India will be covered by Doppler Weather Radar network by 2025: Earth Sciences Minister, Dr. Jitendra Singh announced that India will be covered by Doppler Weather Radar Network by 2025, at the 148th Foundation Day of the Indian Meteorological Department. During the event, Minister Dr Jitendra Singh dedicated 4 Doppler Weather Radar Systems to the Western Himalayan States of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh.
Aim: To predict extreme weather events more accurately.
January 2023 Current Affairs Quiz
It will enhance weather monitoring capabilities and benefit the farmers to contribute significantly to the economy. IMD has taken proactive steps to increase the Radar Network from a mere 15 in 2013 to 37 in 2023. Doppler weather radar, commonly known as Weather Surveillance Radar (WSR), is a type of radar used to find precipitation, determine its motion, and also the type of precipitation (rain, snow, hail, etc.). The intensification and frequency of extreme weather events is one of the most evident repercussions of global warming and the usual occurrence of cold waves or heatwaves, heavy precipitation, and droughts are resulting to take a number of human lives as well.
Hence, the Minister also informed that IMD has augmented the Doppler Weather Radar network in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Ladakh, and J&K with the aim to further help to predict extreme weather events more accurately.
