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National meteorological service

National meteorological service is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand National meteorological service rather than just read about it. In short: A national meteorological service or national meteorological and hydrological service is a type of government agency in charge of each country's meteorological or hydrological matters, especially on missions like weather observation, data collection and monitoring, forecasting, and issuing warnings and alerts for natural hazards like floods and storms. Such agencies may use names like meteorological administration…

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Reference excerpt

A national meteorological service or national meteorological and hydrological service is a type of government agency in charge of each country's meteorological or hydrological matters, especially on missions like weather observation, data collection and monitoring, forecasting, and issuing warnings and alerts for natural hazards like floods and storms. Such agencies may use names like meteorological administration, meteorological agency, meteorological service, weather bureau, or weather service.

International history As meteorological services usually have tendency of becoming a natural monopoly, almost all of national meteorological services were launched by state-led public institution, funded exclusively by government. However, the trend has changed in late 20th century, as more and more governments were trying to push national meteorological service to cut the cost and raise own revenue. It created serious worries in World Meteorological Organization, an international association of national meteorological services. Change of global trend resulted wide variation in operating models of each country's national meteorological service, such as small division unit inside executive department or ministry, independent government agency, public body, state-owned enterprise, and privatized enterprise. The varied status of each nation's meteorological service created some confusion in development of climate services.

By country Meteorological Service of Canada Meteorological Service of Catalonia, in Spain China Meteorological Administration National Meteorological Center of CMA Finnish Meteorological Institute Korea Meteorological Administration, in South Korea Japan Meteorological Agency Meteorological Service of Jamaica India Meteorological Department Malaysian Meteorological Department Met Office, in UK MetService, in New Zealand Pakistan Meteorological Department Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia, founded as Meteorological Service of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Meteorological Service Singapore Central Weather Administration, in Taiwan National Weather Service, in the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Air Force Weather Agency Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center

See also Climate Information Service List of meteorology institutions Weather forecasting World Meteorological Organization

Notes

References Brasseur, Guy P.; Gallardo, Laura (2016). "Climate services: Lessons learned and future prospects". Earth's Future. 4 (3): 79–89. Bibcode:2016EaFut...4...79B. doi:10.1002/2015EF000338. hdl:11858/00-001M-0000-002A-8198-C. Rogers, David P.; Tsirkunov, Vladimir V. (2013). Weather and Climate Resilience: Effective Preparedness through National Meteorological and Hydrological Services. Washington D.C.: World Bank Publications. ISBN 9781464800276.

Further reading World Meteorological Organization (WMO) (2017). Guidelines on the Role, Operation and Management of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services. Geneva: WMO. ISBN 978-92-63-11195-1.

External links Operational contacts at National Meteorological Services

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with National meteorological service

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what National meteorological service claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to National meteorological service before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about National meteorological service ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of National meteorological service

In research: National meteorological service appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses National meteorological service in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: National meteorological service is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Governmental meteorological agencies, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for National meteorological service outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does National meteorological service matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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