Seminars

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Past seminars (A record of the past seminars can be found here):

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September 26th, 2024

9:00-10:00 am Mountain time

Utilising the WRF model for short- to medium-range forecasting at the Agricultural Research Council of South Africa

Speaker: Dr. Sarah Roffe (Agrometeorology Division, Agricultural Research Council- Natural Resources and Engineering, Pretoria, South Africa)

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June 5th, 2024

10:00-11:00 am Mountain time

Lightning climatology, casualties and impacts in the U.S. and Africa

Speaker: Dr. Daile Zhang (Earth Science Interdisciplinary Center - ESSIC, University of Maryland) 

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Feb 24th, 2024

9:30-10:30 am Mountain time

UCadMet: Results and lessons learned after a long and stable cooperation in research, teaching, and technological innovation between UCAD (Senegal) and UCM (Spain)

Speaker: Drs. Belen Rodriguez-Fonseca and Luis Duran (the Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

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Jan 24th, 2024

9:30-10:30 am Mountain time

Coastal upwelling off south-west and north-west Africa - how well is it represented in global and regional climate models?

Speaker: Justin Small (CGD, NSF-NCAR)

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Nov 16th, 2023

10-11 am Mountain time

Investigating expanding air pollution and climate change on the African continent

Speaker: Pieternel Levelt (ACOM, NCAR, USA; KNMI, Netherlands; TU Delft, Netherlands)

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Sep 14th, 2023

10-11 am Mountain time

Problems, Challenges, and Opportunities in Implementing Early Warning Systems for Africa

Speaker: Roelof T. Bruintjes (RAL, NCAR)

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Aug 1st, 2023

Heart of Drought: Long-term Changes in Rainfall and Wildfires in Central Africa

Speaker: Yan Jiang (UCSD)

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