Nalung Weather Station

Nalung Weather Station

A weather station sculpture created in Nalung, Ghana

Developed in collaboration with hydrologists from Imperial College London and Tamale Technical University on climate change and flooding issues in Tamale.

Mediums

Steel

Sensor technologies

Partners

Imperial College London

Tamale Technical University

National Disaster Management Organization

Close up of sculpture showing blades that rotate in high winds.

Close up of sculpture showing blades that rotate in high winds.

Sculpture Installed and collecting data on the street in Nalung community.

Sculpture Installed and collecting data on the street in Nalung community.

Community Flood Risk and Adaption in Tamale seeks to map flood risks and design solutions at a community level. The Enabling Flood Adaptation initiative by Imperial College London It is part of a broader project called ‘Pathways to Equitable Healthy Cities’ and funded by the Wellcome Trust.
The focus is on enhancing resilience to climate-induced flooding and providing forecasts and flood alerts to residents. Local residents of Nalung expressed the need for systems to better understand weather patterns through localised data gathering. Weather and flooding is very localised in the region, yet the only weather data that existed was at the airport miles from Nalung.
Farmers who regularly leave Nalung to work, expressed concerns that they could not know the weather conditions when working away, creating worry and stress for them over their families safety. This new weather station sculpture is open data and can be accessed online by anyone in the community and afar, allowing for local, live weather updates, allowing people to better prepare for flooding issues.
The sculpture, designed by Invisible Flock and fabricated in collaboration with Tamale Technical University was created to rotate in high winds, acting as an analogue early warning system in the community.
Research and project led by Ben Howard and Cynthia Awuni