TAHMO to deploy a network of 20,000 weather stations in sub-Saharan Africa
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Team TAHMO is planning to build a network of 20,000 weather stations throughout sub-Saharan Africa for better weather forecasts, early warnings, and climate observations, which will eventually lead to improved food production in Africa.
TAHMO aims to build a network of 20000 weather stations in Africa
TAHMO stands for “Trans-African Hydro-Meteorological Observatory”, a program that aims to design, build, deploy, and operate a network 20,000 weather stations in sub-Saharan Africa (www.tahmo.org). Presently, we have pilot stations in Senegal, Chad, Nigeria, Uganda, and South Africa and “pilots at scale” in Ghana and Kenya.
TAHMO stations have to be be affordable and robust. For example, unlike standard weather stations, there should not be any moving parts as these are quickly affected by dust and insects. Maintenance so be limited to some simple cleaning. The network makes use of the availability of cell-phone coverage that has reached most of Africa over the past decade.
Presently, we work with stations developed by Decagon that come close to TAHMO specs. These stations cover all standard meteo measurements such as air temperature and relative humidity, wind speed and direction, incoming solar radiation, and barometric pressure.
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