Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 29: Seventh Radiosonde was successfully launched under the MoU between National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC, ISRO) and Central University of Jammu (CUJ) from the Satish Dhawan Centre for Space Science, CUJ under the mentorship of VC Prof. Sanjeev Jain.
Prof. Vinay Kumar, Convener Satish Dhawan Centre for Space Science along with his dedicated faculty, students, scholars and staff successfully accomplished the launch.
The Weather Balloon along with Radiosonde will record atmospheric profiles of humidity, pressure, temperature, wind speed and direction and this will contribute to the meteorological research related to 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 was under the project with National Remote Sensing Centre in collaboration with Dr. Hareef Baba, NRSC.
The event was coordinated by Dr. Sanjeev Yadav, Dr. Pravesh Pal, Faculty Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, CUJ along with his team including Mehak Mahajan (STA, CIF) Ayesha, Bandhna, Amrit, Bineesh, Prashant, Sanatan, Sonam, Premeeka, Yashwant, Pratyush, Hridayesh, Vaibhav, Chinoy, Haryansh and others.
The data collected from Radiosonde will contribute in the field of atmospheric and space research.
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