Agroclimatic Information System for Irrigation (SiAR)
Collaborative network for the promotion of energy and water savings in the agricultural sector.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and the Environment, through the General Sub-directorate for Irrigation and Rural Infrastructures, makes all the information collected through the SiAR Network of Agrometeorological Stations.
What does the SiAR consist of?
The SiAR network is an infrastructure that capture, records y disclose that climatic data necessary to calculate the water demand in irrigation areas.
Provide information Useful, rigorous and quality, which allows technicians and farmers to calculate the water needs of crops and schedule their irrigation, with the aim of improving the efficiency and precision of water use in crops.
You can access the SiAR portal of the Ministry or download the app compatible with Android and IPhone in the following links:
How It Works
The system is endowed with 468 Agroclimatic Stations for irrigation distributed throughout the National territory, 361 belonging to the Ministry and 107 owned by the Autonomous Communities, these stations capture the climatic data and transmit the information.
The elements that make up an Agroclimatic Station are:
- central unit
- Solar panel
- Tripod
- Sensors for temperature, humidity, radiation, precipitation, and wind direction and speed. Likewise, some station could also have a soil temperature sensor included.
Stations in the Community of Madrid
In the Community of Madrid there are 7 Agroclimatic Stations, located at:
- Arganda. Belonging to the Ministry.
- San Martin de la Vega. Belonging to the Ministry.
- Chinchón Belonging to the Ministry
- Tagus River. Belonging to the Ministry.
- Aranjuez. Belonging to the Ministry.
- San Fernando de Henares (CENTER). Belonging to the Ministry.
- Villa del Prado. Belonging to the Community of Madrid.