Balakrishnan Nair, director of the city-based Incois, said that the ocean held the key to mitigating disasters and unlocking sustainable economic growth. As part of the India Meteorological Department’s 150th-anniversary celebrations, Dr Nair spoke about how real-time oceanographic data, wave forecasting, and storm surge predictions empower coastal communities and industries to prepare for environmental challenges. The lecture, ‘Ocean services for …
Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre at Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, here in Hyderabad, has detected 716 earthquakes since its inception till date, including 103 in the Indian Ocean and 613 in other oceans. It has been making use of advanced technology and scientific models to provide initial warning of within 10 minutes of a quake of more …
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services has come out with new products and services, including an El Nino/La Nina outlook and an improved version of regional ocean analysis, by assimilating sea level anomalies and a probabilistic storm surge prediction system. El Nino/La Nina bulletin is quite interesting since the ‘El Nino and Southern Oscillation has become one of the …
The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services has unveiled a brand new state-of-the-art facility, Synergistic Ocean Observation Prediction Services, for 2D/3D/4D visualisation of in situ ocean data, satellite remote sensing and model products for an integrated view of state of the ocean to scientists and policy makers on Wednesday. Union Minister of Earth Sciences Kiran Rijiju inaugurated ‘SynOPS’ along …
A very severe cyclonic storm with winds gusting up to 185 km per hour was barrelling towards the Gujarat coast on Monday, dumping heavy rains on Mumbai, forcing the evacuation of over 1.5 lakh people in Gujarat and leaving two barges with 410 people on board adrift in the Arabian Sea. - PTI Maharashtra Landfall process starts; 6 dead in …
