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Manuals/Guides/Technical Regulations

Policy documents
No. 15	Basic Documents No. 1, (2007 edition)
No. 49	Technical Regulations:
	Volume I - General Meteorological Standards and Recommended Practices Volume II - Meteorological Services for Air Navigation Volume III - Meteorological Services for Hydrology
No. 60	Agreements and Working Arrangements
No. 508	Resolutions of Congress and the Executive Council
	Executive Council Reports
	International exchange of data and products
	WMO facilitates the free and unrestricted exchange of data and information, products and services in real- or near-real time on matters relating to safety and security of society, economic welfare and the protection of the environment.
No. 837	Exchanging Meteorological Data — Guidelines on Relationships in Commercial Meteorological Activities. WMO Policy and Practice.
Cg-XII	Resolution 40—WMO policy and practice for the exchange of meteorological and related data and products including guidelines on the relationships in commercial meteorological activities.
Cg XIII	Resolution 25—Exchange of Hydrological Data and Products Annex IV - Geneva Declaration of Thirteenth World Meteorological Congress
Technical commission reports - Commission for Basic Systems
	Final reports - CBS-Session related Meetings
Information Systems and Services
No. 386	Manual on the GTS: Volume I (fr/es/ru/ar/zh) & Volume II (fr/es/ru/ar/zh) & Attachment II-7( Routing Catalogues)
***	Guide on Internet Practices
Draft	Guide on VPN via the Internet between GTS centre (Updated Resolution 2 CBS-15)
Removed	Guide on the use of TCP/IP on the GTS - removed by resolution 4 (CBS-15)
Removed	Guide on PROVISIONAL Arrangements for the Use of IP Addresses over the GTS - removed by resolution 4 (CBS-15)
Draft	Guide on IT Security (Updated Resolution 2 CBS-15)
No. 1060	Manual on WMO Information System (WIS) - 2012 (en/fr/es/ru/ar/zh)
No. 1061	Guide to WMO Information System (WIS) (fr)
Data Management
No. 306	Manual on Codes
No. 611	Guide to WMO Binary Code Form GRIB 1 - Technical Report No.17 - May 1994
***	Guide to WMO Table-Driven Code Forms: FM 94 BUFR and FM 95 CREX
***	Guide to FM 92 GRIB Edition 2
*Data-processing and Forecasting System*
No. 788	Guide on World Weather Watch Data Management
No. 485	Manual on the GDPFS, Parts 1, 2 & 3
No. 305	Guide on the Global Data-processing System
No. 636	Guide on the automation of data-processing centres
No. 544	Manual on the Global Observing System
*Operational Publications*
No. 9	Weather reporting:
	Volume A - Observing stations
	Volume C1 - Catalogue of Meteorological Bulletins
	Volume C2 - Transmission Programmes
	Volume D - Information for Shipping
No. 47	International list of Selected, Supplementary and Auxiliary ships
*WMO Long-term Plan*
No. 962	Sixth WMO Long-term Plan (2004–2011)
Other publications of interest
No. 32	World Climate News (January 2008)
No. 55	WMO Bulletin - featuring The WMO Information System (WIS)
No. 976	Working together for a safer world
No. 990	WMO at a glance
No. 1000	Annual Report of the World Meteorological Organization (2005)
No. 1030	World Meteorological Day 2008 Observing our planet for a better future