Capturing the monsoons

It's a season that inspires and engages everyone, from the farmer to the policy maker. From the scientist to the travel writer. From the …

International experts call for coordinated action to mitigate climate change impact on agriculture

Symposium organised by WMO and FAO recommends various measures to tackle the challenge of growing more food in the next 20 years

Forecast for mets: grim

Weather forecast

Weather radio

Weather report

Weather watch

Automatic warning

Posting humans to inhospitable sites in the Himalaya to monitor snow and wind patterns may soon be unnecessary

Weather watch

What ails India's wind pattern study?

Superdoopercomputer at cutprice

Chasing an eccentric monsoon

Monsoon drops in some areas, increases in others

Annual rainfall is declining in some parts of the country and increasing in others. While the overall effect may be negligible, such trends could …

A smog project

Windfall

imd's failure to predict rains could be a blessing for it

Simple yet reliable?

New model to predict monsoons in India

In short

New radar launched

Inflation fears hold back monsoon forecast

The Indian meteorological department has not made its usually accurate early monsoon forecast this year, reportedly at the behest of the finance …

Weathermen flying high

New parameters

Crash courses

Storm warnings

Coastal cyclone-warning radar technology, usually a matter of hit and miss, is to be upgraded with American help

Flight into the storms

Hazy picture

The agriculture ministry and the Indian Meteorological Department have given contradictory statements on how crops have failed in the past year