How mobile phone towers could help monitor rainfall in developing countries
Many developing economies suffer from a lack of reliable rainfall measurements due to a lack of funds and a shortage of equipment – such as gauges and radars. Even if countries are equipped with these monitoring instruments, they all have limitations.
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| author | David, Noam Gao, H. Oliver Liu, Yanyan |
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| description | Many developing economies suffer from a lack of reliable rainfall measurements due to a lack of funds and a shortage of equipment – such as gauges and radars. Even if countries are equipped with these monitoring instruments, they all have limitations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1421492025-12-08T10:29:22Z How mobile phone towers could help monitor rainfall in developing countries David, Noam Gao, H. Oliver Liu, Yanyan insurance rain farmers smallholders developing countries Many developing economies suffer from a lack of reliable rainfall measurements due to a lack of funds and a shortage of equipment – such as gauges and radars. Even if countries are equipped with these monitoring instruments, they all have limitations. 2020-04-20 2024-05-22T12:10:02Z 2024-05-22T12:10:02Z Opinion Piece https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142149 en https://www.ifpri.org/news-release/how-mobile-phone-towers-could-help-monitor-rainfall-developing-countries-conversation%C2%A0 Open Access The Conversation David, Noam; Gao, H. Oliver; and Liu, Yanyan. 2020. How mobile phone towers could help monitor rainfall in developing countries. The Conversation. First published on April 20, 2020. https://theconversation.com/how-mobile-phone-towers-could-help-monitor-rainfall-in-developing-countries-133358 |
| spellingShingle | insurance rain farmers smallholders developing countries David, Noam Gao, H. Oliver Liu, Yanyan How mobile phone towers could help monitor rainfall in developing countries |
| title | How mobile phone towers could help monitor rainfall in developing countries |
| title_full | How mobile phone towers could help monitor rainfall in developing countries |
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| title_full_unstemmed | How mobile phone towers could help monitor rainfall in developing countries |
| title_short | How mobile phone towers could help monitor rainfall in developing countries |
| title_sort | how mobile phone towers could help monitor rainfall in developing countries |
| topic | insurance rain farmers smallholders developing countries |
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