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WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION REGIONAL ASSOCIATION V (SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC) ELEVENTH SESSION NOUMEA, 18-27 MAY 1994 ABRIDGED FINAL REPORT WITH RESOLUTIONS WMO-No.811 Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization - Geneva - Switzerland 1995 © 1995, World Meteorological Organization ISBN 92-63-10811-0 NOTE The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expres sion 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 Establishnient of committees ....... ........................... ...................... ........................ ............ ..... 2 2.4 Other organizational matters .................. ...... ...................... ...... ...................... .................. ..... 2 3. REpORT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE AsSOCIATION ..................... ......... ................. ..................... 2 4. WORLD WEATHER WATCH PROGRAMME - REGIONAL ASPECTS .............................................. 2 4.1 WWW plan and status of implementation ... ............................ ......................... .................... 2 4.2 Observing system, including Instruments and Methods of Observation Programme ........... 4 4.3 Data-processing system ............ ....................................... ....... .... .... ..... ........... .......... .............. 7 4.4 Telecommunication system .................................................................................................... 8 4.5 Data management, including regional codes ................ ......... ............ ...... ...... .......... .............. 9 4.6 WWW System Support Activities ........................................................................................... 10 4.7 WMO satellite activities ......................................................................................................... 10 4.8 Tropical Cyclone Programme ................................................................................................. 10 5. WORLD CLIMATE PROG~ - REGIONAL ASPECTS .............................................................. 11 5.1 World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme (WCDMP) ................................................ 11 5.2 World Climate Applications and Services Programme (WCASP) ........................................... 12 5.3 World Climate Impact Assessment and Response Strategies Programme (WCIRP) ............... 13 5.4 World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) ........................................................................ 13 5.5 Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) ............................................................................ 14 5.6 World Climate Programme coordination activities ............................................................... 15 6. ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME - REGIONAL ASPECTS .................. 15 6.1 Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) ......................................................................................... 15 6.2 Weather Prediction Research Programmes ............................................................................. 16 6.3 Tropical Meteorology Research Programme ........................................................................... 16 6.4 Physics and Chemistry of Clouds and Weather Modification Research Programme ............................................................................................................................. 16 7. APPLICATIONS OF METEOROLOGY PROGRAMME - REGIONAL ASPECTS ..................................... 16 7.1 Public Weather Services Programme ...................................................................................... 16 7.2 Agricultural Meteorology Programme .................................................................................... 17 7.3 Aeronautical Meteorology Programme .................................................................................. 17 7.4 Marine Meteorology and Associated Oceanographic Activities Programme ......................... 18 8. HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES PROGRAMME - REGIONAL ASPECTS .............................. 21 9. EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMME - REGIONAL ASPECTS ............................................... 23 10. TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROGRAMME - REGIONAL ASPECTS .............. ........ ...... ...... .............. 25 11. PUBLIC INFORMATION -REGIONAL ASPECTS ............................................................................. 26 12. LONG-TERM PLANNING - REGIONAL ASPECTS ........................................................................... 27 13. OTHER REGIONAL ACTIVITIES ....... ............... ............. ..... ........... ............................ ............ ........ 28 13.1 Internal matters of the Association ....... ............ ............... ..... ....... ......... ...... ............. ...... ........ 28 13.2 Follow-up activities related to UNCED .................................................................................. 29 13.3 Cooperation with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) ..................... 30 13.4 International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) ............................................. 30 IV CONTENTS Page 14. WMO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE AsIA AND THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC ................................. 31 15. SCIENTIFIC LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS .................................................................................... 31 16. REVIEW OF PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AsSOCIATION AND OF RELEVANT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ................................ .......... .............. .............. 32 11. ELECTION OF OFFICERS ............................................................................................................ 32 18. DATE AND PLACE OF THE TWELFTH SESSION ............................................................................. 32 19... CLOSURE OF THE SESSION ......................................................................................................... 32 RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE SESSION Final Session No. No. 1 4.1/1 Working Group on Planning and Implementation of the WWW in Region V ............................................................................................................. 33 2 4.2/1 Regional Basic Synoptic Network ......................................... ............ ................. 35 3 4.4/1 Amendments to the Manual on the GTS, Volume II, Regional aspects, Region V (South-West Pacific) ........................................................................... 40 4 4.5/1 Modifications to regional regulations of FM 12-XI Ext. SYNOP and FM 13-XI Ext. SHIP to meet additional data requirements ................................. 42 5 4.8/1 RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee for the South Pacific and South- East Indian Ocean ..... ........ ...... .............. ........ ...... ........ ......... ........ ...... ............... 42 6 5.6/1 Working Group on Climate Matters .................... ............ ............ ........ .............. 44 7 6/1 Rapporteur.on Atmospheric Ozone ...................................... ................. ............ 45 8 7.2/1 Working Group on Agricultural Meteorology ........................................ ........... 45 9 7.4/1 Rapporteur on Regional Marine Meteorological Services .................................. 47 10 7.4/2 Use of INMARSAT for the collection of ships' meteorological and oceanographic reports ....................................................................................... 47 11 7.4/3 Participation in the JOint IOC/WMO Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) ....... ...... .................. .... .................... .... ............. .......................... 48 12 8/1 Working Group on Hydrology ................................................. ........ ............ ..... 49 13 16/1 Review of previous resolutions and recommendations of the Association ....... 50 ANNEXES I Annex to paragraph 7.2.5 of the general summary: Agrometeorological themes for further study/implementation in RA V .................................................................................. 54 II Annex to paragraph 7.3.8 of the general summary: Proposed guidelines for authorized access to the WAFS satellite broadcasts ................................................................................. 55 III Annex to paragraph 7.4.2 of the general summary: Summary of marine meteorological and oceanographic services in RA V .................................................................................... .. 55 IV Annex to paragraph 7.4.6 of the general summary: Summary of meteorological support for marine pollution emergency response activities in RA V ...............................................