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The National Weather Service ( NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the purposes of protection, safety, and general information. It is a part of the National Oceanic and ...
Central Weather Bureau ( Republic of China) China Meteorological Administration CMA. Hong Kong Observatory. Macao Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau. India Meteorological Department. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology. National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), India. Japan Meteorological Agency JMA.
The American Meteorological Society ( AMS) is a scientific and professional organization in the United States promoting and disseminating information about the atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic sciences. Its mission is to advance the atmospheric and related sciences, technologies, applications, and services for the benefit of society.
v. t. e. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA / ˈnoʊ.ə / NOH-ə) is a scientific and regulatory agency within the Washington, D.C. –based United States Department of Commerce, headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland. The agency is charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric ...
The World Meteorological Organization ( WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for promoting international cooperation on atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and geophysics. [2]
The United States Weather Bureau (1890) was established under the United States Department of Agriculture. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (1906) was established by a Meteorology Act to unify existing state meteorological services.
A. ab-polar current. Any air current moving away from either the North Pole or the South Pole. advection. The horizontal transport of some property of the atmosphere or ocean, such as thermal energy, humidity, or salinity. In the context of meteorology, the related term convection generally refers to vertical transport.
The Weather Prediction Center ( WPC ), located in College Park, Maryland, is one of nine service centers under the umbrella of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), a part of the National Weather Service (NWS), which in turn is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the U.S. Government.