Viento de Colombia, contiene amplios aportes y avances con respecto a la última edición del 2005. Los Atlas contienen información de las variables meteorológicas y productos agregados, los cuales se convierten en insumos que el IDEAM entrega al país, para contribuir con la...
Publish Date: 11 May 2018
The Japan Meteorological Agency released its Guidelines for the Japanese Enhanced Fujita Scale in December 2015 and began using them for damage surveys in April 2016. The English version was uploaded to the JMA website on 22nd January 2018. Read more >>
Publish Date: 16 May 2018
Low snow in low and middle altitudes and well below average precipitation resulted in drought condition appearing as soon as in the early May in the Czech Republic, while normally such conditions are typical for July or August. Significant number of water gauges reports lowest flows on record for this time of the year. Significant drought (defined as lowest 15 % of observations for given period of the year) has been observed at 62 % of all monitored objects. Read more >>
Publish Date: 7 May 2018
Water stress, pollution and hazards like floods demand better measurement and management Geneva, 7 May 2018 - A global conference on hydrological services will address the urgent need to improve forecasting, management and utilization of water resources in an era of growing water stress, pollution and hazards like floods.
Publish Date: 9 May 2018
The state of the planet’s water resources is recognized as one of the greatest global challenges faced by our rapidly transforming world. A three-day conference on hydrological services therefore sought to address the urgent need to improve forecasting, management and use of water supplies and to tackle the problem of too much, too little or too polluted water.
