Forecasting Tropical Cyclones
Published: Jul 30, 2016
The entire Indian coastline is affected by tropical cyclones with varying frequency and intensity. North Indian Ocean (the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea) generates 7 per cent of the world’s tropical cyclones.
Abstract: There has been a paradigm shift in cyclone warning services in India due to the modernisation programme and other initiatives taken by the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
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