Photography: Nuno Vicente
An online platform was recently presented at the Pedra do Sal Environmental Interpretation Center in São Pedro do Estoril, that allows monitoring of meteorological data from the 18 municipalities of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (AML) – including Mafra, of course – in real time, with the aim of reducing this region’s vulnerability to climate change.
The presentation session of this new tool, which belongs to the CLIMA.AML project – Metropolitan Meteorological Monitoring and Alert Network, marked the beginning of the operationalization and public dissemination, in real time, of data from a network of 18 meteorological stations, installed in the 18 municipalities in the AML, with the aim of studying the patterns associated with climate change in the region and its impact on communities, working alongside the network of the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA).
a network of 18 meteorological stations installed in the municipalities of the AML
According to AML, CLIMA.AML continues the Metropolitan Plan for Adaptation to Climate Change, which was publicly presented in December 2019, and “will allow to gather wide knowledge” with the collection and availability of meteorological data at a local scale, as well as how long it will it take to collect data on the evolution of impacts and events resulting from climate change, which have become increasingly noticeable in the metropolitan region.
This AML network includes the municipalities of Almada, Alcochete, Amadora, Barreiro, Cascais, Lisbon, Loures, Oeiras, Odivelas, Palmela, Mafra, Moita, Montijo, Seixal, Sintra, Sesimbra, Setúbal and Vila Franca de Xira.
The CLIMA.AML project was created under the Environment, Climate Change and Low Carbon Economy program, operated by the Secretary General of the Environment and Climate Action and is financed by the EEA Grants 2014-2021.
You can learn more about this project here.
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