| Pakistan Meteorological Department | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1947 |
| Preceding agency | Ministry of Defence |
| Jurisdiction | Federal government of Pakistan |
| Headquarters | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Employees | Unknown |
| Annual budget | Unknown |
| Agency executive | Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry, Director General |
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The Pakistan Meteorological Department, also known as Pak Met Office, is a government of Pakistan organization which works under the Ministry of Defence. It is responsible for providing meteorological forecasting services.
Apart from meteorology, the department is also concerned with Agrometeorology, hydrology, astronomy and astrophysics (including solar physics), seismology, geomagnetism, atmospheric electricity and studies of the ionosphere and cosmic rays.
Organization
- The Pakistan Meteorological Department is headed by the Director General.
- The Department is further divided into several Directorates;
- Institute of Meteorology & Geophysics - IMG (Training Center) Karachi,
- Climate Data Processing Center Karachi,
- Tropical Cyclone Warning Center, Karachi,
- National Seismic Monitoring Center Karachi,
- Directorate of Maintenance Karachi,
- Directorate of Forecasting and Climatology Karachi,
- Regional Met. Centres:- Karachi,Lahore, Peshawer, Quetta,
- Remote sensing,Islamabad,
- Drought,Environmental monitoring & early warning Center Islamabad,
- Flood Forecasting Division Lahore,
- Wind mapping project for Wind Energy,
- Earthquake center Peshawer,
- Geophysical Centre Quetta,
- Research & Development Islamabad,
- Meteorological Forecasting Offices (mainly for Aviation purposes)Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore.
- Chief Administration Officer. _
Dr. Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry is the current Director General.
Pakistan Meteorological Department was established in 1947 with only 15 meteorological observatories operating in the whole country. Since then the facilities have been significantly improved with the establishment of modern flood forecasting system, earthquake and nuclear explosion detection system, nuclear meteorology, radar, satellite, computer technology, flight safety consultancy services in seismic design of dams, buildings and other development and disaster relief schemes.
External links
- Official site
- New mirror site
- Training at PMD
- Contact List of PMD Management
- Pakistan Journal of Meteorology
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