Through Presidential Regulation Number 61 of 2008, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency changed its name to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) with permanent status as a Non-Departmental Government Institution. On October 1, 2009 the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 2009 on Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics was ratified by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. (download Explanation of RI Law Number 31 Year 2009)