| Title |
Improving the climate data management in the meteorological service of Angola: experience from SASSCAL. |
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| Author |
Posada, R., Nascimento, D., Neto, F.O.S., Riede, J. & Kaspar, F. |
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| Abstract |
The knowledge on climate variability in parts of Southern Africa is limited because of the low avail-
ability of historic and present-day ground-based observations (Niang et al., 2014). However, there is an increased
need of climate information for research, climate adaptation measures and climate services. To respond to the
challenges of climate change and related issues, Angola, Botswana, Germany, Namibia, South Africa and Zam-
bia have initiated the interdisciplinary regional competence centre SASSCAL, the “Southern African Science
Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management”. As part of the initiative, Germany’s na-
tional meteorological service (Deutscher Wetterdienst, DWD) cooperates with the meteorological services of
Angola, Botswana and Zambia in order to improve the management and availability of historical and present-
day climate data in these countries. The first results of the cooperation between the German and the Angolan
Meteorological Services are presented here. International assessments have shown that improvements of the data
management concepts are needed in several countries. The experience of this cooperation can therefore provide
hints for comparable activities in other regions. |
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| Citation |
Posada, R., Nascimento, D., Neto, F.O.S., Riede, J. & Kaspar, F. (2016) Improving the climate data management in the meteorological service of Angola: experience from SASSCAL. Advances in Science
and Research, 13, 97-105, doi:10.5194/asr-13-97-2016 |
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