Doppler Weather Radar - METNET - India Meteorological Department

2.2.5. A-log book
Details of all administrative problems / information regarding leave, duty arrangement or any
instruction issued over phone by higher officials which are to be communicated to all concerned
officials, for smooth functioning of administration.
2.2.6. Spare parts inventory
Whenever any spare part of Radar is replaced/ consumed from the existing stock by M/s SGS or
M/s METSTAR Service Engineers or any other official, information should be recorded in this
register as shown in Table 2.5 along with proper receipt of U/S item which should be taken from
concerned engineer, mentioning the name of the item, Serial. No., Part No. etc. Spares are to be
replenished with new spare by them within 15 Days of replacement time and to be recorded in
the Logbook with all relevant information. An official letter must be issued to concerned party/
firm/ supplier. This register must be checked once in a month i.e. on the first day of every month.
Table 2.5. Spare parts register
S.
No.
Date
Spare
used
With
S.no.
Defective
spare
Received with
S.no.
Replacement received
from SGS with
S.no. and
Date
Opening stock
Balance
Current
Stock
Position
Sign
of
A.M
Sign.
of Dir. DWR
Remarks
2.2.7. Event log book
Whenever any significant event occurred around the station like SQ, DS, TS/TSRA, Hail etc, the
time of commencement, cessation and the period of persistence should be recorded in the
following Table 2.6. Details can also be taken from concerned forecasting office or from
Departmental Website.
Table 2.6 Event log book
S.
No.
Date
Time
From-To
(UTC)
Type of
Weather
event
Period
(In
hrs:min)
Folder of events for all types
Of product pictures and
details if any
Sign. Of
D.A
Sign. Of
A.M DWR
Sign. of Dir.
DWR
Remarks
(1). Various related products generated for the above event, time period, date and time of the
event are to be collected and kept in a folder with proper identification. This is to be brought to
the notice of all operators and In charge.
(2). Suppose, the event is TSRA. The concerned product is a WARN product named TS-250 or
TS-150 or TS-100 or THUNDERSTORM or MICROBURST and the raw data used in the
product generation, the product files for these warnings should be archived with backup. The
operator should varify the date and time of the warning and assess the reflectivity values vis a vis
intensity of thunderstorm occurred at the station.
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