IT forecast system adopted by Oman, Maldives

Updated on: Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Kolkata: Ocean State Forecasting System (OSFS), a technology developed by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, will now be adopted by Oman and Maldives.

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) feels that OSFS should be immediately adopted by other nations that have sea coasts. The system, that will continuously measure height, direction and period of waves, will help shipping and navigation. IIT-Kgp was given the prestigious project jointly by the union ministry of ocean development and the department of science and technology.

The model was developed by the department of ocean engineering and naval architecture. It was completed about a year ago and handed over to the India Meteorological Department by the institute for adoption. Dubey is presently in IIT Delhi to coordinate the project.

'WMO was so impressed that it immediately referred the technology to all the coastal nations. But it cannot be transferred without proper training to end users, so we will be training meteorologists from other countries in batches. This will start with Oman and Maldives. Their scientists will be on the campus for an intensive training,' Dubey said.

IT forecast system adopted by Oman, Maldives

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