Union Ministry of Earth Sciences installed X-band radar in Kerala’s Wayanad district
- Union Ministry of Earth Sciences installed X-band radar in Kerala’s Wayanad district.
- After devastating floods and landslides, the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences installed X-band radar in Kerala’s Wayanad district.
- This device will also perform high temporal sampling, which will allow it to spot particle movements happening in shorter spans of time.
- In the early 1950s, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) started using radar for weather applications.
- This new radar at Wayanad will monitor the movements of particles, such as soil, to inform landslide warnings.
- Radar uses radio waves to determine the distance, velocity, and physical characteristics of objects around the device.
- Weather radar, also known as Doppler radar, is a common application of this device.
- In the X-band radar network, India has both wind-finding and storm-detecting radars.
- The initiative to install an X-band radar in Wayanad includes installing a C-band radar (4-8 GHz) with an observational range of 250 km in Mangaluru.
- NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are currently developing a satellite called NISAR.
