Experience with Downward-looking Aerial Microwave Radar Based Sea-level Gauges deployed along Indian Coasts and Islands
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2016Author
Mehra, P.
Desai, R.G.P.
Joseph, A.
Vijaykumar, K.
Agarvadekar, Y.
Luis, R.
Soumya, M.
Harmalkar, B.
Ghatge, D.
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Subsequent to the disastrous December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami event, near real-time reporting integrated coastal observation network (ICON) providing sea-level, sea-state and surface meteorological information has been developed and established by CSIR-NIO at selected locations on Indian coasts and Islands. Sea-level data are obtained from several remote and coastal locations using downward looking aerial microwave based radar gauges. Apart from monitoring long term sea-level variations at a particular location, the internet-based ICON could be useful in near real-time tracking and monitoring of sealevel, sea-state and surface-meteorological conditions from a network of several island and coastal stations providing the much needed information to disaster managers and local administrators during episodic events such as storms, storm-surges and tsunamis
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