A recent study published in Earth System Dynamics estimates that “For every degree Celsius of warming, Indian monsoon rainfalls will likely increase by about 5%”. Excessive rainfall is disastrous for Indian economy as more than 50 percentage of population directly depends on agriculture.
Climate change also causes extreme variability in the spatial and timely distribution of the rainfall. Erratic monsoon pattern causes floods, droughts etc. in different places in the country.
Facts about IMD(India Meteorological Department)
- Established in 1875
- Under Ministry of Earth Sciences
- It is responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasting and seismology
- It also conducts and promotes research in meteorology and allied disciplines.
- Recently, IMD launched System of Aerosol Monitoring and Research (SAMAR) in January 2016 to study the concentration of Black carbon, radiative properties of aerosols, environmental visibility and their climatological impacts.
- IMD was first weather bureau of a developing country to develop and maintain its own satellite system.
- It is one of the six worldwide Regional Specialised Meteorological Centres of the Tropical Cyclone Programme of the World Weather Watch of the World Meteorological Organization.
- It is regional nodal agency for forecasting, naming and disseminating warnings about tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean north of the Equator.
