ΕΜΥ, Εθνική Μετεωρολογική Υπηρεσία - Δελτία Καιρού, Προγνώσεις

QUALITY POLICY

HNMS's mission is to provide meteorological support for the benefit of the National Defence, the National Economy and the Society.

As the one & only certified MET service provider of Hellas, our permanent goal is to continually develop and improve our services.

More specifically, our quality policy targets in supporting aviation and shipping through:

  • Provision of reliable weather observations and forecasts to the national and international aviation and shipping, according to the International Organizations’ specifications and the end users requirements.
  • Provision of early warnings in case of severe weather phenomena.
  • Provision of thorough and concrete aeronautical information with the use of state of the art technology.
  • The maintenance of the certification as a provider of meteorological aeronautical services in accordance with the current legislation & the legislation on the Single European Sky (SES) and especially with the EU 2017/373 and EU 2018/1139.
  • To provide Maritime Safety Information as part of the Worldwide Met-Ocean Information and Warning Service (WWMIWS) within the framework of the Global Maritime Distress & Safety System (GMDSS).

In order to achieve these objectives we commit ourselves to the following principles:

  • The uninterrupted and continuous monitoring, with simultaneous dissemination within HNMS of the applicable international standards and especially of the legislation of the Single European Sky.
  • Ensuring the prompt and correct implementation of the regulatory provisions with the relevant reporting and updating of the aeronautics-related procedures of the Quality System.
  • Regular cooperation with the International Meteorological Organizations and European Meteorological Centers for the atmospheric models development.
  • Close cooperation with air navigation agencies ,such as, Search and Rescue, Hellenic Aviation Authority , Athens International Airport and Fraport Greece by concluding Memorandums of Understanding.
  • Adequate staffing through the systematic recruitment of appropriate and highly component personnel.
  • Continuous & specialized personnel training.
  • Meteorological station network infrastructure upgrade.
  • Maintenance and calibration of the measuring equipment.
  • Conduction of studies in collaboration with National Research Institutions in the field of atmospheric sciences.
  • In house software development for operational purposes.
  • Implementation of the EN ISO 9001:2015 requirements.
  • Continual monitoring and improvement of the effectiveness of the Quality Management System.

Brigadier General (MT) Konstantinos Marousos

Commander HNMS