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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Enhanced pre-monsoon warming over the Himalayan-Gangetic region from 1979 to 2007
Fundamental to the onset of the Indian Summer Monsoon is the land-sea thermal gradient from the Indian Ocean to the Himalayas-Tibetan Plateau (HTP). The timing of the onset is strongly controlled by the meridional tropospheric temperature gradient due to the rapid pre-monsoon heating of the HTP compared to the relatively cooler Indian Ocean.
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Authorities cool to adverse effects of drain de-silting
GUWAHATI, April 3
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Increasing trend of break-monsoon conditions over India: role of oceanatmosphere processes in the Indian ocean
Analysis of daily rainfall data over India during the period 1951
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Arctic meltdown is a threat to humanity
The Arctic is warming up much more quickly than expected
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Depleting water converts safe areas into dark zones
Sixty per cent of the surface water reservoirs filled only by half of their capacity during the previous monsoon Special Correspondent
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Rain Shocked
<i>Rising trend of short but intense spells of rainfall is making usable water scarce in India </i><br/><br/>
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Warming could delay monsoons in south Asia
Chicago: Global warming could delay the start of the summer monsoon by five to 15 days within the next century and significantly reduce rainfall in much of south Asia including India, a recent study has found.
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Global warming could delay, weaken monsoons: study
CHICAGO (AFP)
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World Meteorological Day 2009: Weather, climate and the air we breathe
Each year, on 23 March, the World Meteorological Organization, its 188 members and the worldwide meteorological community celebrate World Meteorological Day around a chosen theme. This day commemorates the entry into force, on that date in 1950, of the WMO Convention creating the Organization. Subsequently, in 1951, WMO was designated a specialized agency of the United Nations System.
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Trends in seasonal precipitation extremes An indicator of climate change in Kerala, India
Recent news on the occurrence of off-seasonal natural disasters, such as pre-monsoon drought and post-monsoon flooding in India and particularly in the peninsular region, highlight the urgent need to look at the patterns of change in seasonal extremes at the local level.