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Contributory project: It is designed by scientists, and citizens participate in data collection.
Overall goal Record hailstorms, collect hailstones and produce severe hailstorm data for forecasting programs. Specific goals • To disseminate scientific information about severe storms in the region and the importance of scientific collaboration of citizens in the study of the phenomenon. • In the app ‘Cosecheros de Granizos Córdoba’ (Hailstone Collectors from Córdoba, Argentina) citizens register the geolocation and time of hailstorms as accurately as possible. They can attach photographs and/or save hailstone samples at home, which will later be collected in an annual hailstone collection campaign. Hailstones should be stored in the freezer inside closed plastic bags with as little air as possible, at a temperature of -13 °C or lower. • Open data: For the general public. (Please, request data from granizoscba@gmail.com).
Description of citizen participation In the app "Cosecheros de Granizos Córdoba” (Hailstone Collectors from Córdoba, Argentina) citizens register the geolocation and time of hailstorms as accurately as possible. They may attach photographs and/or save hailstone samples at home, which will later be collected in an annual hail collection campaign. Hailstones should be stored in the freezer in closed plastic bags with as little air as possible, at a temperature of -13°C or lower.
Time frame. 10/1/2018-31/ 3/ 2021
Project leaders. Lucía Elizabeth Arena, Atmospheric Physics Group, School of Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics and Computer Studies (FAMAF) / National University of Córdoba (UNC) and the Hydro-Meteorological Observatory of Córdoba (OHMC).
Contact information. Email: lucia.arena@unc.edu.ar
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