Mission Mausam is envisaged to be a multi-faceted initiative to tremendously boost India's weather and climate-related science, research, and services
About ‘Mission Mausam’
- Focus Areas: Provide precise weather and climate data, including monsoon forecasts, air quality alerts, extreme event warnings, and manage fog, hail, and rain, etc , while building capacity and awareness.
- Key Components:
- Deploy next-generation radars and satellite systems with advanced sensors.
- Implement high-performance supercomputers and improve Earth system models.
- Create GIS-based automated Decision Support System for real-time data dissemination.
- Implementing Agency: Three institutes of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)- the India Meteorological Department, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, and the National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting will primarily implement it.
Significance of ‘Mission Mausam’
- Benefit numerous sectors, such as agriculture, disaster management, defence, environment, aviation, water resources, etc.
- Empowers stakeholders to tackle extreme weather and climate change impacts more effectively.
- Establish a new benchmark for predicting weather with high precision.
- Improve data-driven decision making in areas like urban planning, road and rail transport, etc.
Other Initiatives/steps taken to Improve Weather Forecasting
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