Science for Weather Information and Forecasting Techniques (11/2017 – 03/2022)
The benefits of scientific computing in the daily routine tasks and undertakings of climate scientists at all levels cannot be over-emphasized. Scientific computing, despite its myriad of usefulness, has been identified to be a critical limiting factor to early career researchers and climate scientists’ research in Africa. To bridge this gap, there is the need … Continue Reading
By Dr. Jeffrey Nii Armah Aryee, Lecturer and Researcher at KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana Accurate weather forecasting is an essential tool of modern society, which brings benefit to human safety and livelihoods, along with economic development and prosperity. The Nowcasting Satellite Facility (NWC-SAF) provides various products that are useful for improving nowcasting potential in Africa. Ghana … Continue Reading
By Lauren Phillips, University of Leeds As a young girl growing up in Ghana, Dr. Winifred Atiah was fascinated by the weather forecasts she watched on TV with her family. While some childhood passions fade with age, Atiah’s was a launch point for her career in meteorology and climate science. Despite being classed as an … Continue Reading