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Success Stories

Over the years, WMO has provided support in the form of equipment, expert services, training and education to benefit meteorological and hydrological communities worldwide. To find out more about some of the successfully implemented projects, please see the examples below. If you would like to become involved as well, please contact the Secretariat.

 

Mobile Weather Alerts

In the Uganda Pilot Project, weather alerts and warnings are sent via mobile phone messaging to fishermen on Lake Victoria. By receiving timely weather alters, the fishermen will be able to make informed decisions about when and where to fish. (read more)

 

RANET

Providing early warning systems to rural areas by communicating weather information through radio and internet. (read more)

 

Roving Seminars on Weather, Climate, and Farmers

The main objective of these seminars is to make farmers more self-reliant by helping them become better informed about effective weather and climate risk management for the sustainable use of natural resources for agricultural production. Another objective is to increase the interactions between the farmers and the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services of the world. (read more)

 

Disaster Risk Reduction and Capacity Building in South East Europe

In early 2009, the European Commission, Directorate General Enlargement, concluded agreement with the WMO for the implementation of the action entitled: "Disaster Risk Reduction in South East Europe". The action is carried out as a multi-beneficiery project funded by the EC DG Enlargement and is targeted to the following beneficieries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244/99), the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Turkey. (read more)

 

Aircraft Meteorological Data Relay - AMDAR

AMDAR is a system that collects meteorological measurements (temperature, pressure, wind speed and direction) from commercial aircraft. The data is predominately gathered during take off and landing and transmitted to meteorological centers via the airlines operations centers. Here, the data is collated, distributed and stored. This data is not only helping the airline industry with improved flight safety, but also provides a more cost effective method of obtaining atmospheric observations to support national, regional and global basic meteorological operations and research. This information is also shared within the WMO global telecommunications system to be used for other applications areas. (read more)

 

Marine Meteorology in West Africa

Each year, life and property are lost along the coast of West Africa and in the Cape Verde Islands as this area is highly sensible to ocean storm surges, flooding large areas along the West African coast. Local fishing communities, ferries and commercial shipping, incoming and outgoing aircraft, as well the local population are often affected and may be without timely warning. Important economic sectors such as fisheries, oil drilling, transport, and tourism, are highly susceptible to severe weather impacts. Better observations and forecast models, combined with the enhanced skills of local and regional forecasters are required to mitigate the effects. The pilot project on “Marine Meteorology (Monitoring and Services) for the Northwest African Basin” was launched in July 2009 in Mauritania, Senegal, Cape Verde and The Gambia and is aiming to provide specific tools and technology transfer to West African NMHSs to improve marine meteorology predictions and enhance maritime safety and fisheries management. (read more)