Major Achievements

ST Radar Doppler & Weather Radar is the first stratosphere troposphere wind profile radar operating on 205 MHz installed in the world. The facility will aid monitor atmospheric wind conditions across altitudes up to 20 km and beyond. The research has applications in meteorology, cloud physics, thunderstorms, convections, atmospheric electricity and climate change. A state-of-the-art, indigenous doppler weather radar, capable of predicting with increased accuracy weather events such as cyclone occurring in 500-km radius from Kochi, was inaugurated by Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Forest, Environment and Climate Change, in Kochi on 12th July 2017. The S-Band doppler weather radar in Kochi was made with support from ISRO and Bharat Electronics.