La Pampa: The Santa Isabel radar was integrated into the National System of Meteorological Radars

The Santa Isabel’s radar passed the On-Site Acceptance Tests, which allows for real-time monitoring of storms, rains and hail in an area that until now had no coverage. Installation, commissioning and site testing were completed on time and within the planned deadlines.

The Argentine Meteorological Radar (RMA 18), installed in Santa Isabel, satisfactorily passed the On-Site Acceptance Tests and was integrated into the National System of Meteorological Radars (SINARAME), expanding the hydrometeorological monitoring network in the country.

The equipment belongs to the Nation’s Undersecretariat of Water Resources and will allow real-time information to be obtained on storms, intense rainfall and hail. Its incorporation improves the early warning capacity in the west of the province of La Pampa, a region that until now did not have radar coverage.

The project -the APN said- was carried out through articulated work between different national, provincial and local organizations. INVAP, responsible for technological development, the National Water Institute and the National Directorate of Water Policy and Federal Coordination participated.

The National Meteorological Service —under the Ministry of Defense—, the Secretariat of Water Resources of La Pampa, the provincial areas of Energy and Mining, Connectivity and Modernization, and the Municipality of Santa Isabel also intervened.

During the testing stage, where related to, the director of the National Water Resources Monitoring System, Mariana Sosa; the Secretary of Water Resources of La Pampa, José Gobbi; the former secretary of the area, Néstor Lastiri, who promoted the first contacts for its installation; and the Secretary of Local Government, Enrique Mirazo.

With the incorporation of RMA 18, SINARAME expands its territorial coverage and strengthens the generation of strategic information for risk management, water planning and the protection of communities and productive systems against adverse weather phenomena.

Contact [Notaspampeanas](mailto: notaspampeanas@gmail.com)