Annual climate summary- 2021
The annual mean land surface air temperature averaged over India during 2021 was +0.44 C above the long-term average (1981-2010 period). The year 2021 was the fifth warmest year on record since nationwide
Monsoons
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Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding crop insurance, Anand, Gujarat, 11/08/2021
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Ajitsinh Malubhai Ghummad & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/08/2021.</p> <p>The challenge in the present appeal is to an order
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Statement on climate of India during 2020
The annual mean land surface air temperature averaged over India during 2020 was above normal. During the year, annual mean land surface air temperature averaged over the country was +0.290C above normal
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Annual climate summary 2020
The annual mean land surface air temperature averaged over India during 2020 was above normal. During the year, annual mean land surface air temperature averaged over the country was +0.290C above (1981-2010
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Dominance of summer monsoon flash droughts in India
<p>Flash droughts intensify rapidly after onset and cause short-term but devastating impacts on agriculture and the ecosystem. However, the drivers and characteristics of flash droughts in India have not
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Estimating the economic benefits of Investment in Monsoon Mission and High Performance Computing facilities
Every rupee spent on the National Monsoon Mission (NMM) and on augmenting high-performance computing used for weather modelling has returned ₹50 in economic benefits to poor farmers and fishing families,
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Differential upper ocean response depicted in moored buoy observations during the pre-monsoon cyclone Viyaru
<p>The pre-monsoon cyclone Viyaru in the Bay of Bengal during May 2013 traversed a long track from 5°N to 22°N over 7 days with basin-wide response, which was well captured by the time series observations
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Three Hundred Thirty Second Report: Demands for grants (2020-2021) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences
<p>The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change considered the Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences
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Annual Climate Summary- 2019
<p>Climate over India during 2019 was above average with respect to temperature. The annual mean temperature for the country this year was +0.36°C above the 1981-2010 average, thus making the year
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Summer monsoon of 2019: understanding the performance so far and speculating about the rest of the season
<p>The summer monsoon of 2019 began with a massive deficit in the all-India June rainfall of about 33% of the mean.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/monsoon-2019.pdf" target="_blank"><img