More schools joining the "Community Weather Information Network"

29 March 2012

The number of members of "Community Weather Information Network" (Co-WIN) continues to increase.Up to 28 March 2012, there are totally 110 members. We welcome the 5 new members. One of them is from Shenzhen, China, and 4 of them from Hong Kong. The new members of Co-WIN are:

(a)Green OasisSchool(Futian District, Shenzhen) (code 106)
(b) Ho Lap College (Wong Tai Sin District) (code 107)
(c) Hong Kong Aviation Club (Kowloon City District) (code 108)
(d)Yan Chai Hospital No.2SecondarySchool(Tuen Mun District) (code 109)
(e) Aberdeen Technical School (Southern District) (code 110)

The Co-WIN is a collaborative effort of the Hong Kong Observatory and the Department of Applied Physics of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 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 "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. CHAN Kin Yu
Senior Experimental Officer
Hong Kong Observatory
Telephone: (852) 2926 8346
Email: cowin@hko.gov.hk