New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is trying to access the data. Cube setsA former official said that traditional weather satellites, in addition to crowdsourcing and Internet of Things devices, improve the accuracy of its forecasts. gave IMD It has also sent a dedicated weather satellite into orbit and last year installed a new high-power computing system (HPCS) that will allow it to issue more accurate forecasts.
“The IMD will soon move to an ensemble forecasting system with a horizontal resolution of 6 km, an improvement over the current resolution of 12 km,” Madhavan Rajeev, former secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, said on the occasion. Said in the written article. 150th Anniversary of IMD.
“Improvement of observational networks involving the latest technologies such as crowdsourcing, cubesats, IOT Devices and unmanned platforms will significantly improve data quality and forecast performance.”
IMD is also setting up separate research testbeds in Bhopal and Mumbai to deepen the understanding of monsoon dynamics and cloud physics, Rajeev said.
“As customer expectations continue to grow, IMD must continuously innovate and proactively address these demands,” he said.
The IMD has access to weather observations from over 6,000 surface observatories, in addition to data from a network of weather balloons, satellites, radars that feed into forecast models.
“By adopting modern technology and continuously improving forecasting systems, IMD can maintain its legacy as a global leader in weather and climate services and help India address the challenges of climate change,” Rajeev said. can.”
In a separate article, noted meteorologist UC Mohanty said that under the auspices of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, significant scientific and technological progress has been achieved in various fields of Earth System Science, including atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, cryosphere, biosphere. , and their complex problems are involved. Interactions
Advances in computational resources have allowed the use of advanced deterministic chemical transport models, leading to more accurate air quality predictions, replacing previous empirical and statistical approaches that have some limitations and Adequate representation of the physical and chemical processes of pollution is lacking.
Air Quality Management Commission Chairman Rajesh Verma said that IMD and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, Ministry of Earth Science jointly developed the Advanced Air Quality Early Warning System (AQEWS).
In the power sector, timely weather forecasting helps in better management of the power grid.
The power sector trades every 15 minutes. Thus, 15-minute forecasts and hourly forecasts of basic weather parameters up to a few hours are used for power generation and distribution. helps ensure better management of