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Studying sea currents in Vizag

A team of researchers is undertaking a comprehensive study of the sea currents and wave motion off the Visakhapatnam beach. The study is aimed at taking long-term measures to curb beach erosion. The team is deploying three instruments on submerged platforms at different depths to record the data. The Hindu lensman C.V. Subrahmanyam records the activity.

February 16, 2015 06:24 pm | Updated April 02, 2016 04:29 am IST

The team of researchers led by professors Rao Tatavarthi deploying a platform carrying instruments to study sea currents and other parameters as part of the collection of data prior to taking up steps to curb beach erosion in Visakhapatnam on Monday. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam

Members of the research team involved in the study of sea parameters that caused erosion of beach road standing on a fishing vessel in Fishing Harbour in Visakhapatnam on Monday. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam

The platform carrying instruments to study sea currents and other parameters as part of the collection of data prior to taking up steps to curb beach erosion in Visakhapatnam on Monday. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam

Members of the research team installing equipment on a specially designed platform to study sea currents 150 metres off the Visakhapatnam Beach on Monday. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam

A team of researchers led by professors Rao Tatavarthi deploying a platform carrying instruments to study sea currents 150 metres off the Visakhapatnam Beach on Monday. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam

Team of researchers including professor A.C. Narayana deploying an instrument to study sea currents 150 metres off the Visakhapatnam Beach on Monday. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam

The beach at Kursura Submarine Museum on that was damaged due to the sea surge since November 2014. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam

Professor Rao Tatavarthi of Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering and professor A.C. Narayana of University of Hyderabad on board a catamaran carrying a platform with sensors to study sea parameters off the Fishing Harbour in Visakhapatnam on Monday. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam

The beach at Kursura Submarine Museum on that was damaged due to the sea surge since November 2014. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam

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The team of researchers led by professors Rao Tatavarthi deploying a platform carrying instruments to study sea currents and other parameters as part of the collection of data prior to taking up steps to curb beach erosion in Visakhapatnam on Monday. Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam
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