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	International Meteorological Organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		International Meteorological Organization held in Brussels, Belgium on August 23, 1853.
		Maury's initiative was followed by an agreement at an International Meteorological Conference in Vienna Austria September 1873 that an International Meteorological Organization (IMO) should be formed.
		Then the 1873 International Meteorological Organization was succeeded by the World Meteorological Organization in 1950.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_Meteorological_Organization (141 words)

	World Meteorological Organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 187 Member States and Territories.
		It originated from the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which was founded in 1873.
		Established in 1950, WMO became the specialized agency of the United Nations for meteorology (weather and climate), operational hydrology and related geophysical sciences.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Meteorological_Organization (358 words)

	KNMI Statement on the occasion of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological ...
		Thirdly, the Kingdom of the Netherlands was one of the States represented at the Conference of Directors of the International Meteorological Organization which was convened at Washington D.C. in September 1947 and was among the original signatories to the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization.
		Meteorological data from the KNMI and other Services are exchanged globally under the aegis of WMO for the benefit of all nations.
		Their contributions include in particular preparedness against meteorological and hydrological hazards that account for about 80% of all hazards, monitoring and projection of the potential impacts of natural and human-induced environmental hazards associated with ozone depletion, pollution, forest fires, volcanic ash, toxic chemicals and radionuclides.
	www.knmi.nl /kenniscentrum/jarraud_speech.html (1349 words)

	WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It replaced the International Meteorological Organization, which was established in 1878.
		WMO aims at promoting international cooperation between the world’s meteorological stations, standardizing meteorological observations, encouraging research and training, and extending the use of meteorological findings to different fields.
		Satellites, used to collect meteorological data and in communications, have made possible the rapid exchange of observations for forecasting in the WMO-sponsored World Weather Watch.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/wo/WorldMet.html (124 words)

	World Meteorological Organization Contact Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The World Meteorological Convention, by which the World Meteorological Organization was created, was adopted at the Twelfth Conference of Directors of the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which met in Washington in 1947.
		Although the Convention itself came into force in 1950, WMO commenced operations as the successor to IMO in 1951 and, later that year, was established as a specialized agency of the United Nations by agreement between the UN and WMO.
		The purposes of WMO are to facilitate international cooperation in the establishment of networks of stations for making meteorological, hydrological and other observations; and to promote the rapid exchange of meteorological information, the standardization of meteorological observations and the uniform publication of observations and statistics.
	www.gm-unccd.org /FIELD/Multi/WMO/OP_WMO.htm (248 words)

	International Cooperation
		As one participant boasted, GATE was "the largest and most complex international scientific undertaking yet attempted." In the summer of 1974, a dozen aircraft and 40 research ships from 20 nations made measurements across a large swath of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, along with a satellite launched specially to linger overhead.
		In each case one of the organizers' first difficulties was to find a meaningful and pronounceable acronym — a mode of naming emblematic of organizations with distinct if transient identities, stuck together from independent components.
		The democratization of international politics was the scarcely noticed foundation upon which the IPCC and its fellow organizations took their stand.
	www.aip.org /history/climate/Internat.htm (12875 words)

	Convention of the World Meteorological Organization, and Protocol concerning Spain [1950] ATS 5
		Each Member of the Organization on its part shall respect the exclusively international character of the responsibilities of the Secretary General and the staff and not seek to influence them in the discharge of their responsibilities to the Organization.
		The expenditures of the Organization shall be apportioned among the Members of the Organization in the proportions determined by the Congress.
		The Organization shall be brought into relationship with the United Nations pursuant to Article 57 of the Charter of the United Nations, subject to the approval of the terms of the agreement by two-thirds of the Members which are States.
	www.austlii.edu.au /au/other/dfat/treaties/1950/5.html (2914 words)

	About WMO - World Meteorological Organization
		All nominations should be communicated to the Secretary-General of the Organization in “confidential” for transmission to the Selection Committee of the Executive Council.
		In accordance with the rules, the name of a candidate submitted for a given Prize but not chosen for the award in that year, is retained on the list of candidates for subsequent Prizes during that financial period (fourteenth financial period: 2004-2007).
		The IMO Prize is awarded annually to individuals for outstanding work in the field of meteorology or in any other field referred to in Article 2 of the WMO Convention, which is annexed to this Nomination Form.
	www.wmo.ch /web-en/awards_imo.html (487 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - World Meteorological Organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION [World Meteorological Organization] (WMO), specialized agency of the United Nations; established in 1951 with headquarters at Geneva.
		WMO operates through the World Meteorological Congress (which meets at least every four years) with delegates from its entire membership, an executive committee, a technical commission, a secretariat, and six regional meteorological associations in Africa, Asia, South America, North and Central America, SW Pacific, and Europe.
		A descriptive survey of meteorological observing systems in Mississippi (1).
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/W/WorldMet.asp (275 words)

	NIM - World Meteorological Organisation - WMO
		The World Meteorological Organization is an inter-governmental organization that comprises 185 Member States and Territories.
		WMO was created in 1950 as the successor to the International Meteorological Organization that had been in place since 1873.
		There is solid evidence that, besides their countless advantages with respect to security and the quality of life, meteorological and hydrological services also have a positive economic impact, and the ratio of investment to gains can be as high as one to ten.
	www.meteo.tn /htmlen/documentation/liens.html (371 words)

	EO News: Goddard Scientist Honored by the World Meteorological Organization - November 25, 2002
		In 2001, the American Meteorological Society honored Simpson with the Charles F. Anderson Award in recognition of her outstanding and extraordinary contributions to the promotion of educational outreach, educational service, and diversity in the AMS and broader communities.
		She is the 1983 recipient of the Rossby Research Medal, the highest award of the American Meteorological Society, and received Goddard’s first Nordberg Award for Earth Sciences in 1994.
		She was elected an Honorary Member of the American Meteorological Society in 1995 and an Honorary Member of the Royal Meteorological Society of Great Britain in 1999.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NasaNews/2002/2002112510962.html (767 words)

	The National Meteorological Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The basic mission of the National Meteorological Service (EMY) is the support of the national defence, national economy and of the society from the meteorological point of view.
		This organization is among other things responsible for the planning, on world level, of the meteorological system of weather observation.
		The European ECMWF Organization founded in 1973, which is responsible for the research and development of mathematical methods of mid-term weather forecasts through the use of atmospheric models in order to distribute on real time the results of these models to its member-countries.
	www.hri.org /mod/FYLLADIA/white_bibile_2k/k6_6.htm (242 words)

	International Organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Israel destroyed the home and office of Hezbollah's leader Friday and tightened its seal on Lebanon, blasting its air and road links to the outside world to punish the guerrilla group _ and with it, the country _ for the capture of two Israeli soldiers.
		International Organizations (Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room, Library of Congress).
		Develops international guidelines for health management, analyses the spread of disease, and coordinates international health programs...
	www.internationalorganization.info (325 words)

	Australian meteorologist wins top international prize Media Release 1 July 2005
		Dr John Zillman, former Director of the Bureau of Meteorology, has been awarded the 50 th International Meteorological Organization (IMO) Prize by the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva, for his outstanding individual contribution to the field of meteorology.
		The fact that there is such a high level of international cooperation in the field of meteorology is due in no small part to the tireless work Dr Zillman performed.
		The IMO Prize is awarded annually by the World Meteorological Organization to individuals for outstanding work in the field of meteorology.
	www.deh.gov.au /minister/ps/2005/psmr01jul05.html (427 words)

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		The need for reliable and regular information about the weather over the sea areas of the world led to the recognition of the need for international co-operation, and hence the organizing of the First International Meteorological Conference, which took place in Brussels in August 1853.
		In this regard, a non-governmental International Meteorological Organization (IMO) was created in September 1873 during the First International Meteorological Congress held in Vienna.
		The Convention of the new World Meteorological Organization was adopted and signed at the Conference of Directors held in Washington D.C., on 11 October 1947.
	www.unesco.org /archives/guide/uk/wmo/historique.html (385 words)

	World Meteorological Organization
		Meteorological data are transmitted instantaneously through a world communications system developed by WMO.
		Modibo Traore is one of more than 10,000 farmers in the rural villages of Mali, who listens to the daily weather forecasts and warnings provided by the national meteorological service.
		Their evolution as well as their itinerary is observed by satellite and data are transmitted instantaneously to the authorities so that measures to protect the populations can be taken immediately.
	www.un.org /Pubs/ourlives/wmo.htm (733 words)

	The Avalon Project : Convention of the World Meteorlogical Organization, October 11, 1947
		(a) Eligibility for election to the offices of President and Vice-President of the Organization, of President and Vice-President of the Regional Associations, and for membership, subject to the provisions of Article 13 (c) of the present Convention, on the Executive Committee should be confined to the Directors of Meteorological Services of Members of the Organization.
		Each Member of the Organization on its part shall respect the exclusively international character of the responsibilities of the Secretary General and the staff and riot seek to influence them in the discharge of their responsibilities to the Organization.
		If any Member fails to meet its financial obligations to the Organization or otherwise fails in its obligations under the present Convention, the Congress may by resolution suspend it from exercising its rights and enjoying privileges as a Member of the Organization until it hag met such financial or other obligations.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/decade/decad055.htm (2838 words)

	The International Cloud Atlas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As an aid in identifying the ten basic cloud types the observer will have available a copy of the World Meteorological Organization's International Cloud Atlas (abridged).
		This atlas contains 72 photographs in color and fl and white, of all the cloud types, as well as various weather phenomena such as showers, fog, waterspouts, etc. Also included in the atlas is an extensive text on the observation of clouds.
		Consequently the observer should take every opportunity to observe the clouds and identify them, referring to the descriptions and photographs frequently for confirmation, until skill has been obtained.
	www.mid-c.com /manmar/The_Inte.htm (147 words)

	NASA - Top Story - NASA SCIENTISTS AUTOGRAPH BOOKS AT THE AMS CONFERENCE - Feb. 06, 2003
		Joanne Simpson at the International Meteorological Organization Prize Ceremony held by the World Meteorological Organization in November 2002.
		Simpson is internationally acclaimed for her 54 years of pioneering work on cloud modeling, observational experiments on convective cloud systems and hurricane research.
		She has received many awards and honors during her long career and, in 2002, became the first woman to receive the prestigious International Meteorological Organization Prize by the Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
	www.nasa.gov /centers/goddard/news/topstory/2003/0209simpson.html (895 words)

	Met Office: History
		This small department of the Board of Trade is headed by Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy, RN.
		This eventually transformed into the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialised agency of the United Nations.
		The Mobile Meteorological Unit is deployed to theatre.
	www.metoffice.gov.uk /corporate/history (713 words)

	International Involvement: World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
		South Africa is a member of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a scientific organisation of the United Nations, aimed at improving international cooperation on meteorological, climate and hydrological matters through various scientific and technical cooperation committees and programmes.
		The World Meteorological Organization is governed by its Executive Council, a body consisting of elected member countries and the Secretary-General of WMO.
		The Permanent Representative of South Africa with WMO, Mr R D J Lengoasa, has been elected in 2003 to serve on the Executive Council.
	www.weathersa.co.za /Corporate/CorpWMO.jsp (118 words)

	Find in a Library: One hundred years of international co-operation in meteorology (1873-1973); a historical review.
		Find in a Library: One hundred years of international co-operation in meteorology (1873-1973); a historical review.
		One hundred years of international co-operation in meteorology (1873-1973); a historical review.
		WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/5e8494165e272c79.html (75 words)

	Neal, Alan Bruce - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry
		He was heavily involved with the development of weather satellite and related satellite activities in Australia and internationally (as Chair of the World Meteorological Organization's International Working Group on Satellites).
		Neal was responsible for the implementation of the Bureau's long standing corporate budget and planning process in the early 1980s, still in use when he retired in 2000 as Assistant Director (Services).
		Neal was Chair of the World Meteorological Organization's International Working Group on Satellites, and co-chair of the Australia-Japan Joint Committee on Meteorological Satellites and the Australia-China Joint Committee on Meteorological Satellites.
	www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/biogs/P003287b.htm (286 words)

	AllRefer.com - World Meteorological Organization, UN (United Nations) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - World Meteorological Organization, UN (United Nations) - Encyclopedia
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		World Meteorological Organization (WMO), specialized agency of the United Nations; established in 1951 with headquarters at Geneva.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/WorldMet.html (252 words)

	World Meteorological Organization
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	World Weather Information Service - Official Observations. Official Forecasts.
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		This global web site presents OFFICIAL weather observations, weather forecasts and climatological information for selected cities supplied by National Meteorological & Hydrological Services (NMHSs) worldwide.
		The NMHSs make official weather observations in their respective countries.
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	Goddard News - Top Feature
		Goddard Scientist Honored by the World Meteorological Organization
		Joanne Simpson has been awarded the prestigious International Meteorological Organization Prize by the Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the first woman ever to win this prize.
		Previously, she served as the project scientist for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Observatory.
	www.gsfc.nasa.gov /goddardnews/20021129/simpson.html (209 words)

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