India, July 23 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has been using advanced technology for operational monsoon prediction. Since 2017, IMD has been using the Monsoon Mission Climate Forecast System (MMCFS), a state-of-the-art coupled ocean-atmosphere model, to generate high-resolution (~38km) seasonal and monthly rainfall and temperature forecasts. The MMCFS model is used for the preparation of the monthly El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) bulletin. Since 2021, IMD has adopted a new strategy for issuing monthly and seasonal operational forecasts for the southwest monsoon rainfall over the country based on both the statistical forecasting system ...