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CLIVAR VACS
Variability of the African Climate System
The below are a selection of the articles that will feed into the CLIVAR FOCUS on Africa publication. The idea was to put together a selection of short articles aimed at the non-specialist covering topics of concern to the panel. Note that the articles are the work of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the consensus of the panel.
Priorities of the CLIVAR VACS panel (Chris Reason)
Climate in Africa: the role of CLIVAR in Development (Richard Washington)
Mainstreaming Climate into African Development (Laban Ogallo)
Climate and Health in Africa: climate variability, forecasting, health models and intervention: an end-to-end approach with “some” gaps (Andy Morse, Anne Jones, Andre Kamga Foamouhoue)
Drought and Desertification in the Sahel (Kerry Cook)
Drought in the Sahel: a canary in the coal mine of climate change? (Ale Giannini)
Recent climate anomalies in the Sahel: natural variability or climate change? (Wassila Thiaw)
VACS Research Agenda for Eastern Africa: The VACS Great Lakes Project (Fred Semazzi, Laban Ogallo)
Abrupt onset of the East African rainy season (Emily Riddle, Kerry Cook)
Decadal Variability modes in the Instrumental rainfall records over East Africa (Philip Aming’o, Laban Ogallo)
Climate Anomalies in eastern and southern Africa during 2005-2006 (Wassila Thiaw)
Understanding seasonal-interannual variability over southern Africa and examining the impacts on society (Chris Reason)
The African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis: An International Research Project and Field Campaign (Jean-Luc Redelsperger, Chris Thorncroft, Arona Diedhiou, Thierry Lebel, Douglas J. Parker, Jan Polcher )
The West African Monsoon Jump (Samson Hagos, Kerry Cook)
The African Humid Period: Evidence for Abrupt Climate Change in Northern Africa (Christina Patricola, Kerry Cook)
The African Climate Atlas (Richard Washington)
Harnessing Africa’s Human and IT Resources for State-of-the-Art Climate Research in Africa (Joseph Intsiful)
The Climate Predictability Tool(Simon Mason)