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More Smart schools
monitor rainfall


For a year now, volunteer teachers and students from partner schools under the Smart Schools Program have been monitoring rainfall in their respective localities using rain gauges situated within their school grounds. From a starting number of 17 pilot schools, a total of 50 public high schools are now participating in what is called Project Rain Gauge.

Project Rain Gauge is a joint undertaking of Smart Communications, Inc. (SMART) and Manila Observatory’s KLIMA Climate Change Center, in cooperation with Pagasa and the Department of Education.

Project Rain Gauge aims to spark awareness in the study of earth science by building online meteorological data provided by a network of public high schools who monitor and record rainfall observations around the country. It also assists in disaster preparedness by providing community-based early warning system for possible natural disasters like landslides and flash floods.

Project Rain Gauge aims to create a network of ground stations across the country via Smart Schools to provide supplementary data on local rainfall measurement in specific areas. Rainfall observations performed and recorded by the schools can be used to determine fine-scale rainfall patterns necessary to describe local climate, and for more accurate weather reporting and forecasting in local communities.

 


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