The Indian Meteorological Society (IMS) will organise TROPMET 2015, a national symposium on the theme “Weather and Climate Extremes” from February 15-18 here. The symposium will be organized in collaboration with Panjab University, Snow & Avalanche Study Establishment and Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) Chandigarh.
Ashwagosha Ganju, Director SASE said that the Indian Meteorological Society has been conducting such annual seminars on tropical meteorology on a variety of themes since 1992 to highlight the interface between science and technology, and weather and climate with a view to ensure a safe existence.
Over a period of four days, more than 400 eminent scholars, operational meteorologists, researchers, planners, hydrologists, agriculturists, disaster managers, instrumentation scientists and technology developers are expected to exchange their views on the subject. The themes to be deliberated on include climate change, forecasting weather extremes, sectoral applications of weather extremes and vulnerability and risk assessment.