NATIONAL FACILITY FOR AIRBORNE RESEARCH (NFAR)

About:

• Working:
  • By the end of 2020, India will buy an exclusive aircraft, equipped with sophisticated instruments, which will work as National Facility for Airborne Research (NFAR).
    
    
  • It will carry out all airborne atmospheric research for studying the impact of Air Pollution and for improving the country’s weather forecast capabilities.
    
    
  
  
  
• Implementing agency: The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, is entrusted with the establishment of all support system to operate the NFAR.
  
  
• Location: Though the hangar for the aircraft would be set up near Pune, it will be used as a national facility from different bases in the country for various airborne atmospheric research.
  
  
• Significance: The airborne research on atmospheric aerosols and clouds has been gaining importance due to its role in weather and climatic systems.