International Monsoons Project Office

Subject: Geography

Context: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has entrusted India with coordinating the global research on monsoons

Concept:

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has entrusted India with coordinating the global research on monsoons.
A dedicated office, International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO) was established recently at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune.
It is operating under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, has been leading India’s Monsoon Mission, of which the second phase is nearing completion.
This office would help channelize and carry out more focused research on monsoons across the world.
The IMPO will have include bringing collaboration between different monsoon groups pursuing sub-seasonal to seasonal prediction outputs, supporting seminars, workshops, training and events besides carrying out outreach and capacity building exercises among others.
The WMO will guide IMPO with resource allocation, facilitate interactions with other scientific working groups on monsoons and provide expertise on research activity
It also integrates , Variability, Predictability and Change (CLIVAR) , one of the core projects of WMO’s World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

As a specialized agency of the United Nations, WMO is dedicated to international cooperation and coordination on the state and behaviour of the Earth’s atmosphere, its interaction with the land and oceans, the weather and climate it produces, and the resulting distribution of water resources.