From weather forecasting air pollution research, climate-related activities, ozone layer depletion studies and tropical storm forecasting, coordinating the World Meteorological Organization global scientific activity to allow increasingly prompt and accurate weather information and other services for public, private and commercial use, including international airline and shipping . WMO activities contribute to safety of life and property, socio-economic development of nations and the protection of the environment.

Within the United Nations, gives the Geneva-based 185-member organization of authoritative scientific voice on state and behavior in the Earth’s atmosphere and climate.

World Meteorological Convention, which the World Meteorological Organization was created, adopted at the twelfth Conference of Directors of the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which met in Washington in 1947. Although the Convention entered into force in 1950, WMO commenced operations as the successor to IMO in 1951 and later that year, was established as a specialized agency of the United Nations, by agreement between the UN and WMO.

The purpose of the WMO are to facilitate international cooperation in the establishment of networks of stations for making meteorological, hydrological and other observations, and to facilitate the rapid exchange of meteorological information, standardization of meteorological observations and uniform publication of observations and statistics. It also promotes the application of meteorology to aviation, shipping, water problems, agriculture and other human activities, promotes operational hydrology and encourages research and education in meteorology.