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SASSCAL WeatherNet
to improve climate monitoring and provide open access
to climate data
Agriculture ForestryClimateBiodiversity Water
About SASSCAL
Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa,Zambia and Germany established in 2010 theSouthern African Science Service Centre forClimate Change and Adaptive Land Management(SASSCAL) in response to the challenges ofglobal change. The partner countries followedthe proposal of the Bali Action Plan of theUNFCCC (at COP13) to have a regional focuswhen addressing climate change, and compliedwith the endorsement by the African Union (8thSession, Addis Ababa) to develop fullyoperational regional climate centres in Africa.
The objective of SASSCAL is to conduct problem-oriented research in the area of adaptation toclimate change and sustainable landmanagement, to provide evidence-based advicefor decision-makers and to contribute to thecreation of a knowledge-based society throughacademic and non-academic capacitydevelopment.
SASSCAL is represented in the five Africanpartner countries, Angola, Botswana, Namibia,South Africa and Zambia, with a RegionalSecretariat in Windhoek, Namibia.
The German Federal Ministry of Education andResearch (BMBF) provided seed funding andearmarked a total contribution of Euro 50million, with an emphasis on research andcapacity development in the five thematic areas:agriculture, biodiversity, climate, forestry andwater.
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SASSCAL Regional Secretariat
Executive DirectorDr Jane Olwoch
[email protected] 28 Robert Mugabe Avenue
WindhoekNamibia
Tel: +264-(0)-61-223-997
Director of Science & Technology / Capacity Development
Dr Jörg [email protected]
Director of Administration andFinance
Chipo Chirefu [email protected]
General information:[email protected]
SASSCAL Governing Board
Zambia Chairperson Mrs Jane Mubanga Chinkusu
Namibia Vice-Chairperson Hon Anna N. Shiweda
Angola Board MemberDr Gabriel Luis Miguel
Botswana Board MemberMr Felix Monggae
Germany Board MemberDr René Haak
South Africa Board MemberDr Yonah Seleti
SASSCAL WeatherNet SASSCAL WeatherNet SASSCAL WeatherNet
promoting science for sustainable development www.sasscal.org
The SASSCAL WeatherNet provides easy andopen access to climate information for over 150Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) for southernAfrica, about rainfall, air and soil temperature,humidity, wind speed and direction, barometricpressure, solar radiation, leaf wetness and othersensor data.
The SASSCAL WeatherNet can be accessed at:
WWW.SASSCALWEATHERNET.ORG
The SASSCAL WeatherNet provides near real-time weather data, as well as:
• Hourly, daily and monthly values
• Continuous time series, partly from 2010
• Export functionality as MS EXCEL files
The SASSCAL WeatherNet AWS transmit data viaGSM/GPRS or Meteosat. The temporal resolutionis either every 15 minutes or hourly. All datamade available on the SASSCAL WeatherNetportal has been subjected to automated qualitycontrol. The SASSCAL WeatherNet data can alsobe accessed via the SASSCAL Data andInformation Portal (data.sasscal.org).
Data can be provided in tabular
and graphical format, as well as
hourly, daily or monthly
summaries
Additional services provided by the WeatherNet
• data repositories and backups at national weather services and SASSCAL
• statistics and diagrams for selected variables
• e-mail-based daily weather report
