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Korea Meteorological Administration
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>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 <a href="/facts/Supercomputer/HT9NwGAN">supercomputer</a> for forecasting. As of November 2021, supercomputers <i>Guru</i> and <i>Maru</i> ranked 27th and 28th respectively <a href="/facts/TOP500/rz8zbyss">in the world</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> 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. </p> <h2 id="weather-radar-project">Weather radar project</h2> <p>In 2013, US-based <a href="/facts/Enterprise_Electronics_Corporation/nSw9Ed1l">Enterprise Electronics Corporation</a> (EEC) out of <a href="/facts/Enterprise%2c_Alabama/KxNA254u">Enterprise, Alabama</a> won a contract to deliver 11 <a href="/facts/S-band/MF3nveB7">S-band</a> <a href="/facts/Klystron/xYeQ0nId">Klystron</a> Dual-Polarization Doppler <a href="/facts/Weather_radar/S7BlhMzF">Weather radar</a> 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. </p> <h2 id="locations">Locations</h2> <p>The headquarters is in <a href="/facts/Daebang-dong/ukCA8CVX">Daebang-dong</a>, <a href="/facts/Dongjak_District/F2JUIp3q">Dongjak District</a>, <a href="/facts/Seoul/H0Xloz9o">Seoul</a>. Co-working organs include mainly 5 categories: regional office of KMA, <a href="/facts/Weather_Station/JMCQtA74">weather stations</a>, observatories and Joint office for Meteorological observation.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/State_Hydro-Meteorological_Administration/XFobxary">State Hydro-Meteorological Administration</a> – The national meteorological service of North Korea.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://web.kma.go.kr/eng/index.jsp">KMA homepage</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.top500.org/site/48217">KMA on www.top500.org</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181231124151/http://eng.nimr.go.kr/AE/MA/main.jsp">The National Institute of Meteorological Research</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Top500 List - Supercomputer Sites: November 2021". top500.org. <a href="https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/list/2021/11/" target="_blank">https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/list/2021/11/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Joint offices for Meteorological observation established by collaborative work between KMA and province offices. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Order of Ministry of Environment(Revised in 2008.10.22)- KMA and organization set-up <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>