Danmarks Meteorologiske Institute

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Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut (DMI for short) is Denmark's official meteorological institute, which is administered by the Danish Ministry of Climate and Energy . The institute prepares weather forecasts for Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands . The founding in 1872 is mainly due to the efforts of Ludwig August Colding and took place under the leadership of the Danish Navy .

In 1926 a meteorological service was founded for civil aviation , which was subordinate to the aviation administration. In 1953 , the Ministry of Defense established its own weather service for defense purposes . Today's DMI was created in 1990 through the merger of the three weather services that were then separate. The DMI has around 380 permanent employees, plus around 450 volunteer weather observers.

The institute was founded to observe the weather, to make the results known to the general public and to further develop the science of meteorology. These tasks are still one of the most important goals of the DMI today, although the demands on the DMI and the means to do so have changed with the advent of modern technology.

Spatially, the DMI is responsible for the Kingdom of Denmark, including the territorial waters and airspace of Greenland and the Faroe Islands. It monitors weather, climate and environmental conditions in the atmosphere , on land and at sea. The primary goal is the protection of life and property as well as the creation of a planning basis for the armed forces, aviation and shipping, and road traffic.

The customers of the DMI's services include the media, trade and industry, fisheries, farms and other interested groups.

The DMI also has an office in Narsarsuaq in southern Greenland, which is responsible for monitoring the ice cover and icebergs on the Greenland coast, mapping the ice and other tasks to ensure navigation in the waters around the largest island on earth.

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Coordinates: 55 ° 42 ′ 55.6 ″  N , 12 ° 33 ′ 39.2 ″  E