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India Meteorological Department 5. Integrated Data Processing and Communication Systems This is focused on core (critical) information systems and integration of all new components into a comprehensive single system, which includes following major components : TRANSMET, Central Information & Processing System (CIPS), CLISYS, SYNERGIE and Public Weather System (PWS). TRANSMET -Is the new central node of IMD national & international telecommunications. Central Information & Processing System (CIPS)- To handle, manage, store, process and archive all data received from international and national observation networks, NWP models, products from INSAT & Kalpana Satellites, and DWR network. Climate Data Management System (CLISYS)- Systematically gathers weather observations in India, quality control, manage, analyze and disseminate in electronic form. SYNERGIE- It integrates all the meteorological data (in WMO recommended formats) into the same system and allow the forecasters to use and/or combine any type of data at any step of his work. Public Weather System (PWS)- Metofactory - it allows IMD to deliver automatically to their end-users the meteorological products and services they need in the right format and at the right time TV system - To communicate the forecast and the weather situation to public Visumet- A user friendly graphical format display system for displaying different weather phenomenon, forecast, satellite, Radar images etc. 6 In the Service of Nation Since 1875
India Meteorological Department 6. Surface and Upper Air Observations One of the mandates of IMD is to take meteorological observations on real time basis and to provide current & past observations for operational and research use. Surface Observatories are located almost one in each district (559 observatories) so as to meet the requirements of agricultural, transport and other operations. Under the ongoing modernization program of IMD, it is planned to establish a network of 1000 Automatic Weather Station (AWS) and 3600 Automatic Rain Gauge Stations (ARG) across the county in a phased manner. In addition to the meteorological observatories, instruments are also placed in the Airports for measuring Runway Visual Range (RVR). Installed ARGs RVR equipment Installed AWSs Upgradation in the Upper Air Observing System IMD's Upper air observational network comprises 39 radiosonde and 62 pilot balloon observatories spread all over the country. New GPS based sounding systems have been introduced in the observational network for the upper air observations at 10 locations. The GPS radiosonde operates in 1680 MHz and has digital architecture. It uses GPS to provide the location of the sonde during the ascent and hence is used to derive the wind speed and wind direction. An MoU was signed between Society for Advance Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER), a Society under Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and IMD, in May 2007 for exploring the possibilities of indigenous development of various instruments to up-grade the upper air observational capabilities of IMD. Indigenous GPS sonde ground receiving antenna Semi automation of the Pilot Balloon Computation System Semi Automation of the Pilot Balloon Computation System : The computation system at all the 62 Pilot Balloon Observatories has been upgraded to semiautomatic type by deployment of the Hand Held Computation System. This is very user friendly menu driven system, saves the time, data quality checks are applied and data availability is in near real time to the forecasters. The data is now being archived in digital format. Indigenous Software for data acquisition 7 In the Service of Nation Since 1875
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