What are the future plans of IMD to strengthen the Cyclone warning setup?
• Strengthening of surface observational network with the state-of-the-art automatic weather stations (AWSs) models. • A dense network of Satellite reporting rain gauges in the coastal region. • Deployment of Wind Profilers and Cyclone Warning dissemination system. • Increased S-Band Doppler Weather Radar network in the coastal region • The up gradation of the computing facility in IMD that will place a computing platform capable of running high-resolution global and regional models. It will be used for development of models for better prediction of tropical cyclone track and intensity. • Augmentation of Cyclone Warning Dissemination System (CWDS) with state-of-the-art Digital CWDS • Supply of satellite radio receivers to fishermen to receive cyclone warnings. • IMD through Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is coordinating with different mobile service providers including MTNL & BSNL to work out the modalities of dissemination of disaster warning messages (Cyclone warnings)
