Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (Ecuador)
The Instituto Nacional Meteorologia e Hidrologia (INAMHI) is the national meteorological agency of Ecuador.[1]
INAMHI's functions are:
Planning, directing, and overseeing meteorological and hydrological 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.[2]
^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.
