By Delia Gutiérrez. Posted Juny 24, 2015

The Sahelian belt is known to be a region where atmospheric levels of suspended mineral dust are among the highest observed on Earth. In the framework of the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) program, a transect of 3 ground based stations, the Sahelian Dust Transect (SDT), was deployed in order to obtain quantitative information on the mineral dust content and its variability over the Sahel. The three stations, namely Banizoumbou (Niger), Cinzana (Mali) and M’Bour (Senegal) are aligned around 14◦N along the east-westward main pathway of the Saharan and Sahelian dust towards the Atlantic Ocean (Marticorena et al., 2010).

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By Delia Gutiérrez. Posted February, 2015

On February 4, framed in the sixteenth session of the Regional Association I WMO held in Praia, Cape Verde, a meeting of the members of the Conference of Directors AFRIMET was held. In it, an assessment of the status of this cooperation program AEMET -which was warmly acknowledged by all partners- was presented.

During the act, AEMET introduced the new program coordinator. Members of the conference were summoned to a new meeting on the occasion of the future VI Conference of Directors, to be convened for this year 2015

Find in our archives the synthesis document on the status of the AFRIMET program

The third edition of the course  was held in Ouagadougou ( Burkina Faso) from 5 to 9 May 2014, organized by WMO and EUMETSAT , under the METAGRI -OPS project. The two previous editions were held in Niamey (Niger) in 2012 and in Accra (Ghana) in 2013. This edition, in French, was attended by representatives of meteorological services in Benin , Burkina Faso , Cameroon , Ivory Coast , Chad , Guinea , Guinea Bissau , Mali , Mauritania , Niger , Senegal and Togo.

The course, aimed at the specific needs of the region, had teachers of institutions who are active in this field: WMO, EUMETSAT, Land SAF, TAMSAT, JRC, FAO, University of Lisbon. AEMET contributed with specific teachers to present the Barcelona Dust Forecast Centre and Nowcasting SAF products and some experiences in distance learning.

The course, that was very active , has allowed students to share their experiences and challenges in this field of satellite agro- meteorology.

Find here more photos of the event.

All the course’s presentations are available at AFRIMET ‘s files.

Training Courses on crop model SARRA-H, second edition in Banjul (Gambia) and third edition in Abidjan (Ivory Coast).

Find the report of these courses at AFRIMET’s files. 
Learn more about SARRA-H at http://sarra-h.teledetection.fr/SARRAH_Home_En.html

Banjul, 02 - 2014

Abidjan, 03 - 2014

Article published in the journal revista Environmental Health  Perspectives, Soil Dust Aerosols and Wind as Predictors of Seasonal Meningitis Incidence in Niger

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