Q59. Consider the following statements about HIMANSH:
1. It is a research station established by National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Goa
2. It is located in Uttarakhand
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Q59. Consider the following statements about HIMANSH:
1. It is a research station established by National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Goa
2. It is located in Uttarakhand
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
The correct option is A (a) Only 1
National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Goa established a high altitude research station in Himalaya called HIMANSH (literally meaning, a slice of ice), situated above 13,500 ft (>4000 m) at a remote region in Spiti Himachal Pradesh. This station is equipped with instruments such as, automatic station, water level recorder, steam drill, snow ice corer, ground penetrating radar, differential global positioning system, snow fork, flow tracker, thermister string, radiometer, etc. Water level recorders were installed at five locations along with a stretch of 130 km of Chandra river in western Himalaya for hydrological balance/modeling. Glaciers were monitored for mass balance, dynamics, energy balance and hydrology.
(a) Only 1
National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research (NCAOR), Goa established a high altitude research station in Himalaya called HIMANSH (literally meaning, a slice of ice), situated above 13,500 ft (>4000 m) at a remote region in Spiti Himachal Pradesh. This station is equipped with instruments such as, automatic station, water level recorder, steam drill, snow ice corer, ground penetrating radar, differential global positioning system, snow fork, flow tracker, thermister string, radiometer, etc. Water level recorders were installed at five locations along with a stretch of 130 km of Chandra river in western Himalaya for hydrological balance/modeling. Glaciers were monitored for mass balance, dynamics, energy balance and hydrology.
