India Meteorological Department
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| State level | Federal authority | ||
| Position of the authority | National weather service | ||
| Supervisory authority (s) | Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) | ||
| Consist | since 1875 (at the Calcutta Observatory ) | ||
| Headquarters | New Delhi | ||
| Authority management | LSRathjore, Director General of Meteorology | ||
| Website | www.imd.gov.in | ||
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is a meteorological organization belonging to the Government of India , which is responsible for weather observation, weather forecasting and the monitoring of seismological activity. The IMD is also the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center for the forecasting of tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal . It is based in the capital New Delhi .
organization
The organization is led by the Meteorological Director General, who is supported by four Assistant Meteorological Directors General in New Delhi and another in Pune . There are also twenty deputy general directors, ten of whom are in New Delhi.
The weather service is divided into six regional centers located in Mumbai (Bombay), Chennai (Madras), New Delhi, Kolkata (Calcutta), Nagpur and Guwahati , each headed by a deputy director. The Meteorological Service has regional offices in every state capital.
history
| Organization that monitors the area on behalf of WMO | |
| Tropical Cyclone Programs | |
| pool | Responsible RSMCs * and TCWCs ** |
| North Atlantic | National Hurricane Center * (USA) |
| Eastern North Pacific | National Hurricane Center * (USA) |
| Central North Pacific | Central Pacific Hurricane Center * (USA) |
| Western North Pacific | Japan Meteorological Agency * |
| South and Southwest Pacific |
Fiji Meteorological Service * Meteorological Service of New Zealand ** Papua New Guinea National Weather Service ** Bureau of Meteorology ** (Australia) |
| Northern Ind | India Meteorological Department * |
| Southwest Indic | Météo-France La Réunion * |
| Southeast Indic |
Bureau of Meteorology ** (Australia) Meteorology and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia ** |
After a tropical cyclone hit Calcutta directly in 1864 and the famines of 1866 and 1871, when the monsoons did not materialize . the British colonial administration decided to set up a meteorological organization.
HF Blanford became the Government of India's first meteorological reporter, and in 1875 the weather service was installed. In May 1889 Sir John Eliot was appointed the first general director of the observatory in what was then the capital, Calcutta . The headquarters of the weather service was later relocated, first to Shimla , then to Pune and finally to New Delhi.
tasks
The IMD observes the weather, transmits the data, creates weather forecasts and performs other meteorological tasks. In cooperation with the Indian Space Research Organization , the IMD uses the Indian National Satellite System (INSAT) for weather observation on the Indian subcontinent. The IMD was the first weather service in a developing country to maintain its own geostationary satellite system.
The IMD is one of six Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers in the worldwide weather monitoring program of the World Meteorological Organization and is responsible for the forecast and documentation of tropical cyclones in the northern Indian Ocean . The cyclone activity includes the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c IMD's mandate ( Memento of the original dated February 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , imd.gov.in
- ↑ Leaders ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , imd.gov.in
- ↑ former address: {{web archive | text = archive link | url = http: //www.imd.ernet.in/main_new.htm | wayback = 20050320025144 | archiv-bot = 2018-04-15 22:54:52 InternetArchiveBot} }
- ↑ Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory , Hurricane Research Division: Frequently Asked Questions: What regions around the globe have tropical cyclones and who is responsible for forecasting there? . NOAA . Retrieved May 31, 2008.
- ↑ Regional Specialized Meteorological Center ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
