New Delhi: The National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), Ministry of Earth Sciences, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Navy, Ministry of Defence, for ‘cooperation on numerical model based applications in meteorology and oceanology.’ The MoU was signed by Dr Ashis K Mitra, Head NCMRWF and Commodore G Rambabu, Head of Indian Navy’s Directorate of Naval Oceanology and Meteorology (DNOM), Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defence, during the ceremony held at NCMRWF, Noida.

The purpose of this collaboration would be to share the expertise with the aim of keeping both organisations in step with rapid development in the field of weather/ ocean modelling, coupled modelling, data assimilation, ensemble forecasting and satellite data use. In addition, this would also facilitate meaningful interactions that are drawn on the professional strengths of two organisations.

NCMRWF with highly skilled scientists and state of the art infrastructure would provide support to two of the premier establishments of Indian Navy located at Kochi, that is, Naval Operations Data Processing and Analysis Centre (NODPAC) and Indian Naval Meteorological Analysis Centre (INMAC) in developing advanced numerical weather prediction systems including coupled models, with increased reliability and accuracy over the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and global regions. /BI/