{"id":231314,"date":"2023-12-23T02:03:38","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T20:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=231314"},"modified":"2023-12-23T02:03:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T20:33:38","slug":"training-prog-on-hawos-organised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2023\/12\/23\/training-prog-on-hawos-organised\/","title":{"rendered":"Training prog on HAWOS organised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>GUWAHATI, 22 Dec:<\/strong> In a significant stride towards enhancing safety and precision in aviation, a comprehensive three-day training programme on installation, calibration, and maintenance of the heliport aviation weather observing system (HAWOS) was conducted at the regional meteorological centre here in Assam from 20-22 December.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The observation system installed at helipads converts text weather data to voice and communicate to airborne pilot up to 50 to 100 kms range for taking decision to land at a particular heliport or airport,&#8221; Arunachal Pradesh Centre for Earth Sciences &amp; Himalayan Studies Director Tana Tage informed in a release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The programme was divided into three sessions. During the first session, the participants were acquainted with the theoretical foundations of the HAWOS, exploring its principles, equipment, importance, and future implications.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The second session was focused on GIS and remote sensing. It also featured a hands-on training session, encompassing the basic concepts of remote sensing and open-source GIS software, as per government protocols, the release said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The last session delved into the practical aspects of the HAWOS, providing the participants with firsthand experience in arrangement, alignment, connection, installation, calibration, and configuration of HAWOS equipment data loggers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tage in his address emphasised &#8220;the value of collaboration and data-sharing, as outlined in the memorandum of understanding,&#8221; while the India Meteorological Department&#8217;s Guwahati-based regional meteorological centre Scientist-F Dr Sanjay Neil Shaw said that &#8220;the collaboration would significantly contribute to avoiding incidents and accidents during helicopter operations in Arunachal Pradesh, addressing the historical challenges of inadequate meteorological information during crucial landings and take-offs,&#8221; the release said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Certificates were later distributed to the participants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GUWAHATI, 22 Dec: In a significant stride towards enhancing safety and precision in aviation, a comprehensive three-day training programme on installation, calibration, and maintenance of the heliport aviation weather observing system (HAWOS) was conducted at the regional meteorological centre here in Assam from 20-22 December. &#8220;The observation system installed at helipads converts text weather data [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-231314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}