Application areas

The table below lists all application areas and the respective focal points maintaining requirements for these. For any enquiries or questions on particular requirements recorded in OSCAR, please contact the focal points directly, where an email-address is provided.

Name Focal Point Respons. Org. Description Earth System Application Category
1.1 Sun, Heliosphere and Solar Wind Forecasting and Monitoring   WMO 1. Space Weather Applications
1.2 Energetic Particle and Magnetosphere Forecasting and Monitoring   WMO 1. Space Weather Applications
1.3 Ionosphere, Thermosphere and Geomagnetic Field Forecasting and Monitoring   WMO 1. Space Weather Applications
2.1 Global Numerical Weather Prediction and Real-time Monitoring Masahiro Kazumori
 WMO Global Numerical Weather Prediction 2. Atmospheric Applications
2.10 Atmospheric Disaster Risk Reduction   WMO 2. Atmospheric Applications
2.2 High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediciton Alexis Doerenbecher
 WMO High Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction 2. Atmospheric Applications
2.3 Nowcasting / Very Short-Range Forecasting Alexander Kann
 WMO Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting 2. Atmospheric Applications
2.4 Sub-Seasonal to Longer Predictions Jeff Knight
 WMO Sub-seasonal to longer predictions (SSLP) covers predictions in sub-seasonal to decadal time-ranges (roughly two weeks to 10 years), using numerical prediction models based on current and past observations and analyses. 2. Atmospheric Applications
2.5 Armospheric Climate Forecasting and Monitoring GCOS Secretariat
 GCOS The WMO-IOC-UNEP-ICSU Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) is an internationally coordinated network of global observing systems for climate, designed to meet the requirements for climate observations, which are essential to climate monitoring. Climate observations are fundamental to detect, model and assess climate change, support adaptation to climate change, monitor the effectiveness of policies for mitigating climate change, develop climate information services, promote sustainable national economic development and meet other requirements of the UNFCCC and other convention and agreements. 2. Atmospheric Applications
2.6 Atmospheric Composition Forecasting and Monitoring Richard Eckman
 WMO Applications related to evaluating and analysing changes (temporally and spatially) in atmospheric composition regionally and globally to support treaty monitoring, climatologies and re-analyses, assessing trends in composition and emissions/fluxes, and to better understand processes, using data of controlled quality (and with less stringent time requirements (not needed in NRT)), and used in products such as Ozone and Greenhouse Gas Bulletins, and State/Health of the Atmosphere reports. 2. Atmospheric Applications
2.7 Atmospheric Composition Information Services in Urban and Populated Areas Richard Eckman
 WMO Applications that target limited areas (with horizontal resolution of a few km or smaller and stringent timeliness requirements to support services related to weather/climate/pollution, such as air quality forecasting.
2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology Jitze Van der Meulen
 WMO Meteorological information in support of the safety and optimal efficiency of aviation 2. Atmospheric Applications
2.9 Agricultural Meteorology Robert Stefanski
 WMO Applications of meteorology to agriculture (agrometeorology). 2. Atmospheric Applications
3.1 Ocean Mesoscale Forecasting and Real-Time Monitoring   WMO 3. Oceanic Applications
3.2 Coastal Forecasting   WMO 3. Oceanic Applications
3.3 Oceanic Climate Monitoring and Services   WMO 3. Oceanic Applications
3.4 Tsunami Monitoring and Detection   WMO 3. Oceanic Applications
3.5 Marine Environmental Emergency Response   WMO 3. Oceanic Applications
3.6 Maritime Safety (ports to open ocean)   WMO 3. Oceanic Applications
4.1 Hydrology Forecasting and Real-time Monitoring   WMO 4. Hydrological and Terrestrial Applications
4.2 Hydrological and Terrestrial Climate Monitoring   WMO 4. Hydrological and Terrestrial Applications
4.3 Hydrological and Terrestrial Disaster Risk Reduction   WMO 4. Hydrological and Terrestrial Applications
5.1 Terrestrial Cryosphere Forecasting and Monitoring   WMO 5. Cryospheric Applications
5.2 Sea-Ice Forecasting and Monitoring   WMO 5. Cryospheric Applications
5.3 Cryospheric Climate Monitoring   WMO 5. Cryospheric Applications
5.4 Cryospheric Disaster Risk Reduction   WMO 5. Cryospheric Applications
6.1 Earth System Forecasting and Monitoring   WMO 6. Integrated Earth System Applications
6.2 Understanding Earth System Processes   WMO 6. Integrated Earth System Applications