WMO technical commissions

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The WMO technical commissions are specialized expert bodies within the World Meteorological Organization that develop global standards, guidance, and best practices for meteorology, hydrology, climate, and related environmental services.

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instanceOf specialized expert body
technical commission system
appliesTo Members of the World Meteorological Organization
coordinatedBy WMO Executive Council
field climatology
earth system sciences
environmental services
hydrology
meteorology
governedBy World Meteorological Congress
hasFunction coordination of international technical collaboration
development of capacity development guidance
development of quality management frameworks
development of service delivery guidance
promotion of interoperability of meteorological and hydrological systems
standardization of data exchange
standardization of data processing and forecasting systems
standardization of observing systems
support for climate services
support for disaster risk reduction services
support for hydrological forecasting and water resources services
support for implementation of WMO regulatory material
support for marine and aviation meteorological services
hasMemberType government-nominated experts
specialized scientific experts
technical experts
hasOutput WMO guides
WMO manuals
WMO technical regulations
guidance on service delivery and user engagement
recommendations to WMO Members
standards for data formats and codes
standards for observing networks
standards for telecommunication and data exchange systems
hasParentOrganization World Meteorological Organization
partOf World Meteorological Organization
purpose develop best practices
develop global standards
develop guidance
develop technical regulations
support implementation of WMO programmes
support operational meteorological and hydrological services
reportsTo World Meteorological Congress
scope global
usesLanguage Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish

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Executive Council hasSubordinateBody WMO technical commissions
subject surface form: Executive Council (World Meteorological Organization)
WMO Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems partOf WMO technical commissions
this entity surface form: World Meteorological Organization technical commissions system
WMO regional associations collaboratesWith WMO technical commissions
WMO Commission for Weather, Climate, Water and Related Environmental Services and Applications partOf WMO technical commissions
this entity surface form: WMO technical commissions system
WMO General Regulations appliesTo WMO technical commissions
Commission for Climatology partOf WMO technical commissions
this entity surface form: World Meteorological Organization technical commissions