Expanding Capacity on New Generation of Seasonal and Sub seasonal Forecasts in West Africa and the Sahel
This report presents the activities, outcomes, and recommendations of the 2025 training series on the “New Generation of Seasonal and Sub-seasonal Forecasts in West Africa and the Sahel.” The sessions were held online from April 10 to 11, 2025, as a prelude to the Regional Climate Outlook Forum (RCO...
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| author | Houngnibo, Mandela C M Kiema, Arsène Tanimoune, Laouali I Halidou, Tinni Seydou Alhassane, Agali Ali, Abdou Segnon, Alcade Christel Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin |
| author_browse | Alhassane, Agali Ali, Abdou Halidou, Tinni Seydou Houngnibo, Mandela C M Kiema, Arsène Segnon, Alcade Christel Tanimoune, Laouali I Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin |
| author_facet | Houngnibo, Mandela C M Kiema, Arsène Tanimoune, Laouali I Halidou, Tinni Seydou Alhassane, Agali Ali, Abdou Segnon, Alcade Christel Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin |
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| description | This report presents the activities, outcomes, and recommendations of the 2025 training series on the “New Generation of Seasonal and Sub-seasonal Forecasts in West Africa and the Sahel.” The sessions were held online from April 10 to 11, 2025, as a prelude to the Regional Climate Outlook Forum (RCOF) for West Africa and the Sahel, and in-person from June 23 to July 11, 2025, at the AGRHYMET Regional Climate Center in Niamey, Niger. The online refresher training served as a review session for previously trained experts, conducted ahead of the seasonal forecast exercises to reinforce the use of the WAS_S2S tool, a modern forecasting platform developed under the AICCRA project. The in-person session specifically targeted representatives from the National Meteorological Services (NMSs) of Guinea, Togo, and Sierra Leone, who were unable to attend the inaugural training in October 2024. The in-person workshop combined theoretical lectures with intensive hands-on exercises, during which participants completed country-focused mini-projects. These capacity-building activities strengthened the ability of West African National Meteorological Services (NMSs) to produce objective, reproducible, and operational seasonal forecasts using the WAS_S2S tool. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1795462026-01-09T02:16:08Z Expanding Capacity on New Generation of Seasonal and Sub seasonal Forecasts in West Africa and the Sahel Houngnibo, Mandela C M Kiema, Arsène Tanimoune, Laouali I Halidou, Tinni Seydou Alhassane, Agali Ali, Abdou Segnon, Alcade Christel Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin climate change adaptation food systems resilience climate services-climate information services This report presents the activities, outcomes, and recommendations of the 2025 training series on the “New Generation of Seasonal and Sub-seasonal Forecasts in West Africa and the Sahel.” The sessions were held online from April 10 to 11, 2025, as a prelude to the Regional Climate Outlook Forum (RCOF) for West Africa and the Sahel, and in-person from June 23 to July 11, 2025, at the AGRHYMET Regional Climate Center in Niamey, Niger. The online refresher training served as a review session for previously trained experts, conducted ahead of the seasonal forecast exercises to reinforce the use of the WAS_S2S tool, a modern forecasting platform developed under the AICCRA project. The in-person session specifically targeted representatives from the National Meteorological Services (NMSs) of Guinea, Togo, and Sierra Leone, who were unable to attend the inaugural training in October 2024. The in-person workshop combined theoretical lectures with intensive hands-on exercises, during which participants completed country-focused mini-projects. These capacity-building activities strengthened the ability of West African National Meteorological Services (NMSs) to produce objective, reproducible, and operational seasonal forecasts using the WAS_S2S tool. 2025-11 2026-01-08T21:16:27Z 2026-01-08T21:16:27Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179546 en Open Access application/pdf Houngnibo, M.C.M., Kiema, A., Tanimoune, I.L., Halidou, T.S., Alhassane, A., Ali, A., Segnon, A.C., Zougmoré. R.B. 2025. Expanding Capacity on New Generation of Seasonal and Sub seasonal Forecasts in West Africa and the Sahel. AICCRA Report. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical - CIAT. Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA). |
| spellingShingle | climate change adaptation food systems resilience climate services-climate information services Houngnibo, Mandela C M Kiema, Arsène Tanimoune, Laouali I Halidou, Tinni Seydou Alhassane, Agali Ali, Abdou Segnon, Alcade Christel Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin Expanding Capacity on New Generation of Seasonal and Sub seasonal Forecasts in West Africa and the Sahel |
| title | Expanding Capacity on New Generation of Seasonal and Sub seasonal Forecasts in West Africa and the Sahel |
| title_full | Expanding Capacity on New Generation of Seasonal and Sub seasonal Forecasts in West Africa and the Sahel |
| title_fullStr | Expanding Capacity on New Generation of Seasonal and Sub seasonal Forecasts in West Africa and the Sahel |
| title_full_unstemmed | Expanding Capacity on New Generation of Seasonal and Sub seasonal Forecasts in West Africa and the Sahel |
| title_short | Expanding Capacity on New Generation of Seasonal and Sub seasonal Forecasts in West Africa and the Sahel |
| title_sort | expanding capacity on new generation of seasonal and sub seasonal forecasts in west africa and the sahel |
| topic | climate change adaptation food systems resilience climate services-climate information services |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179546 |
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