Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik ZAMG | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 23 July 1851 |
Dissolved | 31 December 2022 |
Jurisdiction | Austrian Federal Government |
Headquarters | Hohe Warte, Vienna |
Agency executive | |
Parent agency | Federal Ministry of Science and Research |
Website | www |
The Central Institution for Meteorology and Geodynamics (German: Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik, ZAMG) is the national meteorological and geophysical service of Austria.
It is a subordinate agency of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research. The ZAMG headquarters are located in Vienna, with regional offices in Salzburg, Innsbruck, Graz and Klagenfurt.
ZAMG was founded in 1851 and is the oldest weather service in the world. Its task is not only to operate monitoring networks and to conduct research in various fields, but also to make the results available to the public.