The Indian National Ocean Information Service Center (Incois) was selected by the International Scientific Community to take the initiatives for submarines for long -term observation of the Indian ocean.
The multiparameter observatory for the submarine approximately 150 km in length is located west of Wandoor on Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The infrastructure will include two scientific nodes along the cable, equipped with oceanographic and geophysical sensors located at depths of water ranging from 2,000 to 2,500 meters.
The landing station will be set up at the Wandoor Observatory, with a real -time data collection and monitoring center at the Institute headquarters here in Hyderabad, said Incois TM Balakrishnan Nair.
This observatory is expected to play a transformation role in understanding the swirling that occurs in the ocean, including seismic activity and the potential to trigger tsunami. He will also study various oceanographic geophysical parameters for climate research and operational applications related to Tsunami and storm increase in timely warning, he said.
Ocean decades tsunami program
Incois, working under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MOE), was selected for three of the 10 key research projects within the Tsunami program in the Ocean Decade (ODP), which was launched by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO, based in France.
The program is designed to expand their knowledge of past or potential sources of Tsunami, studying the impact on critical infrastructure and marine assets, and how to minimize them by improving monitoring and warning.
Dr. NAIR will also be entrusted with another project called Tsunami Early Warning for India (PCTWIN) to improve knowledge of the risk of disasters, improved detection, observation and prediction, communication progress and increased readiness.
The research includes the creation of a knowledge base of tsunamigenic sources in the Indian Ocean, a rapid characterization of the source by incorporating soil exploration data and promoting the forecast to predict probability tsunami. The United Nations (UN) called for the global coverage of early warning systems and recognized the tsunami as among the deadliest natural disasters, he stressed.
Tsunami Ready Odisha
The third project is the project “Tsunami Ready Odisha” (TRO) to focus on strengthening the resistance of the coastal community by increasing awareness and readiness to protect lives, livelihood and property from the threats of tsunami. This is associated with UNESCO-IOC “Tsunami Recognition Program” (Trrp) to prepare the coastal communities in ODISHA to respond to the tsunami and reduce potential losses in connection with the ODISHA (OSDMA) disaster management agency.
The Institute provides access to maps in tsunami, evacuation and reaction plans. While two villages were declared ready for tsunami, the work is found for at least 20 odd more villages, he said.
Other global institutions working on various projects within OMP are the Flanders Marine Institute, Belgium, which has the task of a monitoring device for the sea that combines 1,034 real -time stations with a network of 170 data providers for early warning.
The Global Tsunami network (GTM) of experts works at the University of Hamburg (Germany) and the global time -time alarm in real time for Tsunami (Great) by Cardiff University (UK).
Published – 1 May 2025 06:51 is
