Guide to Instruments and Methods of Observation (WMO-No. 8)

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PROCESS FOR UPDATING THE WMO-No. 8

Procedure for updating the Guide to Instruments and Methods of Observation (WMO-No. 8)

Guidelines for drafting updates/new editions of the WMO-No. 8

(to obtain the MS-Word version of specific chapters of the WMO-No.8 to propose updates, please contact: iruediatwmo [dot] int (iruedi[at]wmo[dot]int) )

Found a typo/error in the WMO-No. 8? 

Inform the Secretariat by sending an e-mail describing the error to: iruediatwmo [dot] int (iruedi[at]wmo[dot]int) 

 

LATEST VERSION OF THE WMO-No. 8

GUIDE TO INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION
(WMO-No. 8), 2021/2018 edition

Translated versions in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish and Russian are available from the WMO Library.

(Note: Previous editions of the WMO-No. 8 are available from WMO Library by sending a request to library(at)wmo.int.) 

VOLUME IMEASUREMENT OF METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES
Chapter 1General
Chapter 2Measurement of temperature
Chapter 3Measurement of atmospheric pressure
Chapter 4Measurement of humidity
Chapter 5Measurement of surface wind
Chapter 6Measurement of precipitation
Chapter 7Measurement of radiation
Chapter 8Measurement of sunshine duration
Chapter 9Measurement of visibility
Chapter 10Measurement of evaporation
Chapter 11Measurement of soil moisture
Chapter 12Measurement of upper-air pressure, temperature and humidity
Chapter 13Measurement of upper wind
Chapter 14Observation of present and past weather; state of the ground
Chapter 15Observation and measurement of clouds
Chapter 16Measurement of atmospheric composition
VOLUME IIMEASUREMENT OF CRYOSPHERIC VARIABLES
Chapter 1General
Chapter 2Measurement of snow
Chapter 3Measurement of glaciers
VOLUME IIIOBSERVING SYSTEMS
Chapter 1Measurements at automatic weather stations
Chapter 2Measurements and observations at aeronautical meteorological stations 
Chapter 3Aircraft based observations
Chapter 4Marine observation
Chapter 5Special profiling techniques for the boundary layer and the troposphere
Chapter 6Electromagnetic methods of lightning detection
Chapter 7Radar measurements
Chapter 8Balloon techniques
Chapter 9Urban observations
Chapter 10Road meteorological measurement
VOLUME IVSPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Chapter 1Introduction
Chapter 2Principles of Earth observation from space
Chapter 3Remote-sensing instruments
Chapter 4Satellite programmes
Chapter 5Space-based observation of geophysical variables
Chapter 6Calibration and validation
Chapter 7Cross-cutting issues
VOLUME VQUALITY ASSURANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF OBSERVING SYSTEMS
Chapter 1Quality Management
Chapter 2Sampling meteorological variables
Chapter 3Data reduction
Chapter 4Testing, calibration and intercomparison
Chapter 5Training of instrument specialists

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PROCESS FOR UPDATING THE WMO-No. 8

Procedure for updating the Guide to Instruments and Methods of Observation (WMO-No. 8)

Guidelines for drafting updates/new editions of the WMO-No. 8

(to obtain the MS-Word version of specific chapters of the WMO-No.8 to propose updates, please contact: iruediatwmo [dot] int (iruedi[at]wmo[dot]int) )

Found a typo/error in the WMO-No. 8?

Inform the Secretariat by sending an e-mail describing the error to: iruediatwmo [dot] int (iruedi[at]wmo[dot]int)

 
LATEST VERSION OF THE WMO-No. 8

GUIDE TO INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF OBSERVATION
(WMO-No. 8), 2021/2018 edition

Translated versions in Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish  and Russian are available from the WMO Library.

(Note: Previous editions of the WMO-No. 8 are available from WMO Library by sending a request to library(at)wmo.int.)

VOLUME IMEASUREMENT OF METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES
Chapter 1General
Chapter 2Measurement of temperature
Chapter 3Measurement of atmospheric pressure
Chapter 4Measurement of humidity
Chapter 5Measurement of surface wind
Chapter 6Measurement of precipitation
Chapter 7Measurement of radiation
Chapter 8Measurement of sunshine duration
Chapter 9Measurement of visibility
Chapter 10Measurement of evaporation
Chapter 11Measurement of soil moisture
Chapter 12Measurement of upper-air pressure, temperature and humidity
Chapter 13Measurement of upper wind
Chapter 14Observation of present and past weather; state of the ground
Chapter 15Observation and measurement of clouds
Chapter 16Measurement of atmospheric composition
VOLUME IIMEASUREMENT OF CRYOSPHERIC VARIABLES
Chapter 1General
Chapter 2Measurement of snow
Chapter 3Measurement of glaciers
VOLUME IIIOBSERVING SYSTEMS
Chapter 1Measurements at automatic weather stations
Chapter 2Measurements and observations at aeronautical meteorological stations 
Chapter 3Aircraft based observations
Chapter 4Marine observation
Chapter 5Special profiling techniques for the boundary layer and the troposphere
Chapter 6Electromagnetic methods of lightning detection
Chapter 7Radar measurements
Chapter 8Balloon techniques
Chapter 9Urban observations
Chapter 10Road meteorological measurement
VOLUME IVSPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Chapter 1Introduction
Chapter 2Principles of Earth observation from space
Chapter 3Remote-sensing instruments
Chapter 4Satellite programmes
Chapter 5Space-based observation of geophysical variables
Chapter 6Calibration and validation
Chapter 7Cross-cutting issues
VOLUME VQUALITY ASSURANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF OBSERVING SYSTEMS
Chapter 1Quality Management
Chapter 2Sampling meteorological variables
Chapter 3Data reduction
Chapter 4Testing, calibration and intercomparison
Chapter 5Training of instrument specialists