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Under the National Database for Emergency Management (NDEM)
project, organizational arrangements, system definition and facility planning
at NRSA and MHA have been worked out. Data layers organised for 69 Districts
generated earlier have been ported to NDEM. Prototypes of certain application
tools like River-Watch Tool, Flood Hazard Information System, Flood Disaster
Decision Support System, etc., have been developed. As part of the
developmental efforts, cyclone tracking and landfall prediction studies were
continued, and improvements made with regard to accuracy levels.
Hydro-meteorological observation networks are being expanded by deploying two
numbers of Doppler Weather Radar (DWR) in NE region, in association with IMD.
Under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) project on Tsunami Early Warning
and Storm Surge Modeling, prototype Pressure Sensor for BPR has been developed
by Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) of ISRO, and tested up to 1000 m
depth of water column. Specifications for transmission of data from Tide Gauges
and Tsunami Meter to Central Receiving Station (CRS), through INSAT, has been
worked out. Under the International Charter, IRS images were provided for
monitoring floods in India, Vietnam and fires in Greece. ISRO has expanded the
international collaboration by joining JAXA initiated 'Sentinel Asia' (SA)
Project, as a core member, for supporting disaster management and related
capacity building, in the Asia Pacific region / countries.
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