Weather forecasting generates significant societal benefits, which can be increased by improving accuracy and lead-time through better meteorological monitoring, modeling and computing. Forecasting relies
The U.S. space agency NASA said Thursday that it was leaving the door open to reviving a canceled plan for a major Southeast Asia climate study that may have run afoul of internal Thai politics. No
It might still be too early to say so but indications of a good monsoon this season are fast receding. With the first month of the four-month season almost over, there is already a 23 per cent deficiency
Passers-by push a vehicle through a water-logged road after heavy showers on Friday. DELUGE IN GUWAHATI: Passers-by push a vehicle through a water-logged road after heavy showers on Friday. — PTI The
Use of dynamical models will replace statistical methods, providing greater precision HARI PULAKKAT BANGALORE Information about monsoon rainfall is a key input to many farmers, but all they can hope
Estimates of climate-change impacts will get less, rather than more, certain. But this should not excuse inaction, say Mark Maslin and Patrick Austin.
With official monsoon predictions going haywire year after year, the Union ministry of earth sciences has turned to the scientific community for help to design an effective monsoon prediction model with zero error. The design, an improved version of the UK and the US monsoon prediction models, will help meteorologists at the IMD to hone up their prediction skills. The Earth Systems Science Organisation and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology are looking for a state-of-the-art dynamic prediction system for monsoon rainfall on all timescales.
Monsoon is bearing down on the city, checking the forecast before stepping out is the logical thing to do. But the equipment that can issue a better forecast, and that too much in advance, stands useless
Crop planting further delayed as monsoon fails to move beyond narrow coastal belt Monsoon rains have stumbled again after a late onset and been confined to a narrow coastal belt for six days, delaying
New Delhi: The odds of an El Nino phenomenon developing in July through September and potentially affecting the Indian monsoon are dead-even at 50-50, offering hope that India’s agriculture and economy
New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) announced the onset of monsoon on Tuesday following a four-day delay in clouds gathering strength over the southern shores. The delay, though vital,
