Question : Training to Staff Appointed in AWS

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1956
TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2021

TRAINING TO STAFF APPOINTED IN AWS
1956. SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:
Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:
(a) whether the staff appointed in Automated Weather Stations (AWS) are suitably trained to dispose of their duty of monitoring data and providing accurate information, if so, the details thereof;
(b) whether regular inspections are being conducted to ensure quality control, calibration and utilization of data obtained from AWS to develop a weather forecast model; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER
MINISTER FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND
MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES
(DR. HARSH VARDHAN)
(a)Automatic Weather Stations are automatic stations, for which no dedicated staff is required on day to day basis for its operation. However, Surface Instruments Maintenance & Monitoring Unit at IMD, Pune is monitoring the functioning of AWS network and imparts periodic training to the Met Officials at field stations across India in servicing, calibration & maintenance of AWS.

(b) & (c)Met Officials posted at 206 Synoptic Meteorological stations across the country are maintaining AWS within 150Km distance from their observatory and carry out servicing, comparison with standard & Calibration in order to ensure quality of AWS data.

List of IMD owned Synoptic Observatories taking part in Servicing/Calibration/Comparison with standards of AWS within 150KM from these observatories are given in Annexure.










Annexure


S.No Name of observatory Distirict State
1 Port blair South Andaman A.N. Island
2 Ananthapur Ananthapur Andhra Pradesh
3 Bapatla Guntur Andhra Pradesh
4 Kalingapatnam Sreekakkulam Andhra Pradesh
5 Kakinada East Godavari Andhra Pradesh
6 Kavali Nellore Andhra Pradesh
7 Kurnool Kurnool Andhra Pradesh
8 Machilipatnam Krishna Andhra Pradesh
9 Nellore Nellore Andhra Pradesh
10 Narsapore West Godavari Andhra Pradesh
11 Ongole Prakasham Andhra Pradesh
12 Tuni East Godavari Andhra Pradesh
13 Visakhapatnam Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
14 Tirupathi AP Chittoor Andhra Pradesh
15 Gannavaram Krishna Andhra Pradesh
16 Amaravati Krishna Andhra Pradesh
17 Itanagar Papumpara Arunachal Pradesh
18 Passighat East Siang Arunachal Pradesh
19 North Lakhimpur North Lakhimpur Assam
20 Mohanabari Dibrugarh Assam
21 Tezpur Sonitpur Assam
22 Jorhat Jorhat Assam
23 Guwahati AP Kamrup Metro Assam
24 Silchar Cachar Assam
25 Dhubri Dhubri Assam
26 Patna Patna Bihar
27 Bhagalpur Bhagalpur Bihar
28 Gaya Gaya Bihar
29 Purnea Purnea Bihar
30 Raipur Raipur Chatisgarh
31 Jagdalpur Jagdalpur Chatisgarh
32 Ambikapur Surguja Chatisgarh
33 Mana AP Raipur Chatisgarh
34 Bilaspur Bilaspur Chatisgarh
35 Pendra Road Janjgir Chatisgarh
36 New Delhi Palam Delhi Delhi
37 MC Chandigarh Delhi Delhi
38 RS/RWAyanagar Delhi Delhi
39 Seismo Ridge Delhi Delhi
40 New Delhi SFD Delhi Delhi
41 Panjim Goa Goa
42 Marmugoa Goa Goa
43 Rajkot Rajkot Gujarat
44 Ahmedabad Ahmedabad Gujarat
45 Bhavnagar Bhavnagar Gujarat
46 Bhuj Bhuj Gujarat
47 Dwarka Jamnagar Gujarat
48 Naliya Kutch Gujarat
49 Okha Jamnagar Gujarat
50 Porbandar Junagadh Gujarat
51 Veraval Junagadh Gujarat
52 Surat Surat Gujarat
53 Deesa Banskanda Gujarat
54 Vadodara Vadodara Gujarat
55 Shimla Shimla Himachal
56 AMS Kangra Kangra Himachal
57 Sundernagar Mandi Himachal
58 Kalpa Kinnar Himachal
59 Bhuntar Kulu Himachal
60 AMS Shimla Shimla Himachal
61 Hissar Hissar Haryana
62 Karnal Karnal Haryana
63 Ambala Ambala Haryana
64 Srinagar Srinagar J & K
65 Jammu Jammu J & K
66 Banihal Doda J & K
67 Kupwara Kupwara J & K
68 Batote Batote J & K
69 Badarwah Doda J & K
70 Kukernag Anantnag J & K
71 Pahalgam Anantnag J & K
72 Katra Udhampur J & K
73 Qazigund Anantnag J & K
74 Ranchi Ranchi Jharkhand
75 Jamshedpur Ranchi Jharkhand
76 Daltonganj Palamau Jharkhand
77 Bangalore C.O. Bangalore Karnataka
78 Bangalore AP Bangalore Karnataka
79 Panambur Dakshina Kannada Karnataka
80 Bajpe Dakshina Kannada Karnataka
81 Gadag Dharwad Karnataka
82 Chitradurga Chitrdurga Karnataka
83 Gulbarga Gulbarga Karnataka
84 Honavar Uttarakannada Karnataka
85 Karwar Uttarakannada Karnataka
86 AMO KGIAL Bengaluru Karnataka
87 Belgaum AP Belgaum Karnataka
88 Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
89 CIAL Kochi Ernakulam Kerala
90 Kozhikode Kozhikode Kerala
91 Trivendrum Airport Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
92 Kozhikde AP Kozhikode Kerala
93 Allapuzha Allapuzha Kerala
94 Kannur Kannur Kerala
95 Indore Indore Madhya Pradesh
96 Bairagarh Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
97 Guna Guna Madhya Pradesh
98 Gwalior Gwalior Madhya Pradesh
99 Sagar Sagar Madhya Pradesh
100 Hoshangabad Hoshangabad Madhya Pradesh
101 Jabalpur Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh
102 Khajuraho Chhatrapur Madhya Pradesh
103 Satna Satna MadhyaPradesh
104 Aurangabad Aurangabad Maharashtra
105 Dahanu Thane Maharashtra
106 Ratnagiri Ratnagiri Maharashtra
107 Mumbai (Santacruz) Mumbai Maharashtra
108 Nasik Nasik Maharashtra
109 Pune Pune Maharashtra
110 Mahabaleshwar Satara Maharashtra
111 Solapur Solapur Maharashtra
112 Harnai Ratnagiri Maharashtra
113 Kolhapur Kolhapur Maharashtra
114 Parbhani Parbhani Maharashtra
115 Sangali Sangali Maharashtra
116 Satara Satara Maharashtra
117 Pashan Pune Maharashtra
118 Nagpur Nagpur Maharashtra
119 Akola Akola Maharashtra
120 Mumbai (Colaba) Mumbai Maharashtra
121 AMS Gondia Gondia Maharashtra
122 Imphal AP Imphal West Manipur
123 CSO Shillong East Kashi Hills Meghalaya
124 Cherrapunji East Kashi Hills Meghalaya
125 Barapani Ri-bhoi Meghalaya
126 Lengpui Aizwal Mizoram
127 Bhubaneswar Khurda Orissa
128 Chandabali Bhadrak Orissa
129 Puri Khurda Orissa
130 Gopalpur Ganjam Orissa
131 Balasore Bhadrak Orissa
132 Jharsuguda Sambalpur Orissa
133 Keonjhargarh Keonjhargarh Orissa
134 Sambalpur Sambalpur Orissa
135 Hirakud Sambalpur Orissa
136 Paradeep Jagatsinghpur Orissa
137 Patiala Patiala Punjab
138 Ludhiana Ludhiana Punjab
139 Amritsar Amritsar Punjab
140 Jaipur Jaipur Rajasthan
141 Kota Kota Rajasthan
142 Jodhpur Jodhpur Rajasthan
143 Jaisalmer Jaisalmer Rajasthan
144 Barmer Barmer Rajasthan
145 Bikaner Bikaner Rajasthan
146 Churu Churu Rajasthan
147 Sriganganagar Sriganganagar Rajasthan
148 Ajmer Ajmer Rajasthan
149 Dabok Udaipur Rajasthan
150 M.C.Jaipur Jaipur Rajasthan
151 PBO Kota Kota Rajasthan
152 SMO Udaipur Udaipur Rajasthan
153 Gangtok East Sikkim Sikkim
154 Tadong East Sikkim Sikkim
155 Adirampattinam Thanjavur Tamilanadu
156 Coimbatore.AP Coimbatore Tamilanadu
157 Menambakam Airport Chennai Tamilanadu
158 Nungambakam Chennai Tamilanadu
159 Karaikal Pondicherry Tamilanadu
160 Kodaikanal Dindigul Tamilanadu
161 Kanyakumari Kanyakumari Tamilanadu
162 Pamban Ramanathapuram Tamilanadu
163 Pondicherry Pondicherry Tamilanadu
164 Tiruchirapally Tiruchirappalli Tamilanadu
165 Tondi Ramanathapuram Tamilanadu
166 Madurai AP Madurai Tamilanadu
167 Salem Salem Tamilanadu
168 Vellore Vellore Tamilanadu
169 Cuddalore Cuddalore Tamilanadu
170 Nagapattinam Nagapattinam Tamilanadu
171 Hyderabad Hyderabad Telengana
172 Ramagundam Karimnagar Telengana
173 Nizamabad Nizamabad Telengana
174 Agartala West Tripura Tripura
175 Kailashahar Agartala Tripura
176 Lucknow Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
177 Allahabad Allahabad Uttar Pradesh
178 Babatpur Varanasi Uttar Pradesh
179 Bareilly Bareilly Uttar Pradesh
180 Gorakhpur Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh
181 Varanasi Varanasi Uttar Pradesh
182 Sultanpur Shahjahanpur Uttar Pradesh
183 Baharaich Baharaich Uttar Pradesh
184 Fursatganj Raibareilli Uttar Pradesh
185 Jhansi Jhansi Uttar Pradesh
186 Meerut Meerut Uttar Pradesh
187 Minicoy Lakshadweep Uttar Pradesh
188 Aminidivi Lakshadweep Uttar Pradesh
189 Agathi AP Lakshadweep Uttar Pradesh
190 Mukteshwar Nainital Uttarakhand
191 Tehri Tehri Uttarakhand
192 Pantnagar Nainital Uttarakhand
193 Jolly Grant Air port Dehradun Uttarakhand
194 Dehradun Dehra Dun Uttarakhand
195 Alipore 24-Parganas West Bengai
196 Dum Dum 24-Parganas West Bengal
197 Sriniketan Birbhum West Bengal
198 Diamond Harbour 24-Parganas West Bengal
199 Digha Midnapur West Bengal
200 Haldia Midnapur West Bengal
201 Bankura Bankura West Bengal
202 Asansol Burdwan West Bengal
203 Malda Malda West Bengal
204 Canning 24-Parganas West Bengal
205 Cooch Behar Cooch Behar West Bengal
206 Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri West Bengal

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