Proceedings and reports of the 6th Ubuntu Net Alliance annual conference, 2013, pp 223-235
In time of climate change there is a lot of interest in communicating detailed information and
knowledge pertaining to climate to different stakeholders. In order to aid informed decision
making related to changing climate and weather variability there is need for data visualization
tool. Data visualization tool plays a great role in interpreting bulk climate information produced
or collected from different districts, regions and nations at large. In Tanzania, online real-time
data visualization tool can help to bridge the gap in the current system whereby climate
information is disseminated using television, radio as well as face-to face. These methods have
many problems, one being difficulty for end user to aggregate the disseminated climate
information over long period of time. This paper seeks to present a work toward developing of a
tool for such purpose. The work was done by Database for Crop Models Simulation team from
Tanzania with consultation of team members from Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. It is anticipated
that the tool will enhance efficiency and effectiveness in dissemination and communication of
climate information and knowledge to all actors who need it. Furthermore, the results from this
study will simulate the debate about climate data visualization in this era