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GEOWEATHER
Weather data, anywhere around the world, influences a wide range of decisions that we make on day to day basis for everything from business to pleasure. The impact of the Weather and related information on the nation is virtually incalculable in terms of both fiscal benefits as well as the emotional and social well being of the people. The trend proves that weather data will not only remain an important factor in the decisions that are made at an individual level but would also affect the Governmental policies at the micro and macro level especially in the field related to agriculture and social sector. It’s domain of usage beyond the meteorologist and forecasters has not only led to development of more efficient decision making models in Public utility companies, military, Emergency managers, agriculture community, transportation industry but has also helped in the development of non conventional business off shoots like risk analysis and management for agricultural products , future trading for Commodity.The application of geospatial technology in weather monitoring, analysis and planning cannot be undermined. The ability to better comprehend the weather situations through graphic rather than text based information for the user community, building analytical tools for impact study, estabilishing spatial relationships between the demographic setups and their surrounding environment and infrastructures would improve dramatically. It has opened new vistas for handshaking with the new technologies like mobile applications to bridge the “last mile connectivity “ by providing instant location specific weather-related information to the man on the move , adding value to the services related to weather related to both human and Crop health etc.
Modern graphical representation and geospatial applications thus will also enable to produce quality analyses & forecasts and automated dissemination of forecast and warning. The geospatial technology opens up ample opportunities for India Meteorological Department to exploit the market potential and earn revenue for its departments. There can be an increase in the revenue by selling the data after doing the value addition and making their data more user-oriented resulting increased revenue and tangible & in-tangible benefits for the department and nation as a whole. Geospatial Technology can be an enabler towards this goal. The seminar will be a platform for personnels of India Meteorological Department, technology providers, standards development organizations, system integrators, service providers:
- To discuss the benefits and limitations of current geospatial technology
- Improve understanding of the value and analysis of spatial data and geographic methods of spatial analysis in meteorology and climatology
- Understand the value proposition of geospatial technology
- To deliberate on value-addition and real-time dissemination of data
- To discuss scientific applications of geospatial technology and topics involving data, visualization, standards and interoperability
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Girish Jain
Hexagon Presentation |
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L. Harenduprakash
Senior Consultant, Nansen Environmental Research Centre Abstract | Presentation |
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Barbara J. Ryan
Secretariat Director, Group on Earth Observations (GEO), Switzerland. Abstract | Presentation |
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Mark Reichard
President & CEO, Open Geospatial Consortium, USA Presentation |
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Dr S C Kar
Scientist G National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting. Abstract | Presentation |
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Dr K Hanumantha Rao
Group Head Ocean Sciences Group National Remote Sensing Centre Presentation |
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Rahul Saxena
Scientist E India Meteorological Dept Presentation |