Researchers from University of East Anglia ( UEA ) are releasing a new underwater robot in the Bay of Bengal to help farmers predict and forecast for floods and drought . Lead researcher , Adrian Matthews , said of the project , " The Indian monsoon is notoriously hard to predict . It is a very complicated weather system and the processes are not understood or recorded in science , " The underwater robots will measure the temperature , pressure and currents of the water and send the data back from satellite signals ; if the robots could make more precise forecasts , the $ 8 m project would improve the lives of more than 200 million farmers and agricultural workers across the country .
Researchers from University of East Anglia (UEA) are releasing a new underwater robot in the Bay of Bengal to help farmers predict and prepare for floods and droughts. Lead researcher, Adrian Matthews, said of the project, "The Indian monsoon is notoriously hard to predict. It is a very complicated weather system and the processes are not understood or recorded in science," The underwater robots will measure the temperature, salinity and currents of the water and send the data back from satellite signals; if the robots can make more precise forecasts, the $8m project could improve the livelihood of more than 200 million farmers and agricultural workers across the country.