The State Meteorological Agency (Spanish: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, AEMET) is a state agency of the Government of Spain responsible for providing weather forecast, warnings of hazardous weather and assisting the administrations in such matters. The AEMET is part of the Secretariat of State for Environment of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and is headquartered in the University City, Madrid. The agency was known as Central Institute of Meteorology from 1887 to 1978 and National Institute of Meteorology from 1978 to 2008 when it adopted its current name.[2]
The AEMET performs its task through a collection of data from its network of centers. The agency has centers distributed through the regions and it has offices in almost every airport and air force base. In addition, there are synoptic observatories spread throughout the Spanish geography.
It was founded in 1887 as the "Instituto Central Meteorológico" by Royal Decree of August 12[3] and it was part of the Directorate-General for Public Instruction of the Ministry of Development. As stated in the founding Decree, the Institute had to "especially calculate and announce the probable time to the ports and capitals of the province, without prejudice to the other scientific and practical work entrusted to it."[3] The creation of the agency was promoted by the Development Minister Carlos Navarro Rodrigo and Francisco Giner de los Ríos, founder of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza, in an attempt to correct the country's delayed development of modern science. It was the first institution dedicated to the meteorological service in Spain. Its first director was the scientific Augusto Arcimís who remained in office until 1910. The first headquarters of the Institute was the Castle building in the Retiro Park, Madrid.
With different denominations and organic ascriptions, this agency has been playing the role of "National Meteorological Service" since its creation. During the Second Republic, in 1933, it became dependent on the Directorate-General for Aeronautics of the Ministry of War. After the Civil War, in 1940, all the meteorological services were unified in the renowned "National Meteorological Service", which was attached to the Ministry of Air. In 1962 a new building was inaugurated in the University City of Madrid that in the 70s assumed the central services.[4]
In the democratic period, a new restructuring took place in 1978, when it was renamed the National Institute of Meteorology (INM) and became dependent on the Ministry of Transport and Communications.[5] The second and last restructuring of the agency happened in 2008, when the National Meteorological Institute was renamed State Meteorological Agency and it assumed all the goods and responsibilities of it.[2]
Activities and resources
AEMET's main task is "to develop, implement and provide meteorological services falling within the competences of the State, as well as to give support to other public and private activities which improve the safety and quality of life of the Spanish society".
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The State Meteorological Agency Spanish Agencia Estatal de Meteorologia AEMET is a state agency of the Government of Spain responsible for providing weather forecast warnings of hazardous weather and assisting the administrations in such matters The AEMET is part of the Secretariat of State for Environment of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and is headquartered in the University City Madrid The agency was known as Central Institute of Meteorology from 1887 to 1978 and National Institute of Meteorology from 1978 to 2008 when it adopted its current name 2 State Meteorological AgencyAgencia Estatal de MeteorologiaAgency overviewFormedAugust 18 1887 135 years ago 1887 08 18 Preceding agenciesInstituto Central Meteorologico 1887 1978 Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia 1978 2008 HeadquartersMadrid SpainEmployees1 167 2020 Annual budget 133 8 million 2023 1 Agency executiveMiguel Angel Lopez Gonzalez PresidentParent agencyMinistry of EnvironmentWebsitewww aemet esThe AEMET performs its task through a collection of data from its network of centers The agency has centers distributed through the regions and it has offices in almost every airport and air force base In addition there are synoptic observatories spread throughout the Spanish geography It represents Spain in international meteorological institutions such as the World Meteorological Organization WMO the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites EUMETSAT and the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts ECMWF Contents 1 History 2 Activities and resources 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditIt was founded in 1887 as the Instituto Central Meteorologico by Royal Decree of August 12 3 and it was part of the Directorate General for Public Instruction of the Ministry of Development As stated in the founding Decree the Institute had to especially calculate and announce the probable time to the ports and capitals of the province without prejudice to the other scientific and practical work entrusted to it 3 The creation of the agency was promoted by the Development Minister Carlos Navarro Rodrigo and Francisco Giner de los Rios founder of the Institucion Libre de Ensenanza in an attempt to correct the country s delayed development of modern science It was the first institution dedicated to the meteorological service in Spain Its first director was the scientific Augusto Arcimis who remained in office until 1910 The first headquarters of the Institute was the Castle building in the Retiro Park Madrid With different denominations and organic ascriptions this agency has been playing the role of National Meteorological Service since its creation During the Second Republic in 1933 it became dependent on the Directorate General for Aeronautics of the Ministry of War After the Civil War in 1940 all the meteorological services were unified in the renowned National Meteorological Service which was attached to the Ministry of Air In 1962 a new building was inaugurated in the University City of Madrid that in the 70s assumed the central services 4 In the democratic period a new restructuring took place in 1978 when it was renamed the National Institute of Meteorology INM and became dependent on the Ministry of Transport and Communications 5 The second and last restructuring of the agency happened in 2008 when the National Meteorological Institute was renamed State Meteorological Agency and it assumed all the goods and responsibilities of it 2 Activities and resources EditAEMET s main task is to develop implement and provide meteorological services falling within the competences of the State as well as to give support to other public and private activities which improve the safety and quality of life of the Spanish society Its activities include among others taking meteorological observations in Spain and archiving them weather monitoring and forecasting and doing scientific research in numerical weather prediction models To accomplish these tasks AEMET has at its disposal high computing power and a vast observation network including manned and automatic weather stations radiosondes weather radar and lightning detectors 6 References Edit State Budget 2023 PDF a b 2008 Statute of the State Meteorological Agency www boe es Retrieved 13 September 2019 a b Royal Decree creating the Central Meteorological Institute 1887 PDF Breve historia de la AEMET PDF www boe es Retrieved 13 September 2019 Albert Carreras Xavier Tafunell 2005 Estadisticas historicas de Espana siglos XIX XX p 43 AEMET resources Archived April 26 2011 at the Wayback MachineExternal links EditOfficial website Izana Atmospheric Research Center Useful information for visitors Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title State Meteorological Agency amp oldid 1132116406, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
