INDIAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY  CHENNAI CHAPTER

Past Activities  (2000-2006)

Scientific talks 

  1. "Rossby waves induced by monsoon heat sources" by Prof. P.V.Joseph on 7.1.2000. 
  2. "How can meteorologists help solve water problem ? - Coastal effect on rainfall distribution" by Prof Sethu Raman on 16.2.2000.
  3. " Problems of calendar in India" by Sri.A.K.Bhatnagar on 18.4.2000
  4.  " Science for all " by Smt.C.K.Gariyali on 20.6.2000
  5.  " Rainwater harvesting- The long and short of it" by Shri.D.V.Subramanian on 8-8-2000 
  6. " Five decades of striving for excellence" by Dr.T.K.Ray ,India Met Dep , New Delhi on 31-8-2000
  7.  " Laser in Meteorology" by Dr.K.Subramanian, Tamil Nadu State Council of S & T, Chennai on 14-11-2000
  8.  " Radar rainfall measurement - ways to develop algorithm for the Indian subcontinent" by Prof.V.Chandrasekhar , Colorado Univ., USA on 21 November 2000
  9.  " On IPCC findings on Climate Change  " by Dr.N.Sundararaman, IPCC,Geneva on 2-1-2001 
  10. "Storm surge prediction and estimation of coastal inundation" by Dr.G.Latha, Scientist, NIOT on 27.06.01.
  11. "An expedition to Antarctica in the new Millennium" by Smt.S.Stella, Meteorologist, MO Chennai on 26.07.01.
  12. "Marine Atmospheric Observations from Ocean Sat-I" by Dr.M.S.Narayanan, Group Director, Meteorology and Oceanography group, SAC, Ahmedabad on 29.08.01.
  13. "Tropical Cyclones track and intensity prediction using NWP models of NCMRWF by Dr.Akilesh Gupta, Scientist "F" NCMRWF, New Delhi on 28.02.02.
  14. "Ozone hole over Antarctica during spring season of 2000" by Sri.E.Kulandaivelu, Meteorologist Gr.I., RMC Chennai on 24.04.02
  15. "Global climate and change" by Dr.V.Ramaswamy, Senior Scientist, NOAA, Geophysical fluid Dynamics Laboratory University, NJ USA" on 26.11.02.
  16. "Trends in Tropical Cyclone. Are they in occurrence or impacts" by Sri.S.Raghavan, DDGM (Rtd.), RMC Chennai on 26.11.02
  17. "Future Climate" by Dr.S.Vasanthakumaran, Professor, Department of Geography, University of Madras on 21 March 2003.
  18. "Disaster Management" by Dr.B.Manikiam, Senior Scientist, ISRO, Bangalore on 25.04.03.
  19. Dr. P.K. Das FNA, F.A.Sc. former DGM (IMD) spoke on "Cyclonic vortices in the planet Mars" on 18th July 2003.
  20. Prof. V.N.Bringi, Dept of Electrical Engineering Colorado State University, Fort Collinis Co.USA spoke on "Application of dual-polarised radar for measurement of drop size distribution and rain rate" on 19th December 2003.
  21.  

·        Wind profilers for understanding the lower atmosphere” by Dr. K.Krishna Reddy, Scientist, Frontier Observational  Research System for Global Change, Japan, on 2 July 2004.

  • “ Doppler Weather Radar: An overview” by Sri. S.B. Thampi, Director, CDR, Chennai, on 12 August 2004.
  • “ Doppler Weather Radar: Applications” by Dr. R.Suresh, Director, CDR, Chennai, on 12 August 2004.
  • “ South African Weather Services” by Mr. Louis Vermeak, Manager, Weather Observations, Weather Services, South Africa on 27 October 2004.
  • Effect of Climate on Animals,  by Dr. Meenakshi Sundaram, Asst. Professor, Department of LPM, madras veterinary College on27 May 2005

Recent Trends in Telecommunication and Information Technology, by Smt. S. Geetha, S.D.O, Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Telecom Training Centre, BSNL, Chennai. On 21 July 2005

Seminars

  1. Seminar on 'Monsoons of  2000'  on  22 January 2001.
  2. Seminar on " Public Weather Services and Disaster Management" on 17 April 2001.
  3. Seminar on "Earthquake in Tamilnadu" on 17 October 2001.
  4. Seminar on "Monsoon 2001" on 14 March 2002.
  5. Mini seminar on "Monsoon 2002" on 26 February 2003. 
  6. Mini seminar on "Monsoon 2003" on 23 March 2004.

A mini seminar on “MONSOON 2004” and “EARTHQUAKE” was conducted on 28 February 2005, in connection with National Science Day celebrations. Six scientific presentations were made.

 

  • “Review of  performance of  SW Monsoon 2004” by Sri.S.R.Ramanan, Director, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai.
  • “Review of  performance of NE Monsoon 2004” by Sri.P.V.Revikumar, Meteorologist Gr.I., Regional   Meteorological Centre, Chennai.
  • “Global features associated with SW and NE Monsoon  2004” by Dr.Y.E.A.Raj, Director, Regional Meteorological Centre, Chennai.
  • “Ongoing research on Earthquakes and Tsunamis” by Dr.M.Murali, Scientist, Department of Ocean Engineering IIT,  Chennai.
  • “Geological features and Seisimicity of India” by Sri.G.Rajagopalan, Director, Geological Survey of India, Chennai.

 

World Meteorological Day was celebrated on 23 March 2005. Two scientific presentations connected with the theme “Weather, Climate, Water and Sustainable Development”  were arranged.

 

  • “Ground water scenario in Tamilnadu” by Sri. R. Chakrapani, Regional Director, Central Ground Water Board, Chennai.
  • “Monitoring  weather  and  climate  through   Remote  Sensing”  by                Sri. A.Ravindran, Senior Scientist, Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University, Chennai.

 

 

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