The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people and a major increase in international remittances. The report highlights that international migration remains a driver of human development and economic growth, highlighted …
The statistical analysis of hydrologic data derives importance in the planning and design of water resource projects which require information on different hydrologic events that are governed by probability distribution. The present study attempts to select an appropriate probability distribution function to forecast maximum hourly rainfall intensity during southwest monsoon …
This study focuses on the information needs of the financial sector with respect to direct physical risks of climate change impacts. Clearly, there are many issues for the sector relating to mitigation (i.e. the control of greenhouse gas emissions). Mitigation continues to be the top priority. However, that is not …
A panel of Parliamentarians has slammed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for its inaccurate monsoon forecast which tend to cast a heavy toll on Indian agriculture. In its report tabled in Parliament recently, the committee said that scientists and officers of IMD should be adequately trained to keep them abreast …
Pune A B Mazumdar, deputy director general (weather forecasting) and Medha Khole, director (weather forecasting) of the India Meteorology Department (IMD), Pune, in a free-wheeling chat with the staff of The Indian Express and Loksatta, answered a range of questions relating to weather forecasting and unveiled the science behind it. …
Local knowledge systems are always developing, especially in times of change. The meteorological effects of El Niño, and climate change in general, motivated farmers and researchers in Indonesia to set up a close learning partnership. Working together, and observing the rains in detail, provided new information which helped the farmers …
CHENNAI: Twenty five automatic weather stations will be set up across the city to develop an early warning system for flood monitoring. The data would be used to provide information about the areas that are likely to be inundated and help the authorities plan evacuation and rescue measures. Two control …
On a brief visit to Pakistan this week I noted that the recent floods have left deep impressions on the country’s policy and political leadership. They spoke about the scale of devastation, human suffering and the massive challenge of rehabilitation. They also noted, interestingly, that in their view there was …
Following the freak cloudburst that devastated Leh during the monsoon, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has embarked upon a project to study the changing weather phenomenon in Ladakh and subsequently develop new models for weather forecast. The task is being carried out by the Chandigarh-based Snow and Avalanche …
This is a brief response to Sunita Narain's thought-provoking piece on the role of monsoon in our lives. As scientists actively involved in understanding the Indian monsoon and its prediction, we have attempted to elucidate what we know about this intriguing phenomenon, which is a tantalizing mixture of order and …
BHUBANESWAR: The depression over the Bay of Bengal remained stationary on Thursday before making a late movement even as the State will be monitoring its progress for the next three days. The Dussehra celebrations began during the day and by the evening, mild drizzle had begun, pouring cold water on …
SHWETA KAMAT Goa will now have a digital cyclone warning dissemination system (DCWDS), which will be operated by policemen at the police control room in Panjim. After a break of three years, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has decided to replace its old cyclone warning dissemination system (CWDS) which was …
Pune Terming it as an intense convective activity, the India Meteorology Department (IMD) discarded the speculations about Monday's rainfall being a cloudburst. The IMD officials also said that since it was an intense convective activity, it could not predict the amount of rainfall.
Even as monsoon draws to an end, the Met department at Colaba is gearing up to test the much awaited Doppler radar which will be fully operational after the two-month long installation procedure by the end of this week. The state-of-the-art S-band Doppler Weather Radar is being installed at the …
After a torrid and unusually hot summer, the monsoon rains could not have been more welcome when they set in over Kerala at the end of May. But the progress of the rain-bearing clouds northwards was sluggish and, by the end of June, the nationwide rainfall deficit stood at 16 …
New Delhi: If you thought that the relentless rains in north India will abate in the coming days, you may be wrong, because as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD) latest projections, withdrawal of southwest monsoon from the country will now start from September 30, a good one-month behind its …
AFTER a thorough assessment of rainfall during October in the last century, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted that there was a 15 per cent chance of rain in the first fortnight of October when the Commonwealth Games will be held. IMD Director General Ajit Tyagi said,
