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
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
The civic body will go high-tech to avert any disaster this monsoon and avoid all forms of miscommunication. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will send MMS alerts to citizens to spread awareness on flood-like situations and water-logged roads.
<p>A long climate record reveals abrupt hydrological variations during past interglacials in southwestern North America. These data set a natural benchmark for detecting human effects on regional climates.</p>
Bhubaneswar: Most parts of the northern and southern Odisha are likely to experience widespread rainfall during the next 48 hours under the influence of a cyclonic ring Bay of Bengal, Met office sources said on Sunday. Most parts of Odisha witnessed widespread rains for the last two days. Meanwhile, rainfall recorded in the last 24 hours was highest in Cuttack with 65.2 mm followed by Balasore
<p>Extremes of weather and climate can have devastating effects on human society and the environment. Understanding past changes in the characteristics of such events, including recent increases in the intensity of heavy precipitation events over a large part of the Northern Hemisphere land area, is critical for reliable projections of future changes.
HYDERABAD: Do you know that cave deposits provide vital information on how the Southwest Monsoon behaved several thousand years ago? That is what was found out by scientists from the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) by studying oxygen isotopes of the white or light brownish structures (stalagmites) found in different shapes and sizes in caves.
KOLKATA, 14 FEB: In the wake of climate change and skewed rainfall patterns, the Union ministry of agriculture has initiated a project to develop technologies for enhancing resilience of Indian crops, livestock and fisheries. However, West Bengal, facing droughts last year, is less likely to be included in the project.
The higher reaches of Himachal Pradesh continued to receive snowfall on the second consecutive day today, leading to disruption of road traffic and life in many parts of the state. In Shimla district, after snowfall at Kharapatthar and Narkanda peaks, the Shimla-Rohru Road and the old Hindustan-Tibet Road leading to Kinnaur are closed.
<p>Under the project 'Seasonal Prediction of the Indian Monsoon' (SPIM), the prediction of Indian summer monsoon rainfall by five atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs) during 1985-2004 was assessed. The project was a collaborative effort of the coordinators and scientists from the different modelling groups across the country. </p>
<p>A state of the art model of the coupled ocean-atmosphere system, the climate forecast system (CFS), from the National Centres for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), USA, has been ported onto the PARAM Padma parallel computing system at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Bangalore and retrospective predictions for the summer monsoon (June-September) season of 2009 have
Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway disrupted due to landslide Life came to a standstill after a moderate snowfall on the upper reaches and heavy rain across the Jammu region today. The heavy rainfall in the region resulted in a flash flood.