Novel Technique for Early Detection of Cyclones

A team of Indian scientists has devised a promising technique for early detection of development or strengthening of tropical cyclones in the atmospheric column prior to satellite detection over ocean surface in North Indian Ocean region.

Detecting Cyclones Early: The New Technique

• To date, remote sensing techniques have detected cyclones the earliest. However, this detection was possible only after the development of a well-marked low-pressure system over the warm ocean surface.
• Before the development of cyclonic system over the warm oceanic environment, the initial atmospheric instability mechanism, as well as the vortex development, is triggered at higher atmospheric levels.
• These ....