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India to Deploy Advanced Doppler Weather Radars in Odisha in 2024
1 month, 4 weeks ago

India to Deploy Advanced Doppler Weather Radars in Odisha in 2024

New Indian Express  

India is set to receive advanced tech-driven weather forecasting network in the next two years. The Ministry of Earth Sciences has expedited the installation of three Doppler weather radars in Odisha, with two S-band radars in Balasore and Sambalpur and an X-band radar in Bhubaneswar. These radars will provide accurate weather forecasts, helping meteorologists predict the intensity and location of …

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India to have 56 new Doppler weather radars soon, says Ministry of Earth Sciences
3 months ago

India to have 56 new Doppler weather radars soon, says Ministry of Earth Sciences

The Hindu  

Union Ministry of Earth Sciences Secretary M. Ravichandran revealed that the country is expected to have 56 additional Doppler weather radars in the next few years. The MoES has also developed various Apps to bring weather forecast at the fingertips of general public and farmers in particular. Meanwhile, India Meteorological Department MD Director General M. Mohapatra said that Mission Mausam …

Yatnal writes to Centre seeking Doppler Weather Radar in Vijayapura
5 months, 1 week ago

Yatnal writes to Centre seeking Doppler Weather Radar in Vijayapura

The Hindu  

After Union Minister of State and Bengaluru North MP Shobha Karandlaje wrote to Union Minister of Science and Technology Jitendra Singh seeking installation of a Doppler Weather Radar for Bengaluru, another BJP legislator has made a similar demand before the Science and Technology Ministry. BJP Vijayapura MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal recently wrote to Dr. Singh requesting the installation of a …

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Gather the storm troopers: A look at 150 years of the India Meteorological Department
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Gather the storm troopers: A look at 150 years of the India Meteorological Department

Hindustan Times  

When the India Meteorological Department was created in 1875, it had just one employee: the British meteorologist and palaeontologist Henry Francis Blanford. He held the title of Imperial Meteorological Reporter, and his job was to study India’s climate and weather systematically, in order to issue timely storm warnings and monsoon forecasts. The imperial British government, having recently taken over from …

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Massive planet too big for its own sun pushes astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation
1 year ago

Massive planet too big for its own sun pushes astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation

The Hindu  

Imagine you’re a farmer searching for eggs in the chicken coop – but instead of a chicken egg, you find an ostrich egg, much larger than anything a chicken could lay. That’s a little how our team of astronomers felt when we discovered a massive planet, more than 13 times heavier than Earth, around a cool, dim red star, nine …

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Explained: As rain fury continues in North India, did IMD's forecasting fail?
1 year, 5 months ago

Explained: As rain fury continues in North India, did IMD's forecasting fail?

Firstpost  

North India has been ravaged by heavy rain – over 100 people have died, roads have washed away, and bridges have collapsed. Rain fury in the North North India is still reeling from the torrential rainfall that has lashed the area since the weekend. Himachal Pradesh’s chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu also tweeted earlier, “Nature’s fury has tragically claimed the …

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CCTV to be installed at 9 helipads for close monitoring of services to Kedarnath
1 year, 8 months ago

CCTV to be installed at 9 helipads for close monitoring of services to Kedarnath

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand government has decided to closely monitor the helicopter services being operated for Kedarnath during the Char Dham yatra season for which it has begun the exercise to install nine CCTV cameras around each helipad in Guptkashi to Kedarnath in Rudraprayag district. Yogendra Gangwar, deputy director of tourism, said, “Around nine CCTV cameras will be installed at helipads from …

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Might face same fate as Joshimath: Himachal CM Sukhu urges Centre to increase disaster fund
1 year, 11 months ago

Might face same fate as Joshimath: Himachal CM Sukhu urges Centre to increase disaster fund

India Today  

Expressing apprehension that the hill state might face the same fate as Joshimath in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu urged the Centre to increase the disaster fund to the state. The chief minister was virtually addressing the inauguration function on setting up two Doppler Weather Radars when he raised concerns about some regions in the hill state …

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Mumbai doppler radar failed once again, stopped working ahead of Cyclone Tauktae impact
3 years, 7 months ago

Mumbai doppler radar failed once again, stopped working ahead of Cyclone Tauktae impact

India Today  

Mumbai’s only doppler weather radar operated by India Meteorological Department once again stopped working on Sunday when Cyclone Tauktae started showing its impact ahead of the landfall. The IMD uses several tools for forecasting, including weather models, satellite images and doppler radars among others. According to experts, there was no update from IMD Mumbai’s radar after 1:26 pm on Sunday …

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Polish scientists create autonomous road signs with built-in Doppler radar
4 years ago

Polish scientists create autonomous road signs with built-in Doppler radar

Daily Mail  

Poland is pioneering new road signs that combine an array of sensors to monitor road traffic and conditions to warn drivers of hazards on the road ahead. Researchers in Poland have created smart road signs that use built-in Doppler radar, video, and acoustic radar and weather stations to monitor road traffic and conditions to warn drivers in real-time of hazards …

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Playing catch up in flood forecasting technology
4 years, 2 months ago

Playing catch up in flood forecasting technology

The Hindu  

Have you ever wondered how a local agency makes a decision if a flood forecast merely uses the words “Rising” or “Falling” above a water level at a river point? Editorial | Monsoon bounty: On IMD's weather forecasts A case of multiple agencies The India Meteorological Department issues meteorological or weather forecasts while the Central Water Commission issues flood forecasts …

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Laser-Based Tech Made for Spacecraft to Mars, Moon Helping Self-Driving Cars on Earth
4 years, 3 months ago

Laser-Based Tech Made for Spacecraft to Mars, Moon Helping Self-Driving Cars on Earth

News 18  

A laser-based technology designed to help spacecraft land on a proverbial dime for missions to the Moon and Mars is also helping self-driving cars navigate rush hour traffic on this planet, NASA has said. The technology will undergo testing on upcoming suborbital rocket launches with Jeff Bezos’s aerospace company, Blue Origin, on its New Shepard rocket and ride to the …

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