GCRF African SWIFT
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@GCRF-funded project developing the science & communication of extreme weather in tropical Africa: Science for Weather Information & Forecasting Techniques
Leeds
Joined January 2018
Work through GCRF African SWIFT has protected lives and improved livelihoods of many people across Africa. To highlight these positive impacts, we have collated case studies on some of the collaborations that took place during SWIFT. Take a look at:.
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A new NCAS project in collaboration with several swift partners including @UK_CEH @WMO also @KulimaIDS @SAWeatherServic @ZambiaWeather INAM - National Institute of Meteorology @TyrskyConsult.
On #WorldMetDay, we announce our new project with African weather services. A team led by @AtmosScience @UniversityLeeds have been awarded £2m to transform access to early weather warning systems for communities in South Africa, Zambia, and Mozambique.
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RT @AtmosScience: A new set of @WMO guidelines for nowcasting in Africa draw on our @African_Swift programme to help improve African weathe….
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The World Meteorological Organisation has shared a set of guidelines for satellite-based nowcasting in Africa
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RT @MichaelBaidu1: New paper finally published!!! The dynamics of dry and wet monsoon MCS formation over West Africa. Thanks to Dr @Marian….
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This study investigated the synoptic, thermodynamic and kinematic environment of the high impact storms which occurred along coastal West Africa on 13th February 2018 and 18th June 2018. The results...
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RT @JohnMarsham: Fantastic to see @african_swift nowcasting feeding into these @WMO guidelines. Satellite nowcasting can provide urgently n….
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RT @vincentgabaglio: Great way to start 2023!. @WMO published Guidelines for #satellite-based #nowcasting in #Africa. 🛰️ #MTG fully includ….
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RT @FASTAweather: A storm short-range weather models didn’t see. Breaking down how a storm over Lake Victoria could have been predicted usi….
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Let's congratulate our colleagues at @uonbi on the recent inauguration of their training lab for weather and climate science, partly supported by the SWIFT-NESST funding .This will be used to train students on satellite data interpretation and nowcasting.
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RT @JohnMarsham: "Nowcasting for Africa", now published @african_swift . Those in #Kenya can access nowcasts via @….
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The high frequency of intense convective storms means there is a great demand to improve predictions of high-impact weather across Africa. The low skill of numerical weather prediction over Africa,...
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The ability to predict heavy rain and floods in Africa is urgently needed. In this paper a freely available nowcasting package, pySTEPS, is used to assess the potential to provide nowcasts of satellite-derived convective rain rate for West Africa.
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Abstract The ability to predict heavy rain and floods in Africa is urgently needed to reduce the socioeconomic costs of these events and increase resilience as climate changes. Numerical weather...
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The development of SOPs offers a common framework for future collaborations across Africa on forecast development. SWIFT products are now included in SOPs at KMD, ACMAD, NiMet which has improved operational forecasts in a range of services and timescales:.
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Ability to predict the likelihood that atmospheric conditions will cause a #meningitis outbreak is reducing the number of fatalities and the severity of symptoms from outbreaks as a result of co-developing a meningitis sub-seasonal early warning system:
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#GCRF African SWIFT would like to thank all our partners, collaborators and networks for all the fantastic work that has taken place over the past 4.5 years. Although our funding comes to an end today, the impact of our work will continue to better the lives of many across Africa.
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Whilst funding for #GCRF African SWIFT comes to an end this week, the suite of skills that have been developed throughout the project will have a lasting impact on the output of weather forecasters across tropical Africa. More on skills development here:
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RT @MeteoKenya: 1. Nowcasting is using observations to describe the current weather and predict weather for the next few hours. @MeteoKenya….
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RT @eumetsat: The #EOAfrica series of webinars are back for 2022, starting with the 1st on ‘Nowcasting’. Organised with @african_swift, par….
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As the final session of our science meeting draws to a close, we'd like to thank all of our partners, speakers and participants for their fantastic contributions since 2017. With 6 more weeks to complete our work, we're looking forward to the lasting legacy of #GCRF African SWIFT.
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RT @AndyDougill: Truly great to be celebrating our @QAPrizes award for research in climate & extreme weather, aiding vulnerable communiti….
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RT @JoshTalib: Today's the last day of the final @african_swift project meeting. Great to get some snaps from our Kenyan team! @icpac_igad….
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RT @AtmosScience: The @African_Swift, co-led by @AtmosScience colleagues, is delivering a step change in extreme weather forecasting in Afr….
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