The India Meteorology Department has indigenously developed Drishti, an instrument that will provide real time c to pilots. Instrument will help pilots in quick decision making during critical landings and take offs of aircraft particularly during foggy and rainy days.
Key facts:
- Drishti has been developed by the surface instruments division of IMD based in Pune, Maharashtra.
- The system transfer the crucial visibility updates to the pilots in real time who can now use this information that will be updated every minute.
- Drishti is a transmissometer that takes in account the real time weather parameters like humidity, wind speed, temperature conditions, etc.
- along the runway in order to calculate the visibility distance offered at that particular runway. Generally due to the poor visibility,
- the aircraft operations would often get disturbed that affects passenger traffic during winter and monsoon seasons especially in Northern India.
- The first Dristi instrument was installed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi in 2015 on a trial basis.
India Meteorology Department develops Drishti for providing real time visibility information to pilots
