The evaluation and characterisation of data obtained from measurements made within WMO/GAW involve a number of statistical parameters and specific terms to characterise data quality. At present, several of these terms (e.g. precision) are frequently used with different meaning by different people. Efforts for standardization have been made in the past, involving contributions from a number of i...

Abstract Improving the forecasting and communication of weather hazards such as urban floods extreme winds has been recognized by World Meteorological Organization (WMO) a priority for international research. The WMO established 10-yr High-Impact Weather Project (HIWeather) to address global challenges accelerate progress on scientific social solutions. In this review, key in hazard are first i...

Rich observation data generated by ubiquitous sensors are vital for wetland monitoring, spanning from the prediction of natural disasters to emergency response. Such use different acquisition and description methods and, if combined, could provide a comprehensive wetland. Unfortunately, these remain hidden in isolated silos, their variety makes integration interoperability significant challenge...

This study aimed to investigate the factors affecting weights and measures officers (WMO) in revenue collection, a case at Dar es Salaam. The employed cross-sectional research design, whereas sample size of 63 respondents that, include 59 WMO 4 RM WMA from Salaam were involved. A simple random sampling technique was used selection WMO, purposive regional managers (RM) four administrative region...

A pilot implementation of the recently developed Community-based Flood Management Strategy (CFMS), under the aegis of Community Approaches to Flood Management Programme of BUP with assistance from the WMO, was attempted in two flood vulnerable Unions of Jamalpur district: (a) Nayanagar Union of Melandaha Thana and (b) Palbandha Union of Islampur Thana. Two facilitators from BUP were placed in t...

A major weakness of the BUFR and GRIB formats is their dependence on external tables. For GRIB, one must have the correct tables in order to understand the meaning of the data. For BUFR, the correct tables are needed to understand the data but also to even parse the binary file. An important design flaw in these formats is that there is no way for a reader to know for certain which tables the w...