https://cdn.earthdata.nasa.gov/conduit/upload/5182/KeywordsCommunityGuide_Baseline_v1_SIGNED_FINAL.pdf 23.8 2026-04-29T10:52:37.449Z https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/providers/1909be17-f35e-495d-8baa-6de49611ee8a JP/JMA Date=2016-11-10 User Id=gee-cee Entity=Definition Operation=UPDATE Field=text System Note=update Definition Old Value=The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) responsible for contributing to the improvement of public welfare including natural disaster prevention and mitigation, safety of transportation, prosperity of industries, and international co-operation activities. The major activities are: (i) to issue warnings, advisories and forecasts in short-range, one-week and long-range; (ii) to deal with the global environmental issues such as global warming and ozone depletion; (iii) to provide information on earthquake and volcanic activities. Since more comprehensive meteorological information is increasingly required in the development of our socio-economic system, JMA has been making every effort in improving the forecasts, in facilitating the climate-related activities, and in making the tsunami and earthquake prediction systems sophisticated. Website: "http://www.kishou.go.jp/" [Summary provided by JMA] New Value=The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) responsible for contributing to the improvement of public welfare including natural disaster prevention and mitigation, safety of transportation, prosperity of industries, and international co-operation activities. The major activities are: (i) to issue warnings, advisories and forecasts in short-range, one-week and long-range; (ii) to deal with the global environmental issues such as global warming and ozone depletion; (iii) to provide information on earthquake and volcanic activities. Since more comprehensive meteorological information is increasingly required in the development of our socio-economic system, JMA has been making every effort in improving the forecasts, in facilitating the climate-related activities, and in making the tsunami and earthquake prediction systems sophisticated. Website: "http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html" [Summary provided by JMA] The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) responsible forcontributing to the improvement of public welfare includingnatural disaster prevention and mitigation, safety oftransportation, prosperity of industries, and internationalco-operation activities.The major activities are: (i) to issue warnings, advisories andforecasts in short-range, one-week and long-range; (ii) to dealwith the global environmental issues such as global warming andozone depletion; (iii) to provide information on earthquake andvolcanic activities.Since more comprehensive meteorological information isincreasingly required in the development of our socio-economicsystem, JMA has been making every effort in improving theforecasts, in facilitating the climate-related activities, andin making the tsunami and earthquake prediction systemssophisticated.Website: 'http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html'[Summary provided by JMA] 2016-11-10 14:32:57.0