List of meteorology institutions
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of meteorology
institutions around the world:
Meteorology
Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere. Studies in the field stretch back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not occur until the 18th century. The 19th century saw breakthroughs occur after observing networks developed across several countries...
institutions around the world:
Government
- Australian Bureau of Meteorology
- Barbados Meteorological Service
- Chatham-Kent Meteorology Commission
- Meteorological Service of CanadaMeteorological Service of CanadaThe Meteorological Service of Canada , also known as "The Canadian Weather Service", is a division of Environment Canada, which primarily provides public meteorological information and weather forecasts and warnings of severe weather and other environmental hazards...
- China Meteorological Agency
- Macao Meteorological and Geophysical BureauMacao Meteorological and Geophysical BureauThe Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau is a department of the Macao Government. The services provides forecasts weather and issues warnings on weather-related hazards...
- Hong Kong ObservatoryHong Kong ObservatoryHong Kong Observatory is a department of the Hong Kong government. The Observatory forecasts weather and issues warnings on weather-related hazards...
- Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau
- Czech Hydrometeorological Institute
- Danish Meteorological InstituteDanish Meteorological InstituteThe Danish Meteorological Institute is the official Danish meteorological institute, administrated by the Ministry of Transport and Energy. The institute makes weather forecasts and observations for Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands....
DMI - Deutscher Wetterdienst (Germany) DWD
- Federalni hidrometeorološki zavod http://www.fhmzbih.gov.ba and Republički hidrometeorološki zavod Banja Luka http://meteo-rs.com; Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...
- Finnish Meteorological InstituteFinnish Meteorological InstituteThe Finnish Meteorological Institute is the government agency responsible for gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Finland. It is a part of the Ministry of Transport and Communications but it operates semi-autonomously....
FMI - Ghana Meteorological Services Department
- Hydrometeorological Research Centre of Russian Federation
- Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
- India Meteorological DepartmentIndia Meteorological DepartmentThe India Meteorological Department , also referred to as the Met Office, is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India. It is the principal agency responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology...
- International Meteorological Institute of Stockholm (IMI)
- Japan Meteorological AgencyJapan Meteorological AgencyThe or JMA, is the Japanese government's weather service. Charged with gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Japan, it is a semi-autonomous part of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport...
JMA - Kenya Meteorological Department
- Macedonian Hydrometeorological Service
- Met ÉireannMet ÉireannMet Éireann is the national meteorological service in Ireland, part of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.-History:...
(IrelandRepublic of IrelandIreland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
) - Météo-FranceMétéo-FranceMétéo-France is the French national meteorological service.The organisation was established by decree in June 1993 and is a department of the Ministry of Transportation. It is headquartered in Paris but many domestic operations have been decentralised to Toulouse...
MF - Nigerian Meteorological Society
- Norwegian Meteorological InstituteNorwegian Meteorological InstituteNorwegian Meteorological Institute is the Norwegian national institute for weather forecasts.The three main offices are located in Oslo, Bergen and Tromsø. The Institute has around 500 employees and keeps around 650 paid observers of various kinds around the country...
(NMI} - Pakistan Meteorological Department - Institute of Meteorology & Geophysics, Karachi
- Republic Hydrometeorological Service of SerbiaRepublic Hydrometeorological Service of SerbiaRepublic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia is the referential organization for making and presenting the weather forecasts and for issuing severe weather warnings in the Republic of Serbia...
(http://www.hidmet.gov.rs/index_eng.php) - South African Weather ServiceSouth African Weather ServiceThe South African Weather Service is the meteorological service under the South African government's Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. SAWS is a member of the World Meteorological Organization. The agency is similar to the United States' National Weather Service.Under the South...
- MeteoSwiss (Switzerland)
- Tanzania Meteorological Agency
- Turkish State Meteorological Service (Turkey)
- Uganda Department of Meteorology
- United Kingdom Meteorogical OfficeMet OfficeThe Met Office , is the United Kingdom's national weather service, and a trading fund of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills...
UKMO - United States:
- National Center for Atmospheric ResearchNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchThe National Center for Atmospheric Research has multiple facilities, including the I. M. Pei-designed Mesa Laboratory headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. NCAR is managed by the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and sponsored by the National Science Foundation...
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , pronounced , like "noah", is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere...
- National Severe Storms Laboratory
- National Climatic Data CenterNational Climatic Data CenterThe United States National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, North Carolina is the world's largest active archive of weather data. The center became established in late 1951, with the move into the new facility occurring in early 1952....
- National Weather ServiceNational Weather ServiceThe National Weather Service , once known as the Weather Bureau, is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States government...
- National Centers for Environmental PredictionNational Centers for Environmental PredictionThe United States National Centers for Environmental Prediction delivers national and global weather, water, climate and space weather guidance, forecasts, warnings and analyses to its Partners and External User Communities...
- National Hurricane Center
- Storm Prediction CenterStorm Prediction CenterThe Storm Prediction Center , located in Norman, Oklahoma, is tasked with forecasting the risk of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes in the contiguous United States. The agency issues convective outlooks, mesoscale discussions, and watches as a part of this process...
- National Centers for Environmental Prediction
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Naval Maritime Forecast Center/Joint Typhoon Warning CenterJoint Typhoon Warning CenterThe Joint Typhoon Warning Center is a joint United States Navy – United States Air Force task force located at the Naval Maritime Forecast Center in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...
- Meteorological Service of New Zealand LimitedMeteorological Service of New Zealand LimitedMeteorological Service of New Zealand Limited was established as a State-Owned Enterprise in 1992. It employs about 215 staff and its headquarters are in Wellington, New Zealand...
- Royal Meteorology Institute Belgium KMI
- Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute KNMI
- World Meteorological OrganizationWorld Meteorological OrganizationThe World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 189 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization , which was founded in 1873...
WMO - Venezuela:
Private Weather Consulting Firms Serving the United States of America
- AccuWeatherAccuWeatherAccuWeather is an American media company that provides for-profit weather forecasting services worldwide.AccuWeather was founded in 1962 by Joel N. Myers, then a Penn State graduate student working on degrees in meteorology. His first customer was a gas company in Pennsylvania. While running the...
- AWIS Weather Services
- Northwest Weathernet Inc.
- ClearPoint Weather
Private Weather Consulting Firms Serving the United Kingdom
Multinational
- European Centre for Medium-Range Weather ForecastsEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather ForecastsThe European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts is an independent intergovernmental organisation supported by 19 European Member States and 15 Co-operating States...
- World Meteorological OrganizationWorld Meteorological OrganizationThe World Meteorological Organization is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 189 Member States and Territories. It originated from the International Meteorological Organization , which was founded in 1873...
- Global Atmosphere WatchGlobal Atmosphere WatchThe Global Atmosphere Watch is a worldwide system established by the World Meteorological Organization a United Nations agency to monitor trends in the Earth's atmosphere...
- Global Atmosphere Watch
- ClearPoint Weather
- WEATHER365
- VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study
NGOs
- American Geophysical UnionAmerican Geophysical UnionThe American Geophysical Union is a nonprofit organization of geophysicists, consisting of over 50,000 members from over 135 countries. AGU's activities are focused on the organization and dissemination of scientific information in the interdisciplinary and international field of geophysics...
, AGU - American Meteorological SocietyAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
, AMS - Caribbean Meteorological Organisation, Trinidad and Tobago
- European Geosciences UnionEuropean Geosciences UnionThe European Geosciences Union is an interdisciplinary non-profit learned society open to individuals who are professionally engaged in or associated with geosciences, planetary and space sciences, and related studies.The mission statement of the EGU is "Dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in...
, EGU - European Meteorological Society
- International Association of Broadcast Meteorology
- National Weather AssociationNational Weather AssociationThe National Weather Association is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities...
, NWA - Royal Meteorological SocietyRoyal Meteorological SocietyThe Royal Meteorological Society traces its origins back to 3 April 1850 when the British Meteorological Society was formed as a society the objects of which should be the advancement and extension of meteorological science by determining the laws of climate and of meteorological phenomena in general...
, RMETS - Centro virtual de Meteorología, CvM
Education
- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University
- McGill Atmospheric and Oceanic SciencesMcGill Atmospheric and Oceanic SciencesThe Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences of McGill University is the largest university atmospheric-oceanic sciences group in Canada. It currently has 11 Faculty and 6 Associate Faculty members, 5 support staff, 14 research associates and postdoctoral fellows, and 31 graduate students. It...
- Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, Barbados
- Department of Meteorology at Lyndon State College
- Mississippi State University, Department of Geosciences
- Department of Atmospheric Sciences,Cochin university
- Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences at North Carolina State University
- Meteorological Institute Hamburg
- Atmospheric Science Program at UC Davis
- UCLA Atmospheric Science
- UNC-Asheville Department of Atmospheric Sciences
- Barbados Meteorological Service
- Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK
- University of Utah Department of Meteorology
- Colorado State University Department of Atmospheric Science
- Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Metropolitan State College of Denver
- Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University
- University of Illinois Department of Atmospheric Sciences
- Penn State University Department of Meteorology
- Wageningen University Meteorology Department, The Netherlands
- School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
- Meteorology at Millersville University
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln Meteorology Program
- Department of Atmospheric Science at Texas A&M University
- Wisconsin Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
- Washington Atmospheric Sciences
- San Francisco State Univ. Department of Geosciences
- San Jose State Univ. Department of Meteorology
- Univ. of Alaska Atmospheric Science
- Department of Meteorology, The Florida State University
- Florida Institute of Technology, Meteorology Department
- Department of Meteorology, The University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Department of Meteorology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
- Kean University, Department of Geology & Meteorology
- Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
- Atmospheric Science Program, University of Missouri-Columbia
- Department of the Earth Sciences, The College at Brockport, State University of New York