WMO RA I WIGOS Workshop on AWS NETWORKS We are at your Service Re sebelise WMO RA I WIGOS Workshop on AWS NETWORKS WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA 19 - 21 November 2018 Mr. TSEKOA M. D. Meteorological Data

We are at your Service Re sebelise Introduction Lesotho is land locked and surrounded only by the Republic of South Africa. It is situated approximately between 28° S and 31° S latitudes and longitude 27° E and 30° E. The land area is about 30 000 km². The climate of Lesotho is primarily influenced by the country’s location in the Karoo Basin, spanning altitudes ranging from about 1,400m to above 3,480m above sea level. Meteorological Data

Digital Elevation Map of Lesotho We are at your Service Re sebelise Digital Elevation Map of Lesotho Meteorological Data

AWS Distribution 10 min Snow Air Temp Humidity Visibility We are at your Service Re sebelise AWS Distribution 10 min Snow Air Temp Humidity Visibility Cloud height and type Pressure Soil Temp Precip Evap Wind speed and direction Meteorological Data

AWS Data Flow Receives Data Data logger Modem Sensors MIA Switch DB MIA User MIA User LMS LMS Switch LMS User Oxbow Req Modem SEM, MOK, QAC, MIA Resolves Dynamic IP Receives Data Forwards Data to HQ router We are at your Service Re sebelise Modem Modem

Wind and solar stations Distribution We are at your Service Re sebelise Wind and solar stations Distribution Meteorological Data

Automatic Weather Station (AWS) We are at your Service Re sebelise Automatic Weather Station (AWS) AWS Components Data logger Communication techniques -Push Stored data retrieval methods Data transmission via GSM Meteorological Data

Challenges Insufficient Budget High communications downtime We are at your Service Re sebelise Challenges Insufficient Budget High communications downtime Insufficient Support Skills Dis-intergrated data servers Insufficient observation network Calibration Meteorological Data

Data Management - Vision We are at your Service Re sebelise Data Management - Vision Reliable communications Good observation network Fully automated data management operations Centralized database with a backup Skilled personnel in all areas of AWS Meteorological Data

Climsoft MySQL Archive Climsoft ACCESS Key Entry We are at your Service Re sebelise A WISH: Data Reception and Archival AWS Sensors Data Logger Pull AWS Base Station 3 Months Archival Climsoft ACCESS QC Pull Climsoft MySQL Archive Internet Mail Server Temporary Archival Permanent Archival Non Real Time Manual Observations Climsoft ACCESS Key Entry Postal Mail Temporary Archival Registers Meteorological Data

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