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Union Earth Sciences Secretary M. Ravichandran connected Friday (May 1, 2026) inaugurated the Open-Field Observatory of the Coastal Atmospheric Research Testbed (C-ART) astatine Andhra University (AU), a installation acceptable up by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, nether the Centre’s Mission Mausam.
The full task outgo is estimated astatine ₹180 crore, of which instrumentality worthy ₹60 crore has already been installed; the remaining ₹120 crore is earmarked for further instrumentation and infrastructure. According to the university, the testbed is equipped with a suite of precocious in-situ and remote-sensing instruments, including aerosol wide spectrometers, unreality condensation nuclei counters, ceilometers and greenhouse state analysers. Additional systems specified arsenic upwind profilers and Doppler upwind radars are planned. The high-resolution information generated volition beryllium assimilated into nationalist forecasting models.
