Reuse as much as possible existing software platforms, avoiding inefficient use of resources, making use of the advantages of what is there (robust data flows in the AgroApps platform; controlled data access and visualization in TWIGA platform, etc.)
Use data standards from the Open Geospatial Consortium, to ensure easy data exchange with GEOSS and Copernicus
Use standard APIs and formats to develop scalable and modular Lego®-like elements for all services.
Work Packages' general logic WP1 is the principal point of interaction with external users and coordinates the development of integrated services (WP2, WP3, WP4) and technological developments (WP5, WP6, WP7). Data products that are also accessible to external entities, like GEO, such as soil moisture maps, rainfall fields, and discharge time series, serve as the primary interface between the technical and service WPs (SS). Although multiple products will support multiple services, just WP2 is shown here for clarity's sake.
TEMBO offers three (3) services and they are described below.
We offer this service in order to reduce the loss of lives and assets due to floods and also improve preparedness for flood-related disasters.
Also, we provide this service to improve water management and increase water savings, increase the sustainable use of clean energy (hydropower), and reduce the loss of lives and assets due to downstream floods, caused by releases of surplus water.
This service is provided in order to reduce risk for (smallholder) farmers.
We create a mechanism for (smallholder) farmers to escape the poverty trap.
The following are the products we provide. TEMBO provides five (5) products
The maps here have low latency for operational services, such as crop insurance and flood warnings. They have a spatial resolution of 5km and a temporal resolution of three hours
These maps have a continent-wide scalability and low latency of 2 days and help with bias removal.
These products will develop river discharge time-series for selected sites as well as produce operational maps of open water and bathymetry of floodplains and reservoirs
These products in this category derive river discharge measurements, time series, and error estimates.
These products translate existing remote sensing surface area and river width estimates into wetted profiles and reservoir volumes
There are seven (7) sensors being used by TEMBO. They have been grouped under specific use area.
Below are the sensors listed under their various use field.
X-Band radar for spatial rainfall estimates
Intervalometers for rainfall detection and typification
Cost-effective neutron counters for large scale soil moisture (BLOSM)
Low cost GPS/GNSS receivers for mapping and multiple additional applications
Camera-based river discharge measurements
UAVs, fish-finders, and GNSS
The TEMBO Africa consortium is preparing and following a Data Management Plan that adheres to the FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles. The plan outlines how the consortium is handling data during and after the project to make it FAIR.
TEMBO Africa offers a range of technical solutions, combined with special attention to governance, often the main obstacle to successful implementation. This means that in addition to showing technical added value, raising awareness and building trust are key components of the initiative.
TEMBO Africa will increase the number of low-cost weather stations and the areal coverage of the data, and generate top-quality data records, which leads to improved weather forecasting in general, but also supports seasonal climate forecasting and climate change projections.
This project has received funding from the European Horizon Europe Programme (2021-2027) under grant agreement n° 101086209 (TEMBO Africa).
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