IndARC Knowpia

IndARC Observatory
IndARC Observatory
Arctic Research Station
	IndARC Observatory
	Coordinates: 78°57′N 12°01′E / 78.950°N 12.017°E
Country	India
Government
• Body	National centre for Polar and Ocean Research
Website	www.ncaor.gov.in/pages/display/398-indarc

IndARC is India's first underwater moored observatory in the Arctic region. It was deployed in 2014 at Kongsfjorden fjord, Svalbard, Norway which is midway between Norway and North Pole.^[1] The observatory's research goal is to study the Arctic climate and its influence on the monsoon.^[2]

Development edit

This moored observatory is designed and developed by Earth System Science Organisation (ESSO)-National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) and ESSO-National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR) with ESSO-Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS).^[3]

^ Nandakumar, T. (12 September 2014). "India's Arctic observatory to aid climate change studies". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
^ Chellappan, Kumar (3 August 2014). "IndARC to unravel monsoon mystery". The Pioneer. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
^ "India Deploys its First Sub-Surface Ocean Moored Observatory in the Arctic". Press Information Bureau, Government of India Ministry of Earth Science. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2019.