ES&S wins tender for new high-tech weather satellite systems for the Indian Meteorological Department
22 Sep 2009
Environmental Systems & Services Pty Ltd (ES&S) is pleased to announce a $1.5 million contract with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for new high-tech X and L Band weather satellite systems. These comprise three new ground stations and associated software for data processing and display.
Weather and climate services throughout India and the surrounding Indian Ocean will benefit from the new systems which will be used by the IMD to monitor and forecast severe weather such as tropical cyclones and monsoons and for special applications such as droughts and climate change.