Cyclone Forecasting In India

Question 1

How cyclones are forecasted in India?

Answer 1

1.Doppler Weather Radars

2.Collaboration with other countries(Japan
Meteorological Agency, the U.S. National Hurricane
Center, and the U.S. Central Pacific Hurricane Center,
and these bodies constantly send warnings and forecasts
about changes in the ocean weather)

3. Satellites
4. Ocean Buoys(Weather buoys are instruments which collect weather and ocean data within the world’s oceans, as well as aid during emergency response to chemical spills, legal proceedings, and engineering design.)

Question 2

What are Doppler Weather Radars?

Answer 2

-There is a network
of 12 doppler weather radars (DWR) along India’s coast if
one were to begin counting from Kolkata and trawl up to
Mumbai — there are 27 in all in the country.

• Depending
  on where a storm is forming, these radars send pulses of
  radio waves to gauge the size as well as the speed at
  which water droplets are moving.

-The earlier generation
of radars was unable to track such progress in real time,
but with DWRs, now the base standard of weather radars,
it is usually possible to detect a potential storm at least
four-five days in advance