Korea Meteorological Administration

The Korea Meteorological Administration (Korean: 기상청; Hanja: 氣象廳; RR: Gisangcheong) (KMA) is the national meteorological service of the Republic of Korea. The service started in 1904 joining the WMO in 1956. Numerical Weather Prediction is performed using the Unified Model software suite.

Korea Meteorological Administration
기상청
氣象廳
Gisangcheong
Agency overview
FormedDecember 27, 1990 (1990-12-27)
Superseding agency
  • Central Meteorological Office
    Korea Meteorological Service
JurisdictionSouth Korea
HeadquartersSeo District, Daejeon
37.493764°N 126.917005°E / 37.493764; 126.917005
Parent agencyMinistry of Environment
Websitewww.kma.go.kr
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