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Description
SDIC Title World Meteorological Organisation Region VI grouping (RAVI)
Acronym WMO-RAVI
Details
Mission and Objectives To address European area concerns of the WMO Member States.
Mandate The WMO is a United Nations organisation.
Formal Mandate International
Main Activities The RAVI region 6 grouping has existed since 1950 and is very active with a regular schedule. WMO regional groups were formed to agree and coordinate special regional issues, communications between member states of the region, and exchange of data within the region and globally.
SDIC URL http//:www.wmo.int
Membership Region VI (Europe) 1. Albania 2. Armenia www.hydromet.am 3. Austria www.zamg.ac.at 4. Azerbaijan www.meteo.in-baku.com 5. Belarus 6. Belgium www.meteo.be 7. Bosnia and Herzegovina www.fmzbih.co.ba 8. Bulgaria www.meteo.bg 9. Croatia meteo.hr 10. Cyprus 11. Czech Republic www.chmi.cz 12. Denmark www.dmi.dk 13. Estonia www.emhi.ee 14. Finland www.fmi.fi 15. France www.meteo.fr 16. Georgia 17. Germany www.dwd.de 18. Greece www.hnms.gr 19. Hungary www.met.hu 20. Iceland www.vedur.is 21. Ireland www.met.ie 22. Israel www.ims.gov.il 23. Italy www.meteoam.it 24. Jordan www.jmd.gov.jo 25. Kazakhstan www.meteo.kz 26. Latvia www.meteo.lv 27. Lebanon 28. Lithuania www.meteo.lt 29. Luxembourg 30. Malta www.maltairport.com/weather/ 31. Monaco 32. Netherlands www.knmi.nl 33. Norway www.met.no 34. Poland www.imgw.pl 35. Portugal www.meteo.pt 36. Republic of Moldova 37. Romania www.inmh.ro 38. Russian Federation www.mecom.ru 39. Serbia and Montenegro www.meteo.yu 40. Slovakia www.shmu.sk 41. Slovenia www.rzs-hm.si/ 42. Spain www.inm.es 43. Sweden www.smhi.se 44. Switzerland www.meteoswiss.ch 45. Syrian Arab Republic 46. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia www.meteo.gov.mk 47. Turkey www.meteor.gov.tr 48. Ukraine 49. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland www.metoffice.gov.uk
Typology Regional Thematic Sectorial
Comments RAVI is the most representative grouping of WMO to address INSPIRE, but it represents the WMO organisation as a whole supported by the various technical grouping such as WMO Expert Teams. WMO has a private communications network used for international and regional data exchange which has existed since 1950. This is a highly developed, reliable and robust system which is used for operational (daily, hourly and more frequent) weather and related and health and safety bulletins. This is a highly interoperable system of metadata, data, protocols, formats which can only be changed through existing formal WMO processes.
Contact information for SDIC
Contact Person Alex Rubli
Organisation MeteoSwiss
Function International Affairs
Address Krähbühlstrasse 58
Country SWITZERLAND
Tel +41 1 256 91 11 direct +41 1 256 92 63
Fax +41 1 256 92 78 
PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT
Which role(s) do you foresee for the SDIC in INSPIRE development
  1. allocate experts to Drafting Teams
  2. submit reference material as input to the Drafting Teams
  3. register a project to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules
  4. collect and describe user requirements related to Environmental policies
  5. participate in the review process
  6. contribute to cost/benefit analysis of the draft Implementing Rules
  7. contribute to awareness raising and training
Area of work/experience
Geographic Domain: International
Description of geographic extent Region VI (Europe - extended W E and SE)
Societal Sector United Nations sub-grouping
Specific Expertise
Metadata
Data Specifications
Network services
Data and Service Sharing
Monitoring and Reporting
INSPIRE Data Themes
Title UserProducerCoordinator
Coordinate reference systems
Geographical grid systems
Geographical names
Orthoimagery
Atmospheric conditions    
Meteorological geographical features    
Oceanographic geographical features    
Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development The World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 187 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which was founded in 1873. Established in 1950, WMO became the specialized agency of the United Nations for meteorology (weather and climate), operational hydrology and related geophysical sciences
Primary Business United Nations specialized agency for meteorology (weather and climate), operational hydrology and related geophysical sciences 
Environmental application domains WMO Technical Commissions have been established for Basic systems, Instruments and methods of observation, Atmospheric sciences, Aeronautical meteorology,Agricultural meteorology,Oceanography and marine meteorology (jointly with IOC of UNESCO), Hydrology,Climatology.WMO Member States supply forecasts and services to almost all of the categories in note 17.  

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