Calibration/Validation Unit of the division, explained that apart from night-time monitoring, INSAT-3D/3DR has enabled forecasters here to prepare a 'vertical profile' of weather data which comes in handy in case of extreme weather events, picking last year's Chennai floods as a case in example.
Calibration/Validation Unit of the division, explained that apart from night-time monitoring, INSAT-3D/3DR has enabled forecasters here to prepare a 'vertical profile' of weather data which comes in handy in case of extreme weather events, picking last year's Chennai floods as a case in example.
"The Sounder payload of INSAT-3D/3DR provides vertical distribution of temperature and moisture which also gives more information on the nature of fog and its potential of remaining suspended or lifting. It can be put to great use by the railways and the airlines," Mitra said.
Both Peshin and Mitra concurred that the advanced weather forecasting capabilities could be put to greater use by training staff of the public transport sector like railways in handling the 'RAPID' tool (Real-time Analysis Product Information Dissemination) available on the IMD website.
The officials said the other set of weather data that INSAT-3DR measures using its 'Imager' payload include sea surface temperature, snow cover, snow depth, smoke, aerosols, water vapour, wind, flash floods.
INSAT-3DR, which weighs 2,211-kg and has a designed mission life of 10 years, was launched by ISRO's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F05) on September 8, 2016.
Apart from 'Imager' and 'Sounder', the payloads of INSAT-3DR include 'Data-Relay Transponder' and 'Satellite Aided Search and Rescue Transponder'.
The former transmits meteorological, hydrological and oceanographic data while the latter picks up and relays alert signals originating from distress beacons of maritime, aviation, among others.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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