The Instituto Nacional Meteorologia e Hidrologia (INAMHI) is the national meteorological agency of
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
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INAMHI's functions are:
* Planning, directing, and overseeing
meteorological and
hydrological
Hydrology () is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and environmental watershed sustainability. A practitioner of hydrology is calle ...
activity in coordination with other agencies.
* Developing systems and rules governing the programs of meteorology and hydrology in accordance with national needs;
* Establishing, operating and maintaining the infrastructure necessary for a basic hydrometeorological compliance program;
* Obtaining, collecting, examining, processing, publishing and disseminating data, information and forecasts necessary for the detailed and comprehensive knowledge of weather, climate and hydrological characteristics of the whole of maritime and continental Ecuador;
* Conducting studies and researching hydrometeorological requests for state agencies or individuals;
* Educating and training staff to technical and professional expertise in the fields of meteorology and hydrology, and
* Promoting scientific research in meteorology and hydrology.
Research conducted by the INAMHI includes studying the hydrology of the Ecuadorian Amazon basin.
[A. Laraque, J. Ronchail, G. Cochonneau, R. Pombosa, and J.L. Guyot. "Heterogeneous Distribution of Rainfall and Discharge Regimes in the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin." (Dec. 2007). ''Journal of Hydrometeorology.'' Vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 1364-1381.]
References
External links
Official INAMHI site
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Science and technology in Ecuador
Hydrology organizations
Government of Ecuador
Governmental meteorological agencies in South America