The information technology infrastructure used for weather forecasting in the country is slated for a massive transformation with the existing 70-terra-flop capacity all set to increase to 1,000-terra-flop in the next three years.
The information technology infrastructure used for weather forecasting in the country is slated for a massive transformation with the existing 70-terra-flop capacity all set to increase to 1,000-terra-flop in the next three years.
This was announced by Shailesh Nayak, secretary to the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MOES), in his inaugural address at the opening day of the 2nd three-day workshop on South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF) being held at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) on Wednesday.
Speaking to mediapersons after the inaugural session, Nayak said that the MOES has planned to earmark Rs300 crore for the upgradation of IT infrastructure for weather forecasting.
Nayak said, “Countries like South Korea and Japan have far more superior technology than India and hence we need to catch up with them. The upgraded technology will help us improve our monsoon predictions,” Nayak said.
Turning his attention to satellite data, Nayak expressed his concern about the unpredictability and lack of continuity of certain data. He cited the example of how data on winds supplied by the NASA had now been discontinued.
“Satellite data on sea surface temperature and information on winds needs to be provided consistently without a break. It is for this reason that I have asked the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) to coordinate with different agencies in providing satellite images,” Nayak said.
Earlier in the day, India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) director general of meteorology, Ajit Tyagi, said that the IMD weather forecasts were being shared with health, water, power and agricultural sectors.
Highlighting the importance of the SASCOF workshop, Tyagi said that conclusions of the three-day workshop would be shared with hydrologists so that there could be better planning of ground water resources.
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