|
App/Portal |
Developed By |
Function |
|
Mausam App |
IMD |
Real-time weather and rainfall updates |
|
Meghdoot App |
IMD & ICAR |
Agro-Advisory for farmers |
|
Damini App |
IITM Pune |
Lightning alert |
|
Kisan Suvidha App |
MoA&FW |
Weather, market, pest information |
|
Agromet Data Portal |
IMD |
Historical weather data for analysis |
Institutions Involved in Agricultural Meteorology
|
Institution |
Function |
|
IMD (Indian Meteorological Department) |
Forecasting and data collection |
|
ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) |
Research in Agrometeorology |
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IITM (Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology), Pune |
Climate modeling |
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CRIDA (Hyderabad) |
Dryland research and weather-based farming |
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NBSS & LUP (Nagpur) |
Agro-ecological zoning and soil mapping |
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NAARM & IARI (Delhi) |
Research on climate-resilient agriculture |
Important Facts and Figures
|
Topic |
Fact |
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IMD established |
1875 |
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HQ of IMD |
New Delhi |
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World Meteorological Organization (WMO) |
Founded in 1950 (HQ: Geneva) |
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World Meteorological Day |
March 23 |
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Normal annual rainfall of India |
118 cm |
|
Solar constant |
2 cal/cm²/min or 1367 W/m² |
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Earth’s average albedo |
30% |
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Normal lapse rate |
6.5°C per km |
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Tropopause height at equator |
16–18 km |
|
Wettest place on Earth |
Mawsynram (~11,872 mm/year) |
|
Arid zone rainfall |
<500 mm/year |
|
Humid zone rainfall |
>1500 mm/year |
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Optimum temp for photosynthesis |
25–30°C |
|
Relative humidity conducive for disease |
>80% |
|
Optimum temp for rice |
25–32°C |
|
Optimum temp for wheat |
15–25°C |
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First agrometeorological observatory in India |
Pune (1905) |
|
Evaporation measurement |
Class-A Pan Evaporimeter |
|
Solar radiation instrument |
Pyranometer |
|
Wind speed instrument |
Anemometer |
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Rainfall measurement |
Symons Rain Gauge |
- Father of Agricultural Meteorology – Angot (France)
- IMD Headquarters – New Delhi
- Standard height of Stevenson’s screen – 25 m
- Standard time of rainfall measurement in India – 08:30 hrs IST
- Instrument to measure sunshine duration – Campbell-Stokes Sunshine Recorder
- Instrument for wind speed – Anemometer
- Base temperature for wheat – 5°C
- Albedo of crop canopy – 20–25%
- Base temperature for rice – 10°C
- Average annual rainfall in India – 1200 mm
