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60"
20"
10"
20"
20"
10"
30"
40"
LAHORE
60"
KARACHI
10"
40"
CALCUTTA
80"
60”
80"
20"
30"
40"
60"
60"
BOMBAY
40"
80"
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80
6
60
4
40
3
30
2
20
1
10
40"
BELLARY
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HONAVA R
MADRAS
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COCHIN
80"
Inches
40"
200
400 Miles
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COLOMBO
80"
300
600 Kilometers
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FIGURe 2.4
Rainfall pattern of India.
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Helping in irrigation management according to rainfall
forecasting (Surendra et al. 2009)
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Helping in the protection of crops from adverse climatic
situation through weather forecasting, such as frost
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Helping in deciding time for the application of fertilisers,
weed killer, fungicide, insecticide and so on (Figure 2.5)
2.6
Development history of weather forecasting
based agro-advisory service
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Department of Agro-Meteorology established in 1932 at
the national level at New Delhi (Marty et al. 2008)
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Farmers' weather bulletin started in 1945
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State-level agro-advisory services started in 1976
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Medium-range weather forecasting-based agro-advisory
services for agro-climatic zones of India started in
1991 by National Centre for Medium Range Weather
Forecasting, New Delhi (Figure 2.6)
