Korea Meteorological Administration
기상청 氣象廳 Gisangcheong | |
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Formed | December 27, 1990 |
Superseding agency |
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Jurisdiction | South Korea |
Headquarters | Seo District, Daejeon 37°29′38″N 126°55′01″E / 37.493764°N 126.917005°E |
Agency executives |
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Parent agency | Ministry of Environment |
Website | www |
The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA;
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.[1] 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. The administration’s forecasting skills and techniques are considered to be world-class.
Weather Radar Project
In 2013, US-based
Locations
The headquarters is in
References
- ^ "Top500 List - Supercomputer Sites: November 2021". www.top500.org.
- ^ 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