NATIONAL MONSOON MISSION

Oct. 3, 2019

The new monsoon model, called the Coupled Forecast Model (CFS), deployed by the IMD under the National Monsoon Mission (NMM) has failed to forecast the excess rainfall received during August-September 2019.

About:

  • Bodies involved: Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India has launched 'National Monsoon Mission' (NMM). MoES has bestowed the responsibility of execution and coordination of this mission to the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune.

  • Mission Objective: To build an ocean atmospheric model for –
    • improved prediction of monsoon rainfall on extended range to seasonal time scale (16 days to one season) and

    • improved prediction of temperature, rainfall and extreme weather events on short to medium range time scale (up to 15 days).



Source : The Hindu

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