Africa Initiative Dave Burridge Visit

Africa Initiative Photos from Mel Shapiro

Africa Initiative Ideals “African Solutions to African Problems” A priority on research applications with direct societal benefit Long-term capacity building, education and research in the atmospheric and related sciences Deep collaboration with African institutions Leverage existing networks and infrastructure Explore Earth science research themes that are critical to Africa and important for the world

A Plan Focused on West Africa Enhanced Observational Capacity Upgrade and network existing radars Unidata data distribution COSMIC Soundings Enhanced Modeling Capacity WRF-Africa Operational regional forecast Educational Opportunities COMET Operational Training GLOBE Africa Post-doctoral Positions Societal Benefit Improved Wx forecasts Capacity Building downscaling scenario-based applications models international collaboration Retention Cultural sensitivity

COSMIC

Partners African University and Researchers UCAR Pan-Africa Organization Applications Research New Met Tools and Data African Stakeholders (Not Meteorologists)

Applications-Focused Research and Capacity Building African Models Training, Infrastructure, Collaboration Societal Benefit Observational Capacity and Data Sharing