{"id":365747,"date":"2026-06-22T15:46:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=365747"},"modified":"2026-06-22T15:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T10:16:25","slug":"bharat-climate-observation-network-bcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bharat-climate-observation-network-bcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Bharat Climate Observation Network (BCON)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between IITM and ARIES to promote collaborative research on climate change using long-term observations of climate variables under the Bharat Climate Observation Network (BCON).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Bharat Climate Observation Network (BCON)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_365756\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-365756\" style=\"width: 433px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-365756\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-IITM.jpg?resize=433%2C182&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bharat Climate Observation Network (BCON)\" width=\"433\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-IITM.jpg?resize=300%2C126&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-IITM.jpg?resize=1024%2C431&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-IITM.jpg?resize=768%2C323&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Source-IITM.jpg?w=1193&amp;ssl=1 1193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-365756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; IITM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nodal ministry:\u00a0<\/strong> It is a <strong>national observational initiative<\/strong>\u00a0under the<strong> Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Implemented by:<\/strong> It is conceptualized and implemented <strong>by<strong> the Indian<\/strong>\u00a0Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> It is to <strong>develop a long-term, high-precision climate monitoring framework<\/strong> to systematically measure key climate variables across India.\n<ul>\n<li>These include <strong>meteorological parameters, greenhouse gases, trace gases, and short-lived climate forcers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It will generate high-quality datasets that<strong> will help detect long-term climate trends, strengthen climate research and support evidence-based policymaking.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The data generated through BCON will also<strong> help validate and improve Earth System Models, including IITM\u2019s Earth System Model, enabling more accurate climate simulations and future projections for India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box yellow-h2-box\"><strong>About Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Signed between:<\/strong> The <strong>Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES)<\/strong> Nainital.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aim:<\/strong> It aims<strong> to promote collaborative research on climate change and long-term observations of climate variables.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>This includes <strong>meteorological parameters and climate-active trace gases<\/strong>, such as greenhouse gases, short-lived climate forcers and soil moisture, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It also aims to <strong>establish a Climate Observation Station at ARIES, Devasthal,<\/strong> as part of the <strong>Bharat Climate Observation Network (BCON).<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Climate Observation Station at ARIES, Devasthal will<strong> monitor meteorological parameters, greenhouse gases, short-lived climate forcers, atmospheric chemistry and soil moisture<\/strong> to generate long-term climate data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between IITM and ARIES to promote collaborative research on climate change using long-term observations of climate variables under the Bharat Climate Observation Network (BCON). About Bharat Climate Observation Network (BCON) Nodal ministry:\u00a0 It is a national observational initiative\u00a0under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). Implemented by: It is conceptualized&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/bharat-climate-observation-network-bcon\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bharat Climate Observation Network (BCON)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,11209,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-365747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}