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Since the collapse of the hydro-meteorological monitoring network after 1990, there has been some effort to re-establish this vital information network. Since 2006, the ministry of Agriculture with the technical and financial support by SWALIM started to re-establish the monitoring network which has been growing progressively to date. Further efforts were put to collect and archive all the available hydromet data into a dedicated database that is managed by SWALIM.
Currently, there are four types of hydromet monitoring stations which collect a variety of data, explained below.
Automatic Weather Station AWS
Automatically transmits or records observations from measuring instruments. Meteorological elements are converted into electrical signals through sensors, then processed and transformed into data stored in a database.
Manual Rainfall Station MRS
A rain gauge gathers and measures the amount of liquid precipitation over an area in a predefined period, determining rainfall depth (usually in mm). Readings are taken manually.
Synoptic Station SS
Collects meteorological information at synoptic time 00h00, 06h00, 12h00, 18h00 (UTC) and intermediate hours. Common instruments: anemometer, wind vane, pressure sensor, thermometer, hygrometer, and rain gauge.
Ground Water Station GWS
Monitors water depth and quality — temperature, conductivity, salinity — in boreholes and other groundwater sources, recording and transmitting data at least once a day for sustainable resource management.
