The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), is set to revolutionise urban climate monitoring across Nigeria with the recent donation of innovative IoT-powered LoRaWAN-enabled weather stations.
This significant upgrade, a collaborative effort between Barani Design Technologies and the West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), promises to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of weather data collection in urban environments.
According to the Director-General/CEO of NiMet, who was ably represented by Engr. Hamid Abdulkareem, Director of Engineering and Technical Services, expressed enthusiasm at the new collaboration, describing it as strategic and innovative in the weather forecasting value chain.
“This initiative marks a significant step forward in our commitment to providing accurate and timely weather information. These advanced weather stations will be instrumental in helping us achieve our targets.”
He described this donation as additional to the existing 25 Barani AWS that are currently operational in the NiMet network. A total of 59 compact automatic weather stations (including Barani products) are being reactivated to boost the Agency’s weather station density and improve our observation and forecasting capability.
The DG/CEO NiMet, further
admonished Barani and WASCAL to ensure that NiMet technical team are promptly informed of capacity-building opportunities in order to ensure sustainability of the automated weather stations and their seamless transmission to our data center.
Meanwhile, in his response, Mr Jan Barani, the CEO of the Barani Design Technologies in collaboration with WASCAL while thanking NiMet’s DG/CEO for the reception, explained that this new generation of smart, energy-efficient weather stations has been developed to improve data accuracy and reliability across urban areas.
“The breakthrough comes as part of an initiative to make weather monitoring systems more compatible with modern smart city environments. This was necessary because traditional weather stations often struggle with inconsistent measurements and the challenges of relocation”, Barani said.
The new design is focused on reducing power consumption, made possible through the advancement of IoT (Internet of Things) wireless technologies.
Mr Diallo Abdulaziz, Coordinator Data Management Department, WASCAL said that as part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria’s meteorological network, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) in partnership with Barani Design Technologies and WASCAL is enhancing power and connectivity solutions for its weather stations nationwide.
The new stations are built to meet the rigorous standards set by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This adherence to standards ensures that the data collected is both accurate and comparable, facilitating better weather forecasting and analysis.
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