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