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Why Does Access to Good Climate Data Matter?
Weather, Climate, Data exchange, Observations, Environment, Climate services, Information, Research
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (2) - 2015
4
Publish Date: 4 December 2015
By Kyra Bell-Pasht 1 and Dana Krechowicz 2 Over the course of human history, weather patterns have greatly influenced the growth of commerce and communities. But in a world experiencing...
Radio frequencies are vital for weather, water and climate monitoring and prediction
Press Release
Satellite, Information
Publish Date: 23 October 2017
Geneva 23 October (WMO) - The recent spate of devastating tropical cyclones and fires has once again demonstrated the life-saving importance of weather forecasts and disaster warnings, which are critically dependent on radio frequency bands used around the clock by meteorological services.
World Bank and WMO announce Hydromet Development Alliance commitment
News
WMO, Information, Climate services
Publish Date: 12 October 2018
World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Petteri Taalas today announced a joint commitment with the World Bank to spearhead the creation of an Alliance for Hydromet Development to boost climate and weather science and information for a resilient world.
Data exchange and technology transfer
Data exchange, Technology transfer, Information
Powerful computers in WMO centres worldwide process the data collected from tens of thousands of land and sea observation instruments and Earth-observing satellites. These data are used in numerical models...
Global Greenhouse Gas Information System advances
News
Greenhouse gases, Information, Climate change
Publish Date: 21 June 2018
WMO Executive Council has given its backing to the science implementation plan for a new Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System (IG 3 IS) to help guide emission-reduction actions under the Paris Agreement on climate change.
New partnership makes climate science available to energy sector
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Energy, Information
Publish Date: 8 January 2018
The World Meteorology Organisation (WMO) and the World Energy & Meteorology Council (WEMC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to make climate and weather information and knowledge more readily available to the energy sector.
AGUASAN Workshop 2018
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Water, Information, Data exchange
25

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25 June 2018
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29 June 2018
Location: Spiez, Switzerland
AGUASAN is an interdisciplinary Swiss Community of Practice (CoP) that brings together a broad range of specialists to promote wider and deeper understanding of key water and sanitation management issues...
Climate Services – Transitioning from CLIPS to GFCS
Weather, Environment, Research, Observations, Information, Data exchange, Climate services, Forecast, Disaster risk reduction
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (1) - 2015
Theme: Climate
2
Publish Date: 2 March 2015
The present Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) with a vision “to enable society to better manage the risks and opportunities arising from climate variability and change, through the development and incorporation of science-based climate information and prediction into planning, policy and practice” carries forward and builds on the solid foundation laid by the Climate Information and Prediction Services (CLIPS) project.
Rescue, Archival and Stewardship of Weather Records and Data
Weather, Information, Data exchange, Oceans, Observations, Research, Partnership, Climate, Climate services, Environment
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (1) - 2015
Theme: Observations
2
Publish Date: 2 March 2015
Data repositories and archives play a critical role as the source for the observational data used in the study of weather and climate. After over two centuries of recording observations on paper, observations in the last 20 years have mostly been collected digitally. Creating homogeneous, complete data sets from disparate collections is a fundamental challenge facing the climate research community.
The World Weather Research Programme: A 10-year Vision
Weather, Climate, Information, Research, Observations, Polar, Floods, Oceans, Partnership, Drought
Bulletin nº Vol 64 (1) - 2015
Theme: Weather
3
Publish Date: 3 March 2015
Weather prediction has achieved immense progress, driven by research and increasingly sophisticated telecommunication, information technology and observational infrastructure. Predictive skill now extends in some cases beyond 10 days, with an increasing capability to give early warning of severe weather events many days ahead.