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(was 1700 - 1703)
Veðurstofa Íslands
Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO)
Bústaðavegur 7-9, 150 Reykjavik, Iceland
| Telephone : | (+ 354) 522 6000 |
| Telefax : | (+ 354) 522 6001 |
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| Director: | Árni Snorrason |
| Email : | arni.snorrason@vedur.is |
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About the Icelandic Meteorological Office
The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) is a public institution under the auspices of the Ministry for the Environment and Natural Resources, historically based on the Icelandic Meteorological Office (1920) and the Icelandic Hydrological Survey (1948). The two institutions merged in 2009, with the responsibility of monitoring natural hazards in Iceland and conducting research in related fields, as well as participating in international monitoring and research. IMO has a staff of 130 people, of which 60 staff members work on research-related activities.
The main purpose of IMO is to contribute towards increased security and efficiency in society by:
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monitoring, analyzing, interpreting, informing, giving advice and counsel, providing warnings and forecasts and where possible, predicting natural processes and natural hazards;
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issuing public and aviation alerts about impending natural hazards, such as volcanic ash, extreme weather and flooding;
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conducting research on the physics of air, land and sea, specifically in the fields of meteorology, hydrology, glaciology, climatology, seismology and volcanology;
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maintaining high quality service and efficiency in providing information in the interest of economy, of security affairs, of sustainable usage of natural resources and with regard to other needs of the public;
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ensuring the accumulation and preservation of data and knowledge regarding the long-term development of natural processes such as climate, glacier changes, crustal movements and other environmental matters that fall under IMO‘s responsibility.
IMO‘s nationwide monitoring systems consist of 115 automatic and 100 manned weather stations, a network of 170 hydrological gauges in rivers, a 55-station seismic network (SIL) with automatic, real-time data acquisition and earthquake location, a continuous GPS (ISGPS) network of 70 stations, some with high sample rate, a 5-station borehole strain meter network is operated in southern Iceland, and a weather radar, which can also monitor volcanic plumes, is located in south-western Iceland. In addition, IMO conducts extensive manned monitoring of glacial rivers and sub-glacial floods (jökulhlaup), of glacier mass balance and margin positions and participates in nationwide GPS campaign measurements.
Contacts:
Sara Barsotti: Coordinator for volcanic hazard monitoring and forecasting
Melissa Anne Pfeffer: Atmospheric volcanologist
Kristín Jónsdóttir: Coordinator of earthquake monitoring
Veðurstofa Íslands | Icelandic Met Office
Bústaðavegur 7-9, 150 Reykjavík
Sími +354 522 6000
www.vedur.is | en.vedur.is
Updated: 31 Jan 2014
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