There are many festivals and anniversaries in March. Just after the national love liver day, international happiness day and World Water Day, today ushers in World Meteorological Day. World Meteorological Day is a memorial day established by the World Meteorological Organization, which is on March 22 every year. Each year, world meteorological day will have different themes to publicize the importance of meteorological work. So how did the world meteorological day come from and how did it develop? This article brings you the cause and development of World Meteorological Day. Let's have a look.
cause
In order to commemorate the establishment of the World Meteorological Organization, March 23 of each year is designated as' World Meteorological Day ', also known as' International Meteorological Day'. The International Meteorological Organization (WMO), formerly an unofficial International Meteorological cooperation agency, was reorganized into the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on March 23, 1951, the first anniversary of the entry into force of the WMO convention signed by the representatives of its Member States, becoming an intergovernmental international meteorological cooperation agency and establishing relations with the United Nations.
In 1960, the Executive Committee of the World Meteorological Organization decided to designate March 23 every year as the world memorial day, requiring member states to hold celebrations on this day every year and widely publicize the important role of meteorological work. Every year, there is a central activity on World Meteorological Day. On this day, member states can carry out various forms of publicity and commemorative activities according to the central content of the year, such as organizing people to visit meteorological stations, holding Mass celebration ceremonies attended by government leaders, holding exhibitions of meteorological instruments and equipment, photos, charts and materials, and holding press conferences, Newspapers, radio and television stations report feature articles and speeches, show meteorological science films, issue commemorative stamps, etc.
China is one of the founders of the World Meteorological Organization.
Polar regions are the cold source of the global climate system and are very important to global climate change. Through the detailed observation of atmospheric sediments on the ice sheet in the polar regions, we can understand the climate and environmental changes in the polar regions and even the world.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) issued a report on the state of the global climate in 2006, which pointed out that in 2006, the climate in most parts of the world continued to be warmer and the polar ice layer was melting rapidly. On February 1, 2007, experts of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on climate change predicted that from now on to 2100, the global average temperature may rise by 1.8 to 4 degrees Celsius and the sea level may rise by 18 to 59 centimeters.
The scientific community has recorded that the ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland are disappearing, and found that due to climate warming, the freezing time in the Arctic is getting shorter and shorter, and the polar bear who basically spent his life on sea ice in the past began to gradually shift to land. Experts predict that if the ice layer in Greenland near the Arctic disappears, the world's sea level will rise by 7 meters, which means' disaster of extinction 'for some countries and regions. Therefore, to protect the polar regions is to protect human beings themselves.
In order to improve the global understanding of the importance of the change of Arctic sea ice and Antarctic ice sheet and promote the protection of polar ecosystems by the international community, the World Meteorological Organization has determined the theme of 2007 Meteorological Day - polar Meteorology: understanding the global impact, in order to explore the impact of global warming on polar meteorology. The establishment of this theme is also closely related to the Fourth International Polar Year 2007-2008, which was launched on 1 March 2007.
The international community has long paid attention to the polar regions. As early as 1882-1883, the international meteorological organization, the predecessor of the World Meteorological Organization, initiated and organized the "First International Polar Year". Scientists from 12 countries jointly investigated the north and south poles, marking the transition from the era of exploration to the era of scientific investigation, and also announcing the beginning of international cooperation in polar scientific investigation.
development
From September to October 1947, the International Meteorological Organization (IMO) held a meeting of 45 meteorological directors in Washington, D.C., decided to establish the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and adopted the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization. The Convention stipulates that the 30th day after the submission of the 30th instrument of ratification shall be the date when the WMO Convention enters into force.
On February 21, 1950, the Iraqi government submitted its 30th instrument of ratification. On March 23, the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization officially entered into force, marking the official birth of the World Meteorological Organization. In order to commemorate this special day, in June 1960, the 20th session of the Executive Committee of the World Meteorological Organization decided to designate March 23 as "World Meteorological Day",
Since 1961, meteorologists all over the world have commemorated and celebrated this day every year around a theme selected by WMO. The purpose of carrying out the "World Meteorological Day" activities is mainly to make the broad masses of countries better understand the activities of the World Meteorological Organization and the outstanding contributions made by meteorological departments in economic and national defense construction, and promote the application of Meteorology in aviation, navigation, water conservancy, agriculture and other human activities.
The World Meteorological Organization is an international organization that carries out meteorological operations and meteorological scientific cooperation activities among countries and regions all over the world. Its headquarters is located in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Meteorological Organization has 151 members, and China is one of the earliest founders and signatories of the World Meteorological Organization. The main tasks of the world meteorological organization include: promoting the establishment of a worldwide meteorological observation network and promoting the standardization of meteorological observation operations. Promote international meteorological data exchange and propose unified specifications for observation and statistical data; Promote the application of Meteorology in aviation, navigation, water resources, agriculture and other fields; Promote the development of hydrological operations and strengthen the cooperation between meteorological departments and hydrological departments; Encourage scientific research and personnel training in meteorology and related fields.
Since the 1960s, the main activities of WMO have focused on the following international cooperation plans; World weather watch network program; Global atmospheric research program; Human environment interaction program; Technical cooperation plan; Education and training programs and the world climate program.
In October 1971, the 28th United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to restore the legitimate seat of the people's Republic of China. Since then, China has successively joined some specialized agencies affiliated to the United Nations, among which the first specialized agency approved to join is the World Meteorological Organization.
Global warming has significantly increased the number of natural disasters caused by extreme weather around the world, resulting in heavy casualties and economic losses. Through comprehensive global observation, human beings can obtain important information about weather, climate and water. Although mastering this information can not prevent the occurrence of natural disasters, it can achieve early warning, prevention in advance and minimize the impact of disasters.