There is good news for air passenger who can’t suffer in bad weather due to cancel flights.On Friday ,Union Earth Science Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh inaugurated India’s first “SkyCast System” at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, calling it the beginning of a new era in Indian aviation means Fog free and। Weather smart aviation.
Jitendra Singh said,”SkyCast” will provide real-time weather intelligence to Pilots, reducing flight delays, diversions and cancellations caused by fog and turbulence.
In other hand, India becomes 19th in the world to deploy advanced integrated aviation weather monitoring system.He also announced to Next “SkyCast” facility to come up at Jewar Airport, followed by expansion across other airports in India.
It is Developed under “Mission Mausam and integrates advanced atmospheric technologies for safer take-offs and landings. This System combines Radar Wind Profiler, Ground-based Fog Aerosol Spectrometer, Lidar Ceilometer and other advanced sensors to monitor atmosphere up to 3 km and will strengthen monitoring & warning capabilities across runways, making take-offs and landings safer.
Union Earth Science & Technology secretary Dr. M. Ravichandran said, ” The SkyCast facility will not only support aviation operations, but, will also strengthen India’s overall weather forecasting capabilities.” He also said vertical profiles of wind, humidity and temperature generated through such advanced instruments will improve future weather predictions.