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Tokyo District Meteorological Observatory

Coordinates: 35°46′36″N 139°31′57″E / 35.77667°N 139.53250°E / 35.77667; 139.53250
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JMA's Meteorological Satellite Center, Tokyo District Meteorological Observatory, and Office of Computer Systems Operation, Forecast Department

Tokyo District Meteorological Observatory (東京管区気象台, Tōkyō Kanku Kishōdai), abbreviated as TDMO,[1] is one of the five District Meteorological Observatories of the Japan Meteorological Agency. It has jurisdiction over the Kantō and Chūbu regions: Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Yamanashi, Nagano, Niigata, Shizuoka, Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Ishikawa, Toyama and Fukui, and is responsible for acquiring meteorological, hydrological, seismological and volcanological data and forecasting local weather conditions in those areas (except weather forecast in Tokyo) through its local meteorological observatories. It also fills the role of Region Central Forecast Office (地方予報中枢官署, Chihō Yohō Chūsū Kansho) for Kantō region and is based inside the JMA Meteorological Satellite Center located in Kiyose, Tokyo.[2]

The LMOs within TDMO's supervision

Local Meteorological Observatories

Bold-faced LMOs are the Region Central Forecast Offices.

Aviation Weather Service Centers

  • Tokyo Aviation Weather Service Center (東京航空地方気象台, Tokyo Kōkū Chihō Kishōdai)
  • Narita Aviation Weather Service Center (成田航空地方気象台, Narita Kōkū Chihō Kishōdai)
  • Chūbu Aviation Weather Service Center (中部航空地方気象台, Chūbu Kōkū Chihō Kishōdai)

Resident Offices for Volcanic Disaster Mitigation

  • Resident Office for Volcanic Disaster Mitigation at Asamayama (浅間山火山防災連絡事務所, Asamayama Kazan Bōsai Renraku Jimusho)
  • Resident Office for Volcanic Disaster Mitigation at Izu-Oshima (伊豆大島火山防災連絡事務所, Izu-Ōshima Kazan Bōsai Renraku Jimusho)
  • Resident Office for Volcanic Disaster Mitigation at Miyake-jima (三宅島火山防災連絡事務所, Miyake-jima Kazan Bōsai Renraku Jimusho)

References

  1. ^ F. Fujibe, H. Togawa and M. Sakata. "LONG-TERM CHANGE AND SPATIAL ANOMALY OF WARM SEASON AFTERNOON PRECIPITATION IN TOKYO" (PDF). American Meteorological Society. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  2. ^ 東京管区気象台ご案内 (in Japanese). Tokyo District Meteorological Observatory. Retrieved March 31, 2012.

35°46′36″N 139°31′57″E / 35.77667°N 139.53250°E / 35.77667; 139.53250