Annual climate summary 2023
The report discusses the climate condition over Indian region during the year 2023. Notably, global temperatures soared to exceptionally high levels during this period (WMO.No.1347). The India Meteorological
Monsoons
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Fishing rights row
Goa trawler owners protest against fishing ban during monsoon proves to be a damp squib
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IMD overhauls monsoon forecast system
Have Indian meteorologists at last found their role model ? After getting a lot of flak from politicians and the public for last year s erroneous prediction of rainfall, the New Delhi based India Meteorological Department has revamped its monsoon forecas
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Cherrapunjee Now a wet desert
When Sted Syiemlieh was a little boy, people in his mountain village, Tyrna, a few km from Cherrapunjee in Meghalaya, could predict when the skies would open up. "It was always at the same time,' the
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S. K. Dash
Areas of Interest : Monsoon Studies, Climate Modelling, High Performance Computing.
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Krishna Kumar
Dr Krishna Kumar is Scientist & Program Manager at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune-411008. Research Interest: Climate Change, Monsoons.
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Promise me the monsoon
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Nature's Warning
Nature's Warning : Sunita Narain on Tamil nadu Rain. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dxinAS5XWng" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Halla Bol: Lessons Learnt During The Chennai Disaster
The nation stands together behind the residents of Chennai, but will the latest floods improve India's preparedness for similar natural disasters in the future? <iframe width="610" height="415"
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The basic causes of the large-scale deficiency in the South-West Monsoon rainfall over India in 1965 and 1966
The years 1965 and 1966 will be remembered in Indian history as two successive years in which the failure of the south-west monsoon had a disastrous effect on Indian economy. This article is an attempt
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Solar radiation and the Indian monsoon
The S.W. monsoon or summer monsoon is a major event in the agricultural life of India, which has been widely studied. The chief characteristic of the pressure distribution over India during the monsoon