CGMS members

The baseline for holding a CGMS Membership covers:

  • Current and prospective developers and operators of meteorological satellites
  • WMO, because of its unique role as representative of the world meteorological data user community
  • Space agencies operating R&D satellites contributing to WMO programmes.
Organisation Link Accession date
China Meteorological Administration CMA 1989
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales CNES 2004
China National Space Administration CNSA 2006
The European Space Agency ESA 2003
EUMETSAT EUMETSAT 1987
India Meteorological Department IMD 1979
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission / UNESCO IOC/UNESCO 2001
IOC-UNESCO   2001
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JAXA 2003
Japan Meteorological Agency JMA 1972
Korea Meteorological Administration KMA 2005
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA 2003
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 1972
Russian Federal Space Agency ROSCOSMOS 2003
Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring ROSHYDROMET 1973
World Meteorological Organization WMO 1973

CGMS-40

Final draft report of the 40th CGMS plenary session in 2012
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