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First session of the Commission for observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems (INFCOM 1) - Part 3 (ONLINE)
Meetings
22

Start date

22 February 2021
26

End date

26 February 2021
Location: Online
This meeting will be held online.
Severe Weather Forecasting programme (SWFP) – South Asia and Southeast Asia - Online Training Workshop on Severe Weather and Impact Based Forecasting and Warning Services
Workshops
1

Start date

1 February 2021
12

End date

12 February 2021
Location: Online
This workshop will be held online.
Tropical Cyclone Naming
Natural hazards
WMO maintains rotating lists of names which are appropriate for each Tropical Cyclone basin. If a cyclone is particularly deadly or costly, then its name is retired and replaced by another one.
WMO and IATA agree to improve aircraft meteorological reporting
Press Release
Observations, Meteorology, Aviation
Publish Date: 27 October 2020
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and World Meteorological Organization have signed an agreement to increase and improve the automated reporting of meteorological data by commercial aircraft.
Elena Manaenkova, PhD
Deputy Secretary-General
Dr Elena Manaenkova has been serving as Deputy Secretary-General since 2016. Previously to being appointed, she had served as Assistant Secretary-General at WMO since 2010 and before that as Director of Cabinet of the Secretary-General and External Relations Department from 2006.
Wenjian Zhang, PhD
Assistant Secretary-General
Dr Wenjian Zhang has served as Assistant Secretary-General since 2016. Previous to that Dr Zhang was the Director of the WMO Observing and Information Systems Department and the WMO Space Programme.
Paul Egerton, PhD
Director, Cabinet Office of the Secretary-General
Dr Paul Egerton is the Director of the Cabinet Office of the Secretary-General, which includes Executive Management; Strategic Communications, External Relations, Protocol and Registry Unit; Monitoring Evaluation, Risk Performance Unit; Budget Unit; Controller Office; UN Affairs Office, EU Affairs Office. The Head of the Secretariat of the Climate Risk Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Initiative also reports to the Director of the Cabinet.
Jürg Luterbacher, Professor
Director, Science & Innovation, and WMO Chief Scientist
Prof. Jürg Luterbacher has been the Director of Science and Innovation since January 2020 and the WMO Chief Scientist since May 2020. Prof. Luterbacher brings strong leadership skills for the development of efficient collaboration between operational communities and research, cross-cutting and interdisciplinary science, in fostering teamwork between institutions in developing and developed countries. He has demonstrated effectiveness in cooperating with policy-makers and stakeholders.
Anthony Rea, PhD
Director, Infrastructure
Dr Anthony Rea has been the Director of Infrastructure since November 2019. A strong leader with a management background, he brings decades of experience in observations and data and in fostering collaboration at the international and national level to WMO.
Johan Stander, PhD
Director, Services
Dr Johan Stander was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, in 1963. He studied meteorology, then obtained a PhD in oceanography. Dr Stander worked for the South African Weather Service...