Climate Profile India

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Met Monograph No. Environment Meteorology-01/2010

CLIMATE PROFILE OF INDIA
S. D. Attri and Ajit Tyagi

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Met Monograph No. Environment Meteorology-01/2010

CLIMATE PROFILE OF INDIA
Contribution to the Indian Network of Climate Change Assessment (NATIONAL COMMUNICATION-II) Ministry of Environment and Forests

S D Attri and Ajit Tyagi

India Meteorological Department Ministry of Earth Sciences New Delhi 2010

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PREFACE
The beginnings of meteorology in India can be traced to ancient times from the philosophical writings of the Vedic period, contain serious discussion about the processes of cloud formation and rain and the seasonal cycles caused by the movement of earth round the sun. But, the Modern Meteorology is regarded to have had its firm scientific foundation in the 17th century after the invention of thermometer, barometer and the formulation of laws governing the behaviour of atmospheric gases. India is fortunate to have some of the oldest meteorological observatories of the world like those at Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1785 and Madras (now Chennai) in 1796 for studying the weather and climate of India India Meteorological

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