Royal Meteorological Institute
- Royal Meteorological Institute
The Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium is a Belgian federal institute of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO). It is located in Uccle and in Dourbes. The meteorological institute performs scientific research and provides public services on the sciences of the atmosphere and meteorological geophysics, hydrology, geomagnetism and magnetohydrodynamics.
The institute studies the physics, chemistry and dynamics of the atmosphere on a macro-, meso- or micro-scale. In addition the institute studies the effects of atmospheric disturbances on the surfaces of the continents and oceans, on electromagnetic and acoustic waves and on certain extraterrestrial phenomena. The institute gathers data which constitute a basis for studies in climatology and hydrology.
ee also
* Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
* Royal Observatory of Belgium
* European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
* Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
ource
* [http://remotesensing.oma.be/solarconstant/solar.html Solar Constant]
External links
* [http://www.meteo.be/ Royal Meteorological Institute]
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