Ocean—Services, Modelling, Application, Resources and Technology (O-SMART)

The objectives of O-SMART (Ocean Services, Modelling, Applications, Resources and Technology) scheme of Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) are to generate and regularly update information on Marine Living Resources and their relationship with the physical environment in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ); To periodically monitor levels of sea water pollutants for health assessment of coastal waters of India, to develop shoreline change maps for assessment of coastal erosion due to natural and anthropogenic activities; To develop high resolution models for ocean forecast and reanalysis system; To develop algorithms for validation of satellite data for coastal research and to monitor changes in the coastal research etc.