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Home › Placements › Industrial Training › Urban Heat Watch
Seasonal campaigns (2020–2021)

Urban Heat Watch

A community heat-mapping campaign — placement students run vehicle traverses with temperature and humidity sensors, and machine learning produces a high-resolution urban heat surface across two seasons.

About this placement

A community heat-mapping campaign — placement students run vehicle traverses with temperature and humidity sensors, and machine learning produces a high-resolution urban heat surface across two seasons.

Impact & open data

Placements are hands-on: participants produce real geospatial data that is published openly to the Resilience Academy Climate Risk Database and reused by cities, universities and communities.

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OpenData published to the CRD
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Placement history

1 year · 20 students placed to date.

202020 placed · World Bank / GFDRR / Azavea u2014 Dar es Salaam & Morogoro

Placement details

DurationSeasonal campaigns (2020–2021)
LocationDar es Salaam; Morogoro
EligibilityPlacement students serving as trained field volunteers.
StipendDaily field stipend via mobile money.
CertificateNot offered
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Team involved

Msilikale MsilangaResilience Academy Project Manager

Funders

World Bank GFDRRFunder (World Bank / GFDRR)

Partners

OpenMap Development Tanzania

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