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World Meteorological Organization

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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 187 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which was founded in 1873. Established in 1950, WMO became the specialized agency of the United Nations for meteorology (weather and climate), operational hydrology and related geophysical sciences. It has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

The organization's aims are:

• To facilitate worldwide cooperation in the establishment of networks of stations for making meteorological observations as well as hydrological and other geophysical observations related to meteorology, and to promote the establishment and maintenance of centers charged with the provision of meteorological and related services;
• To promote the establishment and maintenance of systems for the rapid exchange of meteorological and related information;
• To promote standardization of meteorological and related observations and to ensure the uniform publication of observations and statistics;
• To further the application of meteorology to aviation, shipping, water problems, agriculture and other human activities;
• To promote activities in operational hydrology and to further close co-operation between Meteorological and hydrological Services;
• To encourage research and training in meteorology and, as appropriate, in related fields, and to assist in coordinating the international aspects of such research and training.

The WMO Member countries have a Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) meeting every two years, in which new code recommendated changes, telecommunication protocol recommendations, and Abbreviated Heading Table updates are approved. After approval these changes are entered into the WMO codes manual 306 and 386. The last meeting of CBS was held in Geneva, Switzerland.

The WMO helped create the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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Weather Forecasting		Weather Words and What They Mean		The USA Today Weather Book : An Easy-To-Understand Guide to the USA's Weather		The Kid's Book of Weather Forecasting: Build a Weather Station, 'Read the Sky' & Make Predictions! (Williamson Kids Can! Series)
Essentials of Meteorology: An Invitation to the Atmosphere (with Blue Skies, College Edition CD-ROM)		Meteorology Today With Infotrac: An Introduction to Weather, Climate, and the Environment		A Short History of Nearly Everything		Meteorology for Scientists and Engineers: A Technical Companion Book to C. Donald Ahrens' Meteorology Today
The Atmosphere: An Introduction to Meteorology (8th Edition)