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1913 April 7-12
1913 April 7
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1921 Sept~ 13-14
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Brussels
Vienna
London
Utrecht
Utrecht
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Berne
Rome
Rome
Paris
Paris
Rome
Utrecht
Zurich
Copenhagen
Munich
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ANNEX - 8 .
CHRONOLOGY
First International Conference on Meteorological.
First Congress.
Second Meeting Permanent Meteorological Committee.
Third Meeting Permanent Meteorological Committee.
Organization of the International Meteorological Committee.
Second Congress.
First Meeting of the International Meteorological Committee.
Tenth Meeting of the International Meteorological Committee.
Appointment of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology.
Extra-Ordinary Meeting of the International Meteorological Committee.
Commission for Agricultural Meteorology reconstituted.
Meeting of the Sub-commission of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology to consider agrometeorology in the International Institute for Agriculture.
Second Meeting of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology.
Third Meeting of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology.
Fourth Meeting of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology.
Fifth Meeting of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology.
1935
1936 January 6-8
1937
1947 August 11-23
1947 Sept. -Oct.
1950 March 23
1951 March 15
1951 Mar. 19-Apr. 28
1951 December 20
1951 April 5-7
1953 November 3-20
1957 July - 1958 Dec.
1957 October 4
1958 Sept. 29Oct. 17
1960
1960 1 April
1%2 July 9-26
1963
Danzig
Paris
Salzburg
Toronto
Washington
Paris
Paris
New York
Paris
Paris
Warsaw
Rome
Cape Canaveral
Toronto
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Sixth Meeting of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology.
Meeting of the Meteorological Sub-commiss ion of the ICAN.
Seventh Meeting of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology .
Eighth Meeting of the Commission for Agricultural Meteo rology.
IMO Conference of Directors drew up the terms for the Convention of the WMO.
Convention of the WMO carne into force.
Last Conference of Directors of IMO.
First Congress of the WMO.
The UN General Assembly approved an agreement between the UN and the WMO establishing the WMO as the Specialized Agency of the UN in the field of meteorology.
First Session of Unesco Advisory Committee on Arid Zone Research.
First Session of the CAgM (CAgM-I).
International Geophysical Year (IGY).
First Earth Satellite (Sputnik-I) launched by USSR.
CAgM-rr.
FAO established the Freedom from Hunger Campaign.
The first meteorological satellite (TIROS-I) was launched by USA.
CAgM-'-rrI.
The first agroclimatology survey undertaken by the FAO/Unesco/WMO Inter-agency Group was completed.
1964
1965
1965
1966 December 7
1967 November 15-19
1968
1971 October 18-29
1972
1974 May-August
1974 October 14-25
1974 November
1975 May
1975 July
1976
1977
1977
1977
1978
1979
1979
Geneva
Cape Canaver.-al
Quezon City
Rome
Geneva
Cape Canaveral
Niamey
Washington
Rome
Geneva
Niamey
Nairobi
Geneva
Mar de la Plata
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World Weather Watch (WWW) implemented.
International Hydrological Decade Opened.
The inception of the International Biological Programme (IBP).
Fir.-st Geosynchr.-onous Meteorological Satellite launched, ATS-I (Applications Technology Satellite) .
CAgM-IV.
The inception of the FAO/Unesco/UNDP/WMO Inter.--agency Group on Agricultural Biometeorology.
CAgM-V.
First Earth Resour.-ces Technology Satellite, ERTS-I, launched.
AGRHYMET Programme identified.
CAgM-VI.
World Food Conference.
Agrometeorological Activities in Aid of Food Production - Cg~VII
AGRHYMET .Programme inaugurated.
Agrometeorological input to the FAO Global Information and Early Warning system. (GIEWS)
UN Conference on Desertification
Establishment of DESCON and IAWGD
Creation of IFAD
Launching of Pilot Project on Exchange of Agrometeor.-ological Information
World Climate Conference
World Water Conference
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1979 April/May
1979 April/May
1979 September 1979
1983
1983 Feb. 21 - Mar. 4
1983 May
1986 November 17-28
1987 May
1987
1987 May
1988
1989
1990
Geneva
Geneva
Sofia
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Madrid
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Geneva
Establishment of the WMO World Climate Programme by the Eighth Congress.
WMO Agriculture and Desertification Programme Cg-VIII.
CAgM-VII.
Long-term Plan 1984-1993 Cg-IX
CAgM-VIII.
WMO Agricultural Meteorology Programme Cg-IX.
CAgM-IX.
World Climate Applications Programme Cg-IX.
Second Long Term Plan 1988-1997 Cg-X.
Agricultural Meteorology Programme Cg-X.
First Norbert Gerbier Mumm Award
Second and Third Norbert Gerbier Mumm Awards.
Fourth Norbert Gerbier Murnm Award
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ANNEX - 9.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ACCAD Advisory Committee for the World Climate Applications and Data Programme.
ACSAD Arab Centre for Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands .
AGRHYMET Regional training centre for agrometeorology and operational hydrology and their applications.
CAgM Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (WMO).
CARS Climate Applicat ion Referral System
CHy Commission for Hydrology (WMO).
CIAT International Centre for Tropical Agriculture.
CIMO Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observations (WMO) .
CIP International Centre for Potatoes.
CIMMYT (See IMWIC).
CoSAMC Commission for Special Applications of Meteorology and Climatology (WMO).
CSM Climate System Monitoring.
DESCON Consultative Group on Desertification Control
EC Executive Council.
EPPO European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization.
EAS European Space Agency.
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN.
GOES . Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.
GERDAT Group for the Study and Research for the Development of 0
Tropical Agriculture.
lABS International Association of Hydrological Sciences.
lAM International Association for Meteorology.
I AWGD Interagency Working group on Desertification.
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IBP International Biological Programme.
ICARDA International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas.
ICID International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage.
ICRAF International Council for Research in Agroforestry.
ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.
ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions.
I DeC International Data Rescue Co-ordination Centre.
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development.
IFAP International Federation of Agricultural Producers.
IGAS Inter-agency Group on Agricultural Biometeorology, WMO/FAO/Unesco.
IGU International Geophysical Union.
IIASA International Institute for Applied System Analysis.
ILCA International Livestock Centre for Africa.
ILRAD International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases.
IMO International Meteorological Organization (predecessor of WMO).
IMWIC International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT).
INFOCLlMA World Climate Data Information Referral Service.
INRA National Institute for Agricultural Research.
IRRI International Rice. Research.lnstitute.
ISB International Society for Biometeorology.
ISSS International Society of Soil Science.
IUCNNR International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.
IUGG International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.
OAU Organization of African Unity.
ORSTOM Office for Over-seas Scientific and Technical Research.
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PEP Precipitation Enhancement Programme.
PSA Pacific Science Association.
RA Regional Association
SEARCA South-East Asian Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture.
SPMR Special Programme for African Agricultural Research.
TC Technical Commission
UN United Nations.
UNDP United Nations Development Programme.
UNDRO United Nations Disaster Relief office.
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme.
Unesco United Nations Education, Social and Cultural Organization.
VCP Voluntary Co-operative Programme.
WCAP World Climate Applications Programme.
WCDP World Climate Data Programme.
WCIP World Climate Impact Studies Programme.
WCP World Climate Programme.
WCRP World Climate Research Programme.
WMO World Meteorological Organization of the UN.
www World Weather Watch.