PARLIAMENT QUESTION: EXPANSION OF WEATHER RADARS NETWORK UNDER MISSION MAUSAM
PARLIAMENT QUESTION: EXPANSION OF WEATHER RADARS NETWORK UNDER MISSION MAUSAM
Currently, 39 Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs) are installed at various locations across the country.The S-band radar provides a radial coverage of 400 km, whereas C-band and X-band provide 250 km and 100 km, respectively. The State and location-wise details are given in Annexure-1.
.The newly launched Mission Mausam is intended to augment the DWRs network across the country for complete radar coverage and to enhance the accuracy of the weather forecasting system. Mission Mausam was launched in September 2024 and planned to install 87 more DWRs by 2026.
DWR data are being ingested into numerical weather prediction (NWP) models through sophisticated data assimilation techniques for improving weather forecasts.
In recent years, with the availability of computing resources within the Ministry of Earth Sciences, NWP modeling systems have been capable of utilizing multiple radar observations with higher spatial and temporal resolution to achieve the target of producing quality localized forecasts. There are techniques and advanced decision support systems to generate location-specific forecasts for all kinds of weather with the utilization of different inputs,including all the radar observations.
Annexure-1
Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs)Network:
S. No.
State
Name of Station
DWR type
1.
West Bengal
Kolkata
S-Band
2.
Andhra Pradesh
Machilipatnam
S-Band
3.
Visakhapatnam
S-Band
4.
Sriharikota (ISRO)
S-Band
5.
Telangana
Hyderabad
S-Band
6.
Delhi
Palam
S-Band
7.
HQ New Delhi
C-Band (Polarimetric)
8.
Aya Nagar
X-Band
9.
Maharashtra
Nagpur
S-Band
10.
Mumbai
S-Band
11.
Mumbai Veravali
C-Band
12.
Solapur
C-Band
13.
Tripura
Agartala
S-Band
14.
Bihar
Patna
S-Band
15.
Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
S-Band
16.
Punjab
Patiala
S-Band
17.
Assam
Mohanbari
S-Band
18.
Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal
S-Band
19.
Odisha
Paradip
S-Band
20.
Gopalpur
S-Band
21.
Tamil Nadu
Karaikal
S-Band
22.
Chennai (NIOT)
X-Band
23.
Chennai
S-Band
24.
Goa
Goa
S-Band
25.
Gujarat
Bhuj
S-Band
26.
Rajasthan
Jaipur
C-Band (Polarimetric)
27.
Jammu & Kashmir
Srinagar
X-Band
28.
Jammu
X-Band
29.
Banihal Top
X-Band
30.
Kerala
Kochi
S-Band
31.
VSSC (ISRO) Thiruvananthpuram
C-Band
32.
Uttarakhand
Mukteshwar
X-Band
33.
Surkanda Devi
X-Band
34.
Lansdowne
X- Band
35.
Ladakh
Leh
Transportable X-Band
36.
Himachal Pradesh
Kufri
X-Band
37.
Jot
X-Band
38.
Murari Devi
X-Band
39.
Meghalaya
Cherapunji (ISRO)
S-Band
This information was given by Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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