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18-03-2020

WMO Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation (TECO-2020)

WMO Technical Conference on Meteorological and Environmental Instruments and Methods of Observation (TECO-2020) with the theme Sustainable fit-for-purpose measurements – a foundation of the WMO Earth System approach, will be held in Paris (France) at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Hall 7.1, from 21

17-03-2020

Operational launch of the WDQMS Webtool

WMO launched the operational version of the WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring (WDQMS) Webtool (https://wdqms.wmo.int/), on Tuesday 17 March 2020. The tool is a cornerstone of WMO's strategy to strengthen the monitoring of the WIGOS component observing systems as WMO implements the Global Basic Observing

20-02-2020

Final report, fourth session of the Expert Team on the Observing System Design and Evolution (IPET-OSDE), Geneva, 12-13 December 2019

The Fourth Meeting of the Inter Programme Expert Team on Observing System Design and Evolution (IPET-OSDE) of the Open Programme Area Group for Integrated Observing Systems (OPAG-IOS) of the Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) was held at the WMO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland from 12 to 13

20-02-2020

Final report, Scoping Workshop on Future Activities to Assess Impact of Various Observing Systems on Earth System Prediction, Geneva, 9-11 December 2019

The scoping workshop on future activities for assessing the impact of various observing systems on Earth System Prediction was held at the WMO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, from 9 to 11 December 2019. About 50 participants from 16 Countries and 5 international organizations attended the

15-02-2020

Aviation | News | 2020-02-15 | WMO publishes update to the Manual on the Global Data-processing and Forecasting System (WMO-No. 485)

WMO has just published an update to WMO-No. 485, Manual on the Global Data-processing and Forecasting System, Annex IV to the WMO Technical Regulations. The update is available via the WMO e-Library here in English. The French, Spanish and Russian language versions will be available in due course.

06-02-2020

Aviation | News | 2020-02-06 | New URL for the Services for Aviation Moodle portal

With immediate effect, the URL of the Services for Aviation Moodle portal has been changed from https://aviation.wmo.int/moodle to https://aviationtraining.wmo.int/. Please update your bookmarks to https://aviationtraining.wmo.int/

31-01-2020

Call for nominations for the Steering Committees of emerging GAW Initiatives

The Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Programme of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) through its Implementation plan for 2016-2023 embarked on the development of new environmental products and services for the user community. These are to be implemented through the translational scientific

30-01-2020

Aviation | News | 2020-01-30 | WMO publishes update to the Manual on Codes (WMO-No. 306), Volume I.3

WMO has just published an update to WMO-No. 306, Manual on Codes - International Codes, Volume I.3, Part D - Representations derived from data models. The update is available via the WMO e-Library here in English, French and Spanish. The Russian language version will be available in due course.

29-01-2020

WMO-No. 8 - Preliminary 2020 Edition - ready for Members' review

The Preliminary 2020 Edition of the WMO-No. 8 (Volume IV and Volume III/Chapter 4) is now available for consideration by Members. To find more please click here.

22-01-2020

Aviation | News | 2020-01-22 | WMO launches a global survey on climate change and variability impacts on aviation

WMO has launched a global survey targeting aviation professionals - more specifically, administration and governance personnel, flight crew members, air traffic services personnel, airline operators, airport operators, ground handling operators and original equipment manufacturers - to clarify their