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Transport Institutions > Meteorological Department

The Jordanian Meteorology Department (JMD) with its assigned tasks and obligations provide various sectors including the air navigation sector (airlines and aviation academies) and the agricultural sector with the following day-to-day services:

Public Services and Information
Sector scientific research and studies

Achievements

JMD has met its international obligations in terms of information sharing and participation in the scientific committees of the World Meteorological Organization and its workshops.
To ensure continuity in the provision of a complete picture of its services , JMD has implemented the following programs through the capital budget of 2008:

Updating the communication programs at the National Forecasting Center and installing a new version in the Center and at Queen Alia International Airport in order to receive the information, aeronautical maps and weather forecasts.
operation of the high-resolution numerical (HRM) in order to increase the accuracy of forecasts.
Installation and operation of a number of automatic weather stations in each of the following areas:

The Dead Sea Park
The area of Wadi Araba (Al HAQ farm)
Wadi Musa station
The automatic weather station in Bakura

4. Rehabilitation and training of manpower through courses on monitoring and weather forecasting at the Jordanian meteorological training center.

5. Participation in specialized local and external scientific symposia, with submission of papers in these seminars.

6. Conducting a scientific symposium on climate change in collaboration with the Swedish Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology and cooperation of the Swedish Agency for International Development.

Future Plans

The Department is aiming to achieve the following tasks:-
Purchase modern devices and develop the instruments which are currently used in the observation network in order to increase the measurement accuracy.
Expand the existing network to include other stations.
Expand the automatic weather stations network.
Improve qualifications of the human resources in the Department.
Qualify and improve the performance level of the employees in the Department.
Improve cooperation, particularly in exchanging expertise with Arab Meteorological Services.
Atomize the observation network.
Build a new station in Petra, Jerash and Madaba.
Setting up an automatic answering system for the public.
Seek to obtain a new weather radar and calibrating system from donor countries.
Update the financial system to recover the cost of the Department's products.

Web site: www. jometeo.gov.jo

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