Doppler Weather Radar Kochi is developed indegenously by Bharat Electronics Ltd and Indian Space Research Organisation. It is a Cyclone detection and tracking weather radar operating in the S-Band microwave frequency (2.832 GHz). Apart from cyclonic system detection , it is actively used in Thunder Storm detection and tracking, observing and measuring wind flows and measuring precipitation activities in Kochi and its adjoining areas with maximum horizontal range of 500 Km.