Jaipur: Delayed flights and endless wait for passengers outside the airport owing to lack of information will be a thing of past in the state. A C-Band Doppler Weather Radar (DWR), capable of weather surveillance of up to 300 km, was installed at the Met office in Jaipur on Saturday.
The radar, a first in state and second in the country, can accurately forecast monsoons, thunderstorms, velocity of winds and other weather-related phenomena. It also has a unique feature to identify electrically-charged clouds which are a major cause of flight delays.
"The accurate information on the formation of these clouds will help in re-scheduling the flights," said RK Singh, Jaipur airport director who was present at the inaugural ceremony of the radar installation.
Earlier, weather experts would forecast the formation of these clouds, which lacked accuracy. The radar will cover the entire state including Udaipur and Jodhpur airport.
The machine generates pictures depicting location of clouds, expected time of rain and its volume, wind velocity, cloud intensity and wind shear. The pictures form the basis for weather analysis. The radar takes 10 minutes to provide information, which is much faster compared to previous radar.
29/01/12 Times of India
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