Greg Benchwick
East Africa: Climate Conference On El Nino Impact Opens in Kigali
AllAfrica.com
East Africa: Climate Conference On El Nino Impact Opens in Kigali ... A conference of Horn of Africa countries most vulnerable to climate change opens ... the acting director-general of Rwanda Meteorology Agency, the meeting will ...
AfDB and World Bank Meet to Discuss Way Forward for Africa Hydromet Program
AllAfrica.com
Launched in June 2015 by the African Development Bank,
the World Bank Group, and the World Meteorological Organization, the Africa
Hydromet ... The AfDB estimates as
much as USD 1 billion is required to improve hydro-meteorological services in
Africa with a minimum of USD 100 million to 150 million per year needed to
modernize regional systems.
Zambia VEEP prioritises Climate Change
ZNBC
Mrs. Wina who is also National Development Planning Minister said the “Go Green and Act Now” Campaign which has just been launched is a passionate appeal to all citizens to recognize the negative and positive impacts that climate change brings.
Gambia: Actionaid Trains Kanyelengs to Fight Climate Change
AllAfrica.com
ActionAid International The Gambia (AAITG) and traditional communicators from Central River and North Bank regions have joined hands in the fight against climate change. Recently, ActionAidtrained fifteen traditional communicators locally referred to ...
Cellphone integration and APPs
The RainCell Africa captures data from terrestrial microwave links operated by mobile telephone providers to measure rainfall.
http://raincell01.sciencesconf.org/),
WeatherSignal is a new way of collecting weather data, making use of sensors that have only recently been implemented in smartphones. Our aim is to compile the world’s most comprehensive live updating map of weather conditions, based entirely on information shared with us by our users. http://weathersignal.com/about/,
Understand a move beyond
the rain fade computed by loss of signal from tower to tower and compute it
from tower to handset.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/09/04/another-milestone-toward-making-cell-phones-the-future-of-weather-observations/
COMET
The COMET Program is pleased to announce the publication of a new short
video entitled “Best Practices for Minimizing Errors during GNSS Data
Collection”, produced in collaboration with NOAA’s National Geodetic
Survey. Aimed at surveyors and GIS professionals who use
geodetic-quality GNSS equipment to determine positions for land
planning, coastal monitoring and other purposes, this video covers best
practices for reducing errors in the areas of: 1. location and
environment, 2. equipment setup and 3. observation times and accuracy
checks.
https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=1197
Met resources
Forecasting Heavy Rains and Landslides in Eastern Africa