MOSDAC (the Meteorological and Oceanographic Satellite Data Archival Centre)
- Is a data repository for the missions of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Government of India, dealing with meteorology, oceanography and tropical water cycles.
- Data acquired from missions is disseminated in near real time from Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad through the MOSDAC web site.
- The Indian miniature satellite SCATSAT-1 Satellite data based Meteorology And Oceanography Research and Training (SMART) is an ISRO initiative to support students, academics and researchers across the country to pursue research in the field of Meteorology and Oceanography using satellite data archived at MOSDAC and other related datasets.
SMART is managed by MOSDAC Research and Training Division (MRTD), MOSDAC Research Group, SAC. The support includes state-of-the-art computer facilities, research guidance and familiarisation with MOSDAC data.
Disaster management
- National Database for Emergency Management (NDEM) serves as national repository of GIS based database for entire country coupled with set of Decision Support System tools to assist the State / Central Disaster Management Authorities in decision making during emergency situations.
- Current activities to support disaster management support are : Near Real Time Flood & Cyclone monitoring & mapping in the country, Flood Hazard/Risk Zonation for Flood prone states, Spatial Flood Early Warning, forest fire alerts, landslide zonation and inventory, agricultural drought studies and Capacity Building and institutionalization is being done to the stake holders.
- NDEM essentially serves as national repository of GIS based data for entire country coupled with set of Decision Support System tools to assist the disaster managers in decision making during emergency situations.
- National Database for Emergency Management (NDEM) is a national repository of multi-scale geospatial database coupled with decision support system tools.
- It is a unique and homogenous database served for entire country with essential database elements for addressing emergency/disaster management in the country.
- NRSC/ISRO established a state-of-art facility with structured framework with multi-institutional participation to assist the disaster managers of all States/UTs for preparedness, hazard/risk zonation, damage assessment, and emergency response under the behest of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India.
- NDEM services have been operationalised since 2013 providing timely information along with disaster specific products for effective decision making.
