On the power of microwave communication data to monitor rain for agricultural needs in Africa
Over the last two decades, prevalent technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) systems have been found to have potential for carrying out environmental monitoring. The data generated from these infrastructures are readily available and have the potential to provide massive spatial coverage. The cost...
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| author | David, Noam Liu, Yanyan Kumah, Kingsley K. Hoedjes, Joost C. B. Su, Bob Z. Gao, H. Oliver |
| author_browse | David, Noam Gao, H. Oliver Hoedjes, Joost C. B. Kumah, Kingsley K. Liu, Yanyan Su, Bob Z. |
| author_facet | David, Noam Liu, Yanyan Kumah, Kingsley K. Hoedjes, Joost C. B. Su, Bob Z. Gao, H. Oliver |
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| description | Over the last two decades, prevalent technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) systems have been found to have potential for carrying out environmental monitoring. The data generated from these infrastructures are readily available and have the potential to provide massive spatial coverage. The costs involved in using these data are minimal since the records are already generated for the original uses of these systems. Commercial microwave links, which provide the underlying framework for data transfer between cellular network base stations, are one example of such a system and have been found useful for monitoring rainfall. Wireless infrastructure of this kind is deployed widely by communication providers across Africa and can thus be used as a rainfall monitoring device to complement the sparse proprietary resources that currently exist or to substitute for them where alternatives do not exist. Here we focus this approach’s potential to acquire valuable information required for agricultural needs across Africa using Kenya as an example. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1429262025-02-24T06:48:34Z On the power of microwave communication data to monitor rain for agricultural needs in Africa David, Noam Liu, Yanyan Kumah, Kingsley K. Hoedjes, Joost C. B. Su, Bob Z. Gao, H. Oliver rain data technology agriculture rainfall patterns information and communication technologies Over the last two decades, prevalent technologies and Internet of Things (IoT) systems have been found to have potential for carrying out environmental monitoring. The data generated from these infrastructures are readily available and have the potential to provide massive spatial coverage. The costs involved in using these data are minimal since the records are already generated for the original uses of these systems. Commercial microwave links, which provide the underlying framework for data transfer between cellular network base stations, are one example of such a system and have been found useful for monitoring rainfall. Wireless infrastructure of this kind is deployed widely by communication providers across Africa and can thus be used as a rainfall monitoring device to complement the sparse proprietary resources that currently exist or to substitute for them where alternatives do not exist. Here we focus this approach’s potential to acquire valuable information required for agricultural needs across Africa using Kenya as an example. 2021-03-01 2024-05-22T12:11:19Z 2024-05-22T12:11:19Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142926 en https://theconversation.com/how-mobile-phone-towers-could-help-monitor-rainfall-in-developing-countries-133358 Open Access MDPI David, Noam; Liu, Yanyan; Kumah, Kingsley K.; Hoedjes, Joost C. B.; Su, Bob Z.; and Gao, H. Oliver. 2021. On the power of microwave communication data to monitor rain for agricultural needs in Africa. Water 13(5): 730. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13050730 |
| spellingShingle | rain data technology agriculture rainfall patterns information and communication technologies David, Noam Liu, Yanyan Kumah, Kingsley K. Hoedjes, Joost C. B. Su, Bob Z. Gao, H. Oliver On the power of microwave communication data to monitor rain for agricultural needs in Africa |
| title | On the power of microwave communication data to monitor rain for agricultural needs in Africa |
| title_full | On the power of microwave communication data to monitor rain for agricultural needs in Africa |
| title_fullStr | On the power of microwave communication data to monitor rain for agricultural needs in Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the power of microwave communication data to monitor rain for agricultural needs in Africa |
| title_short | On the power of microwave communication data to monitor rain for agricultural needs in Africa |
| title_sort | on the power of microwave communication data to monitor rain for agricultural needs in africa |
| topic | rain data technology agriculture rainfall patterns information and communication technologies |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142926 |
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