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SURFACE, CLIMATE AND UPPER-AIR OBSERVATIONS & TRAINING OBSERVATIONS & TRAINING SYSTEM IN PAKISTAN MUHAMMAD TOUSEEF ALAM Director Pakistan Meteorological Department http://www.pakmet.com.pk http://www.pakmet.com.pk E ‐ mail : touseefalam@yahoo.com JMA/WMO WORKSHOP ON QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN SURFACE, CLIMATE AND UPPER-AIR OBSERVATIONS IN RA II (ASIA) Tokyo, Japan , 27-30 July 2010

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OBJECTIVES & RESPONSIBILITIES OBJECTIVES & RESPONSIBILITIES  To ensure timely issue of different types of weather/flood forecasts, warnings and advisories to the National News Media , g and concerned functionaries. Pakistan Meteorological Department

OBJECTIVES & RESPONSIBILITIES OBJECTIVES & RESPONSIBILITIES  Safety of civil aviation operations, VVIP flights and marine activities.

OBJECTIVES & RESPONSIBILITIES OBJECTIVES & RESPONSIBILITIES  Mitigation of disasters due to Meteorological, Hydrological & Geophysical Phenomena such as Tropical C Cyclones, Heavy Rains, Floods & Earthquakes etc. l H R i Fl d & E th k t

OBJECTIVES & RESPONSIBILITIES OBJECTIVES & RESPONSIBILITIES  Socio-Economic Development of the country based on climatic and agro-climatic potentials of different areas.  Boosting-up of Agricultural Productivity of the country by providing  B ti f A i lt l P d ti it f th t b idi agromet services to the farming community.  To investigate the behavior of the atmosphere and exploiting this g g knowledge for short and long term weather predictions.

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M A I N A R E A S O F O P E R A T I O N M A I N A R E A S O F O P E R A T I O N 1. AVIATION METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES. 2 2. HYDRO METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES AND FLOOD FORECASTING HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES AND FLOOD FORECASTING. 3. AGRO-METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES. 4. CLIMATOLOGICAL SERVICES. 5. GEOPHYSICAL AND SEISMOLOGICAL SERVICES. 6 6. WEATHER FORECASTING SERVICES TO PUBLIC THROUGH ELECTRONIC & WEATHER FORECASTING SERVICES TO PUBLIC THROUGH ELECTRONIC & PRINT NEWS MEDIA. 7. ASTRONOMICAL INFORMATION SERVICES. 8. MET-FORECAST FOR MOUNTAINEERING EXPEDITION. 9. MARINE METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES.

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