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Act No. 70 on the Meteorological Office of Iceland.

Country/Territory
Iceland
Document type
Legislation
Date
2008 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Environment gen., Water
Keyword
Institution Access-to-information Data collection/reporting Monitoring Hazards Early warning system Risk assessment/management Air quality/air pollution Research Pollution control Climate change Inland waters Freshwater pollution
Geographical area
Arctic, Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 1 January 2009.
Abstract

This Act establishes the Meteorological Office of Iceland and regulates its tasks, integration, funding, and delivery of data. Among its tasks are: monitoring natural hazards and issue warnings and forecasts of imminent danger caused by weather and weather-related factors, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, floods and flash floods; to take care of general systematic water measurements in inland waters; to take care of measurements of snow layers and glacier management and mapping of ice layers of waterfalls and lakes; to make observations and measurements of air, precipitation and water pollution; to map the country's weather conditions and monitor climate changes and their effects on the aspects of nature that the organization is supposed to monitor; to carry out a risk assessment due to natural disasters at the request of the public safety authorities or other authorities; etc.

Full text
Icelandic
Website
www.althingi.is