BAMOS October 2021
28 Supplement
Origin of International Meteorological Data Exchange and WMO Resolution 40
An expanded version of the opening keynote for the World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ) Data Conference , Geneva , 16 – 19 November 2020
By John Zillman , Former WMO President ( 1995 – 2003 )
This issue of BAMOS is accompanied by a special supplementary issue , ' Origin of International Meteorological Data Exchange and WMO Resolution 40 '. This features Dr John Zillman ' s opening keynote address at last year ' s World Meteorological Organization Data Conference .
The BAMOS edition is an expanded version of the keynote , with an additional section relating to Australia . Below is the abstract . Read the full article at :
https :// joom . ag / ouKI
Abstract
The World Meteorological Organization ( WMO ) system of data exchange is unique in the history of science and human affairs . It originated from the dual commitment of the 19th Century International Meteorological Organization ( IMO ) to the advancement of knowledge of atmospheric processes and to the delivery of practical benefits to society . It was reinforced through the mid- 20th Century transformation of the non-governmental IMO into the intergovernmental WMO and by the geopolitical and technological circumstances and opportunities of the Cold War . It survived an existential crisis triggered by the late 20th Century commercialisation of public service meteorology in many countries . And it was institutionalised through Resolution 40 of the 1995 World Meteorological Congress , which recognised broadening and enhancing the free and unrestricted international exchange of meteorological and related data and products as a fundamental principle of WMO . The IMO / WMO history provides both timely caution and reassuring encouragement for the development of a new unified international framework for Earth system data and data exchange for the 21st Century .
An image from the publication shows US President John F Kennedy ( right ) and Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev agreeing in March 1962 to the US – USSR cooperation in satellite data collection and exchange that led to establishment of the WMO World Weather Watch . © WMO .