WMO MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF THE PLENARY EVENT OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL USE

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WMO MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF THE PLENARY EVENT
OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON THE PEACEFUL
USES OF OUTER SPACE (UN COPUOS)(Hyderabad,
India, 25 September 2007)byJeremiah
LengoasaAssistant Secretary-Generalon behalf
ofM. JarraudSecretary-General of theWorld
Meteorological Organization
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Space-based optimization made great achievements
in past years
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Even now we have a mixed observing data sets
like the following
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Data are used1) improving forecasting 2) real
time warning 3) satellite rainfall algorithm
development, CAL/VAL 4) information services to
the local information networks
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Sand dust storms
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• Wildfires

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• Tropical cyclones

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Meteorological support also provided during
non-hydrometeorological hazards

• Volcanic ash dispersion
• Propagation of radiative chemical substances
• Pest control locust migration
• Crop food security
• Health issues

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• A new factor climate change
• increases in global average air and ocean
  temperatures
• widespread melting of snow ice
• rising global mean sea level

Arctic ice cover 1979
Arctic ice cover 2005
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• Satellite observations are increasingly essential
  for disaster risk reduction
• Establishment of a composite WMO GOS/WIGOS
• GEO implementation GEOSS integration
• IPY 2007-2008
• Climate change follow-up of adaptation
  mitigation
• .....................
• For which WMO is proud of its partnership with
  all satellite operators

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data
knowledge
products
information

• Satellite data processing and products/information
  generation is of great challenge (sciences,
  technologies, calibration, validation with ground
  observations, etc..)
• Satellite operators should develop value-added
  informative products and make them available to
  worldwide users, especially to developing
  countries.

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The Earth is a complex system of systems
understanding it requiring comprehensive
observations
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Thank You