Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 28: The Fourth Radiosonde was successfully launched under the MoU between National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC, ISRO) and Central University of Jammu from the Satish Dhawan Centre for Space Science (CUJ) under the mentorship of Vice Chancellor Prof Sanjeev Jain.
Prof Vinay Kumar, convener of Satish Dhawan Centre for Space Science along with his dedicated faculty, students, scholars and staff successfully culminated the launch.
The Weather Balloon along with the Radiosonde will record the study of the atmospheric profiles of the humidity, pressure, temperature, wind speed and direction. This will contribute to the meteorological research related to the climate change and atmospheric conditions.
This Radiosonde Ground Station is an indigenously development in the Semi Conductor Laboratory, Mohali– a make in India product under the Director General Dr Kamaljeet Singh and Nemi Chand.
The launch is under the project with National Remote Sensing Centre in collaboration with Dr Hareef Baba, NRSC.
The event was coordinated by Dr Sanjeev Yadav, Faculty Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (CUJ) along with his team comprising Dr Pravesh Pal, Mehak Mahajan, Ayesha, Bandhna, Kritish and Ritwik.
The data collected from Radiosonde will contribute in the field of atmospheric and space research.
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