Smart Weather Station for Rural Agriculture using Meteorological Sensors and Solar Energy

dc.creator	Adoghe, A. U., Popoola, Segun I., Chukwuedo, Onyedika M., Airoboman, Abel E., Atayero, A. A.
dc.date	2017
dc.date.accessioned	2025-03-31T09:34:35Z
dc.description	Access to short term weather forecasts is still limited in local communities of Africa. Unlike short term forecasts, seasonal forecasts based on global and regional climate models do not give localized and timely information relevant to farmers’ needs. This paper presents a cost-effective, solar-powered automated weather station as a veritable system for weather forecasting that is relevant to solving agricultural decisions in rural communities. The developed system significantly reduced the cost of obtaining accurate, localized scientific weather information by interfacing various meteorological sensors to microcontrollers. On-site users can access the weather information via the LCD unit on the system while the data is sent to out-of-site user through Short Messaging Service (SMS) of mobile communication system. This approach will effectively ensure food security in arid and semi-arid African countries.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.identifier	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/8584/
dc.identifier.uri	https://repository.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/38112
dc.language	en
dc.subject	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
dc.title	Smart Weather Station for Rural Agriculture using Meteorological Sensors and Solar Energy
dc.type	Conference or Workshop Item

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