The 2024 Safety Report of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) was published today, 26 February 2025, and is available for interactive online viewing here. Through his involvement in IATA's Accident Classification Task Force (ACTF), Greg Brock, Chief of WMO's Services for Aviation
The final report of the second meeting of the Advisory Group on Volcanic Science for Aviation Applications (AG-VSA-2) is available here. The meeting was held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom from 4 to 6 February 2025. Working documentation addressed during AG-VSA-2 is available here. AG-VSA is a
The High-Level Conference on the Challenges of Climate Change in South-Eastern Europe, held from 4 to 6 February 2025 in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, brought together policymakers, directors of the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, partner agencies and experts to address the region’s
A new WMO Energy Mini Project began in January 2025 in Chile under the ENANDES+ project , following the successful completion of its first phase. The initial phase focused on developing an evaporation rate reduction model for open bodies of water with floating solar panel systems (FSPS), which has
WMO expertise has contributed to an article titled ' Airborne soil-derived dust hazards in aviation' published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 106, No. 1. Article abstract: Airborne mineral dust poses a safety challenge for aviation. Several fatal accidents have happened
In its third session from April 2024, the WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems (INFCOM) endorsed a decision for Members to share results from experiments on on non-catchment instruments (NCIs) and consider contributions to a formal intercomparison study. Based on
Operational Newsletter on the World Weather Watch 2025 Contact: wis@wmo.int Arctic Ocean Radio Soundings Available from 10 August to 18 September 2025 Notification from the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) Arctic Ocean radio soundings will be available four times daily (00
WMO is pleased to announce that the web page for Women in leadership in Aeronautical Meteorology has now been updated with new inspirational stories of the female leaders within WMO's community of practice. These stories are available in all six WMO languages (English, French, Spanish, Russian
The WMO Regional Training Centers (RTCs) in RA VI ( RTC Israel, RTC Italy, RTC Türkiye, RTC Russian Federation and RTC Spain). These centers play a vital role in supporting the WMO’s mission to enhance meteorological and hydrological services across Regional Association VI. These centers serve as
