Which of the following statements about Indian Meteorological Department rsquo s new Ensemble Predic...........

Which of the following statements about Indian Meteorological Department’s new Ensemble Prediction System about weather forecast is/are correct?

EPS can provide probabilistic weather forecasts up to next 20 days.
The systems will use higher resolution 23 km grid scale against 12 km grid scale used as of now.
The new model is being developed by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting.

Which of the above statemetns is/are incorrect?

1 and 2

2 and 3

3 Only

2 Only

Explanation:

First option is correct.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has launched a new Ensemble Prediction Systems (EPS) to provide probabilistic weather forecasts up to the next 10 days. According to IMD, these new systems shall improve upon deterministic forecasts that are prone to high margins of error.

These systems also use a higher resolution 12 km grid scale, instead of the 23 km resolution that has been in use till now. The forecast related to the intensity of the weather will also be more accurate and colour coded. The new model has been developed jointly by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting. With this new model, India joins the US with a model that predicts with a 12 km resolution. Only the ‘European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecast’ has a better 9-kilometer resolution.