Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
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The Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss is Switzerland’s national weather and climate service, responsible for providing meteorological forecasts, warnings, and climate data for the country.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3651077 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss Context triple: [Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, oversees, Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss]
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Aigle, Switzerland
Aigle, Switzerland is a small town in the canton of Vaud known as an international hub for professional cycling and sports administration.
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Murten
Murten is a historic bilingual town in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, known for its well-preserved medieval old town and lakeside setting on Lake Murten.
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Richterswil
Richterswil is a picturesque municipality on the shores of Lake Zurich in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
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SWISS
SWISS is the callsign used by Swiss International Air Lines, the flag carrier airline of Switzerland.
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Bern, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland is the de facto capital of Switzerland, known for its well-preserved medieval old town, political institutions, and cultural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss Target entity description: The Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss is Switzerland’s national weather and climate service, responsible for providing meteorological forecasts, warnings, and climate data for the country.
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A.
Aigle, Switzerland
Aigle, Switzerland is a small town in the canton of Vaud known as an international hub for professional cycling and sports administration.
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B.
Murten
Murten is a historic bilingual town in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, known for its well-preserved medieval old town and lakeside setting on Lake Murten.
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C.
Richterswil
Richterswil is a picturesque municipality on the shores of Lake Zurich in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
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D.
SWISS
SWISS is the callsign used by Swiss International Air Lines, the flag carrier airline of Switzerland.
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E.
Bern, Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland is the de facto capital of Switzerland, known for its well-preserved medieval old town, political institutions, and cultural heritage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal office of Switzerland
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national meteorological service ⓘ |
| collects |
climatological time series for Switzerland
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meteorological observations in Switzerland ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
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World Meteorological Organization ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dataUsedBy |
Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland)
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surface form:
Swiss civil aviation authorities
Swiss emergency management authorities ⓘ Swiss research institutions ⓘ |
| employerType | federal government agency ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Zurich ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
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surface form:
Swiss Confederation
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| languageOfService |
French
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German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| legalStatus | federal office under Swiss public law ⓘ |
| mandate |
to protect the population and infrastructure from weather and climate-related hazards
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to provide reliable weather and climate information to the public and authorities ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bundesamt für Meteorologie und Klimatologie MeteoSchweiz
Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Office fédéral de météorologie et de climatologie MétéoSuisse
Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Ufficio federale di meteorologia e climatologia MeteoSvizzera
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| operates |
Swiss weather radar network
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automatic weather stations in Switzerland ⓘ national weather observation network of Switzerland ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Federal Department of Home Affairs ⓘ |
| provides |
aviation meteorological services
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climate statistics for Switzerland ⓘ public weather forecasts ⓘ severe weather warnings ⓘ |
| responsibility |
climate monitoring in Switzerland
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issuing weather warnings for Switzerland ⓘ providing climate data for Switzerland ⓘ weather forecasting in Switzerland ⓘ |
| sector |
climatology
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meteorology ⓘ |
| serviceArea | Switzerland ⓘ |
| shortName |
Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
MeteoSwiss
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| typeOfWarning |
cold wave warnings
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heat warnings ⓘ heavy precipitation warnings ⓘ strong wind warnings ⓘ thunderstorm warnings ⓘ |
| uses | numerical weather prediction models ⓘ |
| website | https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss Description of subject: The Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss is Switzerland’s national weather and climate service, responsible for providing meteorological forecasts, warnings, and climate data for the country.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
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oversees
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Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
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this entity surface form:
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
Eidgenössisches Departement des Innern
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oversees
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Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
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this entity surface form:
Bundesamt für Meteorologie und Klimatologie MeteoSchweiz
Departament federal da l’intern
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oversees
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Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
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this entity surface form:
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
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shortName
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Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
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this entity surface form:
MeteoSwiss
Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
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nativeName
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Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Bundesamt für Meteorologie und Klimatologie MeteoSchweiz
Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
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nativeName
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Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Office fédéral de météorologie et de climatologie MétéoSuisse
Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
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nativeName
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Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Ufficio federale di meteorologia e climatologia MeteoSvizzera