The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the
implementation of the programme of the National Monsoon Mission at the
Earth System Science Organisation (ESSO) for a period of five years.
The main objectives of the National Monsoon Mission are:
(i) To build a working partnership between the academic and R&D
organisations both national and international and the operational
agencies to improve the operational monsoon forecast skill over the
country.
(ii) To set up a state of the art dynamic modeling framework for improving the prediction skill of:
a. Seasonal and extended range prediction system (16 days to one season)
b. Short to medium range prediction system (up to 15 days).
The Mission has a budget of Rs.400 crore for five years to support the research work related to the mission.
The National Monsoon Mission after its implementation will help to
implement a dynamic prediction system for the prediction of monsoon in
all time scales, short range to seasonal time scale at appropriate
spatial scales with improved prediction skill. The forecasts based on
this prediction system will cater to the needs of various sectors like
agriculture, water resources management, power generation, disaster
management, tourism and transport.
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