Dr. D. Y. Patil Group of Institutions’ Technical Campus.

Dr. D. Y. PATIL SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Dr. D. Y. Patil Knowledge City, Charholi Bk., Via. Lohegaon, Pune – 412 105.
Affiliated to S. P. Pune, University MSBTE ,Approved by AICTE &DTE
Accredited by NAAC,NABL-ISO/IEC 17025 & ISO 9001:2015&21001:2018 Certified Institute
Department of Civil Engineering
Form No. IQAC/23 (f)
Date: 9th November 2023

Event Report

Academic Year: 2022-2023 Semester- V

Name of the event: Site visit to Meteorological station

Date and Time Date:9th November 2022

Event Venue Indian Meteorological department , Shivaji nagar, Pune

Organized by Department of Civil Engineering

60 +48+ 60
Targeted Audience
Resource Person Ms. Ashwini Waghule

Mr. Rajesh Katdare

Ms. Shraddha Khandare

Event Contents:

 Visiting Indian meteorological department(IMD)

 Agriculture college of Shivaji nagar, Pune

Program Outcome:-

1. Students are able to understand the working of IMD, more specifically recording of rainfall
and its measurement using different instruments and equipment available in IMD.
2. Students would know the working of equipments used for measuring the wind speed and
Direction, ambient pressure, temperature and moisture content etc.
3. Students would understand the measurement of earthquake using seismometer and other
applied instruments mentioned in the report.
4. Students will understand how to use data collecting as per methods mentioned in 1, 2 & 3
above for weather forecasting and other information of weather which is important to be
used in the sector of aviation, agriculture, shipping, offshore oil exploration, irrigation etc.
 The department of Civil Engineering of Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Engineering,
Lohegaon, Pune, had organized an educational visit to Indian meteorological dept, Pune,
on dated 9th November 2023 as a part of curriculum of the subject, “Hydrology and Water
Resources Engineering (HWRE)” for T.E Civil engineering students. In Pune, the
imposing and beautiful building which houses the offices and laboratories of the Indian
meteorological department is known to public as ‘Shimla office’.
It is an outstanding landmark in the heart of the city of Pune, and located at the
‘Shimla square’. The people of Pune knows that IMD earlier had its office in Shimla from
where it was shifted you Poona (Pune), but most of them are not quite aware of fascinating
history behind the name.

Figure 1: Indian Metrological Department Building (IMD)

Ms. Ashwini Waghule, Dr. Rajesh Katdare and Ms. Shraddha Khandare all faculty and subject

teachers, accompanied the group of 60+48+60 students during the visit to IMD. Mr. S. H. Sangle,

Meteorologist and head of visitor’s section, greeted students in his office and further directed them

to Mr. Jaiswal who is an in charge of the department of Instrumentation.

Mr. Jaiswal showed and explained all equipments and instruments in his lab and also
gave demonstration of each. These are now mentioned in the Table 1.
 Table 1: List of equipments and instruments in Instrumentation Lab of IMD
Sr. Name of Instrument Function
The No.
1 The Campbell-Stokes (Stokes Sphere) To record Sunshine
next
2 Single Stevenson Screen In single Temperature computation
Stevenson 4 Thermometers For Different
Temperature Computation Were Placed

a) Dry Bulb thermometer For Measuring Humidity

b)Maximum Temperature Thermometer For Recording Maximum Temperature

c)Wet Bulb Thermometer For Recording Dew Point

d)Minimum Temperature Thermometer For Recording Minimum Temperature

3 Wind vane Direction Of Wind

4 Aneroid Barometer Non Liquid For Atmospheric Pressure Measurement

5 Cup counter Anemometer for Measuring Wind Speed

6 Large Stevenson Screen To measure relative humidity by means

(For Hygrograph and Thermograph). of variation in length of a strand
a) Hair Hydrograph of human hair.
b)Thermograph For measuring full day temperature

7 F.R.P Rain gauge For measurement of rainfall

8 Wind Tunnel For Calibration Of Cup counter

Anemometer and various experiments on
measurement of draft and lift force on a
free body.
section visited was Seismology department which is headed by Mr. Sunil Narke. He explained the
various techniques of earthquake measurements using Seismograph and other instruments. This is
also called as Advisory. The Seismology department is shown in Figure 2.
 Figure 2: Students and Teacher near Seismology Observatory

Mr. Sunil Narke enthusiastically explained the concept of seismology, types of seismic
waves and types of earthquakes. Seismology is the study of earthquakes and seismic waves
that move through and around the earth. A seismologist is a scientist who studies earthquake
and seismic waves. There are two types of waves

1. Body Waves

a) Primary Waves
b) Secondary waves.

2. Surface Waves

a) Love Waves

b) Rayleigh Waves

The surface waves are needed to be studied since it actually disturbs the building structure and tilt it sideways.
The surface waves and body waves are shown in Figure 3. The seismograph is shown in Figure 4.
Figure 3: Layers of different waves

Figure 4: Seismometer
 In the seismology laboratory , the seismometer is seen in which helicorder ,
which rotates around itself for about 15 minutes to calculate one rotation. The seismometer
is an instrument that responds to ground noises and shaking caused by earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, and explosions. They are usually combined with a timing device and a recording
device to form a seismograph.
The "helicorder" drum was a device used to record data into photographic paper
or in the form of paper and ink. The "develocorder" was a machine that record data from up
to 20 channels into a 16-mm film. The recorded film can be viewed by a machine.
The reading and measuring from these types of media can be done by hand.
After the digital processing has been used, the archives of the seismic data were recorded in
magnetic tapes. Due to the deterioration of older magnetic tape Medias, a large number of
waveforms from the archives are not recoverable.
Seismic observatories usually have instruments measuring three axes: north-south
(y- axis), east-west (x-axis), and vertical (z-axis). If only one axis is measured, it is usually
the vertical because it is less noisy and gives better records of some seismic waves.

The third and final phase of the visit was Observatory in the premises of Agriculture College at
Shivaji Nagar, Pune. Mr. Madhukar More, in charge for the department of metrology situated in
agriculture college, Pune welcome the students and teacher and showed all the instruments and
equipments fitted in open restricted areas. the details are as follows., to learn the various techniques of
measuring rainfall, wind, temperature, humidity and earthquake using various equipments and
instruments.
The list is as follows and shown separately as detailed below.

1) S.R.R.G (Self Recording Rain Gauge )

2) A.W.S (Automatic Whether System).

3) Soil Thermometer (for Measuring Moisture Of Soil)

4) O.P.E Tank (Open Pan Evaporimeter)

(for Measuring Evaporation causing Due to
temperature) 5) A.P.S (Air Pollution Sampler).
 Fig 5: Campbell Stokes Sunshine Recorder

Fig. 6: Single Stevenson Screen Fig.7: Inside Single Stevenson Screen

Fig.8 :Automatic Whether System Fig.9 :Self Recording Rain Gauge

Fig. 10: Inside Large Stevenson Screen (Hair Hydrograph and Thermograph)
Fig. 11: Thermometers dug at particular depth (from 5m to 30m at difference of 5m) and at
particular interval from each other to record ground temperature

Fig. 12 : Fibre Reinforced Plastic Rain gauge Fig. 13 : Cup Counter Anemometer

(Cup anemometer which is used to measure

the amount of wind velocity in that area but
another one which is at a height of 3mts is
Preferred)
 Fig.14: Open Pan Evaporation Tank
Pan evaporation is a measurement that combines or integrates the effects of several climate
elements: temperature, humidity, rain fall, drought dispersion, solar radiation, and wind.
Evaporation is greatest on hot, windy, dry, sunny days; and is greatly reduced when clouds block
the sun and when air is cool, calm, and humid. Pan evaporation measurements enable farmers and
ranchers to understand how much water their crops will need.

Summary

This visit covered all points required for the students to know about how the seismic wave is formed
or how does it looks. Working of different equipments and instruments are seen. The points on how
the seismic waves affect the building and what are the parameters for change in weather were also
discussed.

Ms. Ashwini Waghule Ms. Shraddha Khandare

Subject Teacher Subject Teacher
T. E.’A” Division T. E.’C” Division

Dr. Rajesh C. Katdare Lt. Col. Sanjay Karodpati (Retd.)

Subject Teacher HoD (Civil)
T. E.’B” Division