Issuance of a permit/license for a meteorological station

National Center for Meteorology

An electronic document issued by the person center to authorize it to person carry out work or activity related to the observer's interest in applying for the National Center of Meteorology's subscriptions without the need to visit the center

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Logging into the meteorological licensing portal (creating a new account if none exists already).
After logging in, the requested service is tested.
Filling out the form and completing the required documents.
Submitting the application.

The license applicant is obligated to submit the following documents:
Submit a request on the forms approved by the Centre
Receipt of payment for the required service.
Attach the land title deed, lease contract document, exploitation document, or allocation decision issued by one of the official authorities in the Kingdom, provided that the documents are approved and notarized.
engineering drawing approved by a qualified engineering consulting offic
Submission of a cadastral map from the concerned authorities showing the proposed location of the station to be established or existing and its coordinates.
Submitting the license applicant’s official documents (commercial registry, registration in zakat and income tax, value-added tax, national ID, or residency) that are valid.
A technical estimate and preliminary study on the nature of the activity and purpose of the station provided that it conforms to the technical standards issued by the National Center of Meteorology.
A technical estimate and preliminary study on the nature of the activity and purpose of the station provided that it conforms to the technical standards issued by the National Center of Meteorology.
Any other documents required by the center.
The applicant applying for the legalization of an existing station is obligated to submit the following documents.
An approved preliminary study regarding the required/existing activity and its purpose, the nature of the equipment and devices used and their detailed specifications, and a description of the services to be provided/or to be provided, provided that the report includes how the services are implemented and the mechanism for adhering to the interface controls, health, and operating, security and safety procedures established by the center.
A statement containing the number of working and licensed technical cadres, for existing stations, provided that the applicant is committed to licensing unlicensed cadres within one month from the date of issuance of the station’s license.
He pledged to carry out maintenance and calibration work through contracting with entities licensed by the National Center of Meteorology.
Submitted to license the existing station must include the foundations and technical specifications for the internal basic services necessary to operate the station, such as electricity, water, etc.
Specifications of monitoring sites
The applicant for a meteorological survey license must take into account the following:
Complete the documents referred to first.
The designs submitted to establish the station or to license the existing station must include the foundations and technical specifications for the internal basic services necessary to operate the station, such as electricity, water, etc.
It is necessary to take into account the design controls approved by the Center and the competent municipal authorities when establishing meteorological stations.
The building permit procedures are completed by the secretariat or municipality under whose supervision the station site is located, after completing the regulatory procedures required by the center.
Complete the validity certificate of the site to be licensed, provided that it is prepared and approved by a meteorological expert or consultant affiliated with the center.
To establish a meteorological station or regulate an existing station, the following controls must be adhered to:
The station’s location conforms to relevant international requirements.
Providing the station with an international identification number (WMO) and a code specific to civil aviation
Determine the coordinates of the monitoring station.
Determine the height of the monitoring station.
Adherence to international specifications and requirements for the Observation Park site, which requires:
The land area must be typical and square in shape and not less than (25*25) square meters.
As for manned monitoring stations, it may be less in cases where the monitoring park is outside the city and far from influential structures and after the center’s approval, provided that the area is not less than (10*10 m) for the automatic (ground) monitoring station.
The site must be on a flat level, away from flood streams and valleys, and must not be on either side of cliffs, a rocky cliff, or inside a ground cavity.
The site should be away from industrial influences, concrete buildings, and trees at a distance of 10 to 20 times the height of the nearest objects.
The location should be away from trees, buildings, walls, or other obstructions and the distance any such obstruction (including fences) from the rain gauge should be no less than twice the height of the object above the edge of the gauge and preferably greater than Four times the height.
The location must be more than 10 meters away from bodies of water (except for marine observatories)
Care must be taken to always ensure access to the site via any means of transportation, regardless of the weather.
The location must be away from streets or car or truck crossings.
The soil must be left in its natural state, provided that the ground is covered with short grass or a surface that represents the local area, and the height of the grass, if any, must not exceed 20 cm.
In coastal stations, the station must not be too close to the edge of a slope so that wind vortices generated by the slope do not affect wind and precipitation measurements.
The status of the stations to be established in the World Geodetic System (1984-84 (WGS - and its Earth Geodetic Model 1996EGM96)) must be defined and recorded precisely as indicated in detail in the publication (ICAO, 2002) and paragraph 1.3.3.2 of the first chapter of the first volume. From the Guide to Monitoring Tools and Methods, FAO Publication No. 8
The station's coordinates should be as follows.

Zakat and Income Certificate
Statement of Technical Staff
Value Added Tax (VAT)
National ID/Residence Permit
Building Permit
Engineering Drawing of the Site
Survey Map of the Station
Technical Report and Preliminary Study of the Established Meteorological Station
Technical Report of Equipment and Devices
Commercial Registration including the Nature of the Activity or Supporting Documents
Land Ownership Deed/Lease Agreement/Exploitation Permit/Allocation Decision
Station Construction Designs