Public Weather Services (PWS)

PWS Structure

Public Weather Services (PWS) is one of the Open Programme Area Groups (OPAGs) under the overall responsibility of the Commission for Basic Systems (CBS).   The other OPAGs of CBS are the Integrated Observing Systems (IOS), the Information Systems and Services (ISS) and the Data Processing and Forecasting Systems (DPFS).

CBS adopted the OPAG structure in 1998. The work of PWS Programme (PWSP) is coordinated through an Implementation Coordination Team and three Expert Teams (ETs). These are: the Implementation Coordination Team on Public Weather Services (ICT/PWS); Expert Team on Services and Products Improvement (ET/SPI); Expert Team in Support of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (ET-DPM); and the Expert Team on Communication, Outreach and Public Education Aspects of PWS (ET/COPE).

Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) Open Programme Area Groups (OPAGs) Expert Teams on PWS

• Implementation Coordination Team (ET-ICT)
• Expert Team on Services and Products Improvement (ET-SPI)
• Expert Team on PWS in Support of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (ET-DPM)
• Expert Team on Communication, Outreach and Public Education Aspects of PWS (ET/COPE)

The Organigram below shows the position of PWS in the overall structure of WMO including Congress, the Executive Council and CBS.

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