1 Hour Advance Alerts For Earthquake and Tsunami : INCOIS Sets Up SynOPS in Hyderabad

New Delhi: nation's first Synergistic Ocean Observation Prediction Service (SynOPS) lab has been set up by Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS). It will provide alerts one hour in vance of potential earthquake and tsunami activity in ocean.

This lab located in Hyderab will keep an eye on movements happening under sea. This lab is completely based on vanced sensors. In all seas and oceans on Earth, every movement occurring up to a depth of several kilometers will be known within minutes. It is being told that SynOPS is most vanced system among existing systems for predicting such information.

information received from Synops will be forwarded to Disaster Management Department. This will help NDRF and SDRF teams to start relief and rescue operations in time. Till now, we have to take help from international agencies for information about disasters like tsunami and storm, but now Synops Lab will be able to provide all s of information.

Information about Cyclone will be available 3 to 4 days in vance through Synops Lab. With this, it will be possible to collect and analyze information about all oceans including Indian and Pacific Oceans. This system is also capable of giving information about movement of fishes. That means it will be able to tell fishermen in which direction re can be more fish.