Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2008 · 10 citations · 0 references
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InternatIonal relatIons I n a 2006 BAMS article, Washington et al. identified two key constraints to development of African climate (and weather) science: a scarcity of both African observations and African scientists.The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Africa Initiative (AI) is addressing these overarching needs by developing sustained partnerships with African researchers and operational meteorologists.The AI has contributed to three recent projects focused on West Africa and the Sahel: 1) a modest radar network and data distribution system within and between