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25th February 2016, 09:17 AM
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Information about Meteorological Department Of India
Hello sir I want to know about Meteorological Department Of India so here can you please tell me its information ?
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25th February 2016, 10:20 AM
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Re: Information about Meteorological Department Of India
Hey as The India Meteorological Department (IMD), also referred to as the Met Department, is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India. Responsibilities IMD is also one of the six Regional Specialised Meteorological Centres of the World Meteorological Organization. It has the responsibility for forecasting, naming and distribution of warnings for tropical cyclones in the Northern Indian Ocean region, including the Malacca Straits, the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf. Organisation IMD is headed by the Director General of Meteorology. Dr. Laxman Singh Rathore, renowned agro-meteorologist is Director General of Meteorology. I Centres MD has 6 Regional Meteorological Centers, each under a Deputy Director General. Chennai, Guwahati, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur New Delhi. New system The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has launched a System of Aerosol Monitoring and Research (SAMAR). It will help the country in studying concentration of black carbon in atmosphere due to air pollution and its impact on climate. The system was launched by the Union science and technology minister Harsh Vardhan on the IMD’s 141st foundation day. Aerosols are a subset of air pollution that contains gases, fumes and dust in harmful proportion. Aerosols particles can be both solid and liquid which also affects environmental visibility. |
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