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WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION REGIONAL ASSOCIATION III (SOUTH AMERICA) TWELFTH SESSION SALVADOR, 17-26 SEPTEMBER 1997 ABRIDGED FINAL REPORT WITH RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WMO-No.874 Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization - Geneva - Switzerland 1998 © 1998, World Meteorological Organization ISBN 92-63-10874-9 NOTE The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. CONTENTS Page GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE SESSION 1. OPENING OF THE SESSION •• ..•.. ...... ......•... •.••... •................... .••...•.. ..•... ....... ....•..•.. .•••..• ...... •.. .... ..• 1 2. ORGANIZATION OF THE SESSION ... .......... ...••...•... ••......... ....... .•.••.... ....•......... ........ .••..•................ 2 2.1 Consideration of the report on credentials . ....... ..... ........ ......... ...... ............... ... ........... ........... 2 2.2 Adoption of the agenda . ............... ......... ....... ... .......................... ..... ........................ ............ .... 2 2.3 Establishment of committees .................. ...... ....... .... .... ..... ........... ................. ......... ................ 2 2.4 Other organizational matters ... ...... ....... ...... ....... ..... ........ ........... .......... ... ........ ....... ....... ......... 2 3. REpORT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION .. ............ ... •.. .•...•......................... ........ ......... 2 4. WORLD WEATHER WATCH (WWW) PROGRAMME - REGIONAL ASPECTS .............. .......... ....... 3 4.1 World Weather Watch (WWW) planning and implementation, inlcuding the report of the chairman of the working group .... ........... ...................... ....................... ... ................. ... 3 4.2 Observing system, including Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme ........... 3 4.3 Telecommunication system ..................... .......................... ........... ................. ......................... 6 4.4 Data-processing system .......................................................................................................... 7 4.5 Data management ....................................... .... ....................................................................... 7 4.6 Operational information service (OIS) ............................................... ....... ............... .............. 8 4.7 WMO satellite activities ......................................................................................................... 8 5. WORLD CLIMATE PROGRAMME (WCP) - REGIONAL ASPECTS .......•..................................... ..... 8 5.1 Climate programme coordination and support activities .... :................................................. 8 5.2 World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme (WCDMP) ................................................ 9 5.3 World Climate Applications and Services Programme (WCASP) ........................................... 9 5.4 World Climate Impact Assessment and Response Strategies Programme (WCIRP) ...... ......... 10 5.5 World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) ..................................... .............................. ..... 10 5.6 Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) ............................................................................ 11 6. ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (AREP) - REGIONAL ASPECTS .... 11 6.1 Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) ..................................................... '" ........ ................ .... ..... 11 6.2 Weather prediction research programmes ......... .......................... ......... .... ..... ...... ......... .... ..... 12 6.3 Tropical Meteorology Research Programme ... ........ ..... .... ........... .......................... ......... ......... 12 6.4 Programme of Physics and Chemistry of Clouds and Weather Modification Research ........ 12 7. ApPLICATIONS OF METEOROLOGY PROGRAMME - REGIONAL ASPECTS .....................•............... 12 7.1 Public Weather Services (PWS) Programme ........................................................................... 12 7.2 Agricultural Meteorology Programme ........................................................... ......................... 13 7.3 Aeronautical Meteorology Programme .................................................................................. 14 7.4 Marine Meteorology and Associated Oceanographic Activities Programme ......................... 14 8. HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES PROGRAMME (HWRP) - REGIONAL ASPECTS .............. 16 9. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMME (ETRP) - REGIONAL ASPECTS ................................. 19 10. TECHNICAL COOPERATION (TCO) PROGRAMME - REGIONAL ASPECTS .........................•.......... 21 11. INFORMATION AND PuBLIC AFFAIRS (IPA) PROGRAMME - REGIONAL ASPECTS ....................... 22 12. LONG-TERM PLANNING - REGIONAL ASPECTS ........... ............. ................•............... ... ....... ......... 22 13. OTHER REGIONAL ACTIVITIES ....... ......•...................................................... ............................... 24 13.1 Internal matters of the Association ........................................................................................ 24 13.2 Role and operation of national Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) ........... 24 13.3 Implementation of the decisions of Twelfth Congress on the exchange of data and products .... 2S 13.4 International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) ..... .................... ....... ............. 26 IV CONTENTS Page 13.5 Follow-up activities related to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) ..................... ,.................................................................................... 27 13.6 Cooperation with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and other international oganizations .. ....................... ............................... ....... ................... ......... .... ...... 27 14. WMO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE AMERICAS .......................................................................... 27 15. SCIENTIFIC LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS .................................................................................... 28 16. REVIEW OF PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AsSOCIATION AND OF RELEVANT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ........ ............................ ................ •...•............. 28 17. ELECTION OF OFFICERS •...........................................................•............•.......•........................•.. 28 18. DATE AND PLACE OF THE THIRTEENTH SESSION ... ....... .•........... ...... ••... ..•..... ... ............. ..... ....•.... 28 19. CLOSURE· OF THE SESSION . ....... .........•...•.......... ........•............ .•.... ........ ...... ............• •........•.... ..•.. 28 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE SESSION Final Session No. No; 1 4.1/1 Working Group on Planning and Implementation of the WWW in Region III .... 29 2 4.2/1 Regional Basic Synoptic Network ........................................................................... 31 3 4.2/2 Rapporteurs on Regional Aspects of Instrument Development, Related Training and Capacity Building ............................................................................................ 37 4 4.2/3 Regional Rapporteur on Solar Radiation ................................................................ 37 5 4.2/4 New calibration factors for standardpyrheliometers ............ ................. ........ ........ 38 6 4.3/1 Amendments to the Manual on the Global Telecommunication System (WMO-No. 386), Volume II, Regional Aspects, Region III (South America) .......... 38 7 5.1/1 Rapporteurs on Climate Matters ....... ....... ..... ............ ....... .... ..... ........ ....... ......... ..... 40 8 7.2/1 Rapporteur on Agricultural Meteorology ..... .......................................................... 40 9 7.4/1 Rapporteurs on Regional Marine Meteorological Services ...... ..... .... ..... ....... .......... 41 10 7.4/2 Involvement in operational oceanography ............................................................ 41 11 8/1 Working Group on Hydrology .... ...... ..... ...... ....... ...... ............... ........................ ...... 42 12 9/1 Rapporteur on Education and Training Matters .......... .... .... .... ................. ... ... ....... 44 13 12/1 Rapporteur on Long-term planning .................... ....... ...... .................... .......... ........ 44 14 13.1/1 Working Group on Internal Matters of Regional Association III .................. ......... 45 15 16/1 Review of previous resolutions and recommendations of the Association ........... 45 APPENDICES A. List of persons attending the session .................................................................................... 51 B. Agenda .................................................................................................................................... 52 C. List of documents ......................................................... :....................................................... .. 54 GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE SESSION 1. OPENING OF THE SESSION (agenda item 1) project. Other WMO initiatives included the World 1.1 At the kind