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World Meteorological Organization

World Meteorological Organization is a United Nations agency headquartered in Geneva, founded on 23 March 1950 and responsible for international coordination across weather, climate, hydrology, and related environmental services.^[1] In Earth observation, WMO coordinates the space-based component of the global meteorological observing system and works with satellite operators on nominal six-satellite geostationary meteorological coverage.^[2] WMO also maintains an online catalogue of Earth observation satellites and instruments with gap-analysis functions, making it central to requirements tracking and observing-system planning.^[3] Its role for EO users is coordination, requirements visibility, and observing-system intelligence for meteorological and climate applications.

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[1]About WMO - World Meteorological Organizationagency doc2026-06-20Tier-2 agency portal; confirms Geneva HQ, mandate, organizational structure; WMO founded 23 March 1950
[2]Space-based WMO Integrated Global Observing Systemagency doc2026-06-20Confirms WIGOS space-based component, CGMS coordination, OSCAR/Space role, 6-satellite geostationary nominal constellation coordinated through CGMS (NOAA, EUMETSAT, Roshydromet, CMA, JMA)
[3]WMO OSCAR Space-based capabilities databaseagency doc2026-06-20OSCAR/Space: online catalogue maintained by WMO of all Earth observation satellites and instruments with gap analyses

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@misc{eoatlas:companies:wmo,
  title = {World Meteorological Organization},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/wmo}
}