India
Measurements of UVB started in India around 1980 by
independent scientists around India. Since its inception, the
care of these instruments has changed hands several times
and future funding is in jeopardy. The instruments were
banded into a more formal network under the Indian Middle
Atmospheric Programme (IMAP) in 1982-83. The IMAP program
ended in 1989 and funding has continued for all stations
except Jodhpur since then under ISRO-UGC. The six
instruments originally included Jodhpur, Pune, Visakhapatnam, Mysore,
New Delhi and Trivandrum. The instruments are filter based
instruments which measure four wavelength bands with 10 nm
FWHM. The center wavelengths are roughly 280, 290, 300 and
310 nm. For the moment, Dr. S. C. Chakravarty of the Space
Science Office, ISRO and B. H. Subbaraya are keeping the
program running.
Contact Information:
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S. C. Chakravarty
Space Science Office
ISRO Headquarters
Bangalore
India
B. H. Subbaraya
Physical Research Laboratory
Navrangpura
Ahmedabad 9
Ahmedabad 380 009
India
Instruments:
All instruments are four channel (280 nm, 290 nm, 300 nm and
310 nm +-10) filter instruments. The Pune instrument may be
slightly different because it was built separately.
| Instruments In India |
| Instrument No. | Location | Installed |
| 282 | New Delhi | 1980 |
| 283 | Trivandrum | 1980 |
| 284 | Jodhpur | 1983-89 |
| 285 | Pune | 1983 |
| 286 | Visakhapatnam | 1983 |
| 287 | Mysore | 1980 |