India, March 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
In the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, an AI-based pilot was conducted in collaboration with the Development Innovation Lab-India on agriculturally relevant local monsoon onset forecasts across parts of 13 states in India for Kharif 2025. An open-source blended model was used, including NeuralGCM, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts' (ECMWF) Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System (AIFS), and historical rainfall data from 125 years from the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The probabilistic forecasts predicted only the local onset of the monsoon, which is essential for deciding on the date of sowing crops. Local monsoon ...