A5029727216- Climate variability and models
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Community Development and Social Impact
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
- Hydrology and Drought Analysis
- Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Environmental and Ecological Studies
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Climate Change and Geoengineering
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Regional Development and Innovation
Kenya Wildlife Service
2020-2024
Open science is pivotal in advancing climate services Africa by fostering collaboration, transparency, and innovation. However, significant barriers, such as coordinated research infrastructures, restricted data access the absence of standardized protocols, impede development full utilization across continent. The policy cooperation component KADI project underscores critical role translating into for African science. Rapid urbanization high vulnerability to change all landscapes sectors...
Forecasts on sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) timescales have huge potential aid preparedness and disaster risk reduction planning decisions in a variety of sectors. However, realising this depends the provision reliable information that can be appropriately applied decision-making context users. This study describes African SWIFT (Science for Weather Information Forecasting Techniques) forecasting testbed which brings together researchers, forecast producers users from range UK institutions....
This study aimed at assessing the evolution, distribution and socio-economic impacts of extreme rainfall over East Africa during March, April May (MAM) season focusing on trends contribution MAM in mean annual across region. It employed Principal Component Analysis (PCA) methods to capture patterns variability rainfall. The PCA results indicated that first (PC) describe 17% total variance, while six PCs account only 53.5% variance rainfall, underscoring complexity forcing factors has been...
Graphical Abstract The development and application of new sub-seasonal forecasting products in the agricultural sectors Ghana Kenya are described. Using a co-production approach transforms role forecast user from merely recipient information to being involved product process. This is resource intensive, but it can improve forecasts decision-making by giving in-country services agility respond local needs. Sub-seasonal (1–4 weeks) have potential aid planning. Realising this requires reliable...
Abstract In recent years, Eastern Africa has been severely impacted by extreme climate events such as droughts and flooding. a region where people's livelihoods are heavily dependent on conditions, hydrometeorological can exacerbate existing vulnerabilities. For example, suppressed rainfall during the March to May 2019 rainy season led substantial food insecurity. order enhance preparedness against forecasted events, it is critical assess predictions their known drivers in forecast models....
© 2023 The Author(s). Published by the American Meteorological Society. This is an Author Accepted Manuscript distributed under terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License . *Corresponding author e-mail: Steven Woolnough, s.j.woolnough@reading.ac.uk
Corresponding authors: North America: Ahira Sánchez-Lugo / Ahira.Sanchez-Lugo@noaa.gov. Central America and the Caribbean: Ahira.Sanchez-Lugo@noaa.gov, South Africa: Ademe Mekonnen amekonne@ncat.edu, Europe: Peter Bissolli Peter.Bissolli@dwd.de, Asia: Tim Li timli@hawaii.edu, Oceania: Catherine Ganter Catherine.Ganter@bom.gov.au
Climate change is having an accelerating global impact through the increased frequency, magnitude and duration of droughts, fires, floods other extreme climatic events. The most vulnerable populations bear greatest brunt these impacts. societal solutions to this crisis depend also on how scientific research can address air quality-climate-health nexus. Observations are needed as a foundation for quality climate services UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). atmospheric observing...
New real-time sub-seasonal forecast information is aiding preparedness and disaster risk reduction decisions in key flood- drought-vulnerable sectors across Africa enabling significant progress sub-Saharan towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. These services are demonstrating potential for wider development of user-focussed at scale Africa. We make recommendations to achieve this vision.