METER assists the Trans-African Hydrometeorological Observation Project (TAHMO)

You run, I donate - METER helps cross the African Hydrometeorological Observation Project (TAHMO)

In order to understand the suitable crops and the scale of planting, farmers need to understand the local weather. In Africa, weather conditions not only affect a family's planting decisions, but also affect the income a family receives from selling crops. Whenever the rain is scarce or the rainy season is too long, someone will lose their livelihood.

The Trans-Africa Hydro-Meteorological Observation (TAHMO) began in 2010 and has been dedicated to incorporating the importance of meteorological data into intensive agricultural production. One of TAHMO's main tasks is to work to strengthen the links between the public sector and farmers, and to provide meteorological data to underserved areas. TAHMO's goal is to provide 20,000 weather stations through cooperation to cover sub-Saharan Africa.

The project was initiated by Professor John Selker of Oregon State University and Professor Nick van de Giesen of Delft University of Technology. In the past few years, TAHMO and the US METER Group (formerly Decagon) have been working on key technologies for meteorological monitoring with the goal of reducing the cost of data acquisition and maintenance for meteorological observations.

Now, due to the development of the innovative instrument ATMOS 41 by METER Group (formerly Decagon), the TAHMO project has also accelerated its speed.

The weather station provides basic measured data for model predictions, which in turn deepens our understanding of the climate and its changing trends. Giesen said: "If you don't know how much rainfall is in a place, how do you make agricultural production here? How reliable is the data? How much is the variability? What is the light? How is the temperature? You need to exhaustively Understand all of the above to maximize the production potential of the region."

Currently, approximately 1.2 billion people live in Africa. The population of the African continent has grown by 30 million between 2014 and 2015 and is expected to double in the next 30 years. The United Nations is expected to have a world population of 9 billion by then. In order to meet the growing demand for food, sub-Saharan agricultural production must be improved.

“In Africa, the potential for increased food production is enormous,” Professor Selker said. Today, Africa has only received a small portion of its potential food production. This promising continent, like many other parts of the world, is working to feed its growing population.

Local farmers have to give up this effort because they do not have access to accurate weather-related information and do not know how to use it to boost production. Many countries in Africa have weather stations, but meteorological data are not adequately reported. In 2015, only a small amount of data was reported to the World Meteorological Organization in real time.

“We believe that focusing on food security issues in Africa is very important,” said Professor Selker. Addressing the growing food security issue is a top priority for TAHMO's work.

Promoting open exchanges of regional climate data will help farmers resist climate change. TAHMO and its collaborators called on governments, private companies and the public to participate in this initiative.

METER Group has developed a fund app to help this very meaningful environmental project. Whenever you ride 30km or run 5km, METER will donate 5 US dollars (about 35 yuan) or 3 dollars (about 21 yuan) to the project. iPhone users can search for "TAHMO" in the App Store to download this app.

“We believe that focusing on food security issues in Africa is very important.” – Professor John Selker, co-sponsor of the TAHMO project

TAHMO project introduction

The Trans-African Hydro-Meteorological Observatory (TAHMO) is a non-profit organization established in the Netherlands. The project was co-sponsored by John Selker, professor at Oregon State University, and Nick van de Giesen, professor at Delft University of Technology. TAHMO collects high-quality real-time meteorological data and is open to governments, scientists and farmers. The project plans to set up 20,000 meteorological observation stations on the African continent to collect a number of key meteorological data in real time. Project website:

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