Projects
S4W-Nepal Projects
Citizen Science-based Hydro-meteorological Monitoring of the Kathmandu Valley
The project focuses on the Kathmandu Valley, where extreme population growth has led to extensive stress and water resources degradation and associated ecosystems. The project focuses on mobilizing young researchers and citizen scientists with simple field data collection methods, low-cost sensors, and a mobile data collection platform that can be standardized and scaled. The ultimate goal is to improve our understanding and management of water through filling data and knowledge gaps in resource and data-scarce regions while enhancing the quality and applicability of young researchers’ efforts. The project aims to monitor rainfall, stream and groundwater levels and quality, freshwater biodiversity, and conduct several short-term measurement campaigns focused on monsoon rainfall, land-use changes, stone spout flow, and quality, streamflow, and stream-aquifer interactions. This is a one-year project funded by SmartPhones4Water (S4W). The project is a continuation of a citizen science project (2016-2019) funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and SmartPhones4Water (S4W).
S4W-Nepal Projects
REAMO
REAMO (Real-time Asian Meteorological Observatory) aspires to make meteorological data freely available and develop applications throughout (High Mountain) Asia by promoting and developing extensive networks of weather stations from the plains to the mountains. REAMO is a joint initiative of Utrecht University, S4W-Nepal, ICIMOD, and USOME and builds on years of scientific expertise, regional knowledge, and the latest web and weather station technology.
S4W-Nepal Projects
Save the tiger! Save the Grasslands! Save the Water!
Save the tiger! Save the Grasslands! Save the Water! Project aims to sustainably provide habitat for a viable tiger population in the Terai Arc Landscape (TAL). The project intends to achieve its aims by understanding and modelling the spatio-temporal dynamics of the grasslands in 23 nature reserves in the TAL. S4W-Nepal is the collaborative partner along with 24 organizations in this project; where S4W-Nepal will be assisting in the installation of hydro-meteorological stations and monitoring of hydro-meteorological dynamics in the tiger habitat.
S4W-Nepal Projects
Flow measurements and operationalization of the DischargeApp in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
This project emphasizes on operationalization of the innovative smartphone based technology called Discharge app in order to generate a high resolution time series data of streamflow, overcoming the limitations of traditional streamflow measurement techniques. Discharge app is a smartphone application which allows users for non-contact optical flow measurements of streams, irrigation, and cannels. The project primarily focuses on deploying the discharge app and determining its validity/effectiveness in the context of the streams of the Kathmandu Valley. The project further aims to develop and implement the citizen science based streamflow monitoring network.
Contribute As Volunteer
If you live in Nepal and are interested in participating in S4W-Nepal as a citizen scientist please contact us.
All that is needed is enthusiasm and access to an Android Smartphone; we’ll teach you the rest!