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The IMD headquarters were later shifted to Shimla in 1905, then to Pune in 1928 and finally to New Delhi in 1944. [4] IMD became a member of the World Meteorological Organisation after independence on 27 April 1949. [5] The agency has gained in prominence due to the significance of the monsoon rains on Indian agriculture. It plays a vital role ...
Thai Meteorological Department; Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited; Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency ; National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (New Zealand) Malaysian Meteorological Department MetMalaysia; Meteorological Service Singapore MSS; Saudi Center for Meteorology
As proposed in the third five-year plan [2] of India, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) was founded as the Institute of Tropical Meteorology on 17 November 1962 at Pune as an individual unit of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the main organization responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasts, and detecting earthquakes in India.
The Ministry of Earth Sciences was formed on 29 January 2006 from a merger of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), [2] the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), [3] the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune (IITM), [4] the Earth Risk Evaluation Centre (EREC) and the Ministry of Ocean Development.
At present, the tsunami warning centre receives data from 17 seismic stations of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), 10 stations of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) and more than 300 international stations. In addition, it receives data from 17 sea-level tide gauges at intervals of five minutes.
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Japan Meteorological Agency - NW Pacific; India Meteorological Department - Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea; Météo-France - La Reunion - South Indian Ocean from Africa to 90°E; Fiji Meteorological Service - South Pacific east of 160°E, north of 25°S
He participated in Indian Scientific expedition to Antarctica in 1983–84. Dr Rathore served as President of Indian Meteorological Society and also President of Association of Agrometeorologists. Dr. Laxman Singh Rathore became Director General of Meteorology, India Meteorological Department (IMD) in 2012 and served as DG till 2016.