Regional Specialized Meteorological Center facts for kids
A Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (also Regional Specialized Meteorological Center and Regional Specialised Meteorological Centre) is responsible for giving out information, advisories, and warnings regarding the specific program they have a part of, agreed by decision at the World Meteorological Organization as part of the World Weather Watch.
There are eight meteorological centres for distribution of transport, deposition, and dispersion modeling, in the event of an environmental catastrophe that crosses international borders:
- Exeter, England RSMC — For Europe and Africa
- Toulouse, France RSMC — For Europe and Africa
- Montréal, Canada RSMC — For the Americas, with backup responsibility for the Southwest Pacific
- Washington, D.C., United States RSMC — For the Americas, with backup responsibility for the Southwest Pacific
- Beijing, China RSMC — For Asia
- New Delhi, India RSMC - For Asia
- Obninsk, Russia RSMC — For Asia
- Tokyo, Japan RSMC — For Asia
- Nairobi, Kenya RSMC — For East Africa
- Pretoria, South Africa RSMC — For Southern Africa
- Darwin, Australia RSMC — For the Southwest Pacific
See also
In Spanish: Centro Meteorológico Regional Especializado para niños
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