Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences said, entire country will be covered by Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) Network by 2025 to predict extreme weather events more accurately.
- Dr Jitendra Singh dedicated 4 Doppler Weather Radar Systems to the Western Himalayan States of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
- He also dedicated 200 Agro Automated Weather Stations to the Nation.
- The Minister also released eight publications of the IMD and gave away awards to school children and also felicitated the best performing offices and officers of IMD.
- Dr Jitendra Singh informed that under Agro-Meteorological Services, it is targeted to establish 660 District Agro Meteorological Units (DAMUs) by 2025 and increase from 3,100 blocks in 2023 to 7,000 blocks in 2025. The DWR will help the people of both the Jammu and Srinagar region to get the accurate weather information.
About Doppler Weather Radar
- The basics of radars is that a beam of energy, called radio waves, is emitted from an antenna. As they strike objects in the atmosphere, the energy is scattered in all directions with some of the energy reflected directly back to the radar.
- The larger the object, the greater the amount of energy that is returned to the radar. That provides us with the ability to “see” rain drops in the atmosphere.
- In addition, the time it takes for the beam of energy to be transmitted and returned to the radar also provides is with the distance to that object.
- By their design, Doppler radar systems can provide information regarding the movement of targets as well as their position.
