Deutscher Wetterdienst

The DWD was formed on 11 November 1952 when the weather services of the western occupation zones were merged. In 1954, the Federal Republic of Germany joined the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). In 1990, following the reunification, the weather services of the German Democratic Republic were incorporated in the DWD. Since the 1990s, the DWD has continuously reduced the number of staffed weather stations, which entailed substantial staff cutbacks. The DWD does not expect a reduction in forecast quality, given techniques like weather radar or satellites, which have significantly improved weather data collection. == Numerical weather prediction ==

The German Meteorological Service runs a global hydrostatic model of its own, the GME (superseded by ICON in 2015), using a hexagonal icosahedral grid since 2002. == Public services ==

Since 2005, the DWD has been publishing regional warnings against heat with the aim to reduce heat related fatalities. This decision was made because of the hot summer in 2003, when estimated 7000 people died from direct or indirect effects of the heat. Additionally, it sends out sea weather reports as radioteletype and faxes. Since 2006, the pollen warnings can be subscribed to for free on the DWD web site. Within its duty of primary meteorological information, the DWD offers a free daily weather report for Germany, which can be subscribed to by email on their official website. DWD offers free access to its climate data. ==Structure und budget==

Organisation The is under the legislation of the Federal Ministry of Transport and based on the German Meteorological Office Act (''''). , the DWD has roughly 2360 staff. among them for example: • The Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC): GPCC is operated by DWD under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization. GPCC provides precipitation analyses for the global land area. For that purpose, station-based precipitation observations are obtained from different sources, primarily from national meteorological services. • The Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring (CM SAF): CM SAF develops and distributes satellite-derived products of the energy and water cycle. It is part of the distributed EUMETSAT Application Ground Segment and is organized as a network of European partners, with DWD as the leading entity. • The Monitoring Centre (GSNMC) of the GCOS Surface Network (Global Climate Observing System) Budget DWD had a budget of 382 million euros in 2024. About 148 million euros were transferred to international organisations like EUMETSAT and others. ==References==