Weather & Climate Forecasts and its Applications
Speaker: Dr Laxman Singh Rathore, Director General of Meteorology , Permanent Representative of India with World Meteorological Organization and Vice-Chair Intergovernmental Board on Climate Service, United Nations
 
Chair: Dr M. Rajeevan, Adviser /Scientist G, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)
 
India Meteorological Department is the National Meteorological Agency mandated for operational weather forecast and warning services across the country. In the proposed talk, a brief account of the present status of a) Meteorological observing systems, b) numerical models, c) issuance of operational weather and climate forecasts d) consequences of the expected  weather situation in terms of its impacts and application in sectors such as agriculture and e) meteorological information dissemination directed toward the various internal or external users will be delivered