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# harvested from the provider. `method: generated` so the economics campaign may replace it with a
# dated, verbatim transcription; every figure below is unverified until it does.
# Coverage demoted 2026-10-07 (roadmap#942, PLAN.md Stage A): this file was written by an API Evangelist
# sweep and names no billing unit, meters or pricing category read from the provider — it restates the
# FinOps framework. It is `x-coverage: unmeasured`, and the FOCUS alignment it claimed has been removed.
x-coverage: unmeasured
method: generated
finops:
  model: Free / Open Public Good
  description: >-
    WMO API services are provided as a public good by the World Meteorological
    Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations, funded through
    assessed contributions from its 193 member states and territories. All
    documented public APIs are available at no cost to users. WMO operates
    under a policy of open data exchange among member nations and promotes
    free access to meteorological and hydrological data as foundational
    infrastructure for weather, climate, and water services globally.

  pricing:
    - api: world-weather-information-service-api
      cost: Free
      notes: >-
        No API key required. Attribution to WMO WWIS required per usage terms.
        Contact webmaster@worldweather.org for commercial or high-volume use.

    - api: oscar-surface-api
      cost: Free
      notes: >-
        Public GET endpoints are free with no registration. Write access
        requires a WIGOS Focal Point account, which is issued by WMO to
        authorized national meteorological services at no charge.

    - api: wis2-global-discovery-catalogue-api
      cost: Free
      notes: >-
        Fully open, no authentication required. Operated as global WMO
        infrastructure. Bulk archive downloads available for cost-efficient
        full-catalogue access.

    - api: wis2-global-broker-mqtt-api
      cost: Free
      notes: >-
        Public read access via shared credentials. No account required.
        WMO Resolution 1 mandates that core weather data be freely exchanged
        among member states as a public service obligation.

    - api: whos-hydrological-api
      cost: Free (registration required)
      notes: >-
        Free personal token issued upon registration at the WHOS portal.
        No subscription fee. Operated by GEODAB on behalf of WMO.

  openDataPolicy:
    url: https://wmo.int/activities/type-of-activity/exchange-data
    description: >-
      WMO Resolution 40 and Resolution 60 establish the principle of free and
      unrestricted international exchange of meteorological and hydrological data.
      WIS 2.0 (operational January 2025) codifies open data exchange as core
      WMO policy, with core weather data mandated to be freely accessible
      globally under WMO Resolution 1 (Cg-19, 2023).