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Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

Summary

Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute is a research institute[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's field of work was weather forecasting[3].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute received the Koninklijk[4].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute is in the country of Netherlands[5].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's image is recorded as FS IMG 8907 KNMI.jpg[6].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's instance of is recorded as research institute[7].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's instance of is recorded as meteorological service[8].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's instance of is recorded as Dutch government agency[9].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's official language is recorded as Dutch[10].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's founder is recorded as C. H. D. Buys Ballot[11].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's logo image is recorded as Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI) logo.png[12].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's headquarters location is recorded as De Bilt[13].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's ISNI is recorded as 0000000122851082[14].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 124859583[15].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79043311[16].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's IdRef ID is recorded as 061078107[17].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's child organization or unit is recorded as KNMI for the Caribbean Netherlands[18].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's part of is recorded as World Weather Attribution[19].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's Commons category is recorded as KNMI[20].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's has part is recorded as KNMI for the Caribbean Netherlands[21].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's has part is recorded as Q134474873[22].
  • +1854-01-31T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute[23].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.101111, 'lon': 5.177778}[24].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bng23[25].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's Open Library ID is recorded as OL643450A[26].
  • Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management[27].

Body

Founding

Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's founder is recorded as C. H. D. Buys Ballot[11]. +1854-01-31T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[23].

Identity

Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut'}[28]. Its part of is recorded as World Weather Attribution[19]. Its short name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'KNMI'}[29].

Leadership

Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's director / manager is recorded as Maarten Krispijn van Aalst[30].

Operations

Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's headquarters location is recorded as De Bilt[13]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management[27]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as KNMI for the Caribbean Netherlands[18].

Industry

Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute's field of work was weather forecasting[3].

Ownership

Products include barometer[31] and weather forecasting[32].

Recognition

Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute received the Koninklijk[4].

Why It Matters

Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute ranks in the top 6% of research_institute entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute receive?

Honors received include Koninklijk[4].

Related Entities

C. H. D. Buys Ballot Kingdom of the Netherlands Netherlands research institute

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . koninklijkhuis.nl. Retrieved . koninklijkhuis.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . iatiregistry.org. Retrieved . iatiregistry.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . knmi.nl. Retrieved . knmi.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Q132230989. Retrieved . koninklijkhuis.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . koninklijkhuis.nl. Retrieved . koninklijkhuis.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . GRID Release 2017-01-10. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . worldweatherattribution.org. Retrieved . worldweatherattribution.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . knmi.nl. knmi.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . Q132230989. Retrieved . n2t.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . koninklijkhuis.nl. Retrieved . koninklijkhuis.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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