Helsinki: A Finnish company has signed a $1.4-million deal with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) to provide 60 hi-tech automatic weather stations (AWS) and equipment to predict weather accurately during the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

A prominent player in the weather measurement business, Finnish company Vaisala won a one 1-million euro tender in August to set up 60 automatic weather stations across Delhi to provide high-quality weather services for the Commonwealth Games next year.

The World Climate Conference-3 concluded in Geneva Friday with a decision to create a global framework for climate services to help the global community better adapt to the challenges of the climate variability and change.
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, Friday chaired the high-level segment of the World Climate Conference.

Assam Science Technology and Environmental Council (ASTEC) is taking up a major programme on education and awareness on climate and weather by creating new facilities.

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J E GEISTER MAINTAINED DETAILED RECORDS ON WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR FIVE YEARS

There are three different types of drought, not one. There is a meteorological drought, when actual rainfall is deficient (20 per cent below normal) or scanty (60 per cent or more below normal). The Indian Meteorological Department has now declared a deficiency of 29 per cent in the south-west monsoon. Let

Madden-Julian Oscillation May Counter El Nino

The overall flood situation in the State has improved considerably with the improvement in the weather condition, said Water Resources department (WRD) sources here. So far, reports of 18 breaches in the embankments of the Jiadhol-Kumatia in Dhemaji district, Kakoi, Ranganadi, Singara, Dorpang in Lakhimpur district and Brahmajan channel in Sonitpur district have been received.