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UNEP Questionnaire for
Earthwatch Partners |
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AGENCY
NAME |
World
Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Specialized Agency of the United Nations
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URL
Website |
http://www.wmo.int |
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Description |
WMO
coordinates the activities of its Members in the generation and exchange
of information on weather, water and climate according to internationally
agreed standards; research at national, international and global levels;
and the training of professionals to internationally recognized levels;
WMO also facilitates the development of services that improve the
well-being and safety of communities, nations and the whole of humankind.
As member
within the IGOS Partnership, the Members of WMO operate collectively the
main set of Global Observing Systems in the three Earth's domains - the
atmosphere, the ocean and land. This set consists of: World Weather Watch
Global Observing System (WWW/GOS), Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW), and
World Hydrological Cycle Observing System (WHYCOS), which include several
sub-sets and systems.
In concert
with other IGOS partners, WMO co-sponsors with a number of international
organizations additional Global Observing Systems: These include the
Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) which is also co-sponsored by the
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IOC-UNESCO), United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the International Council for
Science (ICSU); the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) with IOC-UNESCO,
ICSU and UNEP; and the Global Terrestrial Observing System (GTOS) with the
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), ICSU, UNEP, and UNESCO.
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Agenda
21 - Areas of particular focus or interest |
Atmosphere - Oceans -
Agriculture - Climate Change - Desertification - Health - Human
Settlements - Water |
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Regions |
Worldwide,
regional and national |
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Data
collection, Observation, Monitoring
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Atmospheric, oceanographic and environmental
observations and mearsurements generated by in-situ and remote sensing
land- and sea-based networks and systems and by environmental
polar-orbiting and geostationary operational and R&D satellite
platforms
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URL/
Data collection., Observ., Monitor. |
Please refer to:
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/Earthwatch/Partner-wmo.html |
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URL/Assessment and Analysis |
Please refer to:
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/Earthwatch/Partner-wmo.html |
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URL/Indicators |
Please refer to:
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/Earthwatch/Partner-wmo.html
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URL/Modelling |
Please refer to:
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/Earthwatch/Partner-wmo.html
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URL/Early warning mechanisms |
Please refer to:
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/Earthwatch/Partner-wmo.html
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URL/
Reports, Information dissemination |
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Major
Assessment Reports |
Please refer to: http://www.wmo.int
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http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/Earthwatch/Partner-wmo.html
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URL/
Network dev. and support |
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Networks
managed by Agency/Prog. |
Please refer to:
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/Earthwatch/Partner-wmo.html
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URL/
Capacity building |
Please refer to:
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/Earthwatch/Partner-wmo.html
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Responsible
Office/Person
(for inquiries or follow-up) |
Communications and
Public Affairs
World Meteorological Organization
7 bis, avenue de la Paix
CH-1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland
Tel.: +(41 22) 730 8314
Fax: +(41 22) 730 8027
E-mail: cpa@wmo.int
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