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Met. services of dependencies
Bermuda
Isle of
Man
Jersey
United Kingdom
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The Met Office is the national meteorological service
(NMS) for the UK and a world-leading weather forecasting
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Responsibilities
Our Aim: to help societies effectively use information on
weather and climate in order to develop infrastructure systems,
protect property and save lives.
We provide a range of services to government and the public
for civil contingency response; to the media; to civil aviation
and other industry sectors. As a key international meteorological
organisation, the Met Office collaborates with others in the
supply of information on the weather, water, climate and related
environmental issues . Through the Voluntary Co-operation
Programme (VCP), the Met Office provides support to other
national met.services - in the form of training, equipment,
information and expertise.
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Since 1984, the Met Office has served as one of only two
World Area Forecast Centres (WAFC) for aviation responsible,
with the United States, for providing weather information
to all flights over 24,000 feet. We are also a Regional Specialised
Met Centre (RSMC) for Environmental Emergency Response. Together
with the Toulouse RSMC in France, the RSMC deals with environmental
emergencies for the WMO regions covering Africa and Europe.
Predicting climate change
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The Met
Office Hadley Centre is a recognised world-leader
in climate change modelling, prediction and research.
The Met Office Hadley Centre's modelling of the atmosphere
and the oceans has a direct impact on governmental
policy decisions. Governments are provided with best
advice on how to mitigate the effects of climate change
in their region, enabling increased warning and contingency
planning.
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About the Met Office
Founded in 1854 the Met
Office employs around 1,800 staff in numerous locations
around the world. Located at our headquarters in Exeter we
deliver nearly 3,000 tailored forecasts and briefings to customers
every day.
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As well as almost 13,000 square metres of office space,
facilities at the three-storey, 31,400 square metre
site, include:
- two IT halls, two supercomputers;
- interactive innovation centre;
- media centre;
- training college;
- library;
- conference facilities;
- restaurant;
- coffee bar;
- shop;
- gym, sports and recreation area;
- an observations trial site to develop and test new
systems.
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