Bureau of Meteorology
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The Bureau of Meteorology is an Executive Agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas. It was established in 1906 under the Meteorology Act, and brought together the state meteorological services that existed before then.
The Bureau of Meteorology is now the main provider of weather forecasts, warnings and observations to the Australian public. Its Head Office is in Melbourne, which includes the Bureau's Research Centre, the National Meteorological and Oceanographic Centre and the National Climate Centre, as well as Hydrology and Satellite sections.
Regional offices are located in each state and territory capital. Each Regional Office includes a Regional Forecasting Centre and a Flood Warning Centre, and the Perth, Darwin and Brisbane offices also house Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres. The Adelaide office also incorporates the National Tidal Centre and the Darwin office the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre.
The Bureau maintains a network of field offices across the continent, on neighboring islands and in Antarctica. There is also a network of some 500 paid cooperative observers and approximately 6000 voluntary rainfall observers.
[edit] See also
- The Weather Company, another Australian weather service provider
