Automatic weather stations to be installed in the schools in TN
Posted on: 10/Dec/2019 9:44:13 AM
Tamil Nadu school students and Chennai school students and public would get to know about the weather details in the future easily.
The amazing news that has come out now is the meteorological department would associate with Kendriya Vidyalaya schools and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to install automatic weather stations in TN. There are as many as 39 automatic weather stations and nearly 75 automatic rain gauges available in the meteorological department.
IMD has chalked out 2 projects under the Ministry of Earth Sciences for the sake of creating denser observation network and for spreading awareness regarding the weather.
It is now said that denser network to collect data about the weather including temperature level and rainfall would help quantify rainfall in a particular area and enable forecasts for a specific region. Many people visiting the tourist places find it difficult to know about the weather beforehand and soon they would be able to know about the weather before they venture out.
It was pointed out by Mr. S. Balachandran, deputy director general of meteorology that natural disasters were among the factors that affected the economy of India. He added that it was imperative to strengthen the observation network for improving the weather forecasts.
He later explained about how the meteorological department would be installing automatic weather systems or AWS in Kendriya Vidyalaya schools or KV schools located in Avadi in Chennai, Karaikudi, Mandapam in Ramnathapuram district, Sivagangai, Nagercoil, Puducherry and Trichy. Weather observation and weather prediction would also be leant by these school students. The point is the data would be used by the meteorological department. At few tourist places, there are plans to set up AWS and information display facilities. The tourist places that are considered are Meenakshi Amman Temple of Madurai, Srirangam temple, and ASI sites such as Fort St George and Mamallapuram.
It is believed that such measures would improve the capability of numerical weather models. There are 11 AW that are not functioning in TN and these would be replaced in the future. Mr. Balachandran recently visited Japanese Metrological Agency is known. He shed light on the presence of dense network of 28 radars and spoke about how India also has similar approach to the weather and how the weather variability differs. In maintaining the observation network, Japan also faces similar issues. He concluded that communicating the vagaries of weather to the people was very important.
