IMD has embarked on a mission to develop forecasting specific to every three kms
Indian Meteorological Deparmtent. (Photo: DC/File)
ChennaiWith the rising need for micro-level forecasting, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has embarked on a mission to develop forecasting specific to every three kilometres rather than the present 27 kilometre range. S.B. Thampi, deputy director-general of meteorology, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai said that IMD would first come up with a nine-kilometre forecasting pattern after which it the final three-kilometre forecasting method would be drawn up.
“We need lot of data to study the climate pattern for micro-level forecasting and with data from several private players like Kea Weather and institutions like Sathyabama University we will be able to do micro-level forecasting within six years,” he said in an informal chat with Deccan Chronicle after inaugurating techno-summit at Sathyabama University on Wednesday. Listing the projects planned in the 12th Five-year plan period, the deputy director-general said that IMD would set up 34 Doppler weather radars (DWR) in the country, including at Ramanathapuram and Karaikal.
“By November this year the DWR in Karaikal will get operationalised and at Ramanathapuram we will start construction work soon as land has already been acquired,” he said.
Adding that IMD would use information-communication technology (ICT) for faster dissemination of its weather forecasts, Mr Thampi said that IMD would send short message service (SMS) to inform people about weather conditions.
Earlier in his inaugural address, Thampi exhorted students to come up with out-of-the-box ideas that would help the society. “Why not you (students) start a climate corporation in India on the lines of Climate Corporation of USA to work on global climate change and also do climate insurance,” he asked.
( Source : dc )
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