EDUCATIONAL TRIP TO IMD CHANDIGARH

The students of class VII were taken for an enthralling and fun-filled educational trip to the Meteorological Centre, Chandigarh, located in sector 39.The purpose and need of meteorological centre was told to us. On being introduced to many weather predictingn and reporting instruments, we learnt about the recording and collection of data. This data was then inserted into  a super computer and transmitted to different weather stations.We were also taken to the terrace to see the real life examples of wind vane, sunshine recorder and anemometer. We were then told the purpose and usage of each instrument. Later we were taken to the surface observatory, located outdoors where we were shown SUNSHINE RECORDER, MIN AND MAX THERMOMETER, RAIN GUAGE and SOIL THERMOMETER etc.