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World Meteorological Organization

ADDITIONAL DATA AND PRODUCTS
RELATED TO RESOLUTION 40 (Cg-XII)

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part of the Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory,
city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

The Twelfth World Meteorological Congress (1995) adopted Resolution 40 (Cg-XII) - "WMO Policy and Practice for the Exchange of Meteorological and Related Data and Products Including Guidelines on Relationships in Commercial Meteorological Activities".

When adopting the Resolution, Congress reminded Members of their obligations, under Article 2 of the WMO Convention, to facilitate world-wide co-operation in the establishment of observing networks and to promote the exchange of meteorological and related information in the interest of all nations, and urged Members to implement the practice on the international exchange of meteorological and related data and products.

According to the practice adopted by Congress, all meteorological and related data and products required to fulfil Members’ obligations under WMO Programmes would be encompassed by the combination of essential and additional data and products exchanged by Members. In Annex 1 to Resolution 40 (Cg-XII) Congress urged Members to make known to all Members, through the WMO Secretariat, those additional meteorological and related data and products on which Members placed conditions related to their re-export for commercial purposes outside the receiving country (or group of countries forming a single economic group).

WMO publishes the notifications issued by Members and relevant international centres on additional data and products normally twice per year (April and October) by means of circular letters. These letters also include the conditions the originators place on the data and products. The complete list of additional data and products is available on the WMO server. Updates, received in the WMO Secretariat will also be included in the Operational Newsletter.

  1. CONTENTS
  2. GENERAL PRESENTATION AND LAYOUT

2.1 Region

The list of Additional Data and Products is arranged in sections corresponding to the World Meteorological Organization regions:

Region I - Africa
Region II - Asia
Region III - South America
Region IV - North and Central America
Region V - South-West Pacific
Region VI - Europe

2.2 Country

Name of the country where the centre is located.

2.3 Centre

Name of the Centre which originates the bulletin or controls the originator of the bulletin.

2.4 Date

Date which the data for the country becomes effective. Presented in the form of day/month/year (eg 17/05/1963 for 17 May 1963).

2.5 Observation or Product (Grid/Grib)

Indicate whether bulletin is observational or products.

2.6 Abbreviated Heading

TTAAii

T1T2A1A2ii of the abbreviated heading

CCCC

CCCC of the abbreviated heading.

Full details as regards abbreviated headings are contained in WMO Publication No. 386 - Manual on the Global Telecommunication Systems. The list of international four-letter location indicators (CCCC) is given in Publication No. 9, Volume C - Catalogue of Meteorological Bulletins.

2.7 Code Form Used

The code form used for coding of data or products contained in the bulletin. It is desirable to set the code form in accordance with specifications in WMO Publication No. 306 - Manual on Codes. The indication "Plain Language" is given for those bulletins that are not in coded form.

2.8 Time Group (GG)

Times in UTC for the bulletin issued at a fixed time everyday. This field may be the same as GG in YYGGgg group of the abbreviated heading. Day of month for the bulletin issued on a fixed day every month. Other comments on issuance of a bulletin can be inserted in "Remarks" field.

(a) For bulletins containing meteorological reports the standard time of observation in UTC;

(b) For aerodrome, route and area (aeronautical) forecasts: the full hour in UTC preceding the transmission time. For other forecasts and analyses: the standard time of observation in UTC on which the forecast or analysis is based;

(c) For other messages the time of origin in UTC.

2.9 Content

Contents of the bulletin. This column gives the international index number or the international four-letter location indicator of the stations whose reports are included in the bulletin (eg station index numbers, ICAO location indicators).

For GRID and GRIB bulletins, area of coverage and grid spacing should be inserted in this field.

2.10 Remarks

Used for any information not described in the preceding fields. In cases where the contents of a GRID/GRIB bulletins differ from those derived from the abbreviated heading, such information a parameters on actual contents should be inserted in this field. The indications - SHIP, AIREP and CODAR are also used when appropriate.

3. UPDATING

The Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) seeks to maintain a high standard of accuracy in the material published. Readers are kindly reminded that changes/updates to their sets of additional data and products, related to Resolution 40 (Cg-XII), are to be sent to the Secretary-General by way of formal correspondence.

LIST OF MEMBERS/CENTRES THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED

"ADDITIONAL" DATA AND PRODUCTS

Country Name

National Centre Name

Centre Name

AFRICA

CANARY ISLANDS (Spain)

Las Palmas/Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia, Madrid

KENYA

Nairobi

Kenya Meteorological Department

MADEIRA (Portugal)

Lisboa

Instituto de Meteorologia

MOROCCO

Casablanca

Direction de la Météorologie Nationale

REUNION, COMOROS (France)

St. Denis

Météo France, Toulouse

TUNISIA

Tunis

Institut National de Météorologie

ASIA

CHINA

Beijing

NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL CENTER

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

Tehran

TEHRAN

KAZAKSTAN

Almaty

KazHYDROMET

UZBEKISTAN

Tashkent

Glavgidromet

SOUTH AMERICA

FRENCH GUIANA

Cayenne/Rochambeau

Météo France, Toulouse

VENEZUELA

Maracay

Servicio de Meteorologia Fav

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

GUADELOUPE, ST. BARTHELEMY, ST. MARTIN (France)

Le Raizet

Météo France, Toulouse

MARTINIQUE (France)

Fort-de-France/Le Lamentin

Météo France, Toulouse

ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON (France)

Saint-Pierre

Météo France, Toulouse

SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC

FRENCH POLYNESIA

Tahiti

Direction Interrégionale de Polynésie française

MALAYSIA

Petaling Jaya

Malaysian Meteorological Service

NEW CALEDONIA

Nouméa

Direction Interrégionale de Nouvelle-Calédonie

EUROPE

AUSTRIA

Vienna

Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics

CZECH REPUBLIC

Prague

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

DENMARK

Copenhagen

Danish Meteorological Institute

FINLAND

Helsinki

Finnish Meteorological Institute

FRANCE

Toulouse

Météo France

GERMANY

Offenbach a.M.

Deutscher Wetterdienst

GREECE

Athens

Hellenic National Meteorological Service

HUNGARY

Budapest

Hungarian Meteorological Service

ICELAND

Reykjavik

The Icelandic Meteorological Office

IRELAND

Dublin

The Irish Meteorological Service - MET EIREANN

ISRAEL

Bet-Dagan

Meteorological Service

ITALY

Rome

-

LATVIA

Riga

Latvian Hydrometeorological Agency

NETHERLANDS

de Bilt

NMC de Bilt

NORWAY

Oslo

Norwegian Meteorological Institute

PORTUGAL, AZORES

Lisboa

Instituto de Meteorologia

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Bratislava

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

SLOVENIA

Ljubljana

Slovenian Hydrometeorological Institute

SPAIN

Madrid

Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia

SWEDEN

Norrköping

Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

SWITZERLAND

Zürich

Schweizerische Meteorologische Anstalt

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

Bracknell

The Meteorological Office

þ N/A

þ N/A

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

CCCC

LOCATION INDICATORS USED IN THE ABBREVIATED HEADINGS TTAAii CCCC

CCCC

National Centre

Compiling Centre

Country

-

Glavgidromet

Tashkent

UZBEKISTAN

BABJ

National Meteorological Center

Beijing

CHINA

BIRK

The Icelandic Meteorological Office

Reykjavik

ICELAND

DTTA

Institut National de Météorologie

Tunis

TUNISIA

ECMF

European Centre Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

þ N/A

þ N/A

ECMW

European Centre Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

þ N/A

þ N/A

EDZW

Deutscher Wetterdienst

Offenbach a.M.

GERMANY

EFKL

Finnish Meteorological Institute

Helsinki

FINLAND

EGRR

The Meteorological Office

Bracknell

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

EHDB

NMC de Bilt

de Bilt

NETHERLANDS

EIDB

The Irish Meteorological Service - Met Eireann

Dublin

IRELAND

EKMI

Danish Meteorological Institute

Copenhagen

DENMARK

ENMI

Norwegian Meteorological Institute

Oslo

NORWAY

ESWI

Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

Norrköping

SWEDEN

FMEE

Météo France, Toulouse

St. Denis

REUNION, COMOROS (France)

GCLP

Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia, Madrid

Las Palmas/Santa Cruz de Tenerife

CANARY ISLANDS (Spain)

GMMC

Direction de la Météorologie Nationale

Casablanca

MOROCCO

HABP

Hungarian Meteorological Service

Budapest

HUNGARY

HKNC

Kenya Meteorological Department

Nairobi

KENYA

LEMM

Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia

Madrid

SPAIN

LFPW

Météo France

Toulouse

FRANCE

LFVP

Météo France, Toulouse

Saint-Pierre

ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON (France)

LGAT

Hellenic National Meteorological Service

Athens

GREECE

LIIB

 

Rome

ITALY

LJLM

Slovenian Hydrometeorological Institute

Ljubljana

SLOVENIA

LLBD

Meteorological Service

Bet-Dagan

ISRAEL

LOWM

Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics

Vienna

AUSTRIA

LPMG

Instituto de Meteorologia

Lisboa

MADEIRA (Portugal)

LPMG

Instituto de Meteorologia

Lisboa

PORTUGAL, AZORES

LSSW

Schweizerische Meteorologische Anstalt

Zürich

SWITZERLAND

LZIB

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

LZKC

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

LZKZ

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

LZLU

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

LZNI

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

LZPE

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

LZPP

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

LZSL

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

LZTT

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

LZZI

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

NTAA

Direction Interrégionale de Polynésie française

Tahiti

FRENCH POLYNESIA

NWBB

Direction Interrégionale de Nouvelle-Calédonie

Nouméa

NEW CALEDONIA

OIII

TEHRAN

Tehran

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

OKPR

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

Prague

CZECH REPUBLIC

SOBA

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

SOCA

Météo France, Toulouse

Cayenne/Rochambeau

FRENCH GUIANA

SOJB

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

SOMI

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

SOMO

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

STCH

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

STHU

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

STLS

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

STSP

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

STST

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

STSV

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

SVBS

Servicio de Meteorologia Fav

Maracay

VENEZUELA

SZIB

Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute

Bratislava

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

TFFF

Météo France, Toulouse

Fort-de-France/Le Lamentin

MARTINIQUE (France)

TFFR

Météo France, Toulouse

Le Raizet

GUADELOUPE, ST. BARTHELEMY, ST. MARTIN (France)

UAAA

KazHYDROMET

Almaty

KAZAKSTAN

UMRR

Latvian Hydrometeorological Agency

Riga

LATVIA

UTTW

Glavgidromet

Tashkent

UZBEKISTAN

WMKK

Malaysian Meteorological Service

Petaling Jaya

MALAYSIA