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National Global Positioning System (GPS) Programme for Earthquake Hazard Assessment- An overview
Background of The Programme
After the 1993 Latur Earthquake, with the World Bank assisted DST project on seismic instrumentation in the Indian Peninsular Shield, geodetic and geophysical studies including GPS surveys have also been undertaken by Survey of India and other organization in the Peninsular Shield. The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India had set up an expert group on Global Positioning System observations and geodetic studies with special reference to Himalayas during July 1997 to evolve a national program on GPS and other geodetic studies for monitoring the crustal deformation due to earthquake occurrences and other geodynamic phenomena. The need for urgent requirement of monitoring the seismotectonic activities and crustal deformation was identified by the Expert Group. The Expert Group had recommended that an extensive GPS control network consisting of Permanent Stations (observing continuously), Semi Permanent Stations (to be observed for 3-5 days at least once in a year) and field stations (for local investigations) might be established in phased manner. In addition to the above, the committee had also recommended for establishment of a GPS data centre at Survey of India for storage and dissemination of GPS data and organization of specialized training programmes to train the personnel. As a follow up action of the recommendations of the Expert Group, DST has launched the National GPS Programme.
Participating Organisations in the Programme.
- Survey of India, Dehradun (SOI)
- CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore (CMMACS).
- Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun (WIHG)
- Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai (IITM)
- Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai (IIG)
- Centre for Earth Science Studies, Trivandrum (CESS)
- G B Pant Institute of Himalayan Ecology & Development, Almorah (GBPIHED)
- National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad (NGRI)
- India Meteorological Department (IMD), New Delhi
- GND University, Amritsar
- Cochin University, Cochin
- Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore (IIA)
- Geological Survey of India (GSI)
- Tezpur University, Tezpur
- Mizoram University, Aizawl
- Manipur University, Imphal
- Nagaland University, Kohima
- Gauwahati University, Gauwahati
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