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World Meteorological Organization Working together in weather, climate and water

WMO GCW Initiative for the social and economic benefits of our

nations and the world

Dr Wenjian ZHANG World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

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WMO in The United Nations System International

Court of Justice

General Assembly

Economic and Social Council

Security Council

Secretariat Trusteeship Council

l  Main and other sessional committees l  Standing committees and ad-hoc bodies l  Other subsidiary organs and related bodies

u  UNRWA u  IAEA u  INSTRAW u  UNCHS u  UNCTAD u  UNDCP u  UNDP u  UNEP u  UNFPA u  UNHCR u  UNICEF u  UNIFEM u  UNITAR u  UNU u  WFC

u  UNTSO u  UNMOGIP u  UNFICYP u  UNDOF u  UNIFIL u  UNIKOM u  UNAVEM II u  ONUSAL u  MINURSO u  UNPROFOR u  UNOSOM II u  UNOMIG u  UNOMIL u  UNMIH u  UNAMIR u  UNMOT

u  WFP u  ITC

l  Military Staff Committe l  Standing committees and ad-hoc bodies

l  FUNCTIONAL COMMISIONS l  REGIONAL COMMISSIONS l  SESSIONAL AND STANDING COMMITTEES l  EXPERT, AD-HOC AND RELATED BODIES

n  ILO n  FAO n  UNESCO(IOC) n  WHO World Bank Group

n  IBRD n  IDA n  IFC n  MIGA

n  IMF n  ICAO n  UPU n  ITU n  WMO World Meteorological Organization n  IMO n  WIPO n  IFAD n  UNIDO n  WTO

u  UN programmes and organs (representative list only)

n  Specialized agencies and other autonomous organizations within the system

l  Other commissions, committees and ad-hoc related bodies

Organizational Structure of WMO (192 Members ) CONGRESS

Executive Council

6 Regional Associations 8 Technical Commissions

Working Groups Rapporteurs

Working Groups Rapporteurs

Other Bodies WCRP-SC , IPCC GCOS-SC

Working Groups Panel of Experts

Secretary-General Secretariat

WMO/OMM Dr. W. Zhang, Presentation @ ISRSE35

6 Regional Associations

R.A. I Africa (56 Members)

R.A.III South America (13 Members)

R.A. V South-West Pacific (22 Members)

R.A. VI Europe (50 Members)

R.A. IV North America, Central America And the Caribbean (25 Members)

R.A. II Asia (35 Members)

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WMO in Brief •  The World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

is the UN system's authoritative voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources.

•  The vision of WMO is to provide world leadership in expertise and international cooperation in weather, climate, hydrology and water resources and related environmental issues and thereby contribute to the safety and well-being of people throughout the world and to the economic benefit of all nations

WMO Programmes

World Weather Watch Programme

WMO Space Programme Natural Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Programme

Education and Training Programme Technical Cooperation Programme

Regional Programme

World Climate

Programme

Atmospheric Research

and Environment Programme

Applications of

Meteorology Programme

Hydrology and

Water Resources Programme

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Three Legal Governance Pillars of WMO

Since 1951, WMO Cg-I

TRs

(Vol 1 – 4)

Manuals (Annex 1 – 8)

Guides Other reference docs

(e.g., TR Manuals Vol II, WMO-No.9, Guidelines, etc.)

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•  Basic SARPs (definitive) •  Mostly requirement-driven •  Approval by Congress (in principle) •  Relatively Conservative

•  More detailed SARPs (procedures and specifications)

•  Mostly technology-driven •  Approval delegated to EC •  Relatively Dynamic

•  Procedures and practices •  Implementation guidance •  Explanations •  Examples, good practice •  Flexible updates

“Shall” and “Should” have specific meaning

“Shall” and “Should” have ordinary meaning

WMO Technical Regulations: Composition & generic concept

WMO INTEGRATED GLOBAL OBSERVING SYSTEM (WIGOS) is both improving synergy and

enhancing capabilities of all observations WIGOS Global Observing Components

Ø  Global Observing Systems (WWW/GOS) Ø  RBSN, RBCN (>10,000 stations,1,000 upper-

air) Ø  AMDAR (39754/day) Ø  Ship & Marine obs (30417/day) Ø  Surface-based remote sensing Ø  Meso-scale networks

Ø  WMO Space Programme Ø  Observing component of Global Atmospheric

Watch (GAW) Ø  Hydrological Observations (including

WHYCOS) Ø  Observing component of Global Cryosphere

Watch (GCW)

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3rd World Climate Conference: A historic event to define climate services (31 Aug–4 Sept, 2009, Geneva)

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The GFCS initial priority areasProvide challenges & opportunities for new partnership to

address new observational requirements via user communities

Agriculture Water

HealthDisaster Risk Reduction

http://www.wmo.int/gfcs

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Structure of Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS)

Space and surface Architecture

Dr. W. Zhang, Presentation @ ISRSE35

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Global Warming--Integrated Observations Example Challenge – Purposeful reduction of structural and statistical monitoring errors

•  Ten Indicators of a Warming World •  Seven of these observed indicators would be expected to increase in a warming world, and

observations show that they are, in fact, increasing. •  Three would be expected to decrease, and they are, in fact, decreasing.

From the 2009 State of the Climate Report

China Qilian Mountain Glacier retreat (comparison 1988 vs 2005, climate and water )

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Dr. W. Zhang, Presentation @ ISRSE35

Members’ organizations and

programmes

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Start with WMO Standard Practice: Rolling Review of Requirements -GFCS new priorities need to identify new requirements & gaps

“Statement of Guidance”

and Implementation Plan

for observing capabilities

(Actions,Recommend)

Requirements Requirements

Requirements Requirements

Gap Analysis on

observations

Derived variables

Performances

Space and ground-based capabilities

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•  GCW is new partnership processes of WMO built in collaboration of WMO with partners, research institutes and with user communities

•  We have strong confidence that we can achieve our common goals with strong

The Collaboration is the key for the success of GCW

Summary

http://www.wmo.int/gfcs

WIS

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Thank you for your attention !

•  if you want go far and long, go together !! •  If you want go fast, go alone;

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