1. CLIMATE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSBY
Lubega N Fortunata,
Climate Data management Expert.
ICPAC
P.O. Box 10304, 00100
Nairobi

2. AVAILABLE CDMS RECOMMENDED BY WMO
WMO RECOMMEDE CDMS
CDMS USED IN IGAD NMHSs
CDMS
DBMS Used
Supplier
License
CLICOM
DataEase
WMO
(CLICOM still used in a few countries but no longer maintained)
Free
CLIMSOFT
MS Access
MySQL
PostgreSQL
WMO license – support from other institutions e.g. Met Office, ACMAD
Free, but license required for MS Access
CLIDATA
Oracle
Czech Republic Hydromet and ATACO (a private company)
License Required
CLIWARE
Roshydromet, Russian Federation
Open Source?
CLISYS
Meteo France & MFI
CLDB
MicroStep-MIS, Slovakia
CliDE
BoM, Australia
MCH
Mysql
Mexico (supported by WMO Water Programme)
Others e.g. Finland (FMI) database developed for capacity development projects e.g. Nepal
Various #
Country
CDMS Used
Status of use 1
SUDAN
CLIMSOFT
Good 2
DJIBUIT _ 3
ETHIOPIA
CLIDATA 4
SOUTH SUDAN
Inefficient 5
UGANDA
CLICOM
Poor 6
KENYA
Efficient Use 7
TANZANIA 8
ERETREA 9
SOMALIA 10
RAWANDA 11
BURUNDI