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Monsoon model

Answer 1

For the first time, a model predicting monsoons was developed in 1877 by H. F. Blanford, the then-founder of IMD. This was the first prediction of its kind and the parameter which was chosen for this prediction was the snowfall in the Himalayas. In the 1930s, the then director of IMD, Sir Gilbert Walker established a relationship between the Indian monsoon and the various worldwide climatic factors. It was Dr Vasantrao Govarikar who finally developed the monsoon model based on 16 worldwide climatic parameters and this model was in use from 1990 to 2002.