Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss

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federal office of Switzerland national meteorological service

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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss canonical	4
Bundesamt für Meteorologie und Klimatologie MeteoSchweiz	2
Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss	2
MeteoSwiss	1
Office fédéral de météorologie et de climatologie MétéoSuisse	1
Ufficio federale di meteorologia e climatologia MeteoSvizzera	1

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]

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.
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.
C. Richterswil
Richterswil is a picturesque municipality on the shores of Lake Zurich in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
D. SWISS
SWISS is the callsign used by Swiss International Air Lines, the flag carrier airline of Switzerland.
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
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.

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.
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.
C. Richterswil
Richterswil is a picturesque municipality on the shores of Lake Zurich in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
D. SWISS
SWISS is the callsign used by Swiss International Air Lines, the flag carrier airline of Switzerland.
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 ⓘ national meteorological service ⓘ
collects	climatological time series for Switzerland ⓘ meteorological observations in Switzerland ⓘ
cooperatesWith	European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts ⓘ World Meteorological Organization ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
dataUsedBy	Swiss civil aviation authorities ⓘ linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland) Swiss emergency management authorities ⓘ Swiss research institutions ⓘ
employerType	federal government agency ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Switzerland ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Zurich ⓘ
jurisdiction	Swiss Confederation ⓘ linked to: Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation)
languageOfService	French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ
legalStatus	federal office under Swiss public law ⓘ
mandate	to protect the population and infrastructure from weather and climate-related hazards ⓘ to provide reliable weather and climate information to the public and authorities ⓘ
nativeName	Bundesamt für Meteorologie und Klimatologie MeteoSchweiz ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss Office fédéral de météorologie et de climatologie MétéoSuisse ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss Ufficio federale di meteorologia e climatologia MeteoSvizzera ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
operates	Swiss weather radar network ⓘ automatic weather stations in Switzerland ⓘ national weather observation network of Switzerland ⓘ
parentOrganization	Federal Department of Home Affairs ⓘ
provides	aviation meteorological services ⓘ climate statistics for Switzerland ⓘ public weather forecasts ⓘ severe weather warnings ⓘ
responsibility	climate monitoring in Switzerland ⓘ issuing weather warnings for Switzerland ⓘ providing climate data for Switzerland ⓘ weather forecasting in Switzerland ⓘ
sector	climatology ⓘ meteorology ⓘ
serviceArea	Switzerland ⓘ
shortName	MeteoSwiss ⓘ linked to: Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
typeOfWarning	cold wave warnings ⓘ heat warnings ⓘ heavy precipitation warnings ⓘ strong wind warnings ⓘ thunderstorm warnings ⓘ
uses	numerical weather prediction models ⓘ
website	https://www.meteoswiss.admin.ch ⓘ

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