World Meteorological Centres
E191655
component of World Weather Watch
meteorological centre network
operational meteorological infrastructure
World Meteorological Centres are major global hubs designated by the World Meteorological Organization to provide high-quality weather analyses, forecasts, and related data services to support international meteorological operations.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RSMC Exeter (environmental emergency response) | 1 |
| World Meteorological Centers | 1 |
| World Meteorological Centres canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1701281 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Meteorological Centres Context triple: [GDPFS, hasComponent, World Meteorological Centres]
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A.
Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres
Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres are designated meteorological institutions around the world that provide specialized weather analysis, forecasting, and warning services for specific regions under the World Meteorological Organization framework.
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B.
World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization is a specialized UN agency that coordinates international cooperation on weather, climate, water resources, and related environmental issues.
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C.
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services are national agencies responsible for monitoring, forecasting, and providing information on weather, climate, and water resources to support public safety, economic activities, and environmental management.
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D.
WMO Secretariat
The WMO Secretariat is the administrative and technical body that supports and coordinates the global activities and programs of the World Meteorological Organization.
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E.
National Meteorological Telecommunication Networks
National Meteorological Telecommunication Networks are country-level systems that collect, process, and exchange meteorological data and forecasts, feeding into and operating within the World Meteorological Organization’s Global Telecommunication System.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: World Meteorological Centres Target entity description: World Meteorological Centres are major global hubs designated by the World Meteorological Organization to provide high-quality weather analyses, forecasts, and related data services to support international meteorological operations.
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A.
Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres
Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres are designated meteorological institutions around the world that provide specialized weather analysis, forecasting, and warning services for specific regions under the World Meteorological Organization framework.
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B.
World Meteorological Organization
The World Meteorological Organization is a specialized UN agency that coordinates international cooperation on weather, climate, water resources, and related environmental issues.
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C.
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services are national agencies responsible for monitoring, forecasting, and providing information on weather, climate, and water resources to support public safety, economic activities, and environmental management.
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D.
WMO Secretariat
The WMO Secretariat is the administrative and technical body that supports and coordinates the global activities and programs of the World Meteorological Organization.
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E.
National Meteorological Telecommunication Networks
National Meteorological Telecommunication Networks are country-level systems that collect, process, and exchange meteorological data and forecasts, feeding into and operating within the World Meteorological Organization’s Global Telecommunication System.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
component of World Weather Watch
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meteorological centre network ⓘ operational meteorological infrastructure ⓘ |
| designatedBy |
WMO Executive Council
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surface form:
World Meteorological Organization Executive Council
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| governedBy | World Meteorological Organization ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
archive meteorological data and products
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collect global meteorological observations ⓘ disseminate meteorological products via telecommunication systems ⓘ generate global forecast fields ⓘ perform global data assimilation ⓘ provide training material related to their products ⓘ run global numerical weather prediction models ⓘ |
| hasRequirement |
ensure interoperability with other WMO centres
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maintain backup and contingency arrangements ⓘ maintain high reliability and availability ⓘ meet WMO quality management standards ⓘ operate on a 24-hour basis ⓘ participate in WMO coordination mechanisms ⓘ provide documentation of products and services ⓘ provide timely dissemination of products ⓘ support capacity-building for developing countries ⓘ |
| hasRole |
provide aviation-related meteorological guidance
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provide backup services for other centres ⓘ provide climate-related data products ⓘ provide ensemble prediction system products ⓘ provide global data assimilation outputs ⓘ provide global meteorological analyses ⓘ provide global numerical weather prediction products ⓘ provide guidance products for severe weather forecasting ⓘ provide long-range weather products ⓘ provide marine meteorological products ⓘ provide medium-range weather forecasts ⓘ provide quality-controlled meteorological data ⓘ provide reanalysis datasets ⓘ support National Meteorological and Hydrological Services ⓘ support Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres ⓘ support international meteorological operations ⓘ |
| hasScope | global ⓘ |
| operatesWithin |
Global Data-processing and Forecasting System
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WMO Integrated Global Observing System (WIGOS) ⓘ
surface form:
World Meteorological Organization Integrated Global Observing System
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| partOf |
World Weather Watch
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surface form:
World Weather Watch Programme
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| relatedTo |
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
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Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres ⓘ |
| supportsProgramme |
Global Framework for Climate Services
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WMO climate monitoring and prediction activities ⓘ WMO disaster risk reduction activities ⓘ |
| usesStandard |
WMO codes and formats for meteorological data
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WMO technical regulations ⓘ
surface form:
WMO data representation standards
WMO Information System ⓘ
surface form:
WMO information system standards
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: World Meteorological Centres Description of subject: World Meteorological Centres are major global hubs designated by the World Meteorological Organization to provide high-quality weather analyses, forecasts, and related data services to support international meteorological operations.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
RSMC Exeter (environmental emergency response)
subject surface form:
National Meteorological Telecommunication Network
this entity surface form:
World Meteorological Centers