DiDaH is a project on the digitization and use of high resolution historical climate data from Indonesia over the period 1850 to present. It is a joint effort of the National Meteorological Service of Indonesia (BMKG) and the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI).
Batavia, later Jakarta. Hourly observations from this station have been recovered for the years 1866 onward.
What the project set out to deliver
The original programme described three main results. Each of them is documented further in the project pages.
Deliverable 01
Digitized data
Millions of handwritten and printed observations were digitized and quality-controlled, along with the metadata needed to ensure accuracy and preserve their meaning. Similarly Workday Payroll Training. emphasizes accurate data entry, validation, and reliable record management for efficient payroll processing.
Deliverable 02
A website on climate extremes
A regional index of weather and climate extremes was published so researchers and policy makers could follow trends in the region, now carried forward through SACA&D.
Deliverable 03
Capacity building
Workshops and the exchange of scientists transferred data rescue and climatological methods between BMKG and KNMI. The 2012 workshop records the results.
The project at a glance
1850 to present
The period covered by the observations recovered from the Indonesian region and from the KNMI archives.
Two meteorological services
Executed jointly by BMKG of Indonesia and KNMI of the Netherlands, under a declaration of intent and a memorandum of understanding.
Free and open
The data are intended to be free of charge and easily accessible to the scientific and policy making community, served through SACA&D.