National meteorological service

As meteorological services usually have tendency of becoming a natural monopoly, almost all of national meteorological services were launched by state-led public institution, funded exclusively by government. However, the trend has changed in late 20th century, as more and more governments were trying to push national meteorological service to cut the cost and raise own revenue. It created serious worries in World Meteorological Organization, an international association of national meteorological services. Change of global trend resulted wide variation in operating models of each country's national meteorological service, such as small division unit inside executive department or ministry, independent government agency, public body, state-owned enterprise, and privatized enterprise. Varied status of each nation's meteorological service created some confusion in development of climate services. == By country ==

• Meteorological Service of Canada • Meteorological Service of Catalonia, in Spain • China Meteorological Administration • National Meteorological Center of CMA • Finnish Meteorological Institute • Korea Meteorological Administration, in South Korea • Japan Meteorological Agency • Meteorological Service of Jamaica • India Meteorological Department • Malaysian Meteorological Department • Met Office, in UK • MetService, in New Zealand • Pakistan Meteorological Department • Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia, founded as Meteorological Service of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic • Meteorological Service Singapore • Central Weather Administration, in Taiwan • National Weather Service, in the United States • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • Air Force Weather Agency • Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center == See also ==