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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Monsoon management in era of climate change
Our ability to manage the monsoon will determine our ability to reduce hunger and ensure food, water, and livelihood security.
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Weather forecasters keep watch for evasive low
Vinson Kurian Thiruvananthapuram, July 12 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the monsoon trough across the plains of northwest India has shifted north (of normal), which signals a weakening of rain-enabling conditions.
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Monsoon fury claims 12 lives in six days
Karnataka Bureau Bangalore: Incessant rain in coastal Malnad, south interior Karnataka and Belgaum over the past six days has claimed 12 lives, and the weather bureau has indicated that there will be no respite from the monsoon fury in these regions for the next two days.
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Monsoon situation still precarious
P. Sunderarajan NEW DELHI: Five weeks into the season, the monsoon situation in the country continues to be precarious. Large parts continue to be in deficit, despite the vigorous rainfall activity over several areas over the past week.
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Govt says there is no threat of a drought
AMIT AGNIHOTRI and PRASHANT PANDEY July 9: Concerned over a weak monsoon system, which has eluded north-west India affecting sowing of kharif crops, the agriculture ministry is still not terming it as a drought-like situation.
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Monsoon brings malaria
Come monsoon and with it we hear the news of an outbreak of various seasonal diseases, particularly the vector-borne ones. What is also not surprising is that the civic body
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Atmospheric carbonaceous aerosols: issues, radiative forcing and climate impacts
Atmospheric aerosols (a mixture of solid or liquid particles suspended in the air medium) are short-lived, with a residence time of about a week in the lower troposphere. Unlike the principal greenhouse gases, aerosols are more concentrated in the source regions and exhibit strong spatial and temporal variations.
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Empirical forecasting of All-India rainfall for the year 2009
In earlier publications, we had explained how the monsoon seasonal time series data of regional and All-India rainfall (AIRF) can be decomposed into its six basic modes by the method of empirical mode decomposition. This method helps one to recognize the first mode due to ENSO as being highly non-Gaussian, whereas the remaining progressively less important modes tend to be Gaussian.
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Rains expected in city today: Met
AHMEDABAD: The weather department has forecast moderate to heavy rainfall in south Gujarat and parts of Gujarat on Thursday. Officials said they were hopeful that Ahmedabad will get its maiden showers. "The monsoon activity is expected to give good rainfall in south Gujarat and region including parts of north Gujarat.
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Drought shadow over paddy crop
Punjab Says It Might Not Be Able To Match Last Year