Status of a Brazilian Automatic Hydro-meteorological territorial network

This paper presents a report on the status of a Brazilian network of automatic hydro-meteorological stations. These stations were projected, acquired and installed by the “Centro de Monitoramento e Alerta de Desastres Naturais – CEMADEN” in order to develop and implement a system for monitoring natural disasters. CEMADEN provides early warnings for natural disasters affecting Brazil, analyses and issues alerts associated to floods and impacts of severe droughts. We present the challenges of planning, installing and maintaining such a network, besides collecting and processing a large amount of data generated on an area comprising diversified environments and distinct socioeconomically scenarios.