The 2nd Winter Fog Campaign at New Delhi Airport was inaugurated by the hands of Dr Rajeevan, Hon'ble MoES Secretary on 6th December 2016. The duration of the campaign is December 2016 – February 2017 at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA). The campaign is led by IITM, with full cooperation and support of Airport Authority of India and GMR, IGIA. IITM has established extensive sets of comprehensive ground-based instrumentation, including remote sensing platforms, have been deployed at IGIA, New Delhi to measure micro meteorological conditions, radiation, fog droplet and aerosol microphysics, aerosol optical properties, and aerosol and fog water chemistry to describe the complete environmental conditions in which fog develops.
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For more information, please contact Dr. Sachin Ghude, Scientist, IITM
sachinghude@tropmet.res.in