2016-11-10 14:32:57.0 [gee-cee] update Definition (The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) responsible for contributing to the improvement of public welfare including natural disaster prevention and mitigation, safety of transportation, prosperity of industries, and international co-operation activities. The major activities are: (i) to issue warnings, advisories and forecasts in short-range, one-week and long-range; (ii) to deal with the global environmental issues such as global warming and ozone depletion; (iii) to provide information on earthquake and volcanic activities. Since more comprehensive meteorological information is increasingly required in the development of our socio-economic system, JMA has been making every effort in improving the forecasts, in facilitating the climate-related activities, and in making the tsunami and earthquake prediction systems sophisticated. Website: "http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html" [Summary provided by JMA]);
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) responsible for contributing to the improvement of public welfare including natural disaster prevention and mitigation, safety of transportation, prosperity of industries, and international co-operation activities. The major activities are: (i) to issue warnings, advisories and forecasts in short-range, one-week and long-range; (ii) to deal with the global environmental issues such as global warming and ozone depletion; (iii) to provide information on earthquake and volcanic activities. Since more comprehensive meteorological information is increasingly required in the development of our socio-economic system, JMA has been making every effort in improving the forecasts, in facilitating the climate-related activities, and in making the tsunami and earthquake prediction systems sophisticated. Website: "http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html" [Summary provided by JMA]
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