World Meteorological Organization

Handbook of Drought Indicators and Indices. World Meteorological Organization and Global Water Partnership, 2016: M. Svoboda and B.A. Fuchs (WMO-No. 1173) Geneva, Switzerland and Stockholm, Sweden. [English version-PDF]

National Drought Management Policy Guidelines: A Template for Action. World Meteorological Organization and Global Water Partnership, 2014: D.A. Wilhite. (WMO-No. 1164) Geneva, Switzerland and Stockholm, Sweden. [English version-PDF][Arabic version-PDF] [Chinese version-PDF][French version-PDF][Spanish version-PDF]
[Russian version-PDF]

Towards a Compendium on National Drought Policy - Proceedings of an Expert Team Meeting. Sivakumar, Mannava V.K., Raymond P. Motha, Donald A. Wilhite, and John J. Qu (Eds.). 2011. Proceedings of an Expert Meeting on the Preparation of a Compendium on National Drought Policy, July 14-15, 2011, Washington DC, USA: Geneva, Switzerland: World Meteorological Organization. AGM-12; WAOB-2011. 135 pp.
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Agricultural Drought Indices - Proceedings of an Expert meeting. Sivakumar, Mannava V.K., Raymond P. Motha, Donald A. Wilhite and Deborah A. Wood (Eds.). 2011. Agricultural Drought Indices. Proceedings of the WMO/UNISDR Expert Group Meeting on Agricultural Drought Indices, 2-4 June 2010, Murcia, Spain: Geneva, Switzerland: World Meteorological Organization. AGM-11, WMO/TD No. 1572; WAOB-2011. 219 pp.
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Guidelines for the Education and Training of personnel in Meteorology and Operational Hydrology Volume 1:
Supplement No. 2: Guidelines for Curricula on Agricultural Meteorology. 2009. Outcome of a CAgM Expert Meeting on Review of Curriculum in Agricultural Meteorology held in New Delhi , India from 14-16 March 2007. WMO-No. 258. [PDF Version Available]

Management of Natural and Environmental Resources for Sustainable Agricultural Development. 2008. Proceedings of a CAgM Expert Team, 13-16 February 2006, Portland, USA. Edited by R. Stefanski and P. Pasteris. AGM-10, WMO/TD-No. 1428. [PDF Version Available]

Strengthening Operational Agrometeorological Services at the National Level. 2006. Proceedings of the Inter-Regional Workshop, 22-26 March 2004, Manila, Philippines. Edited by R. Motha, M.V.K. Sivakumar, and M. Bernardi. AGM-9, WMO/TD-No. 1277. [PDF Version Available]

Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Agricultural Meteorology.  2004. Proceedings of the Training Workshop, 7-11 July 2003, Dehradun, India. Edited by M.V.K. Sivakumar, P.S. Roy, K. Harmsen, and S.K. Saha. AGM-8, WMO/TD-No. 1182. [PDF Version Available]

Applications of Climate Forecasts for Agriculture. 2004. Proceedings of an Expert Group Meeting for Regional Association I - Africa.  9-13 December 2002, Banjul, Gambia. Edited by M.V.K. Sivakumar. AGM-7/WCAC-1, WMO/TD-No. 1223. [PDF Version Available]

Servicios de Informatión y Predictión del Clima (SIPC) y Aplicaciones Agrometeorológicas para los Países Andinos: Actas de la Reunión Téchnia. 2004. del 8 al 12 de dicembre de 2003, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Ginebra, Suiza: OMM. AGM-6/WCAC-2, WMO/TD-No. 1234. (Spanish) [PDF Available - 5.8 MB]

Improving Agrometerological Bulletins. 2004. Proceedings of the Inter-Regional Workshop. 15-19 October 2001, Bridgetown, Barbados. Edited by M.V.K. Sivakumar. AGM-5, WMO/TD-No. 1108.[PDF Version Available]

Software for Agroclimatic Data Management. 2001. Proceedings of an Expert Group Meeting, 16-20 October 2000, Washington DC, USA. Edited by R.P. Motha and M.V.K. Sivakumar. AGM-4, WMO/TD-No. 1075, Washington DC, USA: United States Department of Agriculture and Geneva, Switzerland: WMO.[PDF Version Available]

Automated Weather Stations for Applications in Agriculture and Water Resources Management: Current Use and Future Perspectives. 2001. Proceedings of an International Workshop held in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, 6-10 March 2000. Edited by Kenneth G. Hubbard and M.V.K. Sivakumar. AGM-3, WMO/TD No. 1074, Lincoln, Nebraska: High Plains Climate Center and Geneva, Switzerland: WMO. [PDF Available - 28.0 MB - scanned from paper version]

Early Warning Systems for Drought Preparedness and Drought Management. 2000. Edited by Wilhite, D.A., M.V.K. Sivakumar and D.A. Wood. Geneva, Switzerland: World Meteorological Organization. AGM-2, WMO/TD N°1037, 2000. 185 pp.  [PDF Version Available - 3.5 MB ]

Coping with Drought in Sub-Saharan Africa: Better Use of Climate Information. 2000. AGM-1,WMO/TD N° 1035. Geneva, Switzerland: World Meteorological Organization. 29 p.  [PDF Available - 0.2 MB]

Climate Prediction and Agriculture. 2000. Proceedings of the START/WMO International Workshop, 27-29 September 1999. Edited by M.V.K. Sivakumar. Geneva, Switzerland. Washington DC, USA: International START Secretariat. 322 pp.

Reunión de expertos de las Asociaciones Regionales III y IV sobre fenómenos adversos. 2000. (Actas de la reunión celebrada, 12-14 julio 1999, Caracas, Venezuela). Geneva, Switzerland: World Meteorological Organization. 254 pp. [PDF Version Available]

User Requirements for Agrometeorological Services. (Proceedings of the International Workshop held in Pune, India, 10-14 November 1997), India Meteorological Departement, Pune, India 1998. [PDF Version Available]

Encuesta agrometeorológica de las tierras bajas de los trópicos húmedos de América del Sur.  FAO – WMO – UNESCO – UNEP Interagencies Working Group on Agricultural Biometeorology. WMO, Geneva, June 1998. [PDF Version Available]

Técnicas agrometeorológicas en la agricultura operativa de América Latina. (Proceedings of the Regional Workshop / Expert Meeting held in Paipa, Colombia, 17– 21 March 1997). WMO, Geneva, December 1997. [PDF Version Available]

Atelier régional sur la gestion des données agrométéorologiques et leur utilisation pour les services agricoles. Bamako, Mali, 24-28 novembre 1997. [PDF Version Available]

Wind Erosion in Africa and West Asia: Problems and Control Strategies. Proceedings of the Expert Group Meeting held in Cairo, Egypt, 22 –25 April 1997. [PDF Version Available]

Prévention et gestion des situations de sécheresse dans les pays de l’Afrique du Nord. Proceedings of the workshop held in Casablanca, Morocco, 24 to 28 June 1996.

Drought Preparedness and management for Western African countries. Proceedings of the Workshop held in Banjul, Gambia, 1995.