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World AgroMeterological Information Service (WAMIS)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2007

Robert Stefanski  and
M. V. K. Sivakumar
Robert Stefanski
Affiliation:
World Meteorological Organization, 7bis Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland Email: rstefanski@wmo.int
M. V. K. Sivakumar
Affiliation:
World Meteorological Organization, 7bis Avenue de la Paix, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland Email: rstefanski@wmo.int
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Abstract

During an Inter-Regional Workshop on Improving Agrometeorological Bulletins in Barbados in October 2001, participants recommended that a dedicated web server be developed for distributing agrometeorological products from WMO members. Subsequently, an Expert Group Meeting on Internet Applications for Agrometeorological Products was held in Washington, DC, during May 2002, to discuss the practical steps needed to develop this web server. Discussions from this meeting led to the development of the World AgroMeteorological Information Service (WAMIS). WAMIS is a dedicated web server on which countries and organisations can place their agrometeorological bulletins and advisories. Provision of such a central location for agrometeorological information enables users to quickly and easily evaluate various bulletins and gain insight into improving their own bulletins. Also, these bulletins represent the expert knowledge of the individual countries and provide the possibility to assess extreme events and disasters in a historical perspective, especially when an archive of bulletins is present. Placement of agrometeorological bulletins on WAMIS also increases the visibility of the National Meteorological/Hydrological Services (NMHS). In March 2005, a tools and resources section was added to WAMIS to provide users with additional papers, links to software tools, Internet links, and other resources to help improving their agrometeorological bulletins and advisories and services.

Keywords

Internetagrometeorological products
Type
Research Article
Information
Meteorological Applications , Volume 13 , Issue S1 , December 2006 , pp. 49 - 53
Copyright
Royal Meteorological Society

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References

Sivakumar, M. V. K. (ed.) 2002 Improving agrometeorological bulletins. In: Proceedings of the Inter-Regional Workshop, Bridgetown, Barbados, 15–19 October 2001. Geneva, Switzerland: World Meteorological Organization.Google Scholar
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