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Act No. 70 on the Meteorological Office of Iceland.

País/Territorio
Islandia
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2008 (2011)
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Aire y atmósfera, Medio ambiente gen., Agua
Palabra clave
Institución Acceso-a-la-información Recopilación de datos/informes Monitoreo Peligros Sistema de alerta temprana Evaluación/manejo de riesgos Calidad del aire/contaminación del aire Investigación Control de la contaminación Cambio climático Aguas continentales Contaminación de las aguas dulces
Área geográphica
Ártico, Islas del Océano Atlántico, Europa, Europa y Central Asia, Atlántico Norte, Atlántico Nordeste, Europa Septentrional
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 1 January 2009.
Resumen

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.

Texto completo
Islandés
Página web
www.althingi.is