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PARLIAMENT QUESTION: Doppler Radar Station at Balasore

Posted On: 12 DEC 2024 3:03PM by PIB Delhi

The Doppler Weather Radars(DWRs) network is mainly used to monitor localized thunderstorms and heavy rainfall and to issue timely nowcast warnings for up to 3 hours. The DWR data are also ingested in the Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models, especially in Nowcast models, for the prediction of rainfall and thunderstorms in 6 to 12 hours in advance. Suitable warnings and alerts are issued with the help of these DWRs.

The State Government is expected to hand over the building for DWR at Balasore by March, 2025. After the building is handed over to IMD, the installation and commissioning of DWR Balasore will be completed.

Three DWRs are planned in the State of Odisha (at Balasore, Sambalpur, and Bhubaneswar).

Currently, 39 Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs) are installed at various locations across the country. The State and location-wise details are given in Annexure-1. The newly launched Mission Mausam is intended to augment the Doppler Weather Radars (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.

14 States and UTs depend on DWR deployed in neighbouring States.

It is intended to augment the Doppler Weather Radars (DWRs) network across the country for complete radar coverage, including Bihar and UTs, and to enhance the accuracy of the weather forecasting system.

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 Rajya Sabha today.

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