RSMC Darwin (volcanic ash advisory centre)
E198003
Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre
Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre
meteorological organization unit
RSMC Darwin is a World Meteorological Organization-designated Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre responsible for monitoring and issuing warnings about volcanic ash clouds in its assigned region, particularly over parts of Australia and Southeast Asia.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RSMC Darwin (volcanic ash advisory centre) canonical | 3 |
| Darwin VAAC | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1744634 — 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: RSMC Darwin (volcanic ash advisory centre) Context triple: [Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres, hasMember, RSMC Darwin (volcanic ash advisory centre)]
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A.
RSMC Buenos Aires (volcanic ash advisory centre)
RSMC Buenos Aires is a specialized meteorological center that monitors volcanic activity and issues volcanic ash advisories to support aviation safety and regional hazard management.
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B.
RSMC Vienna (volcanic ash advisory centre)
RSMC Vienna is a specialized meteorological center operated by Austria that provides volcanic ash advisories to support aviation safety and atmospheric hazard monitoring in its designated region.
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C.
RSMC Montreal (volcanic ash advisory centre)
RSMC Montreal (volcanic ash advisory centre) is a World Meteorological Organization-designated center in Canada responsible for monitoring volcanic ash and issuing advisories to support aviation safety and atmospheric hazard management.
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D.
RSMC
RSMC stands for Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres, which are World Meteorological Organization-designated centers that provide specialized weather and climate services, including forecasting and warnings, for specific regions.
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E.
RSMC Toulouse (space weather centre)
RSMC Toulouse (space weather centre) is a specialized meteorological facility in Toulouse, France, that monitors and forecasts space weather conditions and their impacts on Earth and technological systems.
- 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: RSMC Darwin (volcanic ash advisory centre) Target entity description: RSMC Darwin is a World Meteorological Organization-designated Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre responsible for monitoring and issuing warnings about volcanic ash clouds in its assigned region, particularly over parts of Australia and Southeast Asia.
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A.
RSMC Buenos Aires (volcanic ash advisory centre)
RSMC Buenos Aires is a specialized meteorological center that monitors volcanic activity and issues volcanic ash advisories to support aviation safety and regional hazard management.
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B.
RSMC Vienna (volcanic ash advisory centre)
RSMC Vienna is a specialized meteorological center operated by Austria that provides volcanic ash advisories to support aviation safety and atmospheric hazard monitoring in its designated region.
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C.
RSMC Montreal (volcanic ash advisory centre)
RSMC Montreal (volcanic ash advisory centre) is a World Meteorological Organization-designated center in Canada responsible for monitoring volcanic ash and issuing advisories to support aviation safety and atmospheric hazard management.
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D.
RSMC
RSMC stands for Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres, which are World Meteorological Organization-designated centers that provide specialized weather and climate services, including forecasting and warnings, for specific regions.
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E.
RSMC Toulouse (space weather centre)
RSMC Toulouse (space weather centre) is a specialized meteorological facility in Toulouse, France, that monitors and forecasts space weather conditions and their impacts on Earth and technological systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre
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Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre ⓘ meteorological organization unit ⓘ |
| affiliation |
International Airways Volcano Watch
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surface form:
International Airways Volcano Watch system
World Meteorological Organization ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
International Civil Aviation Organization
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other Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| dataSource |
geostationary meteorological satellites
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ground-based observations ⓘ pilot reports ⓘ polar-orbiting meteorological satellites ⓘ |
| designatedBy | World Meteorological Organization ⓘ |
| field |
aviation safety
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meteorology ⓘ volcanology ⓘ |
| goal | reduce risk of aircraft encounters with volcanic ash ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Darwin
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Northern Territory ⓘ |
| mandate |
issue volcanic ash advisories
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monitor volcanic ash clouds ⓘ support aviation safety ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Australian Bureau of Meteorology ⓘ |
| partOf |
International Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre system
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surface form:
World Meteorological Organization Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre system
|
| product |
Volcanic Ash Advisories
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surface form:
Volcanic Ash Advisory (VAA)
graphical volcanic ash products ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Southeast Asia
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eastern Indian Ocean ⓘ parts of Australia ⓘ parts of the Southern Hemisphere tropics ⓘ |
| responsibility |
continuous monitoring of volcanic ash in assigned area
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timely dissemination of volcanic ash warnings ⓘ |
| sector | aviation meteorology ⓘ |
| shortName |
RSMC Darwin (volcanic ash advisory centre)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Darwin VAAC
|
| standard |
ICAO provisions for volcanic ash information
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WMO guidelines for volcanic ash advisory services ⓘ |
| targetUser |
air traffic management organizations
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airlines ⓘ aviation authorities ⓘ volcanological agencies ⓘ |
| uses |
meteorological analyses and forecasts
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numerical dispersion models ⓘ satellite observations ⓘ |
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: RSMC Darwin (volcanic ash advisory centre) Description of subject: RSMC Darwin is a World Meteorological Organization-designated Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre responsible for monitoring and issuing warnings about volcanic ash clouds in its assigned region, particularly over parts of Australia and Southeast Asia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres
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hasMember
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RSMC Darwin (volcanic ash advisory centre)
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RSMC Buenos Aires (volcanic ash advisory centre)
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relatedTo
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RSMC Darwin (volcanic ash advisory centre)
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RSMC Darwin (volcanic ash advisory centre)
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shortName
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RSMC Darwin (volcanic ash advisory centre)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Darwin VAAC
RSMC Anchorage (volcanic ash advisory centre)
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relatedTo
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RSMC Darwin (volcanic ash advisory centre)
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