What early warning did Kerala have before Wayanad disaster?
- August 2, 2024
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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What early warning did Kerala have before Wayanad disaster?
Sub: Geo
Sec: Climatology
Context:
- Union Home Minister Amit Shah discussed early warning systems and alerts given to the Kerala government before the Wayanad landslides.
National Monsoon Mission:
- It was launched by the Ministry of Earth Sciences in 2012.
- Aim: To improve forecasting skills by setting up a state-of-the-art dynamic prediction system for monsoon rainfall at different time scales.
- NMM builds a working partnership between the academic and research and development (R&D) organisations, both national and international.
- Its augmentation with the HPC facilities has helped the country achieve a paradigm shift in weather and climate modelling for operational weather forecasts.
- Phase I of the Monsoon Mission was completed in 2017, with Phase II beginning in September 2017, focusing on weather/climate extremes prediction and related applications.
Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS):
- It pertains to the atmospheric science programs of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and addresses different aspects of weather and climate services.
- Each of these aspects is incorporated as eight sub-schemes under the umbrella scheme “ACROSS”.
- The sub-schemes are the Commissioning of Polarimetric Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs), Upgradation of Forecast System, Weather & Climate Services, Atmospheric Observations Network, Numerical Modelling of Weather and Climate, Monsoon Mission III, Monsoon Convection, Clouds and Climate Change (MC4) and High-Performance Computing System (HPCS).
- Implementation:
- It will be implemented by the Ministry of Earth Sciences through its institutes namely the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), and Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Service (INCOIS).
- Each institute has a designated role for accomplishing the above tasks through the aid of eight schemes.
- The Budget allocation for ACROSS, which includes the Monsoon Mission, decreased by ₹50 crore in 2024.
Source: TH