1853

1873

1876

1878

1878

1879

1880

1913 April 7-12

1913 April 7

1919

1919

1921 Sept~ 13-14

1923

1926

1929

1932

Brussels

Vienna

London

Utrecht

Utrecht

Rome

Berne

Rome

Rome

Paris

Paris

Rome

Utrecht

Zurich

Copenhagen

Munich

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ANNEX - 8 .

CHRONOLOGY

First International Conference on Meteorological.

First Congress.

Second Meeting Permanent Meteorological Committee.

Third Meeting Permanent Meteorological Committee.

Organization of the International Meteorological Committee.

Second Congress.

First Meeting of the International Meteorological Committee.

Tenth Meeting of the International Meteorological Committee.

Appointment of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology.

Extra-Ordinary Meeting of the International Meteorological Committee.

Commission for Agricultural Meteorology reconstituted.

Meeting of the Sub-commission of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology to consider agrometeorology in the International Institute for Agriculture.

Second Meeting of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology.

Third Meeting of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology.

Fourth Meeting of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology.

Fifth Meeting of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology.

1935

1936 January 6-8

1937

1947 August 11-23

1947 Sept. -Oct.

1950 March 23

1951 March 15

1951 Mar. 19-Apr. 28

1951 December 20

1951 April 5-7

1953 November 3-20

1957 July - 1958 Dec.

1957 October 4

1958 Sept. 29­Oct. 17

1960

1960 1 April

1%2 July 9-26

1963

Danzig

Paris

Salzburg

Toronto

Washington

Paris

Paris

New York

Paris

Paris

Warsaw

Rome

Cape Canaveral

Toronto

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Sixth Meeting of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology.

Meeting of the Meteorological Sub-commiss ion of the ICAN.

Seventh Meeting of the Commission for Agricultural Meteorology .

Eighth Meeting of the Commission for Agricultural Meteo rology.

IMO Conference of Directors drew up the terms for the Convention of the WMO.

Convention of the WMO carne into force.

Last Conference of Directors of IMO.

First Congress of the WMO.

The UN General Assembly approved an agreement between the UN and the WMO establishing the WMO as the Specialized Agency of the UN in the field of meteorology.

First Session of Unesco Advisory Committee on Arid Zone Research.

First Session of the CAgM (CAgM-I).

International Geophysical Year (IGY).

First Earth Satellite (Sputnik-I) launched by USSR.

CAgM-rr.

FAO established the Freedom from Hunger Campaign.

The first meteorological satellite (TIROS-I) was launched by USA.

CAgM-'-rrI.

The first agroclimatology survey undertaken by the FAO/Unesco/WMO Inter-agency Group was completed.

1964

1965

1965

1966 December 7

1967 November 15-19

1968

1971 October 18-29

1972

1974 May-August

1974 October 14-25

1974 November

1975 May

1975 July

1976

1977

1977

1977

1978

1979

1979

Geneva

Cape Canaver.-al

Quezon City

Rome

Geneva

Cape Canaveral

Niamey

Washington

Rome

Geneva

Niamey

Nairobi

Geneva

Mar de la Plata

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World Weather Watch (WWW) implemented.

International Hydrological Decade Opened.

The inception of the International Biological Programme (IBP).

Fir.-st Geosynchr.-onous Meteorological Satellite launched, ATS-I (Applications Technology Satellite) .

CAgM-IV.

The inception of the FAO/Unesco/UNDP/WMO Inter.--agency Group on Agricultural Biometeorology.

CAgM-V.

First Earth Resour.-ces Technology Satellite, ERTS-I, launched.

AGRHYMET Programme identified.

CAgM-VI.

World Food Conference.

Agrometeorological Activities in Aid of Food Production - Cg~VII

AGRHYMET .Programme inaugurated.

Agrometeorological input to the FAO Global Information and Early Warning system. (GIEWS)

UN Conference on Desertification

Establishment of DESCON and IAWGD

Creation of IFAD

Launching of Pilot Project on Exchange of Agrometeor.-ological Information

World Climate Conference

World Water Conference

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1979 April/May

1979 April/May

1979 September 1979

1983

1983 Feb. 21 - Mar. 4

1983 May

1986 November 17-28

1987 May

1987

1987 May

1988

1989

1990

Geneva

Geneva

Sofia

Geneva

Geneva

Geneva

Madrid

Geneva

Geneva

Geneva

Geneva

Geneva

Geneva

Establishment of the WMO World Climate Programme by the Eighth Congress.

WMO Agriculture and Desertification Programme Cg-VIII.

CAgM-VII.

Long-term Plan 1984-1993 Cg-IX

CAgM-VIII.

WMO Agricultural Meteorology Programme Cg-IX.

CAgM-IX.

World Climate Applications Programme Cg-IX.

Second Long Term Plan 1988-1997 Cg-X.

Agricultural Meteorology Programme Cg-X.

First Norbert Gerbier Mumm Award

Second and Third Norbert Gerbier Mumm Awards.

Fourth Norbert Gerbier Murnm Award

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ANNEX - 9.

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

ACCAD Advisory Committee for the World Climate Applications and Data Programme.

ACSAD Arab Centre for Studies of Arid Zones and Drylands .

AGRHYMET Regional training centre for agrometeorology and operational hydrology and their applications.

CAgM Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (WMO).

CARS Climate Applicat ion Referral System

CHy Commission for Hydrology (WMO).

CIAT International Centre for Tropical Agriculture.

CIMO Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observations (WMO) .

CIP International Centre for Potatoes.

CIMMYT (See IMWIC).

CoSAMC Commission for Special Applications of Meteorology and Climatology (WMO).

CSM Climate System Monitoring.

DESCON Consultative Group on Desertification Control

EC Executive Council.

EPPO European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization.

EAS European Space Agency.

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN.

GOES . Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.

GERDAT Group for the Study and Research for the Development of 0

Tropical Agriculture.

lABS International Association of Hydrological Sciences.

lAM International Association for Meteorology.

I AWGD Interagency Working group on Desertification.

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IBP International Biological Programme.

ICARDA International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas.

ICID International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage.

ICRAF International Council for Research in Agroforestry.

ICRISAT International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics.

ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions.

I DeC International Data Rescue Co-ordination Centre.

IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development.

IFAP International Federation of Agricultural Producers.

IGAS Inter-agency Group on Agricultural Biometeorology, WMO/FAO/Unesco.

IGU International Geophysical Union.

IIASA International Institute for Applied System Analysis.

ILCA International Livestock Centre for Africa.

ILRAD International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases.

IMO International Meteorological Organization (predecessor of WMO).

IMWIC International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT).

INFOCLlMA World Climate Data Information Referral Service.

INRA National Institute for Agricultural Research.

IRRI International Rice. Research.lnstitute.

ISB International Society for Biometeorology.

ISSS International Society of Soil Science.

IUCNNR International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

IUGG International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.

OAU Organization of African Unity.

ORSTOM Office for Over-seas Scientific and Technical Research.

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PEP Precipitation Enhancement Programme.

PSA Pacific Science Association.

RA Regional Association

SEARCA South-East Asian Regional Centre for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture.

SPMR Special Programme for African Agricultural Research.

TC Technical Commission

UN United Nations.

UNDP United Nations Development Programme.

UNDRO United Nations Disaster Relief office.

UNEP United Nations Environment Programme.

Unesco United Nations Education, Social and Cultural Organization.

VCP Voluntary Co-operative Programme.

WCAP World Climate Applications Programme.

WCDP World Climate Data Programme.

WCIP World Climate Impact Studies Programme.

WCP World Climate Programme.

WCRP World Climate Research Programme.

WMO World Meteorological Organization of the UN.

www World Weather Watch.