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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | December 27, 1990; 35 years ago (1990-12-27) |
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| Jurisdiction | South Korea |
| Headquarters | Seo District,Daejeon 37°29′38″N126°55′01″E / 37.493764°N 126.917005°E /37.493764; 126.917005 |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Environment |
| Website | www |
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| Hangul | 기상청 |
| Hanja | 氣象廳 |
| RR | Gisangcheong |
| MR | Kisangch'ŏng |
TheKorea Meteorological Administration (KMA;Korean: 기상청) is thenational meteorological service ofSouth Korea. The service started in 1904 joining theWMO in 1956.Numerical weather prediction is performed using theUnified Model software suite.
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 (국립중앙관상대, CMO) was established in August 1949.[1] In April 1978, CMO was renamed the Korea Meteorological Service (KMS). In 1999, the administration introduced a meteorologicalsupercomputer for forecasting. As of November 2021, supercomputersGuru andMaru ranked 27th and 28th respectivelyin the world.[2] 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.
In 2013, US-basedEnterprise Electronics Corporation (EEC) out ofEnterprise, Alabama won a contract to deliver 11S-bandKlystron Dual-Polarization DopplerWeather 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.
The headquarters is inDaebang-dong,Dongjak District,Seoul. Co-working organs include mainly 5 categories: regional office of KMA,weather stations, observatories and Joint office for Meteorological observation.[3][4]
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