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Last Updated on: 10 April 2024



3.5.2 - List of materials available at a reasonable cost of the medium

S.No

Service / material / product

Cost of the Service/ material/ product

1

Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ) Advisory – Map and Text format

NIL

2

Coral Bleach Alert System (CBAS)

NIL

3

Harmful Algal Bloom Services

NIL

4

Tsunami Early Warning Services

NIL

5

Ocean State Forecast (OSF) – Maps, animations, textual information

NIL

6

High Wave /Swell Alerts / Warnings

NIL

7

Search and Rescue Aided Tool (SARAT)

NIL

8

Oil Spill Advisory Services

NIL

9

Data Services

As per the data policy of INCOIS and the probable costs are given below.


Pricing of the data and products

Table 1: Insitu data charges.

Parameter Base price Per Month Per platform (Rs.) Commercial / Consultancy Per Month Per platform (Rs.)
Air Pressure600.006000.00
Air Temperature600.006000.00
Humidity600.006000.00
Wind600.006000.00
Rainfall600.006000.00
Radiation600.006000.00
Water Temperature600.006000.00
Water Salinity / Conductivity600.006000.00
Currents1200.0012000.00
Waves3000.0030000.00
Tide3000.0030000.00

Table 2: Spatial data charges.

Parameter Base Price Per Month Per Unit(Rs.) Commercial / Consultancy Per Month Per Unit(Rs.)
Potential Fishing Zone Advisory47600.00 per sector476000.00 per sector
Ocean State Forecast data products (3 Sectors: Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Southern Indian Ocean)
Currents30000.00300000.00
Waves30000.00300000.00
Temperature / Salinity30000.00300000.00
Tides30000.00300000.00
Winds30000.00300000.00

*The copies of records /reports that are available to the public through this webpage can be obtained at a reasonable price as specified in the RTI Act.