Open AccessRecent studies in medium range forecasting for Agromet advisory service
Author(s) -
U. S. De
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v33i4.2639
Subject(s) - tamil , geography , meteorology , range (aeronautics) , service (business) , business , engineering , marketing , philosophy , linguistics , aerospace engineering
The Agrometeorological Advisory Service for agricultural operations has been started by the India Meteorological Department in a few States. The paper describes the ongoing research work in the field or Medium Range Forecasting of rainfall for various subdivisions in India on a synoptic cum statistical basis. The method is based on a contingency technique which has been used to successfully forecast the weekly rainfall anomaly over East and West Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Madhyil Maharashtra, Marathwada and Tamil Nadu.