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Meteorological organizations in Japan have their origins in the 1870s, when the first weather stations started being established in the country. [1] One of these was the Tokyo Meteorological Observatory (東京気象台, Tōkyō Kishō-dai), which since 1956 has been known as the Japan Meteorological Agency (気象庁, Kishō-chō).
September 14, 1959 ― Typhoon Sarah, known in Japan as the Miyakojima Typhoon, kills 7 and causes US$2 million in damages on Miyakojima. September 26, 1959 ― Typhoon Vera, known in Japan as the Isewan Typhoon, would be the worst typhoon to affect the nation on record, killing 5,098 and causing US$261 million in damages. [17]
Most meteorological agencies in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand use the satellites for their own weather monitoring and forecasting operations. Originally also named Geostationary Meteorological Satellites ( GMS ), [ 1 ] since the launch of GMS-1 (Himawari 1) in 1977, there have been three generations, including GMS, MTSAT ...
The District Meteorological Observatory (管区気象台, Kanku Kishōdai), abbreviated to DMO, is a type of Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) weather station (気象台, Kishōdai) and a part of a local government (地方支分部局, Chihō Shibun Bukyoku). There are five District Meteorological Observatories in Japan.
The JMA announced the Earthquake Early Warning hit (accuracy) rate for the 2011 fiscal year on 31 May 2012. The hit rate is the percentage of warnings issued immediately on the detection of P-waves with a Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale (震度, shindo) number (0 to 7) within one shindo number of the measured earthquake.
Japan's Tokyo Meteorological Observatory, the forerunner of the Japan Meteorological Agency, began constructing surface weather maps in 1883. [11] The London Times published the first weather map on April 1, 1875. [12]
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The heavy damage on the island prompted the Japan Meteorological Agency to give Sarah the special name of the "Miyakojima Typhoon". [10] Sarah was part of a series of typhoons striking the island in 1959, causing food shortages that forced the population to change their diet. [11] The storm brushed Okinawa with gusts of 135 km/h (85 mph). [1]