World Meteorological Organization

1959 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 473-474
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Methods ◽  
International Collaboration ◽  
Present Status ◽  
Working Group ◽  
World Meteorological Organization ◽  
Group Code ◽  
Numerical Weather ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Training Of Personnel

A meeting of the Working Group on Numerical Weather Analysis and Forecasting of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) was held in Stockholm from March 2 to 6, 1959, for the purpose of reviewing the present status in the fields of numerical weather analysis and forecasting; outlining present research and likely developments in the future; and specifying problems arising from the utilization of numerical methods for weather analysis and forecasting. These last included training of personnel, communication facilities, and the international collaboration required for successful programs of work in weather analysis and forecasting. A one-group code, capable of extension as the need arose, was proposed for the transmission of essential data.

Summary of the Fourth International Winds Workshop

1999 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
pp. 893-900 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Schmetz ◽  
Donald Hinsman ◽  
W. Paul Menzel
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Weather Prediction ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Weather Prediction ◽  
World Meteorological Organization ◽  
European Organisation ◽  
Numerical Weather ◽  
The World ◽  
Local Host ◽  
Share Information

The Fourth International Winds Workshop (IWW4) was held in Saanenmoeser, Switzerland, from 20 to 23 October 1998. The workshop was organized by the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, and the World Meteorological Organization was the local host. IWW4 followed previous meetings convened in Washington, D.C., in September 1991; Tokyo, Japan, in December 1993; and Ascona, Switzerland, in June 1996. The International Winds Workshop convenes the International Winds Working Group, which communicates with the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites on issues of importance regarding wind derivation from satellites. It provides a forum for data producers and users to share information on the characteristics of satellite-tracked winds and to optimize their use in several applications, especially numerical weather prediction. This report describes the proceedings of the Fourth International Winds Workshop and includes recommendations.

World Meteorological Organization

1958 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 394-395
Keyword(s):  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Weather Forecasting ◽  
Tropical Meteorology ◽  
World Meteorological Organization ◽  
Advanced Training ◽  
Underdeveloped Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Hurricane Forecasting ◽  
Training Of Personnel

Reviewing the year's activities, the annual report of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) for 1957 stated that WMO technical assistance to underdeveloped countries had reached a new high in number of national weather services aided and number of experts sent to the countries. WMO provided experts or granted fellowships to 26 countries or territories during the year, under the UN Expanded Program of Technical Assistance, and sent instruments and equipment used in weather reporting and forecasting in connection with technical assistance missions to Afghanistan, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Iceland, Nicaragua, Sudan, and Uruguay. During this period 24 fellowships were awarded for advanced training of personnel in weather forecasting, tropical meteorology, hurricane forecasting, maritime meteorology, and aerology.

scholarly journals On the state and prospects of higher hydrometeorological education in Ukraine: lessons and suggestions

2017 ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
S. M. Stepanenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
The State ◽  
World Meteorological Organization ◽  
Education Reforms ◽  
Higher Education Reforms ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
Training Of Personnel ◽  
Training Specialists

The article analyzes the changes that took place in the higher school of Ukraine over the past 25 years in terms of their impact on the system of training specialists with higher education in hydrometeorological specialties. Three stages of the higher education reforms and their impact on the training of personnel for the hydrometeorological service of Ukraine are singled out. The priority measures are proposed, which will enable the operational departments of the hydrometeorological service to be provided by specialists who meet the modern requirements of the World Meteorological Organization.

scholarly journals Czech and Slovak museology, current status and the future of this branch of science

1970 ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Jan Dolák
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
Present Status ◽  
Current Status ◽  
First Person ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
First Time

The first person to use the term “museology” in the Czech environment seems to have been Mr. Kliment Cermák, teacher and museologist, who for the first time formulated a need for special education to be provided for museum workers in his article Education in Museology from 1901 published under his editorship in the Bulletin of Czech & Slavonic Archaeological and Museum Association. His publication activities were continued by V. V. Jenícek in the magazine “Czech & Slavonic Museum Annals” between 1902 and 1910 and by Albín Stocký in the magazine “Museum Horizon” published between 1925 and 1928. In Slovakia, there were A. Kmet’ and F. Sasinek, and later P. Kri ko, M. Rybecký, A. Gregorová and M. Lalkovic, standing at the beginning and formation of museology. This generation, and for the most part also the following generation, were on a level comparable with the European elite but they published mainly in the Czech language, therefore they remained more or less hidden from the rest of the world. Museology undoubtedly has a long tradition in Central Europe and this paper aims to reflect the present status and key issues in the environment of the former Czechoslovakia. 

World Meteorological Organization

1962 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 241-243 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Committee ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
World Meteorological Organization ◽  
Civil Aviation ◽  
International Civil Aviation Organization ◽  
The World ◽  
Legal Expert ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Regional Associations

The thirteenth session of the Executive Committee of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) was held in Geneva from May 11 to 30, 1961, under the chairmanship of Mr. A. Viaut, President of the organization. As usual two working committees were set up on: administrative and financial questions, and technical questions. Discussions in plenary were based mainly on the reports of these committees. Following the presentation of reports on the meetings of regional associations and commissions, the report of the working group set up to study the revision of the WMO convention was heard and discussed. General agreement was reached on the substance of amendments proposed for some articles, and a provisional text was submitted to a legal expert for study and report. With regard to the WMO general regulations, it was decided that modifications arising from the proposed amendments to the convention should be studied after the amendments had been approved. The Executive Committee considered reports on the WMO field programs under the UN Expanded Program of Technical Assistance (EPTA) for 1960 and for the period 1961–1962. The need was stressed for field visits, in particular to the newly independent countries, to help them in the assessment of their requirements for technical assistance. Plans for future training seminars under EPTA were discussed and the Committee recognized in particular, in view of the increasing interest in water resources development, the importance of holding training seminars on hydrological forecasting. The Executive Committee also took note of the training seminars—organized in Cairo, Bangkok, and Nicosia and carried out under joint International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)-WMO auspices—on forecasting for operations of turbine-engined aircraft.

History of International Collaboration on the Exploration and Development of the Arctic

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Olga Pasko ◽  
Natalia Staurskaya ◽  
Alexander Gryaznov ◽  
Alexander Zakharchenko
Keyword(s):  
International Collaboration ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Late 19Th Century ◽  
Joint Research ◽  
New Era ◽  
The World ◽  
The Arctic Ocean ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Exploration And Development

The chapter discusses the key lines of international collaboration in the fields of exploration and development of the Arctic, from the first autonomous expeditions of the late 19th century to the powerful long-standing joint research conducted by thousands of scholars from all over the world. The chapter outlines the key trends of international cooperation within the framework of the exploration of the Arctic, as well as forecasts its development in the future. It is expected that the long-standing comprehensive studies of the Arctic will be continued due to the specific importance of this region for the future of the mankind. Robotic marine expeditions will start a new era in the exploration of the Arctic Ocean. Taking into account the complexity and high costs of polar studies and the growing interest of many countries to the High North, the international collaboration in the Arctic is expected to grow.

scholarly journals A Note on the Origin, Objectives and Programme of Project Merit

1980 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 275-276
Author(s):  
George A Wilkins
Keyword(s):  
International Collaboration ◽  
Working Group ◽  
International Association ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Council ◽  
Special Programme ◽  
The World ◽  
Draft Proposal ◽  
International Coordination ◽  
Set Up

Project MERIT is a special programme of international collaboration to Monitor Earth-Rotation and Intercompare the Techniques of observation and analysis. It was conceived in 1978 at IAU Symposium No 82 on Time and the Earth’s Rotation and a draft proposal was prepared by a working group set up by the Presidents of IAU Commissions 19 and 31. The proposal was endorsed at the IAU General Assembly at Montreal in 1979 August and at the IUGG General Assembly at Canberra in 1979 December, when the organisation and membership of the Working Group were modified accordingly. The Group is affiliated to the Commission on the International Coordination of Space Techniques for Geodesy and Geodynamics (CSTG), which is sponsored by the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) and by COSPAR. Project MERIT has received the support of the International Council of Scientific Unions and of many national organisations and observatories throughout the world.

World Meteorological Organization

1953 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-152
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Executive Committee ◽  
Working Group ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Arid Zone ◽  
General Procedure ◽  
World Meteorological Organization ◽  
Regional Association ◽  
The World ◽  
Regional Associations

From September 9 to 27, 1952, the Executive Committee of the World Meteorological Organization met in its third session in Geneva. The lengthy agenda contained a higher proportion of technical matters than in previous sessions. The committee made suggestions for meeting the shortage of experts in the various specialized aspects of meteorology and invited the regional associations to consider possible application of the United Nations expanded program of technical assistance in their areas. Two of the largest items on the agenda were the reports on the first sessions of Regional Association VI (Europe) and the Commission for Maritime Meteorology. Both sessions had brought to light difficulties in interpreting the WMO general regulations, and the committee issued guidance for use until the points could be finally settled by the Congress. It was generally agreed that the Executive Committee should encourage the work of die regional associations and the technical commissions. After discussing the general procedure for dealing with urgent technical enquiries referred to WMO, a resolution directing the secretariat to take a more active part in such questions was adopted. It was decided that a working group should be established to investigate how WMO could contribute to the UNESCO arid zone program, and that the committee should proceed with the preparation of world maps and tables of thunderstorm frequency. In all, about 50 resolutions were adopted at this session of the committee.

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