Various local business owners from Socorro, Oriental Mindoro took part in the training on online weather data monitoring using the DOST-ASTI’s Philsensors website held last March 11, 2022, at the Socorro Municipal Hall. The training was conducted to help them prepare and respond to extreme weather events that may affect their businesses.
Basic disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) knowledge, use of DOST-PHIVOLCS’ and the use of the DOST-ASTI developed website Philsensors to obtain and monitor data from different DOST developed hydromet devices installed in the province including – Automated Rain Gauge (ARG), Water Level Monitoring Stations (WLMS), and Automated Weather Station (AWS) were taught to a total of 20 business owners from the municipality. Philsensors is a website that provides access to both historical and near real time raw data such as elevation, coordinates and status gathered from the various weather stations in the Philippines. The Philsensor website presents visualized data for efficient analysis to guide business owners make better and more informed decisions.