Ngaphambi kokufika kwemishini yokulandelela isathelayithi yamakhompiyutha, abalimi babethembele ezibikezelweni, ezifana namakhandlela, izindawo ezinesimo sezulu, umbala wesibhakabhaka, kanye ne-Fabled's Almanac, ukuze benze izinqumo zokutshala benolwazi.
Ngisho nezilwane - izinkomo ezingakwazi ukubikezela imvula kanye nengulube ekwazi ukubikezela ubude besikhathi sasebusika - ziyaqhubeka nokudlala indima ehlonishwayo emlandweni wesimo sezulu.
Iqiniso liwukuthi ulwazi lwesimo sezulu luqhuba izinqumo zebhizinisi ngokusiza abakhiqizi ukuhlela ukutshala, ukufaka isikhathi sokufaka umanyolo, ukulawula izinambuzane nezifo, nokulungiselela umsebenzi wasensimini nokuvuna.
Manje, sibonga ukusebenzisana okusha phakathi kwe- Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station kanye nomhlinzeki wezobunhloli besimo sezulu I-WeatherSTEM, ubuchwepheshe bokubikezela bendawo emhlabeni wonke busiza abalimi ukuthi balungiselele futhi bamelane nesiphepho. Lesi sinyathelo siyingxenye ye Ikolishi Lezolimo Nesayensi Yezempilo' new I-SmartFarm Innovation Network.
"Lesi ngesinye sezinyathelo zokuqala ekufezeni umbono we-Smart Farm Innovation Network," kusho uSaied Mostaghimi, umqondisi wocwaningo kanye nezifundo ezineziqu ekolishi kanye nomqondisi we-VAES. “Ulwazi lwesimo sezulu lunomthelela omkhulu kulokho esikwenzayo kwezolimo. Kunomthelela ezidingweni zamanzi zezitshalo futhi kunganquma amandla ezifo zezitshalo nokudluliswa kwezifo kusuka endaweni eyodwa kuya kwenye. Leli iqoqo leziteshi zesimo sezulu ezixhumene ndawonye ukuze ochwepheshe bakwazi ukubheka endaweni kanye nakuso sonke isifunda ukuze babone ukuthi kwenzekani.”
Isikhungo ngasinye kweziyi-11 Zocwaningo Nokwelulwa KwezoLimo, ngaphezu kwe-Urban Horticulture and Turf Grass Centers e-Blacksburg, zifake kusayithi amasistimu okuqapha isimo sezulu se-WeatherSTEM ukukala isivinini somoya nendlela, imvula, izinga lokushisa, umswakama, nemisebe yelanga. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amakhamera anokulungiswa okuphezulu axhunywe kumafu aqopha isithombe sesikhathi sangempela sezimo zamanje futhi anganikeza ukubonwa kokudlula kwesikhathi kwamaphethini wesimo sezulu.
"Ingosi ye-WeatherSTEM inika abasebenzi bethu kanye nobuhlakani bethu ukufinyelela ngokushesha esikhathini sangempela, izimo zezulu eziqondene nendawo ethile e-AREC yethu esingakaze sibe nazo esikhathini esidlule," kusho uDavid Langston, umqondisi wenhlangano. Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Centre. “Lolu hlobo lolwazi lwesimo sezulu lubalulekile ekuhleleni imisebenzi yocwaningo lwasensimini nasekuqoqeni imininingwane yesimo sezulu ngesikhathi sokukhula ukuze sisize siqonde ukuthi isimo sezulu siyithinta kanjani imiphumela yocwaningo lwethu.”
Idatha evela kumadivayisi okuqapha idluliselwa ku-WeatherLink Cloud, lapho itholakala khona ukuze ibukwe ngokushesha Amawebhusayithi e-AREC WeatherSTEM nakuhlelo lokusebenza lweselula olulandekayo kuwebhusayithi. Abasebenzisi bangabhalisela izibuyekezo ezibukhoma ngombhalo, konke mahhala. Ngenxa yalokho, abakhiqizi, izakhamuzi, abacwaningi, namalungu omphakathi angakwazi ukufinyelela ulwazi lwesimo sezulu lwakamuva, okuhlanganisa izithombe ze-skycam, futhi bathole izexwayiso zesimo sezulu mayelana nezinsongo, njengesimo sezulu esibi, ukuduma kwezulu, nombani, okuhlanganisa lapho lezi zigigaba ziyeza nokuthi zikude kangakanani.
Idatha yomlando yesimo sezulu nayo igcinwa ukuze kwenziwe ucwaningo nokuhlaziya. Lolu lwazi lungaqondisa abacwaningi nabakhiqizi ekuhlonzeni amaphethini nesimo sezulu esizayo.
"Umbono uwukuthi njengoba siqoqa ulwazi olwengeziwe, sizothuthukisa amakhono ethu okubikezela ukuze sikhiphe izeluleko kubakhiqizi ngokusekelwe emaphethini namathrendi," kusho uMostaghimi.
Ubuchwepheshe, obuthuthukiswe yi-Dyacon, buhlanganisa nomqoqi wemvula ozithulula, izinzwa ze-ultraviolet, kanye nephaneli yelanga njengomthombo wamandla. Izinzwa zomhlabathi zikala izinga lokushisa nomswakama kwamanye ama-AREC.
“Njengoba sifaka izinzwa eziningi, njengalezo ezikala umswakama enhlabathini, sizokwazi ukukhipha izeluleko ezithile mayelana nesomiso nezinye izimo ezifanele,” kusho uMostaghimi. "Ungafaka noma yiziphi izinzwa njengoba zivela ezimakethe kunoma yiziphi izingosi ngokuya ngezidingo zabasebenzi be-AREC, ubuhlakani, abafundi kanye nababambiqhaza bendawo."
Amawebhusayithi e-AREC WeatherSTEM aphinde abonise ukugodola komoya, iphoyinti lamazolo, idethi yemvula yokugcina, nolwazi lwekhava yamafu, kanye nesibikezelo sezulu sezinsuku ezinhlanu nezixhumanisi eziya kuzibuyekezo ezivela ku-Weather Underground kanye ne-The Weather Channel LIVE. Ukwaziswa okungokomlando, ukwaziswa ngelanga, inyanga, namaplanethi, nokwaziswa ngombani oseduze nakho kuyatholakala ngokuchofoza igundane.
"Kuze kube manje, sithembele kudatha eqoqwe esikhathini esingamahora angama-24," kusho uLangston. “Uma izinhlobo zezitshalo nezinambuzane sezifakiwe ohlelweni, abalimi bangasebenzisa lolu lwazi ukuze benze izinqumo ezifika ngesikhathi nezinembile zokuphatha kunalokho obekungenzeka ngaphambili. I-interface ye-WeatherSTEM ivumela umsebenzisi ukuthi afinyelele ulwazi kalula futhi kalula, okuyinzuzo enkulu kunezinkundla zokulethwa kwangaphambilini. "
Ngokuhambisana nombono we-SmartFarm Innovation Network, i-ARECS ingaqhathanisa amasethi wedatha nomunye nomunye kanye namanye amasayithi we-WeatherSTEM ukuze kuqondwe amaphethini wesimo sezulu kuso sonke isifunda nesifunda, okwenza lokhu kube inethiwekhi yeqiniso yobuchwepheshe.
"Kubacwaningi abathintekayo ezimweni zezulu namaphethini ngokusebenzisa imodeli eyenziwe ngekhompyutha, imithombo eminingi yedatha evela ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene esifundazweni ibalulekile ekuqondeni lawo maphethini," kusho uMostaghimi.
U-Mostaghimi naye ukujabulele ukusebenzisana ne- Ikolishi Lezemvelo Nezemvelo ngokubambisana okuklanyelwe ukubandakanya abafundi be-meteorology ngenkathi kuthinta umkhankaso wenyuvesi othi Beyond Boundaries ukuze unikeze abafundi amathuba okuhlangenwe nakho. Abafundi bazonikezwa ukufinyelela kumasayithi we-WeatherSTEM futhi bazobandakanyeka ekufakweni nasekulinganisweni kwezinzwa nezinye izinto zokusebenza.
Umgomo waleli thuba lokufunda lokuhlangenwe nakho ukukhipha abafundi ekilasini futhi ubaxhumanise nomhlaba abahlala kuwo futhi ngelinye ilanga bazosebenza. Ulwazi olutholwe eziteshini zezulu ze-AREC luzobasiza ezifundweni zabo zesimo sezulu futhi baqinisekise ukuthi ubuchwepheshe be-SmartFarm Innovation Network buzuzisa abanye enyuvesi yonke.
Isikhungo ngasinye kweziyi-11 Zocwaningo Nokwelulwa Kwezolimo, ngaphezu kwe-Urban Horticulture and Turf Grass Centers e-Blacksburg, zifake kusayithi izinhlelo zokuqapha i-WeatherSTEM ukukala isivinini somoya nendlela, imvula, izinga lokushisa, umswakama, nemisebe yelanga. Amakhamera axhunywe kumafu aqopha isithombe sesikhathi sangempela sezimo zamanje futhi anganikeza ukubonwa okudlula isikhathi kwamaphethini wesimo sezulu. Isithombe: Virginia Tech