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--- eolab:project_proposals:ghana_benin:start [2024/10/12 19:19] – [Workshop 1, in Germany] rolf.becker
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 ~~NOTOC~~
-====== Ghana / Benin: Env. Monitoring and Data Analysis Center ======
+====== Open Env. Data Center Ghana-Benin: Env. Monitoring and Data Processing ======
 ===== Idea =====
-Establishment of an **interdisciplinary and international environmental data center in West Africa** to support regional agriculture: from sensors, drones and satellites to forecasts and recommendations for action for smallholder farmers.
+Establishment of an **interdisciplinary and international open environmental data center in West Africa** to support regional agriculture: from sensors, drones and satellites to forecasts and recommendations for action for smallholder farmers.
+Installation of a high-performance compute (HPC) servers dedicated to analyse remote sensing images with drones for agriculture, environmental protection and conservation.
+**First reference project** called "Twin Regions" utilizing the environmental data center facility to estimate potential CO2 storage capacities in West Africa.
 ==== Collection of own open environmental data ====
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   * All collected data is **open data** and will be provided online for everybody **without fee**.
   * All softare to be used is **free and opensource software (FOSS)**.
-  * Installation (extension) of a high performance computing (HPC) based on a **high-end NVIDIA GPU** (e.g. H100) and large persistant storage (NAS)
+  * Installation of a high performance computing (HPC) platform based on a **high-end NVIDIA GPU** (e.g. L40S) and large persistant storage (NAS)
   * Installation of a **file sharing and communication** platform (Nextcloud)
   * Realization of a **bulk upload** path for large drone image sets.
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 ==== People ====
-=== HSRW ===
+=== Germany ===
-  * Rolf Becker, Environmental Physics, Head of the labs: Earth Observation Lab, IoT Lab, Drone Lab
+  * HSRW
-  * Florian Wichern, Sustainable Agriculture, Head of the FSP Sustainable Food Systems
+    * Rolf Becker, Environmental Physics, Head of the labs: Earth Observation Lab, IoT Lab, Drone Lab
+    * Florian Wichern, Sustainable Agriculture, Head of the FSP Sustainable Food Systems
 === BENIN ===
-  * Elie Antoine Padonou, Ph.D., Associate Professor, National University of Agriculture, Benin, School of Tropical Forestry, Sustainable Land Use Management (SLAM), https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elie_Padonou2?
+  * National University of Agriculture
-\\ E-mail: padonouelie@gmail.com
+    * Elie Antoine Padonou, Ph.D., Associate Professor, National University of Agriculture, Benin, School of Tropical Forestry, Sustainable Land Use Management (SLAM), https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elie_Padonou2? \\ E-mail: padonouelie@gmail.com \\ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5712-2557 Cel: +229 97212586
-\\ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5712-2557 Cel: +229 97212586
+  * Ecology
+    * Natacha
+  * Afris Network
+    * Marc Bernard
+    * Frank
 === GHANA ===
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-===== HPC =====
+===== System Architecture =====
+  * Three servers for data replication
+===== Workshops =====
+==== Workshop 1, in Germany: First commissioning of technical systems ====
+The two **drones** for GH and BJ will also be sent to HSRW first to train the African drone pilots and special camera operators. The drone team of the HSRW has already gained experience with the same drone and instrument type and will train the colleagues from Africa.
+The three identical **HPC servers** for DE, GH, BJ will be delivered to HSRW first to install hard- and software. The earth observtion lab team at HSRW has already experience in setting up cloud platforms for remote sensing data analysis with drones. An external expert will be engaged additionally to increase to supervise the system setup and train the workshop participants in system administration, cloud computing, platform as a service, and software as a service. The workshop participants will do an hands-on-traing to implement their cloud computing system. After the workshop two servers will be delivered to Ghana and Benin.
+The third part of the workshop covers the installation of **weather stations** based on semi-professional sensors and own data loogers including data transmission. The workshop participants will learn utilize internet of things technologies (IoT) in conjunction with enviromental and meteorological monitoring.
+==== Workshop 2, in Ghana ====
+Focus on
+  - drone technology (robotics) and
+  - electronic development of own data loggers (IoT technology) as core components for weather stations.
+==== Workshop 3, in Benin ====
+Focus on
+  - Application of drone remote sensing in agriculture,
+  - Vegetation classification,
+  - Biomass estimation
+===== Hardware =====
+=== High Performance Computing ===
 (Thank you, Moritz Kaimann!)
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   * https://www.office-partner.de/
   * https://www.primeline-solutions.com/
-===== Weather Station Instruments =====
-==== Pyranometer ====
+==== Weather Station Instruments ====
+=== Pyranometer ===
   * Kipp & Zonen: https://www.omniinstruments.co.uk/weather-stations-and-instruments/pyranometers-solar-irradiance.html
-==== Rain Gauge ====
+=== Rain Gauge ===
   * Young: https://shop.profec-ventus.com/product_info.php?products_id=264
   * Young Datasheet: https://shop.profec-ventus.com/images/Datasheets/Rain_Gauge_Sensor/Rain_Gauge_Sensor_Young_52202_Data_Sheet.pdf
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   * Vaisala: https://shop.profec-ventus.com/product_info.php?info=p539_vaisala-weather-transmitter-wxt536.html
-===== Drones =====
+==== Drones ====
   * DJI Mavic 3 M (multispectral): https://ag.dji.com/de/mavic-3-m
-===== Workshops =====
-==== Workshop 1, in Germany: First commissioning of technical systems ====
-The two drones for GH and BJ will also be sent to HSRW first to train the African drone pilots and special camera operators. The drone team of the HSRW has already gained experience with the same drone and instrument type and will train the colleagues from Africa.
-The three identical servers for DE, GH, BJ will be delivered to HSRW first to install hard- and software. The earth observtion lab team at HSRW has already experience in setting up cloud platforms for remote sensing data analysis with drones. An external expert will be engaged additionally to increase to supervise the system setup and train the workshop participants in system administration, cloud computing, platform as a service, and software as a service. The workshop participants will do an hands-on-traing to implement their cloud computing system. After the workshop two servers will be sent to Ghana and Benin.
-==== Workshop 2, in Ghana ====
-==== Workshop 3, in Benin ====
 ===== Key Remote Sensing Institutes and Activities in West Africa =====