Hello Karl,The World Meteorological Organization consists of 185 members (see this site for additional information about the WMO <http://www.wmo.ch/index-en.html>). The WMO works to "coordinate global scientific activity to allow increasingly prompt and accurate weather information and other services for public, private and commercial use, including international airline and shipping industries. WMO's activities contribute to the safety of life and property, the socio-economic development of nations and the protection of the environment."
Regarding the WMO Resolution 40, various meteorological services around the world (e.g., about have started charging for some of their data sets. This action prevents the free and open exchange policy that the U.S. endorses and encourages.
There is more information on "additional" data, see: <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oso/addata.html> These data are not supposed to be resent to the country of origin. More information on the WMO and the Resolution 40 can be located at: <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/im/wmocovr.htm#Contents> <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/im/wmor40.htm> I hope this has helped. Please feel free to contact me if you have additional questions. Linda--On Friday, June 08, 2001 10:51 AM -0600 Unidata Support <address@hidden> wrote:
------- Forwarded MessageTo: Unidata Support <address@hidden> From: karl <address@hidden> Subject: Re: 20010607: Effects of WMO Resolution 40 Organization: UCAR/Unidata Keywords: 200106081557.f58FvOp03050If you don't mind my asking, since I'm new, what is WMO Resolution 40?Greetings, I have received a query from the National Research Council (Anne Linn) seeking documentation on how WMO Resolution 40 is affecting science. If anyone on this Unidata-wide mailing list can describe a recent effect (perhaps some inhibition in the provision data for scientific education or research), I would appreciate receiving a description of the situation. The request was stimulated by NRC interest in the e-mail exchanges a couple of years ago, involving SUNYA and Scripps, about a demand by Ireland that certain synoptic observations (categorized as "additional" data) be removed from university web sites. I inadvertently left this query unattended for some time (since 6 April), so prompt replies would be _greatly_ appreciated. Thank you, Dave-------------------------------- -Karl Brosius -Unix Administrator -Space Physics Research Facility "Implement Technology" ------- End of Forwarded Message
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