CMO

There are four arms of the CMO. The Governing Body of the Organization is the Caribbean Meteorological Council (CMC), comprising government Ministers responsible for meteorology or their representatives. The CMC meets annually to, among others, set policy, approve joint projects and budgets. The Headquarters Unit of the CMO is located in Port of Spain, Trinidad and is headed by a Coordinating Director. Coordination of joint activities and project formulation and implementation are among the functions undertaken by the Headquarters. The CMO's training arm, the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH), is located in Barbados. The CIMH, originally the Caribbean Meteorological Institute, provides training for the region's weather observers and technicians, weather forecasters, specialists in hydrology, agrometeorology and other related disciplines. The CIMH provides training to the Major in Meteorology in the Faculty of Pure & Applied Sciences Bachelor of Science degree, in..

Also known as: Caribbean Meteorological Organization