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5 | +The goal of the S2S Africa sub-project is to develop skillful forecasts on the S2S time scale over Africa and to encourage their uptake by national meteorological services and other stakeholder groups. | |
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7 | +Objectives | |
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9 | +1. Assess the performance of forecasts for 5-40 days ahead using the S2S forecast archive, with focus on daily weather characteristics including rain-day frequency, heavy rainfall events, dry spells and monsoon onset/cessation dates, with relevance to agriculture, water resources and public health | |
10 | +1. Develop metrics for measuring the success of forecasts in ways that are useful to farmers and other stakeholder communities | |
11 | +1. Work with the post-Africa Climate Conference 2013 framework to connect international with African climate science communities, as well as with operational and user communities in a participatory two-way process |