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Variability of African Climate System (VACS)

Variability of African Climate System (VACS). Richard Washington (Chair) - UK Richard Anyah - USA Mohamed Kadi - Niger Simon Mason - USA Mathieu Rouault - South Africa Mxolisi Shongwe - Swaziland Fred Semazzi - USA Peter Lamb - USA Joseph Mutemi - Kenya Arame Tall - Senegal.

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Variability of African Climate System (VACS)

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  1. Variability of African Climate System (VACS) Richard Washington (Chair) - UK Richard Anyah - USA Mohamed Kadi - Niger Simon Mason - USA Mathieu Rouault - South Africa Mxolisi Shongwe - Swaziland Fred Semazzi - USA Peter Lamb - USA Joseph Mutemi - Kenya Arame Tall - Senegal 5th Session of VACS - 11-13 July 2011, Cape Town, South Africa - In support of the 2nd CORDEX Africa workshop - 4-8 July

  2. Variability of African Climate System (VACS) Climate Services Capacity Development and Network Climate Science and Coordination

  3. Variability of African Climate System (VACS) Climate Services Direct link to the development community - Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Funding call for collaborative research on current climate risk, progressive future climate change, climate change mitigation Pilot projects To demonstrate the value of integrating climate information in policy and mitigation strategies needed to develop a committed community of stakeholders in Africa supporting climate research Open data access A key issue related to knowledge ownership across the Continent, a message that VACS will pursue in common with ETCCDI.

  4. Variability of African Climate System (VACS) Capacity Development and Network Raising the awareness and profile of VACS and CLIVAR as a whole with young African scientists and using the VACS website: - provide recommendations on scientific rigor - capacity development opportunities - host a network for African climate scientists - VACS newsletter - workshops and science meetings

  5. Variability of African Climate System (VACS) • Climate Science and Coordination • VACS African Climate Atlas • AMMA • Fennec • QWECI • Healthy Futures • VACS contribution to science plans • Africanness • ICSU • NERC Science Strategy 2012 • CORDEX • CMIP5 • CHFP • AIP, IOP

  6. Variability of African Climate System (VACS) • Climate Science and Coordination • VACS African Climate Atlas • Currently 5 Parts: • Observed Climatologies • Observed Climate Anomalies • Aerosols • ERA-40 • CMIP3 • Three components now tested: • Part 6 Thresholds and Extremes in CMIP3 • Part 7 Regional Models • Part 8 FAQs

  7. Variability of African Climate System (VACS) • Issues for SSG • Future integration of GEWEX as a co-sponsor of VACS • How VACS will contribute to the WCRP-wide strategy of research coordination, network development and capacity development in Africa

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