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Royal Meteorological Institute

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The Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium (French: Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique or IRM; Dutch: Koninklijk Meteorologisch Instituut van België or KMI) is a Belgian federal institute engaged in scientific research in the field of meteorology. [1]

30 relations: Adolphe Quetelet, Agriculture, Atmosphere, Atmosphere of Earth, Atmospheric sciences, Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, Belgians, Climate, Climatology, EUMETNET, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Federal Public Service Health (Belgium), Interferometry, Ionosphere, Jean-Charles Houzeau, Libramont-Chevigny, Luxembourg (Belgium), Magnetism, Meteoalarm, Meteosat, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Solar Impulse, Transport, Uccle, Weather balloon, World Meteorological Organization, World War I, World War II.

Adolphe Quetelet

Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet FRSFor FRSE (22 February 1796 – 17 February 1874) was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist.

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Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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Atmosphere

An atmosphere is a layer or a set of layers of gases surrounding a planet or other material body, that is held in place by the gravity of that body.

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Atmosphere of Earth

The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, commonly known as air, that surrounds the planet Earth and is retained by Earth's gravity.

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Atmospheric sciences

Atmospheric science is the study of the Earth's atmosphere, its processes, the effects other systems have on the atmosphere, and the effects of the atmosphere on these other systems.

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Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy

The Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB) (Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Ruimte-Aeronomie - BIRA, Institut royal d'Aéronomie Spatiale de Belgique - IASB) is a Belgian federal scientific research institute.

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Belgians

Belgians (Belgen, Belges, Belgier) are people identified with the Kingdom of Belgium, a federal state in Western Europe.

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Climate

Climate is the statistics of weather over long periods of time.

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Climatology

Climatology (from Greek κλίμα, klima, "place, zone"; and -λογία, -logia) or climate science is the scientific study of climate, scientifically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of time.

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EUMETNET

EUMETNET is a network of 31 European National Meteorological Services based in Brussels, Belgium.

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European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is an independent intergovernmental organisation supported by most of the nations of Europe and is based at Shinfield Park, Reading, United Kingdom.

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European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) is an intergovernmental organisation created through an international convention agreed by a current total of 30 European Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

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Federal Public Service Health (Belgium)

The FPS Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment (FOD Volksgezondheid, Veiligheid van de Voedselketen en Leefmilieu, SPF Santé publique, Sécurité de la Chaîne alimentaire et Environnement, FÖD Volksgesundheit, Sicherheit der Nahrungsmittelkette und Umwelt), more commonly known as the FPS Health, is a Federal Public Service of Belgium.

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Interferometry

Interferometry is a family of techniques in which waves, usually electromagnetic waves, are superimposed causing the phenomenon of interference in order to extract information.

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Ionosphere

The ionosphere is the ionized part of Earth's upper atmosphere, from about to altitude, a region that includes the thermosphere and parts of the mesosphere and exosphere.

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Jean-Charles Houzeau

Jean-Charles Houzeau de Lehaie (October 7, 1820 – July 12, 1888) was a Belgian astronomer and journalist.

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Libramont-Chevigny

Libramont-Chevigny is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg.

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Luxembourg (Belgium)

Luxembourg (Luxembourg; Luxemburg; Luxemburg; Lëtzebuerg; Lussimbork) is the southernmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium.

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Magnetism

Magnetism is a class of physical phenomena that are mediated by magnetic fields.

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Meteoalarm

www.meteoalarm.eu is the official website from Europe’s national weather services that will provide advice on exceptional weather.

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Meteosat

The Meteosat series of satellites are geostationary meteorological satellites operated by EUMETSAT under the Meteosat Transition Programme (MTP) and the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) program.

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Royal Observatory of Belgium

The Royal Observatory of Belgium (Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van België; Observatoire Royal de Belgique), has been situated in Uccle (Ukkel in Dutch) since 1890.

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Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

Saint-Josse-ten-Noode or Sint-Joost-ten-Node is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.

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Solar Impulse

Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range experimental solar-powered aircraft project, and also the name of the project's two operational aircraft.

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Transport

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals and goods from one location to another.

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Uccle

Uccle or Ukkel is one of the 19 municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.

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Weather balloon

A weather or sounding balloon is a balloon (specifically a type of high-altitude balloon) that carries instruments aloft to send back information on atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind speed by means of a small, expendable measuring device called a radiosonde.

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World Meteorological Organization

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 191 Member States and Territories.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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L'Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Meteorological_Institute

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