THE big brothers are
knocking at the doors
of the Indian Meteorological Department.
us and China have
requested India to help
them study the weather
phenomena over the
Indian Ocean and the Tibetan plateau respectively.
India's meteorological expertise
matches that of the world's best forecasting centres. Indian cyclone forecasting competes with the best in the world,
the Miami cyclone station in the us.
Besides, India has the technology and
equipment to provide forecasts based on
non-stop data from the INSAT series of
satellites that is attracting countries like
Japan, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and even the
us. The us wants to buy INSAT weather
data on the Indian Ocean region, where
it has a large naval base. For China, the
Tibetan region is crucial in that it has a
direct bearing on major floods in
Chinese rivers. In fact, countries as distant as Japan and Oman depend on New
Delhi which is responsible for cyclone
forecasting for the entire region.
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