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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is the UN system's authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources.
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Guidelines on Homogenization. 2020 edition.
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Swizerland, 2020)This publication provides guidance on homogenization of instrumental land station data. For beginners, the publication describes prerequisites for homogenization (including data rescue, quality control, metadata, parallel ... -
Ocean Buoy Awareness [Training Videos]
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2022)This video, funded by WMO, ECCC Canada, CREWS and KMA shall enhance public awareness and understanding on the value of ocean buoys. -
Technical Regulations: Basic Documents No. 2. Volume I – General Meteorological Standards and Recommended Practices. 2019 edition.
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019)1.The Technical Regulations (WMO‑No. 49) of the World Meteorological Organization are presented in three volumes:Volume I – General meteorological standards and recommended practices Volume II – Meteorological service for ... -
SIGRID-3 : a vector archive format for sea ice georeferenced information and data. Version 3.0.
(WMO & IOC, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014)This document describes Version 3.0 of SIGRID-3 (Sea Ice GeoReferenced Information and Data), an evolution of the SIGRID series of standards for coding, exchange and archiving of digital ice charts. Version 3.0 retains ... -
WIGOS metadata standard, 2019 edition.
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019)An important aspect of the WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) implementation is ensuring maximum usefulness of WIGOS observations. Observations without metadata are of very limited use: it is only when accompanied ... -
International list of Voluntary Observing Ships Metadata fields & descriptions, exchange formats and code tables. Metadata Format Version 04. (Document Revision 4.2) .
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017)WMO maintains a catalogue of ships participating in the global Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) Scheme. The catalogue is produced from the national VOS lists submitted by WMO Members. The catalogue, which contains a ... -
Guide to Instruments and Methods of Observation. Volume V – Quality Assurance and Management of Observing Systems. 2018 edition.
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2018)This chapter is general and covers operational meteorological observing systems of any size or nature. Although the guidance it gives on quality management is expressed in terms that apply to large networks of observing ... -
Guide to the WMO Integrated Global Observing System. 2019 edition.
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019)This is the second edition of the Guide to the WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WMO-No. 1165). The Guide was developed following the decision of the Seventeenth World Meteorological Congress for the WMO Integrated ... -
Guide to marine meteorological services. 2018 edition.
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2018)Weather information has always been vital for the safety and efficient operation of marine industries, particularly transport and fishing. Early in the twentieth century, wireless telegraphy allowed regular communication ... -
Manual on the WMO Integrated Global Observing System. Annex VIII to the WMO Technical Regulations. 2015 edition, updated in 2017.
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017)This is the first edition of the Manual on the WMO Integrated Global Observing System(WMO-No. 1160), developed following the decision of the Sixteenth World MeteorologicalCongress to proceed with the implementation of that ... -
Manual on Marine Meteorological Services - Volume I — Global Aspects: Annex VI to the WMO Technical Regulations. 2012 edition, updated in 2018.
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2018)Purpose and scope of the Manual on Marine Meteorological Services. 1.The Manual on Marine Meteorological Services (WMO-No. 558) is issued in accordance with a decision of the Eighth World Meteorological ... -
Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation: (CIMO guide). 2014 edition, updated in 2017.[SUPERSEDED]
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017)The first edition of the Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation (WMONo. 8) was published in 1954 and consisted of twelve chapters. Since then, standardization has remained a key concern of the ... -
The 2018 WMO/CIMO Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation (CIMO TECO-2018) “Towards fit-for-purpose environmental measurements” 8 - 11 October 2018, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2018)CIMO-TECO 2018 Proceedings -
Manual on Codes International Codes Volume I.1 Annex II to the WMO Technical Regulations Part A – Alphanumeric Codes. 2011 edition, Updated in 2017,
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017)Volume I of the Manual on Codes contains WMO international codes for meteorological data and other geophysical data relating to meteorology; it constitutes Annex II to the Technical Regulations (WMONo. 49) and has therefore ... -
Guide to Marine Meteorological Services. 2017 edition. [SUPERSEDED by http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-688]
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017)The internationally agreed methods of providing services to the marine community around the world are described in the Manual on Marine Meteorological Services (WMO-No. 558). The purpose of this Guide is to complement the ... -
Sea-Ice Information Services in the World. Edition 2017.
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2017)The 2017 update of the document reflects new types of sea ice and icebergs information, forms of collaboration and delivery of the products through August 2017. Areas that have seen substantial progress over the last seven ... -
Guide to Storm Surge Forecasting
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2011)The development of this Guide to Storm Surge Forecasting, produced under the guidance of JCOMM ETWS, has been a team effort, involving a number of experts in various aspects of storm surge modelling and forecasting ... -
Guidelines on Best Practices for Climate Data Rescue
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2016)This technical document is an update of WMO/TD-1210, WCDMP-55, Guidelines on Climate Data Rescue (2004). It builds on the original Guidelines, while taking into account both changes in technology that have occurred ... -
Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation: (CIMO guide). 2014 edition. [SUPERSEDED by http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-432]
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014)This Guide is a key resource that provides a description of most instruments, systems and techniques in regular use, from the simplest to the most complex and sophisticated, but does not attempt to deal with methods ... -
Sea-Ice Nomenclature: snapshot of the WMO Sea Ice Nomenclature (WMO No. 259, Volume 1 – Terminology and Codes, Volume II – Illustrated Glossary and III – International System of Sea-Ice Symbols)
(WMO-JCOMM, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014)This document provides snapshot of the WMO Sea Ice Nomenclature (WMO No. 259, Volume 1 – Terminology and Codes, Volume II – Illustrated Glossary and III – International System of Sea-Ice Symbols) by March 2014 (5th Session ...
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