More schools joining the "Hong Kong Community Weather Information Network"

28 August 2009

The number of members of "Hong Kong Community Weather Information Network" (HK Co-WIN) continues to increase. There are totally 70 members at present (up to 28 August 2009). The member newly joining HK Co-WIN is :

(a) Tsuen Wan Environmental Resource Centre (Tsuen Wan District)(code 70)

The HK Co-WIN is a collaborative effort of the Hong Kong Observatory, the Department of Applied Physics of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong Joint-school Meteorological Association. The aim is to gather weather information collected by weather stations in schools and organizations, and make it available on the Internet for use by the public after carrying out appropriate data quality assurance.

Members of the public can access the network's website of "Hong Kong Community Weather Information Network"
(http://weather.ap.polyu.edu.hk/index.php). (The website has also been linked to the Observatory's homepage at http://www.weather.gov.hk/contente.htm).

All schools and organizations are welcome to join the network. For enquiries, please contact:

Mr. TSE Wai Ming
Senior Experimental Officer
Hong Kong Observatory
Telephone: (852) 2926 8346
Email: cowin@hko.gov.hk