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WMO and Public Warning

WMO and Public Warning. presented 9 December, 2008 at the “CAP Implementers Workshop" WMO Secretariat, Geneva by Jean-Michel Rainer, Director WMO Information System (WIS). http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/ISS/Meetings/WIS-CAP_Geneva2008/Rainer.ppt. WMO.

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WMO and Public Warning

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  1. WMO and Public Warning presented 9 December, 2008 at the “CAP Implementers Workshop" WMO Secretariat, Genevaby Jean-Michel Rainer, DirectorWMO Information System (WIS) http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/ISS/Meetings/WIS-CAP_Geneva2008/Rainer.ppt

  2. WMO • Comprised of 188 Member nations and territories • WMO Information System, including its Global Telecommunication System for international exchange of weather, water and climate data, predictions and alerts. • National Meteorological and Hydrological Services have crucial public alerting functions CAP Implementers Workshop

  3. WMO Global Observing System • Observing systems, on land, at sea, upper-air and spaceborne • Owned and operated by WMO Members CAP Implementers Workshop

  4. Analysis and Forecasting • Generating and distributing meteorological and related geophysical analysis, forecasts and warnings CAP Implementers Workshop

  5. WMO’s Global Telecommunications System (GTS) National Meteorological and Hydrological Service NMC: National Meteorological Center RTH: Regional Telecommunications Hub CAP Implementers Workshop

  6. WMO Information System National Meteorological and Hydrological Service Private sector Government and civil defence authorities General public Media WMO Information System (WIS)GISC: Global Information System Center DCPC: Data Collection or Processing Center NC: National Center CAP Implementers Workshop

  7. Tropical Cyclones Example CAP Implementers Workshop

  8. Weather, Water and Natural Hazards 90 % of natural disasters, 70% of casualties, 75% of economic losses are related to hydro-meteorological hazards such as floods, droughts, tropical cyclones, severe storms... CAP Implementers Workshop

  9. The Challenge of Public Warning "Collaborative actions are necessary to assure that standards-based, all-media, all-hazards public warning becomes an essential infrastructure component available to all societies worldwide." CAP Implementers Workshop

  10. CAP Implementations and WMO • It is absolutely essential to maintain public trust in alerting systems • On the public Internet, we need a high level of authority and authenticity for alert messages • WMO applauds the 2006 announcement that authoritative, authenticated alerts in CAP format can be disseminated over the Internet at no charge by any official source worldwide CAP Implementers Workshop

  11. WMO Members Implementing CAP • U.S. and Canada have shown leadership in CAP implementation • WMO Severe Weather Information Centre has begun work on CAP • Adopting CAP into EUMETNET’s Meteoalarm will be very important • Programmes promoting CAP implementations in developing countries are very welcome • ITU Development Sector approved guidelines on CAP implementation in developing nations CAP Implementers Workshop

  12. Conclusions • The 188 WMO Members have crucial public alerting functions, often based in National Meteorological and Hydrological Services • WMO infrastructures for observations, analysis, forecasting, and communications can support global implementation of the CAP standard • WMO stands ready to do its part in assuring that all-media, all-hazards public warning becomes available to all societies worldwide CAP Implementers Workshop

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