5) BoBBLE

Question 1

Full form of BoBBLE ?

Answer 1

Bay of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment

Question 2

What is it ?

Answer 2

It is a joint India-UK project to examine the impact of ocean processes in Bay of Bengal on the monsoon system

Question 3

Who has created a blueprint in this regard ?

Answer 3

IISC (India) + University of East Anglia (UK)

Question 4

Funding ?

Answer 4

Union Ministry of Earth sciences (India) + Natural Environment Research Council (UK)

Question 5

Which research vessel are they using for this ?

Answer 5

RV “Sindhu Sadhana” – A multidisciplinary oceanographic research vessel

Question 6

Who owns it ?

Answer 6

CSIR-NIO

Question 7

Features of Sindhu Sankalp ?

Answer 7

1) It will have capabilities to undertake basin scale observations
2) Enable Indian oceanographers to take up research in seas and Indian ocean
3) Stable platform allowing operation of sensible equipment and underway data acquisition

Question 8

Is this the only research vessel owned by CSIR-NIO ?

Answer 8

No, there is one more “Sindhu Sankalp”

Question 9

Key points about CSIR-NIO ?

Answer 9

NIO - National Institute of Oceanography
Autonomous research organisation to undertake research of oceanographic features in Northern Indian Ocean
Established in 1966
HQ- Goa