February 23, 2012

• Meteorological weak (only 11 stations in the country)

• Lack of a research plan

• Zero teaching (2 meteorologists university level).

1965: Creation of the Institute of Meteorology. (Fusion of the National Observatory and the Department of Meteorology at the ACC. September 2).

1968: Graduation of the first course of Meteorologists.1969: Consolidation of the new Station Network; Inauguration

Satellite 1st season. (March 23).1987: Application and development of computing. Consolidation of

the Radar Network2000: Verticalization of INSMET (National Character).2003: New career in Meteorology.2005: The INSMET in the Works of the Battle of Ideas

General Direction

DIRECTIONS 

  - Scientific  - Basic Systems

  - Economy  - Human Resources

  - Administration

DIRECTIONS 

  - Scientific  - Basic Systems

  - Economy  - Human Resources

  - Administration

CENTERS

•Forecast•Maritime•Care Network•Computing•Climate•Agrometeorology•Atmospheric Physics•Contamination•Radars

Provincial Meteorological

Centres

• Pinar del Rio• La Habana• Matanzas• Villa Clara• Cienfuegos• Sancti Spíritus• Ciego de Avila• Camaguey• Las Tunas• Holguín• Granma• Santiago de Cuba• Guantánamo• Isla de la Juventud

Provincial Meteorological

Centres

• Pinar del Rio• La Habana• Matanzas• Villa Clara• Cienfuegos• Sancti Spíritus• Ciego de Avila• Camaguey• Las Tunas• Holguín• Granma• Santiago de Cuba• Guantánamo• Isla de la Juventud

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Stations: 68Radar: 8Tower of Reference: 12

Board of Directors

Scientific Council

Weather Forecasting and Early Warning for extreme climatic events.

Agricultural Drought and Forest Fires.

Climate Effects on Human Health.

Tropospheric Ozone and Agriculture.

Quality control measurements.

It provides highly specialized services in:

Main lines of research

• Extreme Weather Events.• Applications of Meteorology and Climatology

in Health and Agriculture.• Climate Change.• Air Pollution.• Rain Caused.• Wind and Solar Energy.

• Assimilation and development of automated measurement of meteorological variables.

• Radar Network Modernization.

• Satellite Images.

Total Workers: 1443Total Workers: 1443

THEM:

  University: 472  Technical: 723

THEM:

  University: 472  Technical: 723

Doctors (PHD): 36 Masters of Science: 102 Doctors (PHD): 36 Masters of Science: 102

• 1965-1975: Implementation of 4 courses of Meteorology senior meteorologists and several courses of Level II;• 1980s: Formation of meteorologists in the USSR;• 1985-1989: Courses meteorology students from the Faculty of Physics, UH;• 1998: Home of the Master of Meteorological Sciences;• 2003: Beginning of the career of meteorology•.

• Effectiveness Weather> 90%;• Network Automation Cuban radars;• Data transmission system between all branches of

INSMET;• Nautical-track system;• Warning system of tropospheric ozone;• System monitoring and prediction of drought and rural

fire.

SERVICES

• Seasonal forecast of tropical cyclones for the Atlantic;• Detailed chronology of the paths of tropical cyclones in Cuba;• Forecast model of upwelling;• System monitoring and prediction of drought and forest fires;• Inventories of Greenhouse Gases;• Assessment of the impacts of climate change;• Wind potential energy map of Cuba;• Assimilation of numerical weather prediction and climate;• Forecasting system trajectory of oil spills;

INVESTIGATION

Map of Sea Level Rise

Simulation of Future Climate and Impact Assessment

National Communication on Climate Change

Regional Web Future Projections

Inventory of Greenhouse Gases

• Development of Course:- Climatology and Meteorology- Hurricane

- Climate Change• Participation in round tables

informative and educational.

Under the order of the Commander in Chief, Meteorology is inserted into the 2004 Battle of Ideas Program. Initial objectives:

• Modernising Weather Stations Network;• Improve Communications and Web site;• Improving weather presentations on TV;• Create a prototype Doppler radar.

• Acquisition of 70 automatic stations;

• Viewing the data of the EMA;• Development of communication

programs, synchronization of files and automatic transmission;

• Creating Web application to control and access to information

1. The Dopplerización Technology;

2. Numerical modeling, mesoscale forecasting and early warning of TLS.

3. The forecast Local and state filing time;

4. The conversion of the measurement stations in centers and integrated weather information dissemination at the municipal level;