The Director of ISRO-Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems, Dr. T. K. Alex, has stated India will establish around 1,000 automatic weather stations during the next financial year. This is all part of the India Space Research Organization (ISRO) move to improve meterologic services and it will use INSAT-2E, KALPANA-1 and INSAT-3A satellites to accomplish this task. The inforamtion was passed along during a recent two-day, Indo-Australian workshop on remote sensing at the ISRO’s HQ.
He also said, “INSAT-3D satellite to be launched next year will carry Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometers (VHRR) and atmospher sounder for obtaining the vertical temperature profile of the atmosphere.” The VHRR facilitates cloud images in different spectral bands to provide the data.
He also stated an IRS (Indian Remote Sensing) receiving in Australia is almost ready for occupation by staff. Added were his comments concering the remote sensing satellites Indian is proposing to launch. They include Oceansat-2, Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT), Resourcesat-2, Third World Satellite (TWSAT) and YouthSat. TWSAT will provide a 100 kg class satellite for carrying earth imaging payloads, space science, atmospheric and ocean studies. Oceansat-2 will identify potential fishing zones, sea state forecasting, studies of coastal zones as well as inputs for forecasting climate and weather conditions—Bangalore, India
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