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	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.
		Established in 1950, WMO became the specialized agency of the United Nations for meteorology (weather and climate), operational hydrology and related geophysical sciences.
		The current president is Alexander Bedritsky, elected by the 14th World Meteorological Congress held in 2003.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Meteorological_Organization (435 words)

	World Meteorological Organization on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		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.
		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.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/W/WorldM1et.asp (299 words)

	WMO - World Meteorological Organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		WMO's activities contribute to the safety of life and property, the socio-economic development of nations and the protection of the environment.
		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.
		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.fao.org /gtos/sponsrs/wmoinfo.html (264 words)

	World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - 1998 IYO Activities
		The Twelfth Congress of the WMO in 1995, agreed that the WMO should contribute to the celebration of the important International Year of the Ocean.
		The WMO Members were urged to contribute to celebrations at the national level, and requested the Executive Council to arrange for a variety of WMO contributions to the year, both directly and in concert with other United Nations system agencies (see Resolution 17 (Cg-XII)).
		The January 1998 numbers of the WMO Bulletin and World Climate News will also be largely devoted to aspects of the general theme of "oceans, weather and climate".
	ioc.unesco.org /iyo/activities/wmo_activ.htm (417 words)

	Executive Council of the World Meteorological Organization
		The World Meteorological Organization is an essential partner in facilitating and coordinating international efforts in the environmental sciences.
		International organizations, such as the WMO and IOC, are the logical places to help facilitate this process, and their new Joint Technical Commission on Oceanography and Marine Meteorology represents a giant step forward in our potential ability to integrate plans for implementation.
		We are pleased to recognize WMO’s active participation in the Coordination Group on Meteorological Satellites and the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites, and we urge your endorsement of WMO’s full commitment to the Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) Partners, which NOAA is poised to co-chair this fall.
	www.state.gov /g/oes/rls/rm/2002/12989.htm (1362 words)

	World Meteorological Organization
		Meteorological data are transmitted instantaneously through a world communications system developed by WMO.
		WMO continues to assist governments ensure that farmers receive timely and accurate agro-meteorological advice through radio bulletins and other channels to safeguard the environment and contribute to the economies of drought-prone countries of the Sahel.
		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)

	WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The National Meteorological and Hydrological Services anticipate, alert and minimize the impacts of extreme events, desertification and other threats to human safety and security and to the global environment, including climate change, ozone depletion and increased pollution.
		The World Meteorological Organization supports the WSIS target, given in Paragraph 6.(g) of the Operational Part, concerning the establishment of monitoring and early-warning systems, using ICTs, to forecast and monitor the impact of natural and man-made disaster
		The World Meteorological Organization suggests to reaffirm, in the Political Chapeau, the crucial role of ICTs in the observation and prediction of the state of the earth for the protection of life and properties, and for development.
	www.itu.int /wsis/docs2/pc2/subcommittee/WMOStatement.html (427 words)

	World Meteorological Organization
		World Meteorological Organization was established on October 11, 1947, Washington D.C., when convention was signed on behalf of 42 states, at the conclusion of the 12th Conference of Directors of International Meteological Organization, an International non-governmental organization found in 1873.
		The World Climate Programme (WCP) was established in Geneva, Switzerland in February 1979, following the staging of the First World Climate Conference.
		It is co-sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO and the International Council for Science (ICSU).
	www.library.utoronto.ca /earth/Climate_change/wmo.htm (169 words)

	World Meteorological Organization
		The WMO is a specialised agency of the United Nations.
		Its purpose is 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.
		The World Meteorological Organization coordinates global scientific activity to allow increasingly prompt and accurate weather information and other services for public, private and commercial use, including international airline and shipping industries.
	www.bom.gov.au /wmo (275 words)

	WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
		The main task of WMO is to co-ordinate and facilitate the establishment and the operation of systems for measuring and observing meteorological, hydrological and oceanographic elements of the environment which are required on national, regional and global levels.
		The WMO's competence in establishing basin-wide water quality monitoring, flow forecasting and warning systems in many national and international river basins is demonstrated by recently completed projects in Bangladesh, Algeria, Malawi, Indonesia, Brazil, Venezuela and in the Lake Victoria basin.
		WMO also provide technical and operational leadership in remote sensing (satellite and SAR imagery) and satellite-based systems in support of water resources assessment and management, flood warnings, pollution monitoring, land use and soil water content monitoring and crops yield estimation.
	www.irimet.net /irimo/IPM&ISproject.htm (5486 words)

	The GNIP and the World Meteorological Organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It is typically an output from meteorological and climatological analyses and an input to hydrological studies.
		One of the purposes of the World Meteorological Organisation is to promote activities in operational hydrology and to further close co-operation between Meteorological and Hydrological Services.
		Demands for the assessment, development, and protection of water resources are increasing in all parts of the world.
	isohis.iaea.org /userupdate/description/Wmo.html (459 words)

	About WMO - World Meteorological Organization
		It is through WMO that the complex agreements on standards, codes, measurements and communications are established internationally.
		Among the important contributions are bridging the gap between developed and developing countries and accelerating the implementation and the operation of, in particular, WWW programme, operational hydrology and GAW.
		The maximum expenditure for the financial period 1996-1999, as approved by the Twelth World Meteorological Congress, is Swiss francs 255 million.
	www.meteo.physik.uni-muenchen.de /~sarah/wmofact.html (2135 words)

	Encyclopedia: World Meteorological Organization
		Image File history File links Logo of the World Meteorological Organization File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
		Satellite image of Hurricane Hugo Meteorology is the scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting.
		IPCC is science authority for the UNFCCC The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in 1988 by two United Nations organizations, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to assess the risk of human-induced climate change.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/World-Meteorological-Organization (748 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)

	PRESS RELEASE World Meteorological Organization Awards Sutron $738,331 Contract (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sutron's Automatic Weather Stations are vital elements of a joint venture between the WMO and the government of Finland, the SIDS-Caribbean Project, (Preparedness to Climate Variability and Global Change in Small Island Developing States, Caribbean Region, http://www.sids-caribbean-project.com/).
		The project directly benefits the countries of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Commonwealth of Dominica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, St. Christopher and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Turks and Caicos.
		Moreover, the project will lead to improvement of the meteorological infrastructure in these countries, which ultimately will enhance the socio-economic development of the area in a multitude of ways.
	www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=58638 (449 words)

	WMO Resolution 40 Cover Letter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		I have the honour to inform you of the decisions of the World Meteorological Congress regarding the international exchange of meteorological and related data and products, including relationships in commercial meteorological activities.
		As a fundamental principle of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and in consonance with the expanding requirements for its scientific and technical expertise, WMO commits itself to broadening and enhancing the free and unrestricted international exchange of meteorological and related data and products.
		A copy of this letter with its annex is being sent to the Permanent Representative of your country with the WMO and the Permanent Mission of your country in Geneva, if established.
	www.nws.noaa.gov /im/wmocovr.htm (264 words)

	World Meteorological Organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It is a pleasure for me to be invited here today to address the opening of the 54th session of the WMO Executive Council.
		A fully implemented global observing system for climate will give us the tools we need to take "the pulse of the planet." And, the full and open sharing of data between nations is an essential part of this effort—including making the data available within sufficient time to be of operational use.
		World wide, a lower bound estimate of annual economic benefits of improved forecasts for agriculture is US$450-500M per year.
	www.noaa.gov /lautenbacher/wmo.htm (1299 words)

	Morocco joins world meteorological organization executive council
		Morocco was elected Wednesday member of the executive council of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) which is holding currently its 13th congress in Geneva.
		WMO also aims to promote the rapid exchange of meteorological information and provides the authoritative scientific voice on the state and behavior of the Earth's atmosphere and climate.
		The WMO Congress, which is the supreme body of WMO, meets every four years.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/990522/1999052230.html (205 words)

	World Meteorological Organization Commisson for Climatology Open Programme Area Group on the Monitoring and Analysis of ...
		World Meteorological Organization Commisson for Climatology Open Programme Area Group on the Monitoring and Analysis of Climate Variability and Change
		Organized under the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme (WCDMP), the Commission for Climatology (CCl) has three Open Programme Area Groups (OPAGs).
		Thanks to strong international collaboration, the World Weather Records is expected to continue to be one of the most geographically comprehensive in situ climate data sets in the world.
	www.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/wmo/ccl (504 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 Weather Information Service - The World Meteorological Organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), of which 185* States and Territories are Members, is a specialized agency of the United Nations.
		To facilitate world-wide cooperation in the establishment of networks of stations for the making of meteorological observations as well as hydrological and other geophysical observations related to meteorology, and to promote the establishment and maintenance of centres charged with the provision of meteorological and related services;
		For more information, please visit WMO web site (http://www.wmo.int).
	www.worldweather.org /wmo.htm (201 words)

	Severe Weather Information Centre
		This World Meteorological Organization (WMO) web site is developed and maintained by the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) of Hong Kong, China.
		for information from individual WMO Members participating in the Project.
		The information in this World Meteorological Organization (WMO) web site is based on advisories issued by Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres (RSMC), and official warnings issued by National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) for their respective countries or regions.
	severe.worldweather.org (192 words)

	World Meteorological Organization
		The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations.
		The Hydrology and Water Resources Programme (HWRP) of the WMO supports a range of efforts involving operational hydrology, data collection, standardization, education and research in member nations.
		Data availability may be subject to the agreement of the countries involved.
	www.ngdc.noaa.gov /seg/hazard/resource/methaz/hydrowmo.html (156 words)

	World Meteorological Organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		From weather prediction to air pollution research, climate change related activities, ozone layer depletion studies and tropical storm forecasting, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) coordinates global scientific activity to allow increasingly prompt and accurate weather information and other services for public, private and commercial use, including international airline and shipping industries.
		Within the United Nations, the Geneva-based 185-Member Organization provides the authoritative scientific voice on the state and behavior of the Earth's atmosphere and climate.
		This site is a window to WMO programmes and research.
	serc.carleton.edu /resources/465.html (85 words)

	Alibris: World Meteorological Organization
		by Taba, Hessam, and Tara, Hessam, and World Meteorological Organization
		Microprocessors in operational hydrology proceedings of the Technical Conference on the Use of Microprocessors and Microcomputers in Operational Hydrology, Geneva...
		Tropical meteorology in Africa; proceedings of the symposium jointly sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization and the Munitalp Foundation.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/World_Meteorological_Organization (230 words)

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