The India Meteorological Department (IMD) will install new radars in various areas of the nation with the aim of improving the forecasts, as per a statement from the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
Hon’ble MoS (I/C), , answered a question through a written reply in Lok Sabha on ‘INSTALLATION OF NEW RADAR SYSTEM’.
The has planned new radars across the country. Tentative sites have been selected where the radars are planned to be installed…
The tentative sites, as per the release from the Ministry, where the radars are planned to be installed are:
“The locations of the DWRs have been arrived upon considering the gap areas in the coverage of the existing DWR network,” the release said.
Additionally, apart from the proposed improvement in the radar coverage, other observation systems like wind profilers, radio sonde or radio wind, microwave radiometers, and more, are also planned under the Mission Mausam.
The implementation of the Mausam Mission is likely to help in the following ways:
Furthermore, the release stated that the entire of India will be under radar coverage within the next two to three years.
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