Climate Data Management Systems : status of implementation in developing countries
Systèmes de gestion de données climatiques : status of l'implementation dans les pays en voie de développement
Stuber, Denis ; Mhanda, A. ; Lefebvre, C.
In the mid-1980s, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) began a major initiative, the CLICOM (CLImate COMputing) project, to support the storage and management of climatological
data, particularly in developing countries. The CLICOM project was characterised by a common software shared by almost 100 countries. In 2010 the picture has completely changed. It is<br>no longer one but several Climate Data Management Systems (CDMSs) that are now available to National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs. New CDMSs fall into a number of categories whose technical solutions, functions and commercial policies differ. We discuss the methods used to distribute these CDMSs as well as their worldwide installation, and we propose a way to assess their implementation.<br>
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