Overview of Commission for Agricultural Meteorology

41 Pages·2015·1.45 MB·English

Overview of Commission
for Agricultural Meteorology

Robert Stefanski
Agricultural Meteorology Programme
WMO
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
 United Nations agency for weather, climate,
hydrology and water resources and related
environmental issues.

 191 Members from National Meteorological and
Hydrological Services (NMHS) – Newest Member
South Sudan (Dec 2012)

 10 major scientific & technical programmes
(Secretariat)
 8 Technical Commissions advise & guide activities of
programmes (Experts)
 6 Regional Associations involved in implementation

2
3
WMO Technical Commissions
 Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology
(CAeM)
 Commission for Agricultural Meteorology
(CAgM)
 Commission for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS)
 Commission for Basic Systems (CBS)
 Commission for Climatology (CCl)
 Commission for Hydrology (CHy)
 Commission for Instruments and Methods of
Observation (CIMO)
 Joint WMO-IOC Commission for Oceanography
and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM)
World Meteorological Organization
 Congress – every 4 years (all members) – first
ever Extraordinary Session in 2012 - GFCS

 Executive Council – every year (37 members) – 1
P, 3 VP, 6 Pres of RAs, 27 PRs, PTCs attend

 Regional Association Sessions- every 4 years

 Technical Commission sessions – every 4 years
Commission for Agricultural Meteorology
(CAgM) – Terms of Reference (1)
 Support applications of meteorology to management of
agriculture, livestock, forestry, rangelands and
fisheries sectors;
 Assist Member countries in developing/establishing their
agrometeorological services particularly on:
 Operational use of knowledge concerning weather and
climate for sustainable agricultural management
through conservation and better use of natural
resources;
 Use of weather and agrometeorological observations,
forecasts and warnings for operational purposes;
Commission for Agricultural Meteorology
(CAgM) – Terms of Reference (2)
 Use of climate observations and predictions;
 Adaptation to climate variability and change
(developing countries);
 Combating unfavourable influences of weather
and climate on agricultural subsectors,
including weather-related pests and diseases;
 Protection of agricultural produce in
storage/transit against damage due to direct
and indirect influences of weather and climate;
Commission for Agricultural Meteorology
(CAgM) – Terms of Reference (3)
 Improve coordination and collaboration mechanisms
with users of weather and climate information in agricultural
subsectors & liaise actively with weather and climate service
providers;
 Formulate data and information requirements for
agricultural purposes;
 Foster development and use of effective communication
methods for acquiring and disseminating
agrometeorological information, advice and warnings to
agricultural subsectors and getting feedback;
 Promote a better understanding of the interactions and
impacts of weather and climate in regards to drought and
desertification;
COMMISSION FOR
AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY
President: Byong Lee, Vice-President: Federica Rossi

Management Group Advisors:
S. Orlandini (Italy-RA VI )
(MG)
G. Zhou (China-RA II)

FOCUS AREAS (FA)

FA 1 FA 2 FA 3 FA 4
Operational Science and Natural Hazards Capacity
Agricultural Technology for and Climate Development in
Meteorology Agricultural Change/Variability Agricultural
Meteorology In Agriculture Meteorology

Chair: N. Chattophday Chair: O. Brunini Chair: R. Stone Chair: E. Mateescu
(India-RA II) (Brazil-RA III) (Australia-RA V) (Romania-RA VI)
Co-chair: D. Diarra Co-chair: H. Shannon Co-chair: R. Desjardins Co-chair: J. Ukeje
(Mali-RA I) (USA-RA IV) (Canada-RA IV) (Nigeria-RA I)
CAgM Focus Area 1 – Operational
Agricultural Meteorology
 ET 1.1 - Livestock, Poultry, and Inland Fisheries
 ET 1.2 - Agromet Products
 ET 1.3 - Forestry (Fire Weather, Fire danger rating)

 TT 1.1 - Publication on Case Studies
 TT 1.2 - Task Team on Guidelines for Developing
Agricultural Weather Bulletins

 Joint CAgM–JCOMM Task Team on Weather, Climate
and Fisheries