Mission Mausam Flashcards
Launched by Modi Govt. 3.0 to ______
- meet global standards
- designed to position India as a world leader in the field of weather and climate sciences
- aimed to make India “Weather Ready” and “Climate Smart”, complying with the international standards by 2026
✓ approved by the Union Cabinet chaired by PM in September 2024
Budget Outlay
Rs. 2000 crore
Aim
- to enhance observational systems
- expand radar networks
- improve public outreach
- to strengthen India’s capacity to respond to climate- related challenges
- aims to revolutionize India’s weather and climate services, ensuring timely and precise observation modeling, and forecasting information for various sectors like agriculture, disaster management and rural development.
Initiative led by the Ministry of ________
Earth Sciences
Key Targets
- to setup:
✓ 50 Doppler Weather Radars (DWR),
✓ 60 Radio Sonde/ Radio Wind (RS/RW) stations
✓ 100 disdrometers
✓ 10 Wind Profilers
✓ 25 radiometers
✓ 1 urban test-bed
✓ 1 process test-bed
✓ 1 ocean research station
✓ 10 marine automatic weather stations with upper air observation
Implemented through 3 premier institutions
✓ India Meteorological Department, New Delhi
- focus on observations, services, decision support systems, and dissemination
✓ National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting, Noida
- focus on specialized field campaigns, research testbeds, process studies, and modeling
✓ Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
- focus on data assimilation and seamless weather prediction
Further support from
✓ National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad
✓ National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai
Mission is based on ‘multi-pronged approach’, which will help in achieving its key objectives that include ISCP
✓ Infrastructure Development: includes the installation of Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs), Automatic Weather Stations (AWS), and rain gauges across India
✓ Supercomputing Power: involves the use of high-performance computing systems like Prathyush and Mihir for advanced climate modelling
✓ Collaborative Research: mission fosters partnerships with international organisations like World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) to improve forecasting techniques
✓ Public Outreach: includes dissemination of user-friendly advisories through mobile applications. For eg: Mausam app, SMS services and media channels
Key Objectives
- to develop cutting edge weather surveillance technologies and systems
- to implement higher resolution atmospheric observations with better temporal and spatial sampling or coverage for improved accuracy in forecasting monsoon behaviour
- to implement next-generation radars, and satellites with advanced instruments payloads
- to develop enhanced earth system models, data-driven methods including the use of Artificial Intelligence AI and Machine Learning ML
- To build capacity by fostering research collaborations with national and international organisations
- to improve India’s capability in weather forecasting across different scales i.e. short-term, medium-term, extended-range, and seasonal
Key Progress
- So far, more than 37 DWRs have been installed across India to bolster real-time monitoring capabilities
- The Mausam App facilitates location -specific weather forecasts for 450 cities in India
- Seasonal prediction models have witnessed significant improvement under the National Monsoon Mission framework
- MoES initiated specialized programs on urban flooding prediction and cyclone monitoring
About Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)
Union Minister of State (MoS) (Independent Charge, IC) - Dr. Jitendra Singh (Constituency - Udhampur, J&K)
