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| Abbreviation | Meaning |
|---|---|
| WasserBLIcK | Bund-Länder-Informations- und Kommunikationsplattform Wasser (German communication platform of the federal states on the European WFD) |
| Water for Life | International Decade for Action 2005-2015, proclaimed by UN General Assembly, 2003, also known as World Water Decade |
| WaterGAP | Water - Global Analysis and Prognosis, a global water resources and water use model maintained by the University of Frankfurt, Germany |
| WATER HM | Water And Terrestrial Elevation Recovery Hydrosphere Mapper, renamed to SWOT |
| WaterML | XML schema for water observations data, used in the WaterOneFlow web service of CUAHSI HIS |
| WaterOneFlow | CUAHSI web services to retrieve hydrologic time series data (US) |
| WaterWatch | US Current water resources conditions, maintained by USGS |
| WaterWeb | Water Web Consortium (webportal created to promote the sharing of information concerning water and the earth’s environment) |
| WB | World Bank |
| WBGU | Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen (German Advisory Council on Global Change) |
| WCD | World Commission on Dams |
| WCDMP | World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme of WMO |
| WCP | World Climate Programme of WMO |
| WCRP | World Climate Research Programme of WMO, ICSU and IOC, is partner of ESSP |
| WDCA | World Data Center for Aerosols |
| WDCGB | World Data Center for Glaciology Boulder (US) |
| WDCGC | World Data Centre for Glaciology Cambridge (UK) |
| WDCGG | World Data Center for Greenhouse Gases |
| WDCPC | World Data Center for Precipitation Chemistry |
| WDC-RSAT | World Data Center for Remore Sensing of the Atmosphere |
| WDC Soils | World Data Center for Soils |
| WEBS | Water and Energy Budget Synthesis of GCIP and GAPP |
| WEF | Water Environment Federation |
| WEHAB | Water, Energy, Health, Agriculture and Biodiversity, a key area of WSSD |
| WFD | European Water Framework Directive, also EWFD |
| WGI | World Glacier Inventory, maintained by NSIDC |
| WGMS | World Glacier Monitoring Service, a service of the IACS |
| WHO | World Health Organization, a special organsation of UN |
| WHYCOS | World Hydrological Cycle Observation System |
| WHYMAP | World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme |
| WIAG | WHYCOS International Advisory Group |
| WIGOS | WMO Integrated Global Observing Systems |
| WIS | Water Information Summits, organised by the WaterWeb Consortium |
| WIS (WMO) | WMO Information System |
| WISE | Water Information System for Europe |
| WISE-HYDRO | Web Integrated Server for Enhanced HYdrological Data Release and Observation for West and Central Africa, maintained by ORSTOM/IRD |
| WLD | World Lakes Database, maintained by ILEC |
| WMA | Water Monitoring Alliance, an initiative of the WWC |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization, a special organisation of UN |
| WMO-CBS | WMO Commission For Basic Systems of WMO |
| WOCE | World Ocean Circulation Experiment 1990-2002, a component of WCRP |
| World's Water | The World's Water, web portal of the Pacific Institute (US) providing information on the World's freshwater ressources |
| WRAP | Water Resource Applications Project of GEWEX |
| WRI | World Resources Institute (US) |
| WSAG | Water Systems Analysis Group at CSRC at UNH (US) |
| WSIS | World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005 |
| WSSD | World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2002, also known as World Summit or Johannesburg Summit |
| WSSSRP | EU-Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Reform Programme in Nigeria, 2005 - 2010 |
| WWAP | World Water Assessment Programme of UNESCO |
| WWC | World Water Council of UN |
| WWD | UN World Day for Water, also known as World Water Day |
| WWDR | World Water Development Report, published by WWAP |
| WWF | World Water Forum, organised by the World Water Council every three years |
| WWIS | World Weather Information Service of WMO |
| WWMD | World Water Monitoring Day, an international education and outreach program coordinated by WEF and IWA |
| WWRP | World Weather Research Program of WMO |
| WWW | World Weather Watch, a programme of WMO |