Korea Meteorological Administration

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Korea Meteorological Administration

기상청 氣象廳 Gisangcheong
Agency overview
Formed	December 27, 1990; 33 years ago (1990-12-27)
Superseding agency	Central Meteorological Office Korea Meteorological Service
Jurisdiction	South Korea
Headquarters	Seo District, Daejeon 37°29′38″N 126°55′01″E / 37.493764°N 126.917005°E / 37.493764; 126.917005
Agency executives	Yoo Hee-dong, Director of Meteorological Agency Jang Dong-eun, Vice Administrator of KMA
Parent agency	Ministry of Environment
Website	www.kma.go.kr

The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA; Korean: 기상청; Hanja: 氣象廳; RR: Gisangcheong) is the national meteorological service of the Republic of Korea. The service started in 1904 joining the WMO in 1956. Numerical weather prediction is performed using the Unified Model software suite.