ATMOSPHERE & CLIMATE RESEARCH-MODELLING OBSERVING SYSTEMS & SERVICES (ACROSS)

About:

• ACROSS is an umbrella scheme containing nine sub-schemes to address different aspects of weather and climate services.
  
  
• Objective: To provide reliable weather and climate forecast so as provide various services to end-users like Agro-meteorological Services, Aviation service, Environmental monitoring services, Hydro-meteorological services etc.
  
  
• Implementation Mechanism: It will be implemented by the Ministry of Earth Sciences in an integrated manner through its four institutes namely –
  1. India Meteorological Department (IMD),
     
     
  2. Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM),
     
     
  3. National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), and
     1. Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Service (INCOIS).