Arunachal: 5 automatic Weather Stations installed in defence bastion

GUWAHATI: The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Guwahati has installed five automatic weather stations in remote and hilly regions in Arunachal Pradesh with the help of the Indian Army. 

These stations will work only in army areas, not in civil areas, said an IMD official in Guwahati.

An automated weather station is an integrated system of components that are used to measure, record, and often transmit weather parameters such as temperature, wind speed and direction, solar radiation, and precipitation. Weather stations are used on land and sea for a variety of operational and research purposes.

It is a great challenge to maintain the systems for continuous receipt of weather data from such regions.

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A training programme on ‘Installation, Preventive and Corrective Maintenance of Satellite-Based Automatic Weather Stations’ has been organized by the Regional Meteorological Centre, Guwahati on February 27 and 28 for army personnel. 

In the inaugural function, KN Mohan, Scientist-G delivered a lecture on ‘Introduction to Automatic Weather Station and its Components.’ 

 On this occasion, Dr Sanjay O’Neill Shaw, Scientist-F, Sunit Das, Scientist-F, Sailen Saikia, Scientific Officer and AC Roy, Meteorologist were also present. 

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On the concluding day, Dr M Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, India Meteorological Department interacted with the army officials through video conferencing. 

Dwipen Bezbaruah, Professor and former Head of the Department, of Anthropology, Gauhati University distributed certificates and mementoes to the army officials for completing the training programme.

The RMC Guwahati has already signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Arunachal Pradesh’s Centre for Earth Sciences & Himalayan Studies (CES&HS) for the installation of 100 automatic weather stations in civil areas of the state on June 3, 2023.