Agencia Estatal de Meteorología

State Meteorological Agency
Agencia Estatal de Meteorología
Agency overview
Formed	February 8, 2008 (2008-02-08)
Preceding agency	Instituto Nacional de Meteorología
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain
Agency executive	Daniel Cano Villaverde, President
Parent agency	Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Website
www.aemet.es

Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, AEMET (translated from Spanish as the State Meteorological Agency) is the Spain's meteorological agency, under the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

It was founded in 1887 as the "Instituto Central Meteorológico", and has been renamed several times (the last one in 2008). It has its headquarters in Madrid.

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).

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".

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 a high computing power and a vast observation network at its disposal, including manned and automatic weather stations, radiosondes, weather radars and lightning detectors.^[1]

References

External links

• (English) Official website
• (English) Izana Atmospheric Research Center
• AEMET headquarters in GoogleMaps