News Items from the GRAs around the World
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IOGOOS and WMO World Weather Day |
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India Observes World Meteorological Day
Dilip Ghosh* reprinted from: http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=59824
Like the rest of the World, India, particularly the meteorologists of the country will be observing the World Meteorological Day on the 23rd March, 2010. It is on this day in 1950, the World Meteorological Organisation was founded as an unit under the United Nations with its headquarters at Geneva to highlight the WMO’s efforts to mitigate human suffering and support sustainable development. This year’s theme for the World Meteorological Day is ‘60 years of service for the safety and welfare of the mankind.’
Unlike in the past, meteorology today covers not just weather science but the entire gamut of earth sciences. It is being used to predict natural calamities like floods, droughts and earthquakes. It is also being used by mariners and those who manage road and air traffic. All this, however, became possible with the advent of meteorological observation towers, weather balloons, radars, artificial satellites, high speed computers and also different mathematical models. Needless to say that India which produced great weather experts in the past, continues to contribute significantly to the growth of this science at present.
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IOGOOS Meetings 12-16 July 2010 |
Meetings of the Indian Ocean Global Ocean Observing System and associated project groups,
Perth, Western Australia, 12-16 July 2010.
12-15 July
7th meeting of the Indian Ocean Global Ocean Observing System (IOGOOS)
7th meeting of the Indian Ocean Panel of GOOS/CLIVAR (IOP)
1st meeting of Scientific Steering Committee of Sustained Indian Ocean Biogeochemical and Ecological Research (SIBER), a scientific alliance to be formed under IMBER and IOGOOS
15 July 2010
1st meeting of the IndOOS Resources Forum (IRF)
16 July 2010
Tentatively scheduled - joint meeting of IOGOOS, IOP and SIBER representatives in response to and pending the outcomes of the 1st meeting of the IRF (on 15 July 2010)
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Call for protecting, developing oceans |
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Express news service
KOCHI, Kerala, India:
An integrated ocean observing system which will give sustained and
systematic observation and information of world oceans is the need of
the hour, said Shailesh Nayak, Secretary of Ministry of Earth Sciences, chair of IOGOOS. After
inaugurating an international symposium on Remote Sensing and Fisheries
here on Monday, he said that 21st century is the era when greater
attention would be devoted to develop and protect oceans, an
understanding of which is essential to enhance the knowledge of their
physical, chemical, geological and biological environment.
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of such data would require large investments in satellites, research
vessels, moored buoys and autonomous vehicles for observing and
sampling of water column, he said.The focus should be on
understanding structure, function and vulnerability of ecosystems for
which one needs to ensure a healthy ocean environment for sustained
benefits for successive generations, Nayak said.In his presidential
address, chief executive of National Fisheries Development Board P
Krishnaiah said any investment in science and technology should
ultimately lead to production of knowledge that is useful to society at
large. He suggested integration of all information so that it could be
disseminated to all the states.B Meenakumari, Director of
Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), in her welcome
address said remote observations of the sea surface could provide a
significant part of information needed to assess and improve the
potential yield of the fishing grounds. With the worldwide decline of
fish in oceans it was important to remotely image and monitor fish
population as well as accurately estimate their abundance.The
symposium has been jointly organised by CIFT and Societal Applications
in Fisheries and Aquaculture using Remotely-sensed Imagery (SAFARI).About 250 delegates including from abroad are participating in the symposium.
http://www.geosafari.org/kochi/
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IOGOOS 6th Annual Meeting Report |
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With best regards,
Srinivasa Kumar
Secretary,
IOGOOS
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Picture This: Caring for the Earth |
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 Picture This: Caring for the Earth is a photo contest seeking out single photos and
photo essays profiling people in Africa
working to reduce the effects of climate change in their countries, cities
and communities.
The contest is sponsored by the
United Nations Development Programme in
partnership with Olympus Corporation and the Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Foundation.
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