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South America) WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION REGIONAL ASSOCIATION III (SOUTH AMERICA) ABRIDGED FINAL REPORT OF THE FOURTH SESSION 'Quito, 7 ·19 November 1966 PRICE: Sw. fl'. 14.- I WMO - No. 207. RP. 74 I Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization - Geneva - Switzerland 1967 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. CONTENTS List of persons attending the session VI Agenda ...•..............................................•........•................. VIII General summary of the work of the session ...•.........•.....•....................• 1 Resolutions adopted by the session 32 Final Session No. No. 1 4/1 Working Group on Regional Requirements for Basic Meteorological Data (Processed and Unprocessed) from Ins ide and Outs ide the Region ......•........................... 32 2 6/1 Regional basic synoptic network .....•...........•.............. 33 3 6/2 Principal land stations in Region III.......................... 34 4 7/1 Adoption of the regional part of Publication No. 9.TP.4, Volume C, Chapter II - Region III.............................. 34 5 7/2 Improvements in the regional collection of synoptic information ....•......•...•......•....•..•.....•.........•..... 34 6 7/3 Acknowledgement of receipt of territorial data by sub- regional broadcast centres ......•....................•......... 35 7 7/4 Broad outline of a regional telecommunication plan for Region III for the WWW implementation period 1968 - 1971 ....... 35 8 7/5 Working Group on Meteorological Telecommunications •.•.......... 36 9 8/1 Working Group on Hydrometeorology.............................. 37 10 9/1 Port meteorological liaison officers 11 9/2 Provision of weather forecasts to shipping and marine activities ..•............•...................•.•....•....•..... 38 12 9/3 Working Group on Maritime Meteorology 39 13 10/1 Upper-air observations between 100 mb and 10 mb ............... 40 14 10/2 Meteorological observat~ons from aircraft 40 15 10/3 Familiarization flights ...................••......•.....•.....• 41 16 10/4 Exchange of aeronautical forecasters ..................•. ....... 41 17 11/1 Network of CLlMAT and CLIMAT TEMP stations in Region III....... 41 18 11/2 Aeronautical climatological information ..•.............. .•..... til 19 11/3 Rapporteur for the Preparation of a Climatic Atlas for South America................................ ....•.•.......•.•.•..•.. 42 20 12/1 Plan for the development of professional meteorological training in South America •.........•.....•..................... 43 IV CONTENTS Final Session No. No. 21 13/1 Application for a Special Fund regional project for expansion of meteorological and hydrological networks in the Amazon basin .....•..•.....•.•...•.•....•••.•.••..•.•.. 44 22 14/1/1 Comparison of barometers •..•............•...•.•..•......•..•. 44 23 14/2/1 Working Group on Solar Radiation for Region III .....•..•..•.. 45 24 14/3/1 Regional codes for Region III ..•..•....••.••.....•........... 46 25 14/3/2 Working Group on Meteorological Codes ....•...•...•.•.....•... 46 26 14/4/1 Working Group on Agricultural Meteorology and Climatology for Region III •.......•.•..•..••..........•..•...•....•....•. 47 27 14/5/1 Ground radar weather observations .......•..••....•....••••..• 48 28 16/2 Integration of meteorology into the economic development programmes ..•...................•....•....•...............••. 49 29 16/1 Review of the resolutions and recommendations adopted before the fourth session of RA III including Executive Committee resolutions relating to RA III .................... 49 30 16/3 Participation at Fifth Congress ....•.......•....•.......•.•.. 50 Recommendations adopted by the session .•...•..•.•...•..•..•....•.••...•••......•. 51 Final Session No. No. 1 3/1 Financial support to the president of Regional Association III .•....••....•...•..•...••....••..•..•.••...... 51 2 9/1 Collection of ships' weather reports in the area south of 600 s ............................................... 51 Annexes I Annex to Resolution 2 (IV-RA III) Stations and observational programmes comprlslng the basic synoptic network in South America ..•..••..•••..•...•..••.•••••••.............•... 52 II Annex to Resolution 2 (IV-RA III) Plans for regional basic synoptic network in South America .••......•.•.• 62 III Annex to Resolution 2 (IV-RA III) Procedures for minor changes in the regional basic synoptic network IV Annex to Resolution 4 (IV-RA III) Volume C, Chapter II, Region III - South America, Introduction 64 V Annex to Resolution 7 (IV-RA III) A broad outline of the regional telecommunication plan for Region III for the WWW implementation period 1968-1971 75 VI Annex to Resolution 17 (IV-RA III) Network of CLIMAT and CLIMAT TEMP reporting stations in Region III 84 VII Annex to Resolution 24 (IV-RA III) Amendments to Section III, Chapter II, Volume B of WMO Publica- tion No. 9.TP.4 •.•....•.•....•...•••.••.•..•.••.•.•...••••.•.•••.•••••.. 87 CONTENTS v Annexes (continued) VIII Annex to Resolution 26 (IV-RA III) Recommendations approved at the international meeting on the problems of agriculture in the humid tropics of Latin America 91 IX Annex to Resolution 29 (IV-RA III) Resolutions adopted prior to the fourth session and maintained in force .................................................................. 93 List of documents ••...••.•••••••••.•...•••••..•.••••.•••.••••••••••••..••••••.•••• 106 VI LIST OF PERSONS ATTENDING THE SESSION 1. Officer of the session A. Garcia S. president ad interim 2. Representatives of Regional Association III C. P. Martinez principal delegate Argentina M. A. Rebolledo delegate E. Beltr£n Gutierrez principal delegate Bolivia J. Marden dos Santos principal delegate Brazil I. Santos de Bustamante delegate A. Beraldo delegate N. S. Bravo Flores principal delegate Chile F. Cancelado principal delegate Colombia W. Pannenbecker adviser A. Garcia S. principal delegate Ecuador V. L. G6mez delegate E. Mancheno delegate G. Cisneros delegate C. Blandln delegate J. VEfsconez delegate F. Moya delegate G. Saltos delegate C. Molina delegate E. Dousdebes adviser M. Perez Delgado adviser M. Perrusset principal delegate France P. Picq delegate VI. Acosta Meza principal delegate Peru J. Lumbreras Cruz delegate J. Valdivia Ponce delegate J. Alarcbn Mendoza delegate J. L. A. DIHamecourt principal delegate Surinam B. R. Douglas delegate H. A. Tjon A. Kiet delegate C. Castro Pelttez principal delegate Uruguay O. B. ROdriguez Perez delegate LIST OF PERSONS ATTENDING THE SESSION VII O. Coronel Parra principal delegate Venezuela A. VI. Goldbrunner delegate R. Convit delegate L. Ayala Useche delegate 3. Re12resentatives of Ivlembers of IVJvIO not belonging to the Association L. de Azc~rraga observer Spain R. Ivl. White observer United States of N. E. Johnson America N. G. Leonov observer Union of Soviet Y. K. Alexandrov observer Socialist Republics 4. International organizations O. F. Canziani observer International Civil Aviation Organization C. J~uregui observer International Federa­ tion of Air Line Pilots Associations R. S. Bush observer International Air Transport Association A. Ivlart{nez observer Economic Commission for Latin America J. Irias Rovelo observer World Health Organiza­ tion 5. WHO Secretariat D. A. Davies Secretary-General (for part of the session) G. K. Weiss Chief, Telecommunication and Networks Section G. Kronebach Acting Chief, Research Section I. Font Tullot Chief, Latin America Section 6. Secretariat of the session F. Garces Secretary E. Enr:i'guez Chief of Services R. de Aguirre Co-ordinator VIn AGE N D A Agenda item Relevant No. documents 1. Opening of the session 28 2. Organization of the session 28 2. 1 Consideration of the report on credentials 2.2 Adoption of the agenda 1, 2 2.3 Establishment of committees 2.4 Other organizational questions 3. Reports by the president of 10,15,16,17, 1 the Association and chairmen 20, 25, 28, Add. 1 of RA III working groups 4. Statement of requirements of 11, 33 1 Meteorological Services of RA III regarding basic meteo- rological information from inside and outside the Region 5. Regional aspects of the World 9, 12, 37 Weather Watch 6. Planning of basic synoptic net- 19, 30 2, 3 works of surface and upper-air observing stations taking into account supplementary observations 7. Telecommunications 12, 25, 31, 40 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 8. Hydrometeorology 15, 23, 36 9 9. Maritime meteorology 20, 21; 44 10, 11, 2 12 10. Aeronautical meteorology 13, 41 13, 14, 15, 16 11. Climatology 6, 7, 43 17, 18, 19 12. Meteorological training 3, 42 20 13. Technical co-operation 4, 45 21 14. Miscellaneous technical questions 14.1 Barometry 5, 26 22 14.2 Radiation 14, 35 23 AGENDA IX Agenda item Relevant No. documents 14.3 Codes 8, 17, 39 24, 25 14.4 Agrometeorology 16, 22, 34 26 14.5 Ground radar weather observations 24, 27 27 15. Nomination of members of working 29, 32 groups and nomination of rapporteurs 16. Review of the resolutions and 18, 38 28, 29, recommendations adopted before 30 the fourth session of RA III in­ cluding Executive Committee reso­ lutions relating to RA III 17. Election of officers 32 18. Date and place of the fifth session 19. Closure of the session GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE SESSION 1. OPENING OF THE SESSION (Agenda item 1) 1.1 At the invitation of the
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