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Leveraging Inter-Institutional Connectivity to Facilitate Weather Data Transmission from Automatic Weather Stations in Uganda
(School of Engineering, Makerere University, 2016)
The use of Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) for Environment monitoring by the Uganda National Meteorological Authority has increased massively over the past 15 years. This increase is mainly due to the savings in time, ...
Towards a robust and affordable Automatic Weather Station
(Development Engineering, 2019)
The frequency and severity of extreme weather events have increased over the last 30 years, making predictability
of weather a challenge. Weather extreme events often cause adverse impacts to lives and property. Thus,
accurate ...
Energy Storage Options for Environment Monitoring Wireless Sensor Networks in Rural Africa
(Springer, 2012)
This paper explores various traditional and
emerging battery technologies available for deployments
of automated environment monitoring devices using
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in Africa and the
considerations ...
Network Densification Strategies for Automatic Weather Stations: Challenges and Opportunities for Uganda
(IST-Africa, 2016)
Access to quality, accurate and timely weather information is important. In order to improve weather information quality and quantity, increasing the number of operational Automatic Weather Stations, also referred to in ...