Taking into account the suggestions received, the following changes have been introduced in the MARINEMET website (http://www.afrimet.org/marinemet/):

• Loop of images (animation) for the deep sea water modelling products
• Improvement of the availability of the real time remote sensing products (6-7 hours earlier than before)
• Improvement of the availability of the deep sea water modelling products (1 hour earlier than before)
• Correction of errors in the display of the columns in the deep sea water modelling products (the last column on the right didn't appear)

We hope these improvements are useful for you.

In the context of the Project METAGRI, the agricultural meteorology project of AFRIMET (Conference of Directors of the West African National Meteorological and Hydrological Services), a training event for the National Focal Points of the NMHSs from Côte d' Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria was held between 29 to 30 March 2011 at the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) Regional Training Centre in Lagos (Nigeria).

The event was opened by the Permanent Representative of Nigeria, Dr. A.C. Anuforom welcoming the participants. He gave support words from the Minister of Aviation for the successful development of the activity.

The event was conducted by Mr. Daouda Z. Diarra, expert from the DMN Mali who brought to the participants his wide experience into agrometeorological projects with special emphasis in the mechanism and the organisation of the Roving Seminars in the sahelian countries.

It was also relevant the presence of the experts in agrometeorology from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency who brought their experience in a country that has a wide variety of climatic and agricultural regions.

Exchange of points of view was very successful and the trained Focal Points were ready to perform up to 10 Roving Seminars into their countries to accomplish the Phase III of the Project METAGRI. This project is technically managed by WMO and the NMS of 16 Western African Countries and it is funded by the Spanish State Agency of Meteorology (AEMET)

Participants - METAGRI Training Seminar for countries Phase III

Opening in Guinea on the occasion of the World Meteorological Day of the radio-sounding equipment funded with AFRIMET assistance

• Información

See below for useful information for attendees, and the draft agenda:

• Useful information
• Draft agenda

Courses on Satellite Meteorology and SDS-WAS Products were held in Barcelona from the 8th to the 12th and from the 15th to the 19th of November 2010, respectively. They were jointly organised and financed by the WMO, EUMETSAT, AEMET and BSC (Barcelona Supercomputing Center).
The first was attended by one representative from each of the NMHSs in West Africa, and the second by the local points of contact in the member countries of the HEALTHMET project, among others .

• Report on the Satellite Meteorology course
• Report on the SDS-WAS Products course

Participants in the Satellite Meteorology course

February 1st and 2nd : Workshop on Resource Mobilization and Strategic Advocacy
February 3rd to 5th : Meeting of Director of the West African NMHSs

Venue:

THE KAIRABA BEACH HOTEL
Badala Park Highway
The Gambia
Telephone: (+220) 446 2940/1/2/3 
Facsimile: (+220) 446 2947
E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• MEETING OF DIRECTORS OF THE WEST AFRICAN NMHSs(Banjul, Gambia) - DRAFT PROGRAMME
• Pre-Meeting Workshop Resource Mobilization and Strategic Advocacy 01 - 02 February 2010