The calibration of X Band Radar, installed at the campus of National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Pallikaranai, was carried out on Thursday using a drone. Scientists from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and India Meteorological Department (IMD), carried out the calibration of the indigenous weather radar, a press release said. This was the first time that such a drone-based calibration was done for the weather radar.
The city’s second radar would capture weather events occurring within a radius of 100 km in all directions and provide information, including rain intensity and wind variations, and detect cyclonic storms approaching the region.
