# PREVOTS

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{{Short description|Brazilian meterologist group}}
The '''Reporting Platform and Voluntary Network of Severe Storm Observers''' ({{langx|pt|Plataforma de Registros e Rede Voluntária de Observadores de Tempestades Severas}}), usually called '''PREVOTS''', is a [Brazilian](/source/Brazil) group of [meteorologists](/source/Meteorologist), which aims to improve [documentation](/source/documentation), [research](/source/research) and [forecasting](/source/forecasting) of [severe weather](/source/severe_weather) in [Brazil](/source/Brazil). It began in June 2018 and is a combination of the Storm Observers Voluntary Network (REVOT) from the [Federal University of Santa Maria](/source/Federal_University_of_Santa_Maria) and the Severe Weather Reporting Platform (PRETS).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nascimento |first=Ernani L. |title=Rede Voluntária de Observadores de Tempestades - descrição do projeto |trans-title= |url=https://www.ufsm.br/app/uploads/sites/453/2022/04/revot_descricao_do_projeto_pagina-Meteorologia-UFSM-1.pdf |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=Federal University of Santa Maria |language=pt-BR }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=REVOT: descrição geral. |url=https://www.ufsm.br/cursos/graduacao/santa-maria/meteorologia/revot-descricao-geral |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=Federal University of Santa Maria |language=pt-BR}}</ref> PREVOTS is also a partner in an international collaboration that reports severe weather events in [South America](/source/South_America), the [SAMHI](/source/SAMHI).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Associated projects |url=https://samhi.cima.fcen.uba.ar/publicHomePageText/list?id=PROJECTS |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=SAMHI}}</ref>

== Partners ==
Since its establishment, PREVOTS has, with the help of partners, worked in research and analysis of severe weather, including:

* Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM)
* [National Institute for Space Research](/source/National_Institute_for_Space_Research) (INPE)
* South American Meteorological Risks and Impacts Database (SAMHI)
*Minas Gerais Water Management Institute (IGAM)
* [University of Oklahoma](/source/University_of_Oklahoma)

== External links ==
{{Official website|https://prevots.org/}}

== References ==
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