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Space Capacity Building in the XXI Century pp 223–232Cite as

The World Meteorological Organization and Space-Based Observations for Weather, Climate, Water and Related Environmental Services

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This chapter provides an overview of the space-related activities of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and its Space Programme. The WMO Space Programme was established by the fourteenth World Meteorological Congress in 2003. Its overall objective is to increase the effectiveness and contributions of space-based observing systems to WMO Programmes and to coordinate the related meteorological and environmental satellite matters and activities. As such, the WMO Space Programme acts as a bridge between satellite operators and users and is supported by a dedicated WMO Space Programme Office (SAT) consisting of the Space-Based Observing System Division (SBOS) and the Satellite Data Utilization Division (SDU). A major aim of the Programme is to help achieve the WMO Vision for the WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) in 2040 by implementing the space-based observing system component of WIGOS, and to enhance the capacity of WMO Members to translate space-based data and products into societal benefits. The objective of the Programme is achieved through strong partnerships with the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) and the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) and their respective working groups and subsidiary bodies.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    See https://www.wmo.int.

  2. 2.

    The six Regional Associations consists of: Region I: Africa, Region II: Asia, Region III: South America, Region IV: North America, Central America, Caribbean, Region V: South-West Pacific, Region VI: Europe.

  3. 3.

    General Assembly resolution 1721 (XVI) C, http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/gares/ARES_16_1721E.pdf.

  4. 4.

    General Assembly resolution 1802 (XVII), http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/gares/ARES_17_1802E.pdf.

  5. 5.

    See Tillmann Mohr, “The Global Satellite Observing System: a Success Story”‚ WMO Bulletin nº: Vol 59 (1) - 2010,  https://public.wmo.int/en/bulletin/global-satellite-observing-system-success-story and WMO, “First report on the advancement of atmospheric sciences and their application in the light of developments in outer space”, WMO, 1962, https://library.wmo.int/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=10240.

  6. 6.

    General Assembly resolution 1963 (XVIII) III, http://www.unoosa.org/pdf/gares/ARES_18_1963E.pdf.

  7. 7.

    Low Earth Orbit (LEO): TIROS-1 (US, 1960), Meteor (Soviet Union, 1964), Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit/Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO): ATS-1 (US, 1966).

  8. 8.

    See https://www.cgms-info.org.

  9. 9.

    WMO Resolution 5 (Cg-XIV)—WMO Space Programme.

  10. 10.

    See http://www.wmo.int/sat .

  11. 11.

    See http://ceos.org.

  12. 12.

    Presently, WMO defines 14 application areas: (1) Global numerical weather prediction, (2) High-resolution numerical weather prediction, (3) Nowcasting and very short range forecasting, (4) Sub-seasonal to longer predictions, (5) Aeronautical meteorology, (6) Forecasting atmospheric composition, (7) Monitoring atmospheric composition, (8) Atmospheric composition for urban applications, (9) Ocean applications, (10) Agricultural meteorology, (11) Hydrology, (12) Climate monitoring, (13) Space weather, (14) Climate science. See https://community.wmo.int/rolling-review-requirements-process.

  13. 13.

    See http://oscar.wmo.int.

  14. 14.

    The vision document is updated every few years. Its current version is available from https://community.wmo.int/vision2040.

  15. 15.

    See https://gsics.wmo.int.

  16. 16.

    See https://www.wmo-sat.info/satellite-user-readiness/.

  17. 17.

    See https://www.wmo-sat.info/product-access-guide/.

  18. 18.

    WMO Resolutions 25 (Cg-XIII), 40 (Cg-XII), and 60 (Cg-XVII).

  19. 19.

    See http://www.scope-cm.org.

  20. 20.

    See https://community.wmo.int/activity-areas/wmo-space-programme-wsp/SCOPE-Nowcasting.

  21. 21.

    See https://www.wmo-sat.info/vlab/.

  22. 22.

    See http://learningevents.wmo.int.

  23. 23.

    See https://public.wmo.int/en/governance-reform.

  24. 24.

    See http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org.

  25. 25.

    See https://public.wmo.int/en/our-mandate/what-we-do/wmo-contributing-sustainable-development-goals-sdgs.

  26. 26.

    See http://climatemonitoring.info.

  27. 27.

    See https://gcos.wmo.int.

  28. 28.

    See https://public.wmo.int/en/our-mandate/climate/wmo-statement-state-of-global-climate.

  29. 29.

    See https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/near-term-climate-prediction-‘coming-of-age’.

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    Werner Balogh & Toshiyuki Kurino

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Balogh, W., Kurino, T. (2020). The World Meteorological Organization and Space-Based Observations for Weather, Climate, Water and Related Environmental Services. In: Ferretti, S. (eds) Space Capacity Building in the XXI Century. Studies in Space Policy, vol 22. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21938-3_20

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