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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 -
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Guide to marine meteorological services, 3rd edition.[ SUPERSEDED]
(World Meteorological Organization, 2001)The realization that specialized meteorological information and services are required to meet the often complex requirements of diverse marine user groups, prompted the ... -
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 [SUPERSEDED by http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-688]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 ... -
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 ... -
Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation, 2008 edition updated in 2010.[SUPERSEDED]
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2012)The present, seventh, edition is a fully revised version which includes additional topics and chapters reflecting recent technological developments. Its purpose, as with the previous editions, is to give comprehensive ... -
Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation: (CIMO guide). 2014 edition, updated in 2017.[SUPERSEDED]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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Guide to the applications of marine climatology.
(JCOMM via ET-MC, Expert Team on Marine Climatology, 1994)This Guide provides a set of procedures for the collection, exchange, quality control, archival and processing of marine climatological data.(dynamic part of the guide available in electronic form via the Volume 25, Issue ... -
Guide to the Global Observing System, 2010 edition Updated in 2012.
(2012)The main purpose of the Guide is to provide practical information on the development, organization, implementation and operation of the Global Observing System in order to enhance both the participation of individual ... -
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 wave analysis and forecasting, Second edition. [NOTE: 2018 draft for approval to be pub 2020 attached] [SUPERSEDED by http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-688]
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 1998)The national Meteorological Services of a large number of maritime countries have, for many years now, been engaged in the provision of ocean wave forecast and hindcast services in support of the requirements of users in ... -
Guidelines for the Education and Training of Personnel in Meteorology and Operational Hydrology - Vol. 1 Meteorology
(National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs), 2001)This guide provides an international framework for a common understanding of the basic qualifications required of individuals performing identified operational and related functions. It should also assist National ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
International list of Voluntary Observing Ships Metadata fields & descriptions, exchange formats and code tables. Metadata Format Version 04. (Document Revision 4.1) . [SUPERSEDED by http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-771]
(World Meteorological Organization, 2013)The catalogue, which contains a comprehensive range of ship’s metadata, was originally available as a WMO publication, WMO-No. 47 (commonly referred to as Pub 47). Due to increasing printing and distribution costs, ... -
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 ... -
Manual on Codes - International Codes, Volume I.1: part A- Alphanumeric Codes. (2015: 2011 edition updated) [SUPERSEDED]
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2015)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 ... -
Manual on Codes - International Codes, Volume I.2: Part B: Binary Codes and Part C: Common Features to Binary and Alphanumeric Codes. . (2014 : 2011 edition updated)
(World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014)Coded messages are used for the international exchange of meteorological information comprising observational data provided by the WWW Global O bserving System and processed data provided by the WWW Global ...
