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Regional Association I (Africa) WMO P-p. ..l ,S- b 3~+ WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION REGIONAL ASSOCIATION I (AFRICA) ABRIDGED FINAL REPORT OF THE SIXTH SESSION Geneva, 21· 31 August 1973 I WMO·No.367 I Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization - Geneva • Switzerland 1974 O{- 16S·~ © 1974, World Meteorological Organization ISBN 92 - 63 - 10367 - 4 NOTE The designations employed and the presentation of the 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 or territory or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers. CON TEN T S List 9f-persons attending the session ...................................... VIII Agenda ........................•..•..••......••••.••...•........•.••..••.•.• XI I General summary of the work of the sess~on ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 Resolutions adopted by the session •••••••••••••••••••••••• ~................ 56 Final Session No. No. 1 4.1/1 Regional basic synoptic network •••••••••••••••••• 56 2 4.1/2 Recruitment of Voluntary Observing Ships ••••••••• 57 3 4.1/3 Aircraft weather reports for synoptic purposes ••• 58 4 4.1/4 Ground weather radar observations •••••••••••••••• 59 5 4.1/5 Automatic Picture Transmission (APT) system in Region I (Africa) .........•...................... 60 6 4.1/6 Regional meteorological instruments centres in Africa ........................................... 60 7 4.1/7 Regional comparison of barometers ••••• ~ •••••••••• 62 8 4/1 Implementation of the World Weather Watch in Africa ........................................... 63 9 4.2/1 Amendments to coding procedures for Regio~ I (Africa) ........................................ 63 10 4.2/2 Rapporteur on Codes •••••.••••••••••••••••••..•••• 64 11 4.3/1 Revision of Regional Introduction, Parts I, II and III of WMO Publication No.9, Volume C - Chapter II, Region I ......................................... 65 12 4.3/2 Working Group on MeteorologIcal Telecommunica- tions ............................................ 65 IV CONTENTS Resolutions (continued) ~ Session No. No. 13 4.4/1 Tropical Cyclone Committee for the South-wes~ Indian Dce,an ••••••••••••••••- ~ •••••••••••••'.-. • • • 66 14 5.1 Meteorological education and training in Africa 68 15 5.2/1 National radiation networks in Region I (Africa) ...-.................................... 69 16 5.2/2 Regional radiation centres in Region I (Afr~ca) ••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••. 70 17 5.2/3 Comparison of radiometers •••••••••••.•••••••••• 71 18 5.2/4 RA I Working Group on Radiation 72 19 5.2/5 Observations of ozone in Region I (Africa) ••••• 73 20 6.1/1 Revision of the climatic atlas for Region I (Africa) ....................................... 75 21 6.1/2 Network of reference climatological stations in Region I (Africa') ................. II •••• e • • • • • • • 77 22 6.1/3 Rapporteur on the Network of CLIMAT and CLIMAT TEMP Reporting Stations in Region I............ 78 23 6.1/4 Use of modern methods and equipment for data processing for climatological purposes in Africa ........................................." 79 24 6.2/1 Working Group on Operational Hydrology 80 25 6.3/1 Role of meteorology and climatology in economic development and human environmental problems in Africa ....................'..................... 82 26 6.3/2 Application of meteorology to agriculture in Africa ....................'..................... 84 27 6.3/3 Ocean activities and marine meteorology 86 28 6.3/4 Establishment of networks of background air pollution stations in Region I (Africa) •••••••• 88 29 6.3/5 Marine pollution monitoring •.•••.•••••••.•••••• 89 CONTENTS v Resolutions (continued) ~ Session No. No. 30 6.4/1 Meteorology and social and economic development in Africa ...................................... 90 31 6.5/1 Drought in the Sudano-Sahel ian zone and other .parts of Africa ................................ 91 32 7/1 Regional technical assistance projects in Africa under the UNDP - Training of English-speaking meteorological personnel •••••.••••• '0' • • • • • • • • • • 92 33 7/2 Regional technical assistance projects in Africa under the UNDP - Training of French-speaking meteorological personnel....................... 93 34 7/3 Regional technical assistance projects in Africa under the UNDP - Fellowships for training of meteorological personnel....................... 94 35 7/4 Regional technical assistance projects in Africa under the UNDP - Organization of training seminars ....................................... 95 36 7/5 Regional technical assistance projects in Africa under the UNDP - Regional adviser in agricultural meteorology ................................... 96 37 8/1 WHO maximum expenditures for the seventh finan- cial period ............................... a .•••• 97 38 11/1 Implementation of the Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and people$ ........................................ 99 39 10/1 Revision of the resolutions and recommendations adopted before the sixth session of RA I •..•••• 100 Annexes I Annex to paragraph 4.1.2.3 of the general summary Recommended additional stations ••••.•.•.•.•.•.•••••..•••••.•. 102 II Annex to paragraph 4.1.7.2 of the general summary Members' plans of geostationary meteorological satellites 103 VI CONTENTS Annexes (continued) III Annex to paragraph 4.2.1.4 of the general summary List of priorities for distribution of processed information by RTHs ..................•...................... 104 IV Annex to paragraph 4.2.5.4 of the general summary Procedures for the use in Region I (Africa) of groups of international code forms FM 14.E - SYNOP and FM 24.E - SHIP •....................................................... 106 V Annex to paragraph 6.2.17 of the general summary Recommendations for design and development of hydrolo­ gical networks in RA I (by the WHO hydrometeorologist with ECA) ...................•................ -.....••.•.•... 109 VI Annex to paragraph 8.1 of the general summary Introductory statement given by Dr. D. A. Davies, Secretary-General of WHO on agenda item 8 ••••••.•••••••••••• III VII Annex to paragraph 8.5 of the general summary Summary of a statement made by Professor E. A. Bernard, Wfv10 invited expert ........•................................. 114 VIII Annex to Resolution 1 (VI-RA I) Part A - Stations and observational programmes compr~s~ng the basic synoptic network in Region I (Africa) ••••••••••••• 118 Part B - Procedures for minor'changes in the regional basic .synoptio network •.•.•.•• r·.· •.••.•.•.•. ~ • •.•.• •• •.•.• •.•.•• • • • •.• • ...... • •.• • • • •.•.• 140 IX Annex to Resolution 9 (VI"';RA I)' Amendment to Chapter I, Region I - Africa - of Volume II of the Manual on Codes (WMO Publication No. 306) •••.•..•.••• 141 X Annex to Resolution 11 (VI-RA I) Regional Introduction to WHO Publication No.9, Volume C - Chapter II - Region I (Africa) ••••••••••..••..••.•••••••.••• 142 XI Annex to Re~01ution.22 (VI-RA I) Network of CLIMAT and CLIMAT TEMP reporting stations in Region I .................................................... 168 XII Annex to Resolution 37 (VI-RA I) Part A - Part C of ECOSOC Resolution 1728 (LIII) - Reports of ACC, specialized agencies and IAEA ••••••••••••••• 175 Part B - Proposals of RA I to Seventh Congress •••••••.••••.• 176 CONTENTS VII Annexes (continued) XIII Annex to Resolution 39 (VI-RA I) Resolutions adopted prior to the sixth session of RA I and maintained in force ••••••.•••••.•..•.•••..•••.•••••.••••. 177 List of documents ................•.......................................• 182 LIST OF PERSONS ATTENDING THE SESSION 1. Officers of the session M. Seck president S. Tewungwa vice-president 2. Representatives of Members of Regional Association I B. Aissa principal delegate Algeria L. Fettouche delegate A. Lamri delegate K. Mostefa-Kara delegate M. Tabet-Aoul delegate A. Zehar delegate D. B. A. Mandengue principal delegate Cameroon L. Loemba-Maidou principal delegate Central African Republic E. Kette delegate D. Many principal delegate Chad A. P. Chaussard principal delegate Comoro Islands G. Mankedi principal delegate Congo M. Sow-Alas sane delegate M. F. Taha principal delegate Egypt, Arab Republic of A. F. M. Hassan alternate M. S. Harb delegate K. A. Khalil delegate W. Degefu principal delegate Ethiopia A. Asrat delegate P. Picq principal delegate France M. A. Martin-Sane alternate S. Balous delegate M. J. Malick delegate E. Zablocki principal delegate French Territory of the Afars c;tnd Issa O. Tutu principal delegate Ghana S. E. Tandoh alternate A. Y. Dagbovie delegate O. Kwarteng delegate LIST OF PERSONS ATTENDING THE SESSION IX Representatives of Members of Regional Association I (contd.) J. Djigbenou principal delegate Ivory Coast A. S. Cissoko delegate S. Tewungwa principal delegate Kenya J. K. Murithi delegate M. Eo Mlaki delegate M. M. Zaid principal delegate Libyan Arab Republic H. H. Abugbalya delegate R. H. Ranaivoson principal delegate Madagascar J. P. Rabesoa delegate L. 1. Randrianasolo delegate S. B. Mpata principal delegate Malawi M. Sissako principal delegate Mali Arona Sall principal delegate Mauritania R. R. Vaghjee principal delegate Mauritius M. El Alj principal delegate Morocco M. El Bah ja delegate A. El Khatib delegate M. H. Diallo principal delegate Niger C. A. Abayomi principal delegate Nigeria E. O. Adubifa delegate J. A. Adejokun delegate M. To Ghashah delegate M. G. Samaki delegate A. Silva de Sousa principal delegate Portugal A.
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