Malaysian Meteorological Department

Malaysian Meteorological Department
Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia
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Agency overview
Formed	1 September 1946; 78 years ago
Preceding agencies	Singapore Observation Station (1820); Malayan Meteorological Service (1946); Malaysian Meteorological Service (1965);
Jurisdiction	Federal Government of Malaysia
Headquarters	Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia; 3°06′N 101°39′E / 3.100°N 101.650°E
Parent department	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES)
Website	https://www.met.gov.my/

The Malaysian Meteorological Department (Malay: Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia; abbreviated as MET Malaysia) is an agency under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) which is responsible to provide various meteorological, climate and geophysical services to meet the needs of the nation in meteorological, climate and geophysical services for well-being, safety and sustainable development. METMalaysia is responsible for monitoring the onshore, sea and air weather conditions continuously throughout the country. In addition, METMalaysia issues forecasts, advice, weather and ocean alerts and climate surveys to reduce disaster risk. METMalaysia also provides aviation meteorological services to launch aircraft operations and geophysical services to detect earthquakes and tsunami warnings for Malaysia.

Vision

To become a leading agency in meteorology, climatology and geophysics.

Mission

To provide efficient and effective meteorological, climatological and geophysics services for the well-being, safety and sustainable development in order to meet the national and international needs.

Strategic thrust

Improve the effectiveness of weather services to reduce disaster risk
Strengthen flight meteorological services to ensure flight safety and well-being
Empower earthquake and tsunami services to reduce the risk of earthquake and tsunami disaster
Strengthen climate service for national prosperity
Empower human capital development

Organisation

Malaysian Meteorological Department

Director General
- Deputy Director General (Strategic & Technical)
  - Research & Technical Development Division
  - National Climate Centre
  - Technical Training Division
  - Strategic Planning & International Division
  - Meteorological Communication Division
- Deputy Director General (Operation)
  - National Weather & Geophysic Operation Centre
  - Technical Weather & Geophysic Division
  - Radar & Satellite Meteorological Division
- National Meteorological Aviation Centre
- States Meteorological Office
- Management Service Division
- Meteorological Instrumentation & Atmospheric Science Centre
- Corporate Communication Unit
- Integrity Unit

References

External links

Official website

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