National Monsoon Mission Current Affairs, GK & News
Indian Meteorological Department to provide predictions for Malaria from next monsoon
On November 7, 2020, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) announced that it will start providing Malaria outbreak forecast from next monsoon. Also, it announced that India is to ramp up its high performance computing facility. Under this the existing capacity of 10 petaflop is to be increased to 40 petaflops. According to the recently released ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Anti-malarial • Indian Meteorological Department • Malaria • National Monsoon Mission
NCAER Report: “Estimating the Economic Benefits of Investment in Monsoon Mission and High- Performance Computing Facilities”
The Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan recently released the report prepared by National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). The report was titled “Estimating the Economic Benefits of Investment in Monsoon Mission and High-Performance Computing Facilities”. Key Highlights According to the report, 1000 crores of investment in High Performance computing facilities in India will bring ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Agriculture • Agronomy • Monsoon • National Monsoon Mission • NCAER • South West Monsoon • Weather forecasting
What is Monsoon Mission Coupled Forecast Model (CFS)?
India’s new monsoon model, called the Monsoon Mission Coupled Forecast Model (CFS), has failed to forecast the excess rainfall received during August-September 2019. It was deployed by the IMD (India Meteorological Department) under National Monsoon Mission (NMM). CFS model was developed as part of a ‘Monsoon mission’ that was underway for over 10 years and ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Climate Forecast Model • Coupled Forecast Model • India Meteorological Department • National Monsoon Mission • Union Ministry of Earth Sciences