Annual climate summary 2022
The annual mean land surface air temperature averaged over India during 2022 was +0.51°C above the long-term average (1981-2010 period). The year 2022 was the fifth warmest year on record since nationwide
Monsoons
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Cherrapunjee Now a wet desert
When Sted Syiemlieh was a little boy, people in his mountain village, Tyrna, a few km from Cherrapunjee in Meghalaya, could predict when the skies would open up. "It was always at the same time,' the
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S. K. Dash
Areas of Interest : Monsoon Studies, Climate Modelling, High Performance Computing.
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Krishna Kumar
Dr Krishna Kumar is Scientist & Program Manager at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Dr Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune-411008. Research Interest: Climate Change, Monsoons.
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Promise me the monsoon
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Nature's Warning
Nature's Warning : Sunita Narain on Tamil nadu Rain. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dxinAS5XWng" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Halla Bol: Lessons Learnt During The Chennai Disaster
The nation stands together behind the residents of Chennai, but will the latest floods improve India's preparedness for similar natural disasters in the future? <iframe width="610" height="415"
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The basic causes of the large-scale deficiency in the South-West Monsoon rainfall over India in 1965 and 1966
The years 1965 and 1966 will be remembered in Indian history as two successive years in which the failure of the south-west monsoon had a disastrous effect on Indian economy. This article is an attempt
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Solar radiation and the Indian monsoon
The S.W. monsoon or summer monsoon is a major event in the agricultural life of India, which has been widely studied. The chief characteristic of the pressure distribution over India during the monsoon