After the Indira Gandhi (Igia) International Airport in Delhi, another airport in North India will have access to the forecast and visibility of the fog to support safe and efficient airfield operations in winter.
By installing dedicated sensors on other websites, airport operators will receive real-time operators to help them activate the response plans and ensure that operations remain safe and efficient-even in the strongest fog.
For airlines, pilots, air traffic managers and passengers, this means less expensive diversions, less delay, safer track and more informed travel during the demanding winter fog season.
Every year hundreds of flights and trains are canceled or delayed due to a strong fog in northern India in the winter months, especially from mid -December to mid -February. In January 2024, approximately 8,038 flights were delayed according to the written response in Lok Sabha and 496 was canceled due to fog.
“The Winter FOG (Wifex) experiment will enter its next phase-waifex-II-, which will expand the localized predictions of fog-specific fog-specific fog to multiple airports in northern India,” the government said in a press statement.
The system was already successful on Igia, the busiest and most Indian airport. According to a government statement, it is a robust observational network that now addresses Jewish airports, Noida and Hisar, Haryan, which covers key air corridors in northern India.
Progress in technology
Over the last decade, Wifex scientists have deployed advanced tools, micrometeorological towers, bullshit and high-frequency sensors to collect detailed data on temperature layers, humidity, turbulence, soil and aerosolach-raising data file that reveals molds and distractions.
This knowledge has driven the development of a probability model for high -resolution fog prediction, which is now one of the most advanced tools for operating forecasts in the region.
The model can reliably predict when fog starts, how thick it will be, how long it will last and when it will clean – and receive more than 85% accuracy for very thick fog (visibility below 200 meters).
The Wifex post goes far beyond the borders of predictions. Efforts pushed the boundaries of fog science and revealed how air pollution, urban thermal islands, land use and small airy particles affect the thickness and duration of fog. These findings are now improving early warning systems and helping policy creators to design better plans to manage cities and air quality.
Wifex was launched in the winter of 2015 in Igia in Nový Delhi and is one of the few long -term long -term experiments in an open field focused exclusively on fog. It was led by the Indian Institute for Tropical Meteorology (IITM) under the Ministry of Sciences of the Earth (MOE) with the support of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and the National Center for Middle Association (NCMRWF).
(Tagstotranslate) Fog Forecast (T) Indira Gandhi International Airport (T) Airport in North India
