Which of the following statements with regard to India's indigenous new high resolution weather model, the 'Bharat Forecast System,' is/are correct?
- Its objective is to generate forecasts at the Panchayats cluster level.
- It was developed by IIT Delhi.
Select the answer using the code given below:
Detailed Explanation:
Statement 1 — Correct. A primary objective of the Bharat Forecast System (BFS) is to generate hyper-local weather forecasts down to the Panchayat cluster level (village and block level) to aid:
- Rural communities
- Agriculture planning
- Disaster management
It operates on an ultra-fine 6 km × 6 km grid (upgraded from India's previous 12 km resolution models) — making it the highest-resolution operational global weather model used by any national meteorological agency in the world.
Statement 2 — Incorrect. BFS was indigenously developed by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune — an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) — NOT IIT Delhi.
It is powered by:
| Supercomputer | Location |
|---|---|
| Arka | IITM, Pune |
| Arunika | NCMRWF, Noida |
Key Trick: "IIT Delhi" vs "IITM Pune" — a deliberate acronym confusion trap. IITM = Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, not IIT.
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