PAKISTAN METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT

FUNCTIONS OF ORGANIZATION

 

Major functions entrusted to the Pakistan Meteorological Department are as under:

 

To provide information on meteorological and geophysical matters with the objective of traffic safety in air, on land and sea, mitigation of disasters due to weather and geophysical phenomena, agriculture development based on climatic potential of the country, prediction and modification of weather forecast.

In pursuance of its objectives the department has established:

 

a. A network of observing stations to generate meteorological, geophysical and phonological data. A telecommunication system for speedy dissemination of data.

b. Meteorological offices to analyze data for issuing forecasts and warnings for aviation, agriculture, shipping, sports, irrigation etc.

c. Climatological and data processing units for scrutinizing, comparing and publishing data for appraisal of long term weather trends and earthquakes.

Research and Development Division

PMD, Admin Block.

About Us

Phone: +92-51-9250360-7

Fax: +92-51-9250368

E-mail: pmd@pakmet.com.pk

The Pakistan Meteorological Department is both a scientific and a service department, and functions under the Ministry of Defence. It is responsible for providing meteorological service throughout Pakistan to wide variety of interest and for numerous public activities and projects which require weather information. In its services to aviation the department's responsibility goes to some extent beyond national boundaries in fulfillment of accepted international agreements and obligations which include, among other things, the collection and rebroadcast of meteorological data.

             Apart from meteorology, the department is also concerned with Agrometeorology, Hydrology, Astronomy and Astrophysics (including solar physics), Seismology, Geomagnetism, Atmospheric Electricity and studies of the Ionosphere and Cosmic Rays. Pakistan Meteorological Department shoulders the responsibility to investigate the factors responsible for global warming, climate change its impact assessment and adaptation strategies in various sectors of human activities.

 

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