Korea Meteorological Administration

Korea Meteorological Administration
기상청
Agency overview
FormedDecember 27, 1990 (1990-12-27)
Superseding agency
  • Central Meteorological Office
    Korea Meteorological Service
JurisdictionSouth Korea
HeadquartersSeo District, Daejeon
37°29′38″N 126°55′01″E / 37.493764°N 126.917005°E / 37.493764; 126.917005
Agency executives
  • Yoo Hee-dong, Director of Meteorological Agency
  • Jang Dong-eun, Vice Administrator of KMA
Parent agencyMinistry of Environment
Websitewww.kma.go.kr
Korean name
Hangul
기상청
Hanja
氣象廳
RRGisangcheong
MRKisangch'ŏng

The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA; Korean: 기상청) is the national meteorological service of South Korea. The service started in 1904 joining the WMO in 1956. Numerical weather prediction is performed using the Unified Model software suite.

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