Wetterdienst#
Meteorological Service, in Austria generally carried out by the Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik, separate institute for civil aviation Austro Control (6 regional offices), military meteorological service (reports to the Ministry of Defence). Main areas of activity are: compiling and distributing weather reports from all over the world, preparing weather analyses, forecasts and warnings for all fields of economic activity, transport and aviation, and the study of climatological issues including problems of environmental protection. The activities and objectives of the meteorological service have been coordinated with the guidelines of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The meteorological service for aviation is also subject to the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).