Category Archives: Africa

Later Wet Seasons with More Intense Rainfall over Africa under Future Climate Change

Posted on 17 December, 2018 by danaallen

By Caroline Dunning Rainfall is projected to change as the planet warms in response to rising concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases. New research indicates future changes in the timing and characteristics of the rainy seasons over Africa with important implications … Continue reading →

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Smoke, science, and sharks

Posted on 5 November, 2018 by hjia

By Ross Herbert In the August of 2017 the Cloud-Aerosol-Radiation Interactions and Forcing – Year 2017 (CLARIFY) measurement campaign took place on a tiny island in the middle of the southeast Atlantic Ocean where we were surrounded by whales, sharks, … Continue reading →

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A newcomer’s reflections on the fourth Lusaka Learning Lab

Posted on 9 July, 2018 by hjia

By Max Leighton (Social Research Assistant for Professor Ted Shepherd) Figure 1: Lusaka participants recording a video message for the Maputo Learning Lab team. The fourth Lusaka Learning Lab took place on the 17-18th April 2018, which is where I … Continue reading →

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What’s the secret of coarse dust?

Posted on 18 June, 2018 by hjia

By Claire Ryder Mineral dust aerosol particles are regularly lifted into the atmosphere in arid regions, such as deserts, and transported over thousands of kilometres by the wind, such as from the Sahara desert to the Caribbean Sea, as shown … Continue reading →

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Improving estimates of soil moisture over Ghana

Posted on 12 March, 2018 by Stephen Burt

By Ewan Pinnington This work aims to improve estimates of soil moisture over Ghana as part of the ERADACS project. In regions where the population relies on subsistence farming it is soil moisture, rather than precipitation per se, that is … Continue reading →

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The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP)

Posted on 6 November, 2017 by Stephen Burt

By Charlie Williams The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) is a scheme run by Careers at the University of Reading, enabling undergraduate students in the middle of their degree to work alongside an academic and gain hands-on research experience. They … Continue reading →

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THE BRAVE PROJECT – Annual meeting, January 2017, Ghana

Posted on 6 February, 2017 by Stephen Burt

By Galine Yanon – Walker Institute The overall objective of the BRAVE project is to quantify the impacts of climatic variability and change on groundwater supplies from low storage aquifers in Africa. More than 40 institutions from Burkina Faso, Ghana … Continue reading →

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Measuring radiation with aircraft

Posted on 23 January, 2017 by Stephen Burt

By Peter Hill In my career as an atmospheric scientist I’ve relied on observational data from a wide range of sources including satellite imagery, surface measurements, ground-based and satellite based radar, and aircraft measurements. Last July I had my first … Continue reading →

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How TAMSAT have been supporting African people for over 35 years

Posted on 5 December, 2016 by Stephen Burt

By Ross Maidment The University of Reading’s TAMSAT group ( www.tamsat.org.uk ) have helped pioneer the use of satellite imagery in rainfall estimation across Africa since the early 1980s when the group was first established. Thanks to some bright and innovative minds … Continue reading →

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