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Singapore flag The Meteorological Services Division (MSD) of the National Environment Agency is the national meteorological authority for Singapore.

Our vision is to be the leading meteorological centre in the region for air and sea operations, as well as climate and environmental monitoring.

Responsibilities

  • provision of weather surveillance and forecasting services.
  • monitoring of climate; seismic activities, such as earthquakes; severe weather conditions and smoke haze.
  • supporting civil emergency response.

The MSD provides a wide range of forecasts, products and services to:

  • government
  • the military
  • the public
  • the civil aviation and shipping industries
  • education agencies
  • private companies

Since 1995 the MSD has been designated by ICAO as an OPMET Data Bank responsible for the collection, dissemination and exchange of OPMET data within the region and between Europe and the Asia Pacific area. It is also a regional ROBEX centre for the collection, compilation and dissemination of selected TAF bulletins.

Specialist forecasts

Photograph of forest fires in Indonesia The MSD is host to the ASEAN Specialised Meteorological Centre (ASMC), established in 1992 to coordinate and implement regional activities on weather and climate prediction. In 1997 smoke from forest fires in Indonesia caused a serious haze problem in the region. As a result the ASMC was designated as the focal point to monitor and issue warnings of regional forest fires and transboundary smoke haze. Since then it has been providing operational fire and haze watch services to regional meteorological and environmental agencies. Information includes satellite images and wind and haze dispersion forecasts.

ISO certification

Since September 2001, the MSD has achieved ISO9001 certification in the provision of aviation and shipping weather and climatological services. This is a significant milestone for the MSD which ensures that operational processes are maintained at consistently high standards and greater focus is directed to ensure customer and employee satisfaction.

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