11.5.3 UGC-SVU Centre for MST Radar Applications MST Radar, Lidar and other collocated facilities are established as a major National Facility at Gadanki, 35 km off Tirupati. The availability of such a front line, state-of-the art instrumentation in close proximity to S.V. University offers an excellent scope and opportunity for research in the area of Atmospheric sciences. To make best use of these facilities, S.V. University has taken a lead role in creating UGC-SVU Centre for MST Radar applications devoted to research in atmospheric sciences.
UGC-SVU Centre provides all the support in formulating and conducting the experiments, data processing facility and data analysis and interpretation of the results. The Centre in collaboration with National Atmospheric Research Laboratory (NARL) conducts winter schools, user scientist's workshops, seminars and conferences. The centre also provides travel assistance and literature support to users. The Centre has organized comprehensive National data bank/ archival in specified areas of atmospheric sciences from the data obtained from MST Radar and other co-located facilities. The Centre has generated and updated models for the middle atmosphere over Indian latitudes, which are used by IMD and other national organizations.
