Ozone and UV bulletin
The stratosphere ozone layer is slowly recovering and the recovery will be complete in most parts of the atmosphere in the coming decades, according to the latest bulletin by the World Meteorological Organization
The stratosphere ozone layer is slowly recovering and the recovery will be complete in most parts of the atmosphere in the coming decades, according to the latest bulletin by the World Meteorological Organization
NEW DELHI: With the monsoon showing no sign of any major recovery, the India Meteorological Department late on Monday decided to reduce its estimate of rainfall during the season to 87 per cent for the country as a whole and for the season in its entirety.
Kaustubh Kulkarni / Pune/mumbai/new Delhi August 11, 2009, 0:25 IST
Aug. 9: Hyderabad is the worst affected among seven Telangana districts, failing to get any rain in the last week, according to the Indian Meteorological Department
Year to year variation of Indian monsoon rainfall is described qualitatively in some ancient Sanskrit texts. Interestingly, these are cyclic with periods of 3, 5, 7, 18 and 60 years. Time series analysis of actual seasonal rainfall data shows that at very near the above periods the spectrum has significant peaks.
Weather predictions are expected to be more accurate in future in Madhya Pradesh as the state Met Department has decided to install imported radar in the city, official sources said.
P. Sunderarajan NEW DELHI: The southwest monsoon crossed its midway point five days ago but the situation continues to be grim across the country, with part of the gains made during the first half of July even getting eroded during the past two weeks following the northward movement of the monsoon trough from its normal position.
The environmental implications of rainfall pattern in the recharge of groundwater system of Saharanpur regionl located in Uttar Pradesh, have been discussed. The mathematical analysis of rainfall variation of Saharanpur district for a period of 25 years (1982-2006) displays a fairly good range from 497.70 to 1566.10 mm with an annual average rainfall value of 1058.82 mm.
The issues of ozone depletion and climate change have been at the forefront of the international community
P. Sunderarajan NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department on Friday forecast that over the next one week, rainfall activity over western, central and peninsular parts of the country is likely to remain subdued, even as Bihar, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and the north eastern region could continue to experience enhanced rainfall.
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