Korea Meteorological Administration
{{Short description|Meteorological service of South Korea}}
{{unreliable sources|date=August 2015}}
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|agency_name = Korea Meteorological Administration
|nativename = 기상청
氣象廳
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|nativename_r = Gisangcheong
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|formed = {{Start date and age|1990|12|27}}
|superseding = Central Meteorological Office
Korea Meteorological Service
|jurisdiction = South Korea
|headquarters = Seo District, Daejeon
|coordinates = {{Coord|37.493764|N|126.917005|E|display=title, inline}}
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|chief1_position = Director of Meteorological Agency
|chief1_name = Yoo Hee-dong
|chief2_position = Vice Administrator of KMA
|chief2_name = Jang Dong-eun
|parent_agency = Ministry of Environment
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|website = {{URL|www.kma.go.kr}}
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The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA; {{korean|기상청|氣象廳|Gisangcheong}}) is the national meteorological service of the Republic of Korea. The service started in 1904 joining the WMO in 1956. Numerical weather prediction is performed using the Unified Model software suite.
History
The current administration was established in 1990. Temporary observatories set up in 1904 in Busan, Incheon, Mokpo and elsewhere were precursors to the current KMA. The Central Meteorological Office (CMO) was established in August 1949. In April 1978, CMO was renamed the Korea Meteorological Service (KMS). In 1999, the administration introduced a meteorological supercomputer for forecasting. As of November 2021, supercomputers Guru and Maru ranked 27th and 28th respectively in the world.{{cite web| url=https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/list/2021/11/| title=Top500 List - Supercomputer Sites: November 2021|website=top500.org}} In 2010, the KMA launched South Korea’s first geostationary meteorological satellite, the Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite (COMS), also known as Chollian. Chollian started its official operation in 2011. The Seoul and Busan observatories were recognized as Centennial Observing Stations in 2017 by the World Meteorological Administration (WMO). In 2019, the administration completed developing its own numerical weather prediction model.
Weather radar project
In 2013, US-based Enterprise Electronics Corporation (EEC) out of Enterprise, Alabama won a contract to deliver 11 S-band Klystron Dual-Polarization Doppler Weather radar systems to the KMA. The radars will be installed across the country as a means of providing for complete weather radar coverage over the entire country.
Locations
The headquarters is in Daebang-dong, Dongjak District, Seoul. Co-working organs include mainly 5 categories: regional office of KMA, weather stations, observatories and Joint office for Meteorological observation.Joint offices for Meteorological observation established by collaborative work between KMA and province offices.Order of Ministry of Environment(Revised in 2008.10.22)- KMA and organization set-up
See also
- State Hydro-Meteorological Administration – The national meteorological service of North Korea.
References
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External links
- [http://web.kma.go.kr/eng/index.jsp KMA homepage]
- [http://www.top500.org/site/48217 KMA on www.top500.org]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20181231124151/http://eng.nimr.go.kr/AE/MA/main.jsp The National Institute of Meteorological Research]
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Category:Governmental meteorological agencies in Asia