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
Current trends show India does look set for a timely onset of the crucial southwest monsoons on its shores this year, the country
Goa Meteorological Department will be installing eight Automatic Rain Gauge (ARG) stations across the State to ensure there is real time mapping of the rainfall.
The Union government proposes to have a National Mission on Monsoon in the hope that a concerted effort will improve monsoon prediction. The dry bed of the Korampallam tank, used for irrigation in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu in October 2009.
Given IMD?s past record on forecasts, the latest one could also go wrong Surinder Sud / New Delhi May 6, 2010, 0:03 IST
R. PRASAD The missed data: Looking for long-term patterns in springtime data for the Antarctic helped the team to discover the ozone hole. This file photo shows the ozone hole split into two separate holes.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A permanent system, with its headquarters at the Agriculture Directorate, will be set up in the Agriculture Department to issue warnings to the farmers according to the predictions made by the Meteorological Department, Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Retnakaran has said.
Agartala, May 5: Weather forecasting in India is all set to get more accurate with the met office setting up China-made Doppler radars across the country that can track and predict fast-evolving weather systems such as thunderstorms, cyclones and cloudbursts.
Clouds with aerosols conspire to block and reflect away sunlight over the Indian subcontinent, a new research claims. This results in what is called 'solar dimming' lessening the amount of sunlight that reaches Indian soil.
Swiss Team
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), as part of the Indo-French Space Collaboration, is planning to launch a satellite for climate research in a year's time.