ISRO establishing ISTRAC Advanced Radar Research Facility (IARRF)

Chennai, Oct 3 (UNI) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is establishing the ISTRAC Advanced Radar Research Facility (IARRF) as a multidisciplinary platform to advance research in next-generation radar technologies, which play a pivotal role in ionospheric and atmospheric science, weather monitoring, cloud studies, and space weather studies. The facility will enable scientists to observe and understand important processes in the atmosphere and near-Earth space environment, supporting improved weather prediction, space-weather assessment, communication and navigation studies, and future space mission and application. Its societal applications are extensive--supporting flash-flood and urban-flood warnings, improving thunderstorm and lightning nowcasting, guiding aviation and airport…