Researchers at Pune’s Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) have developed an extended range prediction system which enables Real time prediction of heat waves two to three weeks in advance.
About:
Bodies involved:
It has been developed by Pune’s Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM).
The prediction system has been successfully transferred to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), which has been using it since 2017. IMD used this system to predict heat waves this year.
Functioning:
This extended range prediction system enables Real time prediction of heat waves two to three weeks in advance.
The system can predict heat waves with 70% accuracy, which is quite good considering that no real time prediction existed earlier.
Findings:
Based on observation data available from 1981 to 2017, the researchers found that places in two regions – northwest India and southeast coastal regions – are prone to heat waves conditions.
Places in these two regions experience heat waves for more than eight days during summer.
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