Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) housing the Indian Tsunami Warning Centre here, has not only been giving alerts about the potential tsunamis for about 25 countries across the Indian Ocean Rim but also been providing Sri Lanka down under with daily ocean state forecast services such as wind, wave, swell, currents, sea surface temperatures and others with the help of a dedicated webpage, said Group Director T. M. Balakrishnan Nair.
The forecast is available to the users three days in advance in the form of a map for the region and these are updated daily while location specific forecast products are available for 22 locations most of which are fishing harbours, he said.
The institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) which also provides ‘Algal bloom information services’ shares the data generated with Sri Lanka by monitoring four hot spots in the Indian Ocean, including the coastal waters of North Arabian Sea, Kochi, Gulf of Mannar and Gopalpur, said Mr. Nair.
