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![]() ObservationsCurrently, well over 10 000 manned and automatic surface weather stations, 1 000 upper-air stations, 7 000 ships, 100 moored and 1 000 drifting buoys, hundreds of weather radars and 3 000 specially equipped commercial aircraft measure key parameters of the atmosphere, land and ocean surface every day. Add to these some 16 meteorological and 50 research satellites to get an idea of the size of the global network for meteorological, hydrological and other geophysical observations. Once collected, observations are quality-controlled, based on technical standards defined by the WMO Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme (IMOP), then made freely available to every country in the world through the WMO Information System (WIS). Read more... |
Offering operationally reliable, surface-based and space-based subsystems with observing facilities on land, at sea, in the air and in outer space in support of the World Weather Watch...
The vision of Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) is for all users to have access to the climate observations, data records and information they need to address pressing...
Coordinating the global system of telecommunication facilities and arrangements for the rapid collection, exchange and distribution of observations and processed information within the framework of the World Weather...
Developing and coordinating the support functions needed for the efficient management of meteorological data and products within the framework of the WMO Information System (WIS).
WIGOS provides the new overarching framework for all WMO observing systems and for WMO contributions to co-sponsored observing systems in support of all WMO activities.