Improving Weather Forecasts in West Africa Using WRF Model

The lack of weather and climate information at appropriate scales is one of the major obstacles to disaster risk reduction in West Africa. The AGRHYMET Regional Climate Center for West Africa and its partners have undertaken to implement projects aimed at filling these gaps. It has equipped itself with the technical infrastructure and established the necessary expertise to produce Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) with the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF) model to provide NMHSs with information and tailored products for their operational activities. Since 2021, AGRHYMET has been equipped with a high-performance computing facility and has started implementing the WRF model to make short and medium-range forecasts. Thus, there is a need to assess the accuracy of the outputs that have been obtained so far to facilitate the improvement of the whole WRF modeling process at AGRHYMET. In this info note, we have explored the methodology used to assess WRF outputs at AGRHYMET and presented some preliminary results.

Ibrah Seidou Sanda    

Abdou Ali    

Mandela C. M. Houngnibo    

Agossou Gadedjisso-Tossou    

Diane M. Laourou    

CGIAR    

AICCRA    

Weather Forecasts    

fre Changement climatique    

November 2023

Brochure

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CILSS/CEDEAO    

BIBLIOTHEQUE    

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