ZMD launches Weather Data Digitisation
On 31 October 2016, the Zambia Meteorological Department (ZMD) launched the Digitisation of Weather Records initiative. The event was held at the Longacres Lodge in…
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Flying for Climate Change: The NASA ORACLES project
From the 26th August to the 29th September 2016 the SE Atlantic, off the Western shores of Africa (from 0-20°S) became the focus area of a large scale airborne laboratory. The field campaign was conducted to carry out the science questions asked by the NASA ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project team. The overarching research topic of the ORACLES project is to determine how aerosols, generated by burning biomass (i.e. vegetation fires), that takes place over much of Africa between August – October every year, are interacting and…
Introducing and congratulating Dr. Vera De Cauwer
SASSCAL whole heartedly congratulates their colleague and friend, Dr. Vera De Cauwer, on her recent successful PhD defence in Leuven, Belgium. On Friday 9 September,…
SASSCAL Acting Executive Director visits Zambia
The SASSCAL Acting Executive Director (ED), Dr. Yonah Seleti, visited Zambia on a two day mission to conduct meetings with various stakeholders. The visit took…
BMBF Field Visit to Namibia
This week Mr Kraus (BMBF) and Mr Ananou (PT-DLR) visited Namibia to familiarize themselves with the work SASSCAL is doing. Accompanied by Dr. Seleti, Prof.…
SASSCAL Management Team Compiles a First Draft of the SASSCAL 2.0 Strategy
The Management Team of SASSCAL, consisting of the Acting Executive Director, the 3 Directors of the Regional Secretariat and the 5 National Directors representing the…