Advanced Search

advanced search

Type:

Tags:

Bulletin nº:

Meteoworld nº:

Project type:

Type of news:

Publish date:

Filter by wmo strategic priority:

Filter by regions:

Relevance
Alphabetical
Most recent
39 contents match your search.
Disaster-related displacement in a changing climate
Weather, Climate, Disaster risk reduction, Environment, Natural hazards, Agriculture and food security, El Niño / La Niña
Bulletin nº Vol 65 (1) - 2016
Theme: Disaster risk reduction
21
Publish Date: 21 March 2016
Climate-related displacement is already a global reality. Every year, the lives of millions of people are affected when they are displaced by the impacts of weather and climate hazards. Some of the largest disasters make the international headlines, but most disasters do not even make the national news.
Highlights from the First Five-yearly Statement on the Status of the Global Climate
Weather, Climate, Disaster risk reduction, Environment, El Niño / La Niña, Data exchange, Climate services
Bulletin nº Vol 65 (1) - 2016
Theme: Climate
21
Publish Date: 21 March 2016
In the last few months, 2015’s status as the warmest year on record has been making headlines around the world. The WMO annual Statements on the Status of the Global Climate are an important part of the global climate monitoring that has arrived at this conclusion. Now, for the first time, WMO has issued a five-yearly Statement on the Status of the Global Climate, covering 2011–2015.
Managing Risk with Climate Prediction Products and Services
Weather, Climate, Observations, Environment, Forecast, Climate services, Natural hazards, El Niño / La Niña, Drought, Agriculture and food security
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (2) - 2015
4
Publish Date: 4 December 2015
Demand for climate predictions on timescales of weeks to decades is accelerating as decision-makers in both private and public sectors increasingly recognize their relevance in building climate resilience and in...
WMO issues El Niño/La Niña Update
News
El Niño / La Niña
Publish Date: 29 November 2019
Given current conditions and model outlooks, the chance of ENSO-neutral conditions prevailing during the period December 2019 through February 2020 is estimated at about 65%, while the chances for El Niño and La Niña are 30% and 5%, respectively, according to WMO’s El Niño/La Niña Update.
Data-Driven – A Way Through the Storm
Technology transfer
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (1) - 2019
Theme: Articles
17
Publish Date: 17 April 2019
“What are you actually doing?” That is not a question that a management group likes to hear. But it is the question that the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) Director General Marianne Thyrring and Deputy Director General Anne Højer Simonsen have faced with from their stakeholders on several occasions. Besides the daily weather forecasts, most people simply do not know what DMI does. One of the things DMI does is store data that extends far beyond the five-day forecasts and gale warnings. “And these data are worth gold,” says Ms Thyrring.
Extreme-scale Computing and Data Handling - the Heart of Progress in Weather and Climate Prediction
Technology transfer
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (1) - 2019
Theme: Observations
17
Publish Date: 17 April 2019
Past improvements Progress in environmental monitoring and numerical weather and climate prediction has been intimately connected with the progress in supercomputing. Over the last few decades, advances in computing power...
Data Sharing for Sustainable Development: the WMO Information System (WIS) 2.0
Technology transfer
Bulletin nº Vol 68 (1) - 2019
Theme: Observations
17
Publish Date: 17 April 2019
Will the “cloud” and machine learning yield the next breakthrough in the weather, climate and water area? Exceptional advances in technology and its use over the last few decades have...
Divino Moura of Brazil receives IMO Prize
El Niño / La Niña
Meteoworld : June 2019
Divino Moura of Brazil received the WMO top prize for his outstanding work in meteorology and climatology and his leadership in science. Mr Moura was recognized for his “scientific contribution...
WMO seasonal update indicates above-average temperatures
Press Release
El Niño / La Niña, Climate
Publish Date: 2 September 2019
Average sea surface and land temperatures across large parts of the world are forecast to be above normal in September-November, despite the expected absence of a full-blown El Niño event, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Implementing the Global Framework for Climate Services at Regional and National Scales
Global Projects
Capacity development, Climate change, Climate services, GFCS, Natural hazards, El Niño / La Niña, Drought, Education, Training
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges to human society in contemporary times. Statistics show that the last decades have already seen a sharp rise in economic, social and...