Nowcasting for Africa: advances, potential and value

Abstract

The high frequency of intense convective storms means there is a great demand to improve predictions of high‐impact weather across Africa. The low skill of numerical weather prediction over Africa, even for short lead times highlights the need to deliver nowcasting based on satellite data. The Global Challenges Research Fund African SWIFT (Science for Weather Information and Forecasting Techniques) project is working to improve the nowcasting of African convective systems and so the ability to provide timely warnings.

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Roberts, AJ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4970-9032
Fletcher, JK
Groves, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7073-2085
Marsham, JH https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3219-8472
Parker, DJ https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2335-8198
Blyth, AM https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7115-2587
Adefisan, EA
Ajayi, VO
Barrette, R
de Coning, E
Dione, C
Diop, A
Foamouhoue, AK
Gijben, M
Hill, PG
Lawal, KA
Mutemi, J
Padi, M
Popoola, TI
Rípodas, P
Stein, THM
Woodhams, BJ https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2070-8279

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Keywords:

nowcasting; Africa; satellite; NWC SAF; GCRF African SWIFT

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Accepted: 26 January 2021
Published (online): 23 March 2021
Published: July 2022

Institution:

The University of Leeds

Academic Units:

The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Inst for Climate & Atmos Science (ICAS) (Leeds)
The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > National Centre for Atmos Science (NCAS) (Leeds)

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Funder	Grant number
NERC (Natural Environment Research Council)	NE/P021077/1
NERC (Natural Environment Research Council)	Not Known
Met Office	No External Reference

Depositing User:

Symplectic Publications

Date Deposited:

31 Mar 2021 13:49

Last Modified:

25 Jun 2023 22:37

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Published

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Wiley

Identification Number:

https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.3936

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