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- Name
- National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Address
- 66 Tsarigradsko schausse
- Zipcode
- 1784
- City
- Sofia
- Country
- Bulgaria
- Phone
- +359 2 9753986
- Fax
- +359 2 9880380
- Email
- office@meteo.bg
- Centre Website
- http://www.weather.bg
organisation profile
- The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology is the Bulgarian National Hydrometeorological Service (BNHMS). Now, the Bulgarian National Hydrometeorological Service is a part of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS).
The primary mission of the NIMH-BAS is to provide meteorological and hydrological information and services to different organisations and users in Bulgaria, covering the territory of the country and the Black Sea.
Meteorological and hydrological observations, data acquisition and telecommunication, monitoring of chemical components of surface, marine and ground water and air quality, meteorological, hydrological and marine forecasts, assistance to special sectors as marine transport, tourism, offshore activities and marine ecology, maintenance of data base and data exchange, scientific researches, numerical and statistical modelling and many other tasks are part of the duties of the NIMH-BAS.
Core elements of the NIMH-BAS are Central Body in Sofia and four Regional Centres.
Each of the Regional Centres manages the activity of its part of the national observing system. They collect the data from the observing stations and exchange it with the Communication centre in Sofia.
The regional operational and forecasting centre in Varna is responsible for the activities in the Eastern part of the country and adjacent area of the Black Sea.
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edmo metadata
- EDMO record id
- 961
- Collating centre
- Bulgarian National Oceanographic Data Centre , Institute of Oceanology (BGODC)
- Latest update
- 28 October 2009 10:40:20 AM