Science for Weather Information and Forecasting Techniques (11/2017 – 03/2022)
Between 19th August and 4th September 2019 African SWIFT Postdoc Researcher, Bethwel Kipkoech Mutai, was invited to teach the Weather Systems module, as part of the MSc. Atmospheric and Climate Science programme at the College of Science and Technology at the University of Rwanda in Kigali. Through structured regional and international collaborations, the University of … Continue Reading
As part of African SWIFT actions to promote female participation and gender balance in its activities, and to attract more women in the fields of science and meteorology in general, we asked some of SWIFT African female scientists to reflect on their experiences of working in this field, including any barriers that they might face, … Continue Reading
As part of African SWIFT actions to promote female participation and gender balance in its activities, and to attract more women in the fields of science and meteorology in general, we asked some of SWIFT African female scientists to reflect on their experiences of working in this field, including any barriers that they might face, … Continue Reading
Prepared by Elisabeth Thompson, Linda Hirons, Felipe Andrade and Steven Woolnough From the 18th to the 22nd November, 32 people from more than 20 organisations came together at the new headquarters of the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre in Ngong Town, Nairobi for the Kick-off meeting of a two year Sub-seasonal to Seasonal (S2S) … Continue Reading
The IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) through the support of GCRF African-SWIFT, W2SIP and ForPAc projects produced the first objective consolidated forecast for the June-September 2019 rainfall season. With objective forecasts, more comprehensive evaluations can be conducted and hence the potential to improve the forecasts over the region. Improved seasonal forecast methods make the … Continue Reading