IMO (Weather)

Japanese: IMO（気象） - あいえむおー

…A year earlier, representatives of the world's major shipping nations had met and called for systematic meteorological observations at sea for the safety of ship navigation. In 1973, the heads of meteorological stations from around the world met to form the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which resolved to carry out meteorological observations widely across land and sea, and to systematically collect and exchange observation data through international cooperation. This international cooperation continued even after the IMO evolved into today's World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and is currently organized as the World Wide Web (WWW) program by the WMO. …

From the World Meteorological Organization

…Commonly known as WMO. The International Meteorological Organization (IMO) was formed in 1873 by the heads of meteorological stations from the world's major shipping nations, and was dissolved in 1951 to form the WMO. As of October 1982, 146 countries and regions are members. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その1年前，世界の主要海運国の代表の集りが開かれ，船舶航行の安全のため，洋上における組織的な気象観測の実施を求めた。73年世界各国の気象台長が集まって国際気象会議International Meteorological Organization(略称IMO)を組織し，陸上･海上の別なくひろく気象観測を実施し，観測資料の組織的な収集･交換を国際協力によって実施することを決議した。こうした国際協力は，IMOが今日の世界気象機関(WMO)に発展解消した後も進展し，現在はWMOによる世界気象監視(WWW)計画として集成されている。…