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aWhere Weather contributes to global development efforts in Western, Eastern and Southern Africa and South Asia through the provision of simple and reliable access to quality weather data. This data has many uses: from helping to identify the conditions suitable for specific crop varieties, to providing information for climate change studies. If you are not yet registered for aWhere Weather, you can do so here: http://www.awhere.com/en-us/awhere-products/ 

aWhere continues to fine tune our weather data platform to meet the special needs of our users. Upcoming improvements include improved rainfall data, the installation of automatic weather stations in Kenya and color mapping.

Improved Rainfall Data: 
A new research agreement between aWhere and Colorado State University (CSU) will enhance the aWhere Weather platform by providing improved satellite derived daily rainfall data. Through the work of CSU’s Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, aWhere will be incorporating satellite derived daily rainfall data into the existing platform. Read more about aWhere’s new agreement with CSU: http://bit.ly/14SvrjI

aWhere’s First Automatic Weather Station in Kitui, Kenya:
Live from Kitui, Kenya! aWhere’s first Automatic Weather Station (AWS) is up and running. As the first of many AWS’s to be installed on the African continent, Kitui pilots a project designed to fill the gaps in real time observation data and greatly improve aWhere’s weather surfaces. Over time, aWhere hopes to install 60-70 AWS’s in Africa. 

Stay up to date on aWhere’s location intelligence and weather data platforms. Follow us on twitter: @awhere 

If you have questions, please contact: weather@awhere.com

Contact information Email: weather@awhere.com
News type Inbrief
File link http://www.awhere.com/en-us/awhere-products/
Source of information http://www.awhere.com
Keyword(s) Improved Rainfall Data
Subject(s) HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , TOOL TERMS
Relation http://bit.ly/14SvrjI
Geographical coverage n/a
News date 18/04/2013
Working language(s) ENGLISH
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