India Meteorological Department

E361787

government agency national meteorological service

The India Meteorological Department is India’s national weather and climate agency responsible for forecasting, issuing warnings, and conducting meteorological observations across the country.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
India Meteorological Department canonical	8
IMD	2
India Meteorological Department headquarters	1
Indian Meteorological Service	1
Indian meteorological services	1
Meteorological Department of the Government of India	1
भारत मौसम विज्ञान विभाग	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3467517 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: India Meteorological Department
Context triple: [Southwest monsoon, monitoredBy, India Meteorological Department]

A. Pakistan Meteorological Department
The Pakistan Meteorological Department is the national agency responsible for weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and seismological services across Pakistan.
B. RSMC New Delhi
RSMC New Delhi is a World Meteorological Organization-designated regional center in India responsible for specialized weather forecasting and tropical cyclone monitoring over parts of the Indian Ocean region.
C. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services are national agencies responsible for monitoring, forecasting, and providing information on weather, climate, and water resources to support public safety, economic activities, and environmental management.
D. Ministry of Earth Sciences (India)
The Ministry of Earth Sciences (India) is a central government ministry responsible for weather forecasting, climate research, ocean science, seismology, and related earth system studies and services in India.
E. RSMC La Réunion
RSMC La Réunion is a World Meteorological Organization-designated center responsible for monitoring and forecasting tropical cyclones in the southwest Indian Ocean.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: India Meteorological Department
Target entity description: The India Meteorological Department is India’s national weather and climate agency responsible for forecasting, issuing warnings, and conducting meteorological observations across the country.

A. Pakistan Meteorological Department
The Pakistan Meteorological Department is the national agency responsible for weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and seismological services across Pakistan.
B. RSMC New Delhi
RSMC New Delhi is a World Meteorological Organization-designated regional center in India responsible for specialized weather forecasting and tropical cyclone monitoring over parts of the Indian Ocean region.
C. National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
National Meteorological and Hydrological Services are national agencies responsible for monitoring, forecasting, and providing information on weather, climate, and water resources to support public safety, economic activities, and environmental management.
D. Ministry of Earth Sciences (India)
The Ministry of Earth Sciences (India) is a central government ministry responsible for weather forecasting, climate research, ocean science, seismology, and related earth system studies and services in India.
E. RSMC La Réunion
RSMC La Réunion is a World Meteorological Organization-designated center responsible for monitoring and forecasting tropical cyclones in the southwest Indian Ocean.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ national meteorological service ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
designatedAs	Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre for Tropical Cyclones over North Indian Ocean ⓘ linked to: Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres
designatedBy	World Meteorological Organization ⓘ
fieldOfWork	climatology ⓘ hydrometeorology ⓘ meteorology ⓘ seismology ⓘ
foundedBy	British colonial government in India ⓘ
headquartersCountry	India ⓘ
headquartersLocation	New Delhi ⓘ linked to: New Delhi, India
inception	1875 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of India ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ
memberOf	World Meteorological Organization ⓘ
nativeName	भारत मौसम विज्ञान विभाग ⓘ linked to: India Meteorological Department
operates	Doppler weather radar network in India ⓘ Regional Meteorological Centres in India ⓘ cyclone warning centres in India ⓘ network of surface observatories in India ⓘ network of upper-air observatories in India ⓘ
parentOrganization	Ministry of Earth Sciences ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Earth Sciences (India)
predecessor	Meteorological Department of the Government of India ⓘ linked to: India Meteorological Department
primaryRole	climate monitoring ⓘ early warning services ⓘ meteorological observations ⓘ weather forecasting ⓘ
providesServiceTo	agricultural sector in India ⓘ civil aviation sector in India ⓘ disaster management authorities in India ⓘ general public in India ⓘ
publishes	cyclone advisories ⓘ seasonal climate outlooks ⓘ weather bulletins ⓘ
regionServed	Indian coastal waters ⓘ Indian land areas ⓘ North Indian Ocean ⓘ linked to: Indian Ocean
responsibleFor	agrometeorological advisories in India ⓘ aviation meteorological services in India ⓘ cyclone warnings for India ⓘ monsoon forecasts for India ⓘ seismological observations in India ⓘ
shortName	IMD ⓘ linked to: India Meteorological Department
usesSatelliteDataFrom	INSAT series ⓘ INSAT-3D ⓘ INSAT-3DR ⓘ

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