Met to install automatic weather stations
Archit Watts
Tribune News Service
Jammu, August 2
To get accuracy in recording the temperature all across the state, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has started installing Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) at all district headquarters here.
The AWS will record the maximum and minimum temperature and save human labour.
Talking to The Tribune, Mahender Singh Chatha, technical officer and in charge, weather measurement, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), said, “We have been installing the AWS in the campus, as the IMD has directed us to install it at the earliest so that there would be accuracy in the temperature recording.”
He added that the maximum work was done and the AWS would start functioning in a short time.
Meanwhile, the AWS have started functioning in some districts like Doda and Kishtwar.
Sonam Lotus, in charge, J&K unit of IMD, said, “The project is in its final stage and all the weather stations will become functional soon.”
“The basic purpose of installing the AWS is to get the accuracy in measurement of temperature. Earlier, the department was facing some problems while recording the temperature, but with the use of these machines, all the hurdles will be solved,” Lotus added.
He further said that all the AWS would operate through solar panels and batteries, so there was hardly any chance of inaccuracy.
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