Regional Meteorological Observatories
E400523
Regional Meteorological Observatories are regional branches of Japan’s national weather service that monitor atmospheric conditions, issue forecasts and warnings, and support disaster prevention across different areas of the country.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Local Meteorological Observatories | 1 |
| Regional Meteorological Observatories canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3916093 — 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: Regional Meteorological Observatories Context triple: [Japan Meteorological Agency, operates, Regional Meteorological Observatories]
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A.
Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres
Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres are designated meteorological institutions around the world that provide specialized weather analysis, forecasting, and warning services for specific regions under the World Meteorological Organization framework.
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B.
Regional Meteorological Telecommunication Network
The Regional Meteorological Telecommunication Network is a coordinated communication system that links national meteorological networks to facilitate the exchange of weather and climate data across a broader geographic area.
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C.
WMO Global Atmosphere Watch Station Network
The WMO Global Atmosphere Watch Station Network is an international system of monitoring stations that provide high-quality, long-term observations of atmospheric composition and related variables to support climate, air quality, and environmental research and policy.
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D.
World Meteorological Centres
World Meteorological Centres are major global hubs designated by the World Meteorological Organization to provide high-quality weather analyses, forecasts, and related data services to support international meteorological operations.
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E.
World Area Forecast Centers
World Area Forecast Centers are specialized meteorological institutions that provide global aviation weather forecasts and guidance to support safe and efficient international air navigation.
- 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: Regional Meteorological Observatories Target entity description: Regional Meteorological Observatories are regional branches of Japan’s national weather service that monitor atmospheric conditions, issue forecasts and warnings, and support disaster prevention across different areas of the country.
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A.
Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres
Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres are designated meteorological institutions around the world that provide specialized weather analysis, forecasting, and warning services for specific regions under the World Meteorological Organization framework.
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B.
Regional Meteorological Telecommunication Network
The Regional Meteorological Telecommunication Network is a coordinated communication system that links national meteorological networks to facilitate the exchange of weather and climate data across a broader geographic area.
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C.
WMO Global Atmosphere Watch Station Network
The WMO Global Atmosphere Watch Station Network is an international system of monitoring stations that provide high-quality, long-term observations of atmospheric composition and related variables to support climate, air quality, and environmental research and policy.
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D.
World Meteorological Centres
World Meteorological Centres are major global hubs designated by the World Meteorological Organization to provide high-quality weather analyses, forecasts, and related data services to support international meteorological operations.
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E.
World Area Forecast Centers
World Area Forecast Centers are specialized meteorological institutions that provide global aviation weather forecasts and guidance to support safe and efficient international air navigation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
meteorological organization
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regional branch of national meteorological service ⓘ |
| activity |
heavy rain monitoring
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issuing advisory-level information ⓘ issuing emergency warning information ⓘ issuing flood warnings ⓘ issuing gale warnings ⓘ issuing heavy rain warnings ⓘ issuing high-wave warnings ⓘ issuing storm surge warnings ⓘ issuing storm warnings ⓘ issuing warning-level information ⓘ radar observation ⓘ satellite data analysis ⓘ snowfall monitoring ⓘ storm surge monitoring ⓘ surface weather observation ⓘ typhoon monitoring ⓘ upper-air observation ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
disaster management agencies in Japan
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local governments in Japan ⓘ mass media organizations ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| field |
climatology
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geophysics ⓘ meteorology ⓘ |
| fundedBy | Government of Japan ⓘ |
| goal |
protection of life and property from meteorological disasters
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support for safe social and economic activities ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | regional areas of Japan ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Meteorological Service Act of Japan ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Japan Meteorological Agency ⓘ |
| partOf | Japan Meteorological Agency ⓘ |
| providesServiceTo |
aviation operators
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local businesses ⓘ maritime operators ⓘ residents in their regions ⓘ transportation operators ⓘ |
| purpose |
issuing weather forecasts
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issuing weather warnings ⓘ monitoring atmospheric conditions ⓘ supporting disaster mitigation ⓘ supporting disaster prevention ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| usesDataFrom |
ground observation stations
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meteorological satellites ⓘ upper-air sounding stations ⓘ weather radars ⓘ |
| usesLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| usesStandard | Japan Meteorological Agency forecast models ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Regional Meteorological Observatories Description of subject: Regional Meteorological Observatories are regional branches of Japan’s national weather service that monitor atmospheric conditions, issue forecasts and warnings, and support disaster prevention across different areas of the country.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Local Meteorological Observatories