Met Office

Summary

Met Office is a meteorological service^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of meteorological_service entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,176 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Met Office was a member of World Wide Web Consortium^[3].
• Met Office was a member of World Meteorological Organization^[4].
• Met Office was a member of European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts^[5].
• Met Office was a member of EUMETSAT^[6].
• Met Office was a member of EUMETNET^[7].
• Met Office is in the country of United Kingdom^[8].
• Met Office's image is recorded as Ukmo-exeter-panorama.JPG^[9].
• Met Office's instance of is recorded as meteorological service^[10].
• Met Office's instance of is recorded as governmental meteorological service^[11].
• Met Office's instance of is recorded as government agency^[12].
• Met Office's headquarters location is recorded as Exeter^[13].
• Met Office's chief executive officer is recorded as Penelope Endersby^[14].
• Met Office's ISNI is recorded as 0000000405133830^[15].
• Met Office's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 129070312^[16].
• Met Office's GND ID is recorded as 116787-X^[17].
• Met Office's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80075906^[18].
• Met Office's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA04904558^[19].
• Met Office's child organization or unit is recorded as Met Office Hadley Centre^[20].
• Met Office's Commons category is recorded as UK Met Office^[21].
• Met Office's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35144554^[22].
• +1854-08-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Met Office^[23].
• Met Office's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.727222222222224, 'lon': -3.475}^[24].
• Met Office's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01vbry^[25].
• Met Office's Open Library ID is recorded as OL2646032A^[26].
• Met Office's parent organization or unit is recorded as Department for Science, Innovation and Technology^[27].

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Founding

+1854-08-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Met Office^[23].

Leadership

Met Office's chief executive officer is recorded as Penelope Endersby^[14].

Operations

Met Office's headquarters location is recorded as Exeter^[13]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Department for Science, Innovation and Technology^[27]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Met Office Hadley Centre^[20].

Why It Matters

Met Office ranks in the top 4% of meteorological_service entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,176 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]