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Disseminating marine weather forecasts and gathering feedback from artisanal ?shers in south India
conference contribution
posted on 2023-06-19, 08:34 authored by Maxmillan Martin, Kate HowlandKate Howland, Filippo OsellaFilippo OsellaDespite recent advances, uptake of climate and weather services is limited for many groups that need forecasts for safe and sustainable livelihoods such as artisanal fishers. On the Arabian Sea coast of southwestern India, for instance, they often fish in foul weather, and risk accidents during the monsoon season marked by high wind and waves. To make forecasts more easily accessible, we tested and deployed a low-cost, web-based, knowledge co-production system called Radio Monsoon. The website offers wind speed and wave height forecasts in graphics and local-language text with multiple interfaces - social media, WhatsApp, and a free phone service using voice over internet protocol. Focus groups and conversations connect the fishers with forecasters in a feedback loop. This paper examines how Radio Monsoon addresses challenges in knowledge co-production by looking at its technology deployment and societal impact.
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Radio Monsoon; Sussex Innovation, SSRP, Sussex Research
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- Published
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- Accepted version
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COMPASS '20: Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable SocietiesPublisher
Association for Computing MachineryExternal DOI
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333-334Event name
COMPASS '20: ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable SocietiesEvent location
EcuadorEvent type
conferenceEvent date
15th - 17th June 2020Place of publication
New York, NY, United StatesISBN
9781450371292Department affiliated with
- Informatics Publications
Research groups affiliated with
- climate@sussex Publications
- Sussex Sustainability Research Programme Publications
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Follow-up projects funded by UKRI-GCRF and SSRP: Forecasting with FishersFull text available
- Yes
Peer reviewed?
- Yes
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2022-06-08First Open Access (FOA) Date
2022-09-28First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2022-06-07Usage metrics
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