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Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Solan

Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, was established on 1st December, 1985 with the objective to promote education, research and extension education in the fields of Horticulture, Forestry and allied disciplines. Late Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar, the first Chief Minister and the architect of Himachal Pradesh perceived the importance of Horticulture and Forestry to develop and improve the State economy which led to the establishment of this University. Its history lies in erstwhile Himachal Agricultural College, Solan, established in 1962 and affiliated to the Panjab University. It became one of the campuses of Agriculture Complex of Himachal Pradesh University on its formation in 1970. Consequent upon the establishment of Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya in 1978, this campus became its Horticulture Complex and finally in 1985, assumed the status of a State University, being the only University in the country engaged exclusively in teaching, research and extension in Horticulture and Forestry. The University is located at Nauni in Solan District of Himachal Pradesh, 13 km from Solan on Solan-Rajgarh Road, at an elevation of 1300 metres above mean sea level. Solan town is situated on national highway (NH-22) and is well connected by train and bus services. The University has four constituent colleges, out of which, two are located at the main campus Nauni, one for horticulture and the other for forestry, having 9 and 7 departments, respectively. The third College i.e., College of Horticulture & Forestry is located at Neri in Hamirpur District on Nadaun-Hamirpur state highway, about 6 Km from Hamirpur town and is well connected with bus service. The college offers three Undergraduate Degree Programmes i.e. BSc (Hons.) Horticulture, BSc (Hons.) Forestry and B. Tech. Biotechnology and MSc degree programme in a few subjects. The fourth college i.e. College of Horticulture and Forestry, Thunag (Mandi) is located at Thunag District Mandi. This college offer BSc (Hons.) Horticulture and BSc (Hons.) Forestry degree programme. In addition, there are five Regional Research Stations, 12 Satellite Stations and five Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) situated in different zones of the State.

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Subject: Environmental Science × Author: BHATI, SALONI × End date: 2023 × Start date: 2020 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    VERIFICATION AND USABILITY OF MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECAST IN MID HILLS OF HIMACHAL PRADESH
    (UHF,NAUNI, 2021-12) BHATI, SALONI; JANGRA, MOHAN SINGH
    ABSTRACT The study was conducted during 2019-20 to verify the medium range weather forecast in mid hills in state of Himachal Pradesh. Daily weather forecast and observed data for six parameters viz. rainfall, cloud cover, maximum temperature, minimum temperature, wind speed and wind direction were collected from for Nauni and Seobag for the period 2001 to 2020. The verification was done using different verification tools and trend was worked by Mann-Kendall test. For Nauni the ratio score was highest in post monsoon (90.5%) and lowest in (65.3%), CSI was highest (63.8 %) in summer and lowest during post monsoon (57.8%), HK score was highest (51.9%) in winter season and lowest in summer season (41.5%). Similar trend was observed at Seobag for these scores. The accuracy of rainfall forecast at Nauni was found highest for post monsoon season highest (97.0%) and lowest (62.8 %) for SWM and Seobag 91.6 & and 52.8 &, respectively. Among the six parameters the highest usable forecast accuracy was found for rainfall (90.3 %) followed by 88.1 % for wind speed, maximum & minimum temperatures whereas lowest (85.8 %) for cloud cover for Nauni. At Seobag it was 88.3 % for rainfall, 86.7 % which at par for wind speed, maximum & minimum temperatures and lowest cloud cover 85.2 per cent. The trend in correct forecast was increasing for all the parameters at Nauni and Seobag except cloud cover at Nauni. The increasing trend was highest (Z=3.41 & Q=0.304) for minimum temperature and lowest (Z=2.05 & Q=0.256) for wind speed but it was highest for maximum temperature at Seobag (Z=4.52 & Q=0.417). For both the station the trend in getting information from all the sources, mode of utilization and rating by the users was found increasing with Z-value ranged from 1.25 to 1.57. Maximum end users got information from newspaper (86.5%) and lowest from magazines (18.0%) and utilizing the information in plant protection measures, scheduling of irrigation, scheduling of different spraying and other intercultural operations. 88% users rated it as Excellent and Very Good and 12 percent as Good. In nut sell the weather based agromet advisories are spreading over time and space in mid hills of Himachal Pradesh with improved forecast accuracy which helping the farmers in reducing weather based crop losses hence, economic benefits.