1. Africa Initiative
Dave Burridge Visit

2. Africa Initiative
Photos from Mel Shapiro

3. 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

4. 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

5. COSMIC

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

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