The African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Observation sites. AMMA is an international project to improve our knowledge and understanding of the West African Monsoon (WAM) and its variability. AMMA is motivated by an interest in fundamental scientific issues and by the societal need for improved prediction of the West African Monsoon and its impacts on West African nations. The panel are also involved with projects such as SAGRADEX in Southern Africa and East African initiatives.

News and Highlights

Visit the Atmospheric Circulation Reconstructions over the Earth (ACRE) initiative´s website

A special session on African Climate will be held as part of the Conference on Climate Variability and Change at the Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, 20-24 January, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Posters and presentations on observational and modeling studies of climate variations and change over all regions of Africa are welcome, including connections to the global climate, diagnosis of physical processes, and roles of ocean/atmosphere and land/atmosphere interactions. Please submit an abstract before the 1 August 2007 deadline. For more information, contact Kerry Cook.

CLIVAR Exchanges focussed on the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis

CLIVAR Focus on Africa articles available. Highlights include Priorities of the CLIVAR VACS panel, Climate in Africa: the role of CLIVAR in Development and Climate and Health in Africa

Visit the CLIVAR VACS African Climate Atlas. See also The Africa Marine Atlas (ODINAFRICA)

The reports of the 4th meeting of the CLIVAR VACS Panel and the training workshop (Predictability and Prediction of southern and eastern African climate variability and impacts of the neighbouring oceans) are now available