REPORT OF THE 6TH EUMETSAT USER FORUM IN AFRICA

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REPORT OF THE SIXTH EUMETSAT
USER FORUM IN AFRICA
Organised by EUMETSAT in collaboration with the Ministère chargé de la
Coordination de l’Action Gouvernementale, des Transports et des
Privatisations de la République du Congo and the Communauté Economique
et Monétaire d’Afrique Centrale (CEMAC).
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Palais du Parlement, Brazzaville, Congo
27 September – 1 October 2004
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 5
LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS............................................................................................... 9
PRESENTATIONS................................................................................................................... 11
Opening Session .................................................................................................................. 11
Sessions 2 EUMETSAT programmes .............................................................................. 15
Session 3
The Meteosat-8 system and its applications .................................................. 15
Session 4
MSG interpretation guide ............................................................................... 16
Session 5
Applications of the SEVIRI instrument ........................................................... 16
Session 6
The MTAP/PUMA project ............................................................................... 16
Session 7
The PUMA Pilot Projects................................................................................ 17
Session 8
Low resolution satellite imagery – institutional approach............................... 17
Session 9
Low resolution satellite imagery – applications .............................................. 17
Session 10 EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities .................................................... 18
Session 11 Parallel session – Consolidated role of African NMSs................................... 18
Session 11 Parallel session – Use of PUMA receiving stations ....................................... 18
Session 12 AMESD........................................................................................................... 19
Session 13 Future activities of the PUMA Working Group ............................................... 19
EUMETSAT POINTS OF CONTACT FOR OPERATIONAL MATTERS................................ 20
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................... 21
ANNEX
FORUM PROGRAMME
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Introduction
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The 6 EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa was
organised in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, by
EUMETSAT, in collaboration with the Ministère
chargé de la Coordination de l’Action
Gouvernementale, des Transports et des
Privatisations de la République du Congo and
the Communauté Economique et Monétaire
d’Afrique Centrale (CEMAC). The Forum was
held from 27 September – 1 October 2004 with
over 140 participants representing 55 countries
of which 48 were African. There were
representatives from the following African
Intergovernmental Regional Associations: South
African Development Community (SADC),
Intergovernmental Authority on Development
(IGAD) Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), and
CEMAC, together with representatives from the
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and
the European Union (EU).
Opening Ceremony
The Forum was officially opened on 27
September 2004 with a ceremony chaired by Mr
Dominique Bemba, Director of the Cabinet of
the Ministère chargé de la Coordination de
l’Action Gouvernementale, des Transports et
des Privatisations of the Republic of Congo,
representing the Prime Minister Mr Isidore
Mvouba; Mr Jean Nkuete Executive Secretary of
CEMAC; and Mr Paul Counet representing the
Director General of EUMETSAT, Dr Lars
Prahm.
On behalf of Dr Prahm, Mr Counet expressed
his gratitude to the Government and the People
of the Republic of Congo for hosting the Forum.
He also thanked CEMAC for its contribution. He
stated that the main purpose of the Forum was
to reinforce the already well established
dialogue between EUMETSAT and its African
user community in order to optimise the use of
satellite data on the African continent, and to
ensure that actions taken by EUMETSAT in
Africa actually meet the specific requirements of
EUMETSAT’s African partners.
He stated that the first main theme chosen for
the Forum, hydrology and water management in
Africa, was crucial and he looked forward to the
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discussions which would hopefully result in
concrete solutions on ways forward.
Furthermore, regarding the second main
theme, the implementation and finalisation of
the Meteorological Transition in Africa Project
(MTAP/PUMA), he stressed the importance of
each National Meteorological Service and the
need for their readiness to enable the timely
installation of the PUMA receiving stations. On
this basis the entire African continent would be
fully equipped in one year’s time. He took the
opportunity to express his gratitude to
everybody involved in the project, particularly
the WMO, the sub-regional African Economic
Groupings: CEMAC, IOC, SADC, IGAD and
ECOWAS; the PUMA Task Team, the
European Union, and two former key players,
Mr Mukolwe, formerly from WMO, and Dr
Mohr, the former Director General of
EUMETSAT. He continued that the third main
theme would be dedicated to future activities,
the follow-on to the MTAP/PUMA project,
African Monitoring of Environment for
Sustainable Development (AMESD).
He concluded by briefly presenting the latest
status of EUMETSAT satellite programmes
and stated that EUMETSAT’s Council has
confirmed the continued support to
meteorological activities in Africa. He wished
the participants fruitful discussions and a very
successful Forum.
On behalf of Mr Isidore Mvouba, Prime
Minister, Mr Dominique Bemba, Director of the
Cabinet of the Ministère chargé de la
Coordination de l’Action Gouvernementale,
des Transports et des Privatisations of the
Republic of Congo gave the second address,
in which he welcomed all participants and
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partners to Brazzaville, Congo, and the 6
EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa. He
expressed his thanks to EUMETSAT and
CEMAC for having chosen the Republic of
Congo as venue of the Forum. Furthermore,
welcome greetings from the President of the
Republic, his Excellence Mr Denis Sassou
Nguesso, were also transmitted.
He continued by stating that the sustainable
management of the environment, natural
resources and drinkable water were core
issues, not only in Africa but to the world at
large. He added that these matters were also
in line with Government policy of the Republic
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of Congo through the initiatives of meteorology
and the undertakings of The New Partnership
for Africa’s Development (NEPAD); and the subregional African Economic groupings. He stated
that the use of Meteosat Second Generation
data and the Forum would address these issues
in a timely manner. Moreover, with the
installation of Meteosat receiving stations, the
National Meteorological Services in Africa will
enter a new era of weather, climate, hydrology
and water management.
He added that the Government of the Republic
of Congo would be prepared to support the
initative on the creation of a global observatory
for climate and environment in Central Africa.
He added that this would be a contribution to
improve the protection of life, safety on ground,
at sea and in the air, thanks to the means of
advanced meteorology, climatology, hydrology
and environmental information.
Concluding his speech he encouraged an active
contribution to achieve concrete
recommendations and resolutions and wished
everybody a succesful Forum.
Mr. Jean Nkuete, Executive Secretary of
CEMAC, warmly welcoming everybody to
Brazzaville, on behalf of the Central African
Region, provided the final address. He
expressed his gratitude to the President of the
Republic of Congo who is continuously
supporting the integrated Central Africa and the
fact that, at the second attempt, the Forum was
now taking place in the region and he thanked
the organisers of the Forum.
Furthermore, he said that thanks to the
Government of Congo and CEMAC, the PUMA
receveing station would be installed on the
occasion of the Forum rather than as initially
foreseen in 2005. The implementation of the
MTAP/ PUMA project with its modern
technology and the Meteosat Second
Generation data provision will allow all
Meteorological Services in Africa to improve the
forecasting and observations of weather, natural
disasters, food security, and climatic changes.
On behalf of CEMAC, he expressed his sincere
thanks to EUMETSAT for making this a reality,
and he would like to continue the already
existing cooperation between the two
organisations for the benefit of the sub-region.
One of the core themes of the Forum, the use of
low resolution satellite images for hydrology and
water management had already resulted in the
creation of the Commission Internationale du
bassin Congo-Oubangui-Sangha (CICOS).
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Moreover, he confirmed that recommendations
had been made by the Directors of the
Meteorological Services of the CEMAC
countries for undertaking a detailed study for
the creation of a Global Observatory of Central
Africa. This, he claimed, would support the
implementation of programmes in the subregion to further support sustainable
development and poverty reduction.
In conclusion, he wished the audience a
succesful Forum and encouraged an outcome
of concrete results and actions.
Inauguration of the PUMA Receiving
Station
After the opening ceremony, all participants
were directed to Maya-Maya international
airport for the inauguration of the recently
installed PUMA Receiving Station. The Prime
Minister of the Republic of Congo, Mr. Isidore
Mvouba, had the pleasure of cutting the ribbon
followed by a toast offered by the Government
of the Republic of Congo. There were
speeches by EUMETSAT, the European
Union, the MTAP/PUMA Project Chairman and
Alcatel.
Objectives
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The overall objective of the 6 EUMETSAT
User Forum in Africa was to reinforce the
already well established dialogue between
EUMETSAT and its African user community in
order to optimise the use of our satellite data
on the African continent, and to ensure that
actions taken by EUMETSAT in Africa actually
meet the specific requirements of our African
partners.
The detailed objectives of the User Forum
were:
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To present the current status on the
EUMETSAT satellite programmes,
Meteosat-8 and its applications;
To prepare the African National
Meteorological and Hydrological Servcies
(NMHS) for the final stage of the
MTAP/PUMA project and to prepare them
for the preparation of the follow-on Project;
To hold dedicated sessions on the African
Monitoring of the Environment for
Sustainable Development (AMESD)
initiative, the role of African National
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Meteorological Services, and on how
EUMETSAT can contribute to sustain the
use of meteorological satellite data in Africa;
To hold thematic sessions focusing on the
use of low-resolution satellite imagery for
hydrology and water management, the topic
being of major importance to the Central
African sub-region which was recently
reflected at the highest level by the creation
of the Commission Internationale du bassin
Congo-Oubangi-Sangha (CICOS). By taking
part in the Jason-2 Programme, and with
the initiation of discussion on the creation of
a Satellite Application Facility (SAF) on
hydrology and water management,
EUMETSAT has recognised its potential
important contribution to this topic.
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The session finished by a presentation by the
European Union on earth observation land
based applications, the GEOLAND project,
and its links to the MTAP/PUMA project.
PUMA Pilot Projects
As a result of the EUMETCast system enabling
transmission of non- meteorological data and a
call for ideas in February 2003 under the
‘Outlook activities’ component of the
MTAP/PUMA Project, there followed status
reports on the six selected pilot projects:
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EUMETSAT Programmes
EUMETSAT provided information on the current
status of the EUMETSAT Satellite Programmes:
The Meteosat operational system, its
instruments, applications and products;
EUMETCast, the EUMETSAT data
dissemination system; the EUMETSAT Polar
System (EPS); and the Jason programme. A
dedicated session was held on the Satellite
Application Facilities (SAFs). In addition
presentations were given on EUMETSAT’s
training efforts and the MSG interpretation
guide, a CD-ROM for training of operational
forecasters, trainers, and students.
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METTELSAT project (Democratic Republic
of the Congo);
AGRHYMET project (CILSS structure in
Niger);
Project of the Ministry of Development and
Water Resources Management (Kenya);
Project of the Kenyan Fishery Research
Institute (Kenya) and the Mauritius
Oceanographic Institute (Mauritius);
Project of the Laboratory of Teaching and
Research in Geomatics (Senegal); and
South African Meteorological Service
project (South Africa)
It was noted that the overall aim of the pilot
projects was to nurture partnerships and
networking with the aim of supporting longterm development efforts in Africa.
Hydrology
MTAP/PUMA Project
The Project Management Unit provided status
reports on the four components of the
MTAP/PUMA project: Hardware and Software
provision; Technical training; Thematic training
(data usage); and Outlook activities.
The MTAP/PUMA project will finish by end
September 2005, at which point in time the
entire African continent will have state of the art
equipment and capabilities to receive Meteosat
Second Generation data and, because of the
EUMETCast system, other environmental data.
The overall deployment schedule was
presented, and the requirements necessary for
it to be implemented. It was stressed that the
National Meteorological Services had to make
all necessary efforts to be ready to receive and
install the equipment according to the schedule.
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Two thematic sessions presented the use of
low-resolution satellite imagery for the
management of river catchments in two ways:
an institutional approach and applications in
Africa. Contributions were made by the
Commission Internationale du bassin CongoOubangui-Sangha (CICOS), Niger, Senegal,
England, Guinea, Sudan, Morocco, Ethiopia,
Zimbabwe, and the Central African Republic.
Satellite Application Facilities (SAF)
An overview of the Satellite Application Facility
(SAF) concept and a brief update on the status
of those SAFs currently in their Initial
Operations Phase was presented. This was
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followed by a detailed presentation on the
potential future use of Land SAF applications in
the African user community, together with
information on the software and products
generated by the other six SAFs.
Parallel Sessions
One session dealt with the consolidated role of
the African Meteorological Services for
sustainable development. Emphasis was placed
upon networking among these Services to build
project management skills and capacity and to
mobilise financial resources for development
activities to be undertaken within the field of
sustainable development activities. The
Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of
Congo presented successful examples of such
undertakings, and the African Centre for
Meteorological Application for Development
(ACMAD) highlighted the financial resource
mobilisation issue.
The other session introduced the use of the
PUMA receiving stations which allowed each
participant, and particularly the Directors of the
Meteorological Services, to be fully aware of the
delivery and site readiness requirements of the
PUMA receiving stations in their respective
countries. Additionally, there was a fully
operational receiving station on view.
AMESD
There was a status presentation on the AMESD
feasibility study, complemented by a
presentation on the widening scope of the
theme within Europe.
According to the feasibility study, there were
four overall principles for design and
implementation of AMESD: 1) response to
political demand, 2) consideration of existing
assests, 3) added value information services
and 4) cost-effectiveness and flexibility.
Discussions with the various stakeholders were
ongoing and, based upon the consolidated
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output, activities would be decided. A
presentation to the European Commission
would then be undertaken with a request for
financial support. Activities were foreseen to
start in the second half of 2005, with a duration
of four years.
In its presentation, the European Commission
announced that it was considering whether to
incorporate the AMESD initiative as a regional
programme within the Global Monitoring for
Environment and Security (GMES) initiative.
This would allow the African community to
have a long-term vision in the field of earth
obersvation technologies and applications.
Closing Session
As a result of the wide range of discussions
that took place in the Forum sessions, 31
recommendations were drawn up in the final
session. The recommendations were directed
towards EUMETSAT, the PUMA Task Team,
the PUMA Project Management Unit, the
PUMA Pilot Projects, the African National
Meteorological Services, the sub-regional
African Economic Groupings, EU, WMO, and
Industry. They mainly referred to the
EUMETSAT programmes and satellite
applications, EUMETCast, networking and
partnerships, AMESD, and including long-term
receiving station maintenance strategy and
training.
Concluding the Forum, EUMETSAT noted that
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the 6 EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa had
been a major success. On behalf of Dr Lars
Prahm, Director General of EUMETSAT, Mr
Paul Counet thanked the Government and
people of the Republic of Congo, the hosts, the
local organising committee, the sub-regional
African Economic Groupings, WMO, the EU,
the session chairmen and rapporteurs, and the
drafting committee for all their valuable
contributions.
The forum was officially closed at 11:00 on 1
October 2004.
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LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS
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List of recommendations of the 6 EUMETSAT
User Forum in Africa
Sessions 4 and 5 – SEVIRI applications and MSG
Interpretation Guide
Session 2 and 3 – EUMETSAT Programmes &
Meteosat-8
8.
1.
The Forum recommends the establishment
of a Task Team to address the needs of
NMS in Africa concerning the content of the
EUMETCast broadcast.
2.
The Forum invites EUMETSAT to take all
necessary
steps
to
ensure
that
EUMETCast will become the standard
broadcast system for Earth Observation
data to Africa, in order to avoid the
duplication of receiving equipment on the
African continent.
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3.
4.
5.
6.
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The Forum recommends to EUMETSAT
that a questionnaire should be sent to all
NMS
in
Africa
soliciting
their
recommendations on which data and
products should be included within the
EUMETCast broadcast.
The Forum recommends that training for
meteorologists from African NMS in the
potential use of new data and products
from the Metop, NOAA/POES and possibly
other polar orbiting satellite systems, such
as ENVISAT, should now be given a high
priority.
The Forum recommends to EUMETSAT
that a Satellite Meteorology Glossary be
prepared and distributed to all participants
before the end of 2004.
The Forum recommends that selected
products, for example, from the GEOLAND
or VGT4Africa projects, and those relating
to food security (e.g. monitoring the
evolution of locus swarms) be distributed
via EUMETCast and, prior to the full
implementation of PUMA stations at all
African NMS, where feasible, selected
information be provided via ftp on Internet,
in particular NDVI data from the VGT
instrument, in order to ensure wide and
timely availability.
The Forum recommends that the relay of
Metop data to the African NMS be carried
out via the EUMETCast broadcast.
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The Forum recommends to EUMETSAT that
the translation of the MSG Interpretation Guide
into French be completed by June 2005 and to
explore the possibility of having a translation
into Portuguese.
The Forum recommends to EUMETSAT that
the MSG Interpretation Guide forms a key
element of the PUMA applications training and
be distributed to NMS in Africa.
10. The Forum recommends that the European
Commission and Alcatel take all steps
necessary so that the PUMA stations can
perform SEVIRI channel data manipulation
(e.g. creation of RGB image composites,
difference images, etc), on an operational
basis, before the full deployment of the
receiving stations.
11. The Forum recommends that EUMETSAT
takes all necessary steps to ensure
harmonisation/standardisation of RGB image
interpretation methods for meteorological and
other environmental monitoring applications by
the end of 2005.
12. The Forum recommends that EUMETSAT also
disseminates Meteosat-8 HRV imagery
covering the western African region, as a
matter of urgency.
Session 6 – The MTAP/PUMA Project
13. The Forum invites EUMETSAT to provide long
term continuity of its satellite data applications
training activities for African NMS, beyond the
current duration of the MTAP/PUMA project,
and to explore how training might be provided
to other potential user Groups.
14. The Forum urges all African NMS to complete
installation
site
preparations
and
the
designation of personnel for PUMA training, in
time for the scheduled delivery of PUMA
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stations, as presented at the 6 Africa User
Forum,
and
that
customs
clearance
procedures commence immediately upon
receipt of the pro-forma invoice sent by Alcatel.
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explores
possibilities
to
train
the
Portuguese speaking community in Africa
in the Portuguese language in order to
make technical and applications training
more effective.
Session 7 – PUMA pilot projects
continues its support to the African
Economic
Groupings
and
National
Meteorological Services in the finalisation
of the MTAP/PUMA project and initiation of
the AMESD initiative, e.g. through its
continuous support to the Secretariat of
these groups, in order to promote the
creation of new initiatives, such as the
development of new pilot projects.
Sessions 8 and 9 – Hydrology
17. The Forum recommends that products and
results of all studies emanating from the
Pilot Projects and other willing sources
should be shared with all African NMS.
22. The Forum recommends that EUMETSAT,
WMO and the African Economic Groupings
(AEG), support the African NMS in their
planning of the possible evolution of their
mandate
and
status
to
face
new
responsibilities resulting from the current
access to EUMETCast and their roles in the
networks of partners created in the spirit of
PUMA and AMESD.
23. The Forum recommends that the NMSs set up
partnerships
between
the
actors
of
development at national and international level
for the efficient use of meteorological, climate
and environmental information and products
for sustainable development.
24. The Forum invites ALCATEL to indicate the
limit conditions for use of the antenna (wind,
temperature, etc.), before the deployment of
the stations in countries.
25. The Forum recommends that, if possible, the
PMU ensures that station operators are trained
prior to the installation of receiving stations in
their countries, in order to enable them to
participate in the on-site installation.
Session 10 – SAFs
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18. The Forum recommends to EUMETSAT
that Nowcasting SAF software packages
used for the monitoring and prediction of
severe weather phenomena should be
made
available
to
the
African
meteorological community at the earliest
opportunity.
19. The Forum recommends that the coverage
of SAF ocean products, e.g. high-resolution
Sea Surface Temperature (SST), be
extended to cover the oceans around the
African continent, as a matter of urgency.
20. The Forum recommends to EUMETSAT
that African users be actively involved in
the validation of SAF products or software
extended to cover the African continent,
and this particularly in the framework of the
Land-SAF activities.
21. The Forum recommends that, in order to
better validate and optimise the use of
satellite data, the African Economic
Groupings establish an African SAF, with
the support of EUMETSAT and other
partners, e.g. ACMAD and WMO.
Session 11 – Parallel sessions
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AMESD
26. The Forum recommends that the PUMA
Working Group, in cooperation with the
Directors of the National Meteorological
Services of the non-ACP countries, initiates a
proposal to the European Union (MEDA) in
order to create a programme similar to that of
AMESD foreseen for non-ACP countries.
Session 13
Future activities of the PUMA
Working Group
27. The Forum recommends that the results of the
EU evaluation of the MTAP/PUMA project be
made available to Forum participants, before
the end of the project.
28. The Forum recommends that the PUMA
Working Group prepares a long term strategy
for technical maintenance of the PUMA
stations,
including
the
archiving
and
processing of data and applications training,
after the end of the current MTAP/PUMA
project (September 2005).
29. The Forum endorses the steps being taken to
ensure a viable and long term AMESD project
and strongly supports the need for the
development and implementation of a future
training and maintenance strategy within the
framework of that project, including the
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possibility of upgrading the PUMA stations,
taking advantage of the PUMA evaluation.
partner African Institutions before the end of
2004.
develops technical specifications for a low
cost receiving station and makes them
available to all African States, AEGs, and
continues to organise its User Forum in Africa,
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and that the 7 Forum should take place in
2006, and located in the SADC region.
PRESENTATIONS
Opening Session
Welcome address by Dr. Lars Prahm
(represented by Mr. Paul Counet)
Mr Representative of the Ministre d’Etat chargé
de
la
Coordination
de
l’Action
Gouvernementale, Ministre des Transports et
des Privatisations;
Mr Secretary General of the CEMAC;
Mr Secretary General of the CYCOS;
Mr Representative of the General Secretary of
the WMO;
Mr Representative of the Delegate of the
European Union in Brazzaville;
Ladies and Gentlemen;
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Dear Participants in the 6 Forum of
EUMETSAT Users in Africa;
Dear Friends.
I would like, first of all, to ask you to kindly
excuse the absence of the EUMETSAT Director
General, retained in Europe by last-minute
obligations. He asked me to represent him
during this Forum and to say a few words of
welcome.
On behalf of EUMETSAT, I would like to begin
by thanking the Government and the people of
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Congo Brazzaville for hosting our 6 Forum of
EUMETSAT Users in Africa. I would like to
associate with these thanks those of the
CEMAC, the regional organisation grouping and
the countries of Central Africa.
Mr Cabinet Director, Ladies, Gentlemen,
The purpose of the EUMETSAT Forum in Africa
is to establish a privileged link between our
organisation and its users in Africa so that the
best use may be made of the data supplied by
our meteorological satellites to serve the needs
of our partners in Europe and Africa.
One of the themes chosen by our Forum is the
use of satellite data for the management of
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water resources in Africa. During the next four
days, we shall have the opportunity to discuss this
subject and its impact in Africa and, I hope, to be
able to outline avenues yielding elements for a
solution to the problems discussed. A recent report
of the International Water Management Institute
predicts that by 2025, if nothing changes, countries
like Kenya and South Africa will be facing serious
water shortage problems. It is, moreover, estimated
that 40% of the continent's fresh water reserves will
have been depleted by the next quarter century.
Water management will be a challenge of the new
millennium, and modestly with the resources at our
disposal, we shall try to contribute to the setup of
operational solutions.
The second theme of the Forum relates to the
further development of activities undertaken in
connection with the PUMA project. This project is
currently being carried out and we shall have the
pleasure, immediately after this opening session, to
proceed with the official inauguration of the Congo
reception station installed at the Maya Maya
International Airport.
It is essential that, following this Forum, all the
representatives of the NMSs be aware of the
precise date set for the installation of the PUMA
station in their country, and undertake the steps
required for the reception of the station. You will be
leaving Brazzaville with a check-list noting the
obligations and responsibilities of all the players
involved in this project. It must be borne in mind
that, 12 months from now, 60 African sites will be
equipped with PUMA stations and that this
ambitious logistical operation will be possible only
with your active contribution.
At this point in my presentation, I would like to
thank all those who took part in putting into place
this project, so essential for Africa. In particular, I
would like to thank all of you present here, but
especially, the World Meteorological Organisation,
the African economic groups CEMAC, IOC, SADC,
IGAD and CEDEAO within the PUMA working
group. The European Union, as a project funding
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entity, merits particular thanks. I would also like
to thank the people who unfortunately are not
with us today but without whom, owing to their
vision, personal commitment and support, this
project would never have taken off. I am
thinking, in particular, of the first President of the
PUMA working group, Mr Mukolue, and
Dr Mohr, former EUMETSAT Director General.
The third and last theme of the Forum will
consider the future. You are certainly aware that
in Dakar, in 2002, the five African economic
groups already mentioned drafted and adopted
a declaration asking the European Union to
initiate a study allowing the launching of an
environmental monitoring project in support of
sustainable development in Africa known by the
name of AMESD. The purpose of this project
will be to ensure that African decision makers
have the tools to enable them to implement their
development policies in an optimum manner.
This project will be based on the results of
PUMA and on the notion of networking by all the
partners in development at national, regional or
continental levels. I am pleased to inform you
that the European Union has responded
positively to the Dakar declaration, that the
feasibility study was undertaken and that a
project should come into being in 2005,
materially succeeding PUMA.
Complete
information will be provided during the Forum.
I will conclude this presentation by informing you
of some recent developments with EUMETSAT.
On 1 August 2004, Dr Lars Prahm of Denmark
succeeded Dr Tillmann Mohr as Director
General of EUMETSAT.
Our MSG satellite launched in August 2002 was
declared operation on 1 February 2004 and,
during 2005, we shall launch the second
satellite, MSG-2. Two other satellites will be
launched in the future, ensuring operational
service until 2018.
At the same time, EUMETSAT is finalising the
development of its first polar satellite, METOP-1.
This programme will consist of three satellites
and will supply data until 2015.
The first generation Meteosat satellite,
Meteosat-7, will be kept in operation until
December 2005 when it will be moved over the
Indian Ocean in order to provide continuity of
coverage for this part of the globe, so important
for our friends in East Africa.
To distribute its data, EUMETSAT has set up its
EUMETCast service with a specific channel for
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Africa, making it possible to meet the needs of the
PUMA project. Through EUMETCast, all our users,
including those in Africa, will receive the data and
products from the EUMETSAT MSG and METOP
satellites, but also approximately 150 products
made in the SAFs, in addition to data from other
satellites such as VGT on SPOT-5.
In the oceanographic area, EUMETSAT will
contribute to the Jason-2 Programme which will be
launched in 2007.
All these points will be discussed in detail during
the Forum. In conclusion, I would like to inform you
that the EUMETSAT Council recently confirmed its
strategic plan, which reaffirms EUMETSAT's
commitment in Africa and the support given to
meteorological activities in Africa.
Before giving you the floor, I would like to remind
you that this Forum is yours and that it will be a
success only if you participate fully in it.
With these words, I wish you the best in your
debates and deliberations and I thank you for your
attention.
Welcome address by Mr Isidore Mvouba, Prime
Minister, represented by Mr Dominique Bemba,
Director of the Cabinet of the Ministère chargé
de la Coordination de l’Action
Gouvernementale, des Transports et des
Privatisations of the Republic of Congo
Mr Executive Secretary of the CEMAC,
Mr Representative of the Secretary General of the
World Meteorological Organisation (WMO),
Messrs Experts,
Distinguished guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Congo is honoured to host within its green
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capital Brazzaville the 6 Forum EUMETSAT users
in Africa.
It is a pleasant duty for me to thank in this regard
the organisers of this Forum, i.e. the European
Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological
Satellites and the Executive Secretary of the
CEMAC, for the honour they have shown us in
choosing our country for the venue of this event.
To the delegates and to all participants, I am
pleased to wish them on behalf of His Excellency
Mr Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the
Republic, a cordial welcome to the Congo
homeland.
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services for the control of meteorological, climatic,
hydrological and environmental phenomena.
One of the challenges which Africa and the
world are facing at this start of the century is,
without any doubt, that of the sustainable
management of the environment, natural
resources and drinking water for all.
You have chosen to give us your thoughts on an
important theme:
"Meteorology and Water Management
Sustainable Development in Africa."
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This subject falls fully within the policy of the
Government and its Head, His Excellency,
President Mr Denis Sassou Nguesso, with
regard to sustainable management of the
environment in accordance with NEPAD
orientations.
It is also from this viewpoint that African
governments have become organised through
subregional economic groups such as CEMAC,
COI, CEDEAO, IGAD and SADC to promote
sustainable development in Africa thanks in
particular to the use of Meteosat Second
Generation (MSG).
It may thus be said that, with the installation of
new Meteosat reception stations, Africa has
entered a new era in the management,
prevention and surveillance of weather, climate,
water and the environment.
Indeed, it need hardly be pointed out that there
was a nice when looking out the window or
sticking a finger in the air was a way to predict
the weather. Those times are gone forever.
There is no doubt today that the meteorological
and hydrological services of Africa have joined
the world of modern technology.
Based upon the initiative for the creation of a
global observatory monitoring the climate and
environment of the countries of Central Africa
and the conclusions reached by experts in this
regard, I can assure you that the Government of
the Republic of Congo will not spare any efforts
to ensure the successful outcome of this
community project.
This new institution, which will be the first link in
our scientific system, will contribute to improving
the protection of persons and goods, their safety
on land, sea and in the air, thanks in particular
to the capabilities given to the appropriate
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Dear delegates,
In closing, I would like to urge you to examine
carefully and responsibly the different items on the
agenda in order to work out appropriate resolutions
and recommendations.
Wishing you every success in your work, I declare
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open the proceedings of the 6 Forum of
EUMETSAT Users in Africa.
Long live international cooperation,
Long live African integration.
Thank you.
Welcome address by Mr Jean Nkuete, Executive
Secretary of CEMAC
Mr Director of the Cabinet of Ministre d’Etat, chargé
de la Coordination de l’Action Gouvernementale
des Transports et des Privatisations,
Mr Representative of the General Director of
EUMETSAT,
Mr Representative of the WMO,
Distinguished hosts,
Permit me to point out first of all and immediately
that it is for me both a rare honour and an immense
pleasure as well as a pleasant duty to take the floor
before Your Excellencies brought together in this
symbolic hall of the Parliament Palace to wish you
one and all, on behalf of the entire community, a
warm and cordial welcome to this celebrated,
legendary and hospitable city of Brazzaville, the
political capital of the Republic of Congo.
As the greatest virtue is gratitude, it appears to me
both legitimate and logical to express at this point
and very courteously to His Excellency Dénis
Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of
Congo, the profound thanks of the Executive
Secretariat of the community for his constant
solicitude and his noble actions in favour of the
integration of Central Africa.
Also, the successful organisation of this ceremony
will, it goes without saying, have called for the
mobilisation of considerable material, human and
financial resources as well as the deployment of
efforts of every kind and at every level of the Congo
administration. This is an opportunity for me to
extend to all the people involved in various degrees
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in the preparation of this event the sincere
thanks of the Executive Secretary of the
CEMAC.
Mr Cabinet Director,
EUMETSAT,
Ladies and Gentlemen.
First of all, it would appear to me superfluous to
point out the perseverance of the Executive
Secretariat of the CEMAC and of the Congolese
Government which have made this afternoon's
event possible for Central Africa as a whole and
for the Republic of Congo in particular.
Regrettably, for independent reasons, the
5th Forum, which should have taken place here
in Brazzaville in September 2002, was held in
Dakar.
Without becoming discouraged, I completed
formalities with EUMETSAT and with other
economic integration organisations to have the
next Forum held in Brazzaville in Congo
because the Congolese Government at the time
had made every arrangement for this event to
be held under very good conditions.
I am happy today to take part in the opening of
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this 6 Forum here in Brazzaville and, as the
saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining.
This Forum is taking place at the most
favourable moment when, thanks to the
invaluable action of His Excellency Denis
Sassou Nguesso, this country has rediscovered
the climate of peace and calm necessary for its
development and for the fulfilment of its people.
To highlight this event and hence thank the
Congolese
Government,
the
Executive
Secretariat requested and obtained the
inauguration of the Brazzaville PUMA station on
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the occasion of this 6 Forum, whereas the
deployment schedule for the stations called for
this installation in 2005.
Need it be pointed out that the PUMA project,
Meteorological Transition in Africa, is designed
to replace ground equipment of the METEOSAT
Second Generation satellite in all 53 African
countries to enable them to obtain information
transmitted by this ultra-modern satellite in orbit
since October 2002.
prediction, food safety improvement, forest fire
surveillance and climatic changes.
This is the opportunity for me to thank the
EUMETSAT organisation for its reliability and
professionalism deployed so that this event could
take place. It may rest assured that the CEMAC is
determined to pursue and reinforce its cooperation
with it for the success of all the projects and
programmes in favour of our subregion.
Finally, the different themes to be developed during
this Forum will afford all the participants a glimpse
of the progress achieved in the area of space
research and the deployment of satellites using
sophisticated equipment and software capable of
producing very high-definition images over the
entire Central African region.
This is in keeping with the main theme of this
Forum, namely the use of low-resolution satellite
imaging for water management and hydrology
problems and validates the CEMAC which had the
foresight to create the International Commission of
the Congo-Oubangui-Sangha Basin (CICOS).
The CICOS, despite its short existence, has already
contributed to water resource management in the
Congo-Oubangui-Sangha Basin and in the creation
of a Global Observatory for this basin.
The creation of a Global Observatory for this basin,
as recommended by the Ministers in charge of
Meteorology, will make it possible to have reliable
data for the implementation of programmes and
projects of our subregion and for monitoring its
environment in connection with sustainable
development and the fight against poverty.
Mr Cabinet Director,
EUMETSAT,
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Before closing, I would like to express the wish that
this meeting should take place in a cordial and
fraternal atmosphere, values which characterise our
host country, so that the conclusions resulting from
this Forum may lead to concrete and practical
results.
Long live international cooperation.
Long live CEMAC.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Meteosat Second Generation will allow the
redynamising
of
National
Meteorological
Services (SMN) which will be able to use
supplied data on weather forecasting, disaster
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Sessions 2
EUMETSAT programmes
Dr. V. Gaertner, EUMETSAT, presented the
Meteosat-8 system, highlighting the new imagery
and products that are now being regularly provided
to users. A brief description was also given of data
provided by the 12-channel imager, called SEVIRI.
Chairman: Mr Pierre Ondongo
Rapporteur: Mr Henk Verschuur
The Status of the Meteosat Operational System
was presented by Ms. S. Wannop, EUMETSAT,
who drew particular attention to the recent
expansion in the use of the EUMETCast system
for the redistribution of Meteosat-8 imagery and
many other products to African countries.
Participants were also reminded that upon
successful completion of the commissioning of
MSG-2 (Meteosat-9), Meteosat-7 would be
moved to the Indian ocean area later in 2005
and there would be no further Meteosat First
Generation Services (WEFAX, HRI, MDD, etc )
provided to the region.
A look into the future was then provided by Mr G
Bridge, EUMETSAT, who presented a status
report on the progress of development of, and
services to be provided by the EUMETSAT
Polar System (EPS). Participants were informed
that a sub-set of, still to be defined, EPS
imagery/products would most likely be included
in the EUMETCast broadcast in due course.
Finally, Dr. V. Gaertner, Head of EUMETSAT
User Service Division, presented a status report
on the development of the Jason-2 programme,
which will play a key role in providing ocean
altimetry data and other products useful for the
longer term monitoring of the oceans.
Noting the very many new important products
expected from the EPS, several participants
stressed that training for meteorologists from
African NMS in the applications of Metop data
and that from NOAA/POES, and possibly other
polar orbiting satellite systems, such as
ENVISAT, should now be given a high priority
within the EUMETSAT Training Scheme.
Finally, noting the complexity of names,
acronyms, etc, used in the various
presentations, the Forum recommended that
EUMETSAT prepare a Satellite Meteorology
Glossary and distribute it to all participants
before the end of 2004.
Ms. S. Wannop, EUMETSAT, then described the
wide range of data now being distributed via the
EUMETCast broadcast system and how users
could gain access to the broadcast.
The distribution of data from the VEGETATION
instrument on the SPOT satellite via EUMETCast
was then described, in two parts, by Dr. E.
Bartholomé, European Commission and Dr G
Borstlap from VITO, the developers of the display
software. Examples of the data and its format were
presented and participants were made aware of a
demonstration of the system running during the
time of the conference in an adjacent room. The
system provided high quality, calibrated, vegetation
data suitable for land cover mapping on a global
scale. There was a desire to make a sub-set of the
data available, free of charge, to met services in
Africa, making use of the EUMETCast system.
Some typical additional uses of the data foreseen
were food security, burnt area monitoring, leaf area
index and locust monitoring.
There followed a general discussion of possibilities
for the distribution of data and products generated
in Africa via the EUMETCast system and the future
needs of NMS in Africa. Several participants
recommended the establishment of a Task Team to
address the needs of NMS in Africa concerning the
future content of the EUMETCast broadcast, which
should include data from other environmental
monitoring satellites such as SPOT and ENVISAT.
To this end, participants recommended that
EUMETSAT send a questionnaire to all NMS in
Africa soliciting their recommendations on which
data and products should be included within the
EUMETCast broadcast. Participants also
recommended that prior to the full implementation
of PUMA stations at all African NMS, where
feasible, selected vegetation information be
provided via ftp on Internet in order to ensure wide
and timely availability.
Participants also stressed the need for EUMETSAT
to ensure that EUMETCast will become the
standard broadcast system for Earth Observation
data to Africa, in order to avoid the duplication of
receiving equipment in the region.
Session 3
The Meteosat-8 system and
its applications
Chairman: Mr Pierre Ondongo
Rapporteur: Mr Gordon Bridge
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Session 4
MSG interpretation guide
Chairman: Dr Volker Gärtner
The session opened with a presentation by Mr.
H. Verschuur, EUMETSAT, providing a general
introduction to the Guide. Making reference to
the Guide, single-channel applications of the
Meteosat imager data were then described by
Mr. G. Bridge, EUMETSAT, followed by a
description of RGB composite images and multichannel applications, by Dr. V. Gaertner,
EUMETSAT.
Participants were informed that the Guide was
initially a response to requests from the NMS in
Europe for detailed information on the use of the
new Meteosat-8 data. However, it was clear that
the Guide had wider, more global, applications
and, over time, there would be more examples
and case studies covering the African region.
Participants expressed considerable interest in
the use of RGB composite images, and stressed
the need for standardisation in the approach
taken for their use, hoping that EUMETSAT
would take a lead in this regard. Also, noting
that the Guide was only available in the English
Language, several participants recommended
that it be translated into French as a matter of
urgency and, if feasible, into Portuguese.
Additionally, and appreciating the value of the
Guide as a teaching resource, several
participants recommended that teaching in the
use of Meteosat-8 data, foreseen within the
PUMA training scheme, be strongly based upon
use of the Guide. To this end, the Forum
recommended that the European Commission
and Alcatel took steps to ensure that the PUMA
stations were capable of channel data
manipulation (e.g. creation of RGB image
composites, difference images, etc), on an
operational basis, before full deployment of the
receiving stations around Africa.
Session 5
instrument
Applications of the SEVIRI
Chairman: Dr Volker Gärtner
Applications relating to fog and dust monitoring
were presented by Mr. H. Verschuur,
EUMETSAT, and applications relating to cloud
type detection and the monitoring of severe
convection were presented by Mr. G. Bridge,
EUMETSAT.
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These presentations were followed by a further
presentation from Mr. H. Verschuur, EUMETSAT,
describing EUMETSAT training activities supporting
the MTAP/PUMA project.
There followed a short further discussion of
Meteosat-8 applications and several participants
recalled their earlier requests that all meteorological
applications such as those described above be
included within the scope of PUMA applications
training from the outset.
Some participants recalled that to date there was
limited coverage by HRV over Africa and stressed
the need for equal coverage over western Africa.
The Forum recommended that this situation be
rectified by EUMETSAT as a matter of urgency.
Expressing great appreciation for EUMETSAT
training activities in Africa, several participants
expressed grave concern that the level of training
for meteorologists in the region could drop
dramatically after the end of the MTAP/PUMA
project unless EUMETSAT continued its former
level of activities after 2005. EUMETSAT
commented that this concern would be brought to
the attention of its Council.
Session 6
The MTAP/PUMA project
Chairman: Mr Alioune N’Diaye
Rapporteur: Mr Emilio Barisano
This session contained four presentations,
presenting a detailed report of the MTAP/PUMA
project, by the PMU (Project Management Unit)
team of Nairobi, namely, Mr Hugues Cahuzac,
Head of the PMU, Mr Albert Jenffer, Antenna
Expert and Mr Brice Montfraix, Technological
Forecasting and Training Expert. The fifth
presentation of the session, on relations between
the PUMA project and the European project for
terrestrial application of land observation,
GEOLAND, was presented by Mr Etienne
Bartholomé of the Ispra Joint Research Centre,
Italy.
The first four presentations showed in detail the
status of the PUMA project and its timetable of
activities until the end of the project, i.e. end of
September 2005. This information was particularly
appreciated by the Directors of the National
Meteorological Services (NMS) present at the
Forum and a number of practical questions were
posed to members of the PMU present. In
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particular, the attention of NMS Directors was
drawn to the following points:
Customs clearance of equipment donated
by the PUMA project, in the context of a
"regional" project, is not familiar to the
customs authorities of some countries and
will
require
particular
attention,
consequently, significant support on the part
of the NMSs benefiting from such
equipment may be necessary;
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Preparation of installation sites for future
antennas. Each NMS must provide a "Site
Readiness" declaration according to the
document provided by the PMU.
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The Forum noted that whilst relations between
the PUMA project and GEOLAND are in a
preliminary phase, they mark the need to set
PUMA activities within a "Research and
Development" context, thus assuring the future
availability, within Africa, of the latest
technological advances in global observation
techniques.
These presentations generated significant interest
on the part of participants and the importance of
these Pilot Projects was highlighted within the
context of the AMESD initiative, launched as the
operational continuation of the PUMA project.
Session 8 Low resolution satellite imagery –
institutional approach
Chairman: Col Benjamin N’Dala
Rapporteur: Mr Paul Counet
This session illustrated, using three specific cases,
the value of processing of satellite imagery in the
management of three large African basins, namely:
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Session 7
The PUMA Pilot Projects
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Chairman: Mr Emilio Barisano
Rapporteur: Mr Brice Montfraix
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This session contained presentations of the six
Pilot Projects, financed by the PUMA project.
The objectives of these Projects was to show
that the capabilities of the new meteorological
satellites, such as Meteosat 8, were suitable for
many applications other than meteorology or
climatology. Indeed, the presented projects
dealt with the following themes:
Evaluation of Water Resources of the Kasaï
Basin by MSG Satellite Remote Sensing, by
Dr N. Nianga, METTELSAT, RDC;
Deployment of continuous monitoring
networks covering desertification in West
Africa, by Dr A. Nonguierma, AGRHYMET,
Niger;
Meteorological
and
Oceanographic
Environment for the Management of the
Trophic Chain in the Marine Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) of Senegal, by Dr
M. Diop, LERG, Senegal;
Western Indian Ocean Satellite Applications
Programme (WIOSAP), by R. Mohit, Albion
Fisheries Research Centre, Mauritius;
Management
of
Natural
Resource
Degradation in East Africa, by Dr
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F. Mwango, Ministry of Development and Water
Resource Management of Kenya;
Research for the Use of MSG Data in South
Africa (RUMSA), by Dr N. Kroese, South
African Meteorological Service.
The Congo River basin, through the setup of
the CICOS (Commission Internationale du
bassin Congo-Oubangui-Sangha), presented
by Col M. B. N’Dala;
The Niger River basin through the Niger Basin
Authority (ABN), presented by Dr I. Olomoda;
The Senegal River basin through the OMVS,
presented by Drs P. N’Diaye and A. Juliè.
Additionally, Mr D. Kniveton effectively illustrated
the capabilities offered by geostationary satellites
for the estimation of precipitation, in particular, by
the Meteosat-8 satellite. The crucial importance of
this topic was clear from the ensuing discussions.
Session 9 Low resolution satellite imagery –
applications
Chairman: Mr Alhassane Diallo
Rapporteur: Mr Henk Verschuur
This session comprised a set of very interesting
presentations of Pilot Projects addressing the use
of satellite imagery for water resource monitoring in
Africa, namely,
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Precipitation variability in Guinea and its impact
on the energy consumption, by Dr. Y.
Bangoura, Guinea;
A water resource monitoring system in the
Sahel, by Dr. A. Diallo, AGRHYMET, Niger;
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A Satellite Application Facility on Hydrology
and Water Management in Sudan, by Dr. F.
Elameen, Sudan;
A study on the use of remote sensing data
for drought monitoring in Morocco, by Dr. N.
Filali, Morocco;
The use of low resolution satellite imagery
for hydrology and water management, by
Dr. N. Gissila, Ethiopia;
Use of GIS & Remote Sensing in Water
Resources Assessment & Management in
Zimbabwe, by Dr. J. Merka, Zimbabwe;
Moving sand bars and solid material
transportation on the river Oubangui, by Dr.
J. Teteya, Central African Republic
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There followed a short discussion session
where participants sought various clarifications
from the speakers. Several participants noted
that they were unaware of several of the
ongoing projects yet which had high relevance
in their own countries. They requested that the
Forum prepare a recommendation stating that
products and results of all studies emanating
from the Pilot Projects and other willing sources
should be shared with all African NMS as a
matter of routine.
Chairman: Mr A Kignaman-Soro
This session covered three fundamental aspects:
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the creation and insertion of NMSs in partnering
national networks with high added value, with
the other major national institutions active in the
field of
sustainable development such as
agriculture, animal farming, river transport,
maritime transport, civil security, environment,
forests, energy, water distribution, health, etc.
The importance of this strategy was
demonstrated with two examples in Africa, one
in the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC)
and one in the Republic of Congo (RC)
presented by the respective Directors of the
Meteorological Services of the two countries,
Messrs Amos Paluku and Pierre Ondongo.
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The importance for NMSs to master "financial
resource mobilisation" circuits, thus enabling
NMSs to prepare themselves, in a timely
manner, for the challenges of sustainable
development,
was
presented
by
M. A. Kignaman-Soro, Director General of
ACMAD.
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The increased capability for new and complex
project management by mastering the "project
cycle", a source of high productivity and trust on
the part of funding organisations.
Session 10
EUMETSAT Satellite
Application Facilities
This session raised many pertinent questions
relating to the different topics presented and there
were many requests for further information in order
to implement concrete proposals.
Chairman: Dr Etienne Bartholomé
Rapporteur: Ms Sally Wannop
The session chaired by Etienne Bartholomé
from the European Commission, began with an
overview by EUMETSAT of the Satellite
Application Facility (SAF) concept and a brief
update on the status of those SAFs currently in
their Initial Operations Phase. This was followed
by a detailed presentation on the Land Surface
Analysis SAF presented by Mr. C. da Camara
from IM Portugal. Mr. da Camara's interesting
presentation generated a number of questions
from the floor focussing on the potential future
use of Land SAF applications in the African user
community. The session closed with an
overview by Mt G Bridge, EUMETSAT, of the
software and products generated by the other
six SAFs.
Session 11 Parallel session – Consolidated
role of African NMSs
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Session 11 Parallel session – Use of PUMA
receiving stations
Chairman: Mr Philippe Muller
Rapporteur: Mr Albert Jenffer
This second parallel session enabled all
participants, in particular the Directors of the NMSs:
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on the one hand, to discuss with ALCATEL
representatives (in charge of MSG/PUMA
reception station installations) details of the
equipment they will be receiving as part of the
PUMA project and already discuss aspects of
operational functionality;
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and, on the other hand, to consult with the PMU
team concerning preparations, based on an
installation timetable, for the next phases of the
project, namely, "site Readiness", and profile of
experts to be trained, etc.
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Session 12 AMESD
Chairman: Mr Etienne Bartholomé
Rapporteur: Mr Paul Counet
Session 13
Future activities of the PUMA
Working Group
This session, offering a review of the AMESD
initiative feasibility study carried out by
M. Couzy, IGN France International, and also
establishing the viewpoint of the European
Commission, was presented by Messrs
E. Bartholomé and P. Counet.
These presentations highlighted:
On the one hand, the ever vigilant interest of
African Regional Economic Groups for the
exploitation of Global Observation data in
the management and monitoring of their
region's environment, and inter-regional
solidarity from a continental viewpoint which
should lead at the start of 2005 to the
seminar of the European Commission in the
presence of representatives of the African
Regional Economic Groups requesting the
study for a "restitution" of the feasibility
report prior to any actual request for
financing;
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secondly, the growing interest shown by the
European Commission in inserting the
AMESD initiative on Africa as a regional
programme in its GMES (Global
Managment of Environment and Security)
initiative. This action by the European
Commission should enable the African
community to have a long-term view in
these areas related to the space
technologies of the Global Observation
System.
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Chairman: Mr Paul Counet
In this session the President of the PUMA Working
Group, M. Alioune Ndiaye, Director for Africa at the
WMO, highlighted key activities of his Group. The
following was of note:
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In addition, Mr Paul Counet spelled out the
advantages of the new EUMETCast station and its
low-cost development enabling better control of its
maintenance as a result of the modularity and
standardisation of computer equipment, and the
increasing ease of access to reception and
processing software. He stressed the efforts in
these areas made by the PUMA project and by
EUMETSAT.
In the annex the following is provided:
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Participation in different Project Steering
Committees of the PUMA project;
Consideration of a PUMA project equipment
maintenance strategy;
Consideration of a low-cost EUMETCast
reception station strategy;
Follow-up of the AMESD initiative.
Forum programme
List of participants
CD Rom of the Forum presentations
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OPERATIONAL MATTERS
Organisation of EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa
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EUMETSAT
D-64295 Darmstadt
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Tel.: +49 6151 807 604/419
Fax: +49 6151 807 866
E-mail: [email protected]
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For any operational matters please contact in English or French:
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Tel.: +49 6151 807 377
Fax: +49 6151 807 379
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ACMAD
African Centre for Meteorological Application for Development
AGRHYMET Centre Régional de Formation et d'Application en Agrométéorologie et
Hydrologie Opérationnelle
AMESD
African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development
CEMAC
Communauté Economique et Monétaire de l'Afrique Centrale
CICOS
Commission Internationale du bassin Congo-Oubangi-Sangha
ECOWAS
Economic Community Of Western African States/Communauté Economique
des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (CEDEAO)
EPS
European Polar Satellite
EU
European Union
GMES
Global Monitoring of the Environment and Security
IGAD
Intergovernmental Authority on Development
IOC
Indian Ocean Commission
MDD
Meteosat Data Distribution
MSG
Meteosat Second Generation
MTAP
Meteorological Transition in Africa Project
NEPAD
New Partnership for Africa's Development
NMHS
National Meteorological and Hydrological Service
NOAA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
POES
Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
PUMA
Preparation for the Utilisation of Meteosat Second Generation in Africa
PMU
PUMA Project Management Unit
SADC
Southern African Development Community
SAF
Satellite Application Facility
WEFAX
The International Analogue Image Transmission System
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WWW
World Wide Web
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PROGRAMME DU FORUM (français)
Lundi 27 septembre 2004
11.00 - 12.30
Arrivée des participants et inscriptions au Palais du Parlement
12.30 - 14.00
Pause déjeuner
14.00 - 15.00
Cérémonie d’ouverture
16.00 - 16.30
Transfert vers l ’aéroport international de Maya - Maya
16.30 - 17.00
Inauguration de la station PUMA / EUMETCast à l ’aéroport international de Maya - Maya
17.30 - 18.30
Cocktail offert par le Gouvernement du Congo
11.40 - 12.10
Distribution des données de l ’instrument VEGETATION de Spot via EUMETCast,
E. Bartholomé, Commission européenne / G. Borstlap, VITO
12.10 - 12.30
Possibilités de distribution de données et produits générés en Afrique au travers
d ’EUMETCast - Discussion
12.30 - 14.00
Pause déjeuner
Session 4
Le guide d’interprétation MSG
Président de séance: V. Gärtner, EUMETSAT
Rapporteur: G. Bridge / V. Gärtner, EUMETSAT
14.00 - 14.10
Introduction générale au guide d ’interprétation, H. Verschuur, EUMETSAT
Mardi 28 septembre 2004
14.10 - 14.30
Applications par canal, G. Bridge, EUMETSAT
08.30 - 09.00
14.30 - 14.50
Compositions RVB et applications multi-canaux, V. Gärtner, EUMETSAT
Session 1
Programme et Objectifs du 6ème Forum des usagers d ’EUMETSAT en Afrique
P. Counet, EUMETSAT
Session 5
Les applications SEVIRI
Mots de bienvenue
P. Ondongo, Directeur de la Météorologie Nationale et Représentant Permanent du Congo auprès
de l ’Organisation météorologique mondiale
Session 2
Les programmes d’EUMETSAT
Président de séance: P. Ondongo, RP du Congo auprès de l ’OMM
Rapporteur: H. Verschuur, EUMETSAT
09.00 - 09.20
Statut du système opérationnel Météosat, S. Wannop, EUMETSAT
09.20 - 09.40
Statut du programme EPS, G. Bridge, EUMETSAT
09.40 - 10.00
Statut du programme Jason, V. Gärtner, EUMETSAT
10.00 - 10.30
Questions, réponses, discussions
10.30 - 11.00
Pause café
Président de séance: V. Gärtner, EUMETSAT
Rapporteur: G. Bridge, EUMETSAT
14.50 - 15.10
Les applications de SEVIRI
Brouillard et poussière, H. Verschuur, EUMETSAT
15.10 - 15.30
Les applications de SEVIRI
Nuages et systèmes de convection sévères, G. Bridge, EUMETSAT
15.30 - 15.45
Les activités de formation d ’EUMETSAT en support au projet PUMA, H. Verschuur,
EUMETSAT
15.45 - 16.00
16.00 - 16.30
Pause café
Session 6
Le projet PUMA
Président de séance: A. N ’Diaye, RP du Sénégal auprès de l ’OMM
Rapporteur: E. Barisano, Geosat Technology
Session 3
Le système Météosat-8 et ses applications
Président de séance: P. Ondongo, RP du Congo auprès de l ’OMM
16.30 - 16.45
Statut général de la mise en œuvre du projet PUMA, H. Cahuzac, ACRI
11.00 - 11.20
Le système Météosat-8, V. Gärtner, EUMETSAT
16.45 - 17.00
Statut de mise en œuvre des activités de formation PUMA, B. Montfraix, ACRI
11.20 - 11.40
Le système EUMETCast, S. Wannop, EUMETSAT
17.00 - 17.15
Statut de mise en œuvre du déploiement des stations de réception PUMA, A. Jenffer,
ACRI
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Mardi 28 septembre 2004 (suite)
17.15 - 17.30
Statut de mise en œuvre des projets pilotes PUMA, B. Montfraix, ACRI
17.30 - 17.40
PUMA et GEOLAND, projet intégré, E. Bartholomé, Commission Européenne
17.40 - 18.00
19.00
Cocktail de bienvenue offert par EUMETSAT
11.30 - 11.50
Impact des données MSG sur la gestion intégrée des ressources en eau du bassin du
Niger, I. Olomoda, Autorité du bassin du Niger.
11.50 - 12.10
Concepts de gestion intégrée de bassin versants, A. Juliè, OMVS, Sénégal
12.10 - 12.30
Application à l ’Observatoire de l ’environnement du bassin du fleuve Sénégal,
P. N ’Diaye, OMVS, Sénégal
12.30 - 12.50
Estimation des pluies à partir de l ’orbite géostationnaire et perspectives offertes par
MSG, D. Kniveton, Université de Sussex, Angleterre
12.50 - 13.00
12.45 - 14.00
Pause déjeuner
Mercredi 29 septembre 2004
Session 7
Les projets pilotes PUMA
Président de séance: E. Barisano, Geosat Technology
Rapporteur: B. Montfraix, ACRI
09.00 - 09.15
Evaluation des Ressources en eau du Bassin de Kasaï par Télédétection Satellitaire MSG
N.Nianga, METTELSAT, RDC
09.15 - 09.30
Mise en place de réseaux de surveillance continue de la désertification en Afrique de l’Ouest
A. Nonguierma, AGRHYMET, Niger
09.30 - 09.45
Environnement météorologiques et océanographiques pour la Gestion de la chaîne trophique dans
la Zone Economique Exclusive (ZEE) marine du Sénégal
M. Diop, LERG, Sénégal
09.45 - 10.00
Projet d ’Applications satellitaires dans l ’Océan Indien occidental (WIOSAP)
D. Kirugara, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
10.00 - 10.15
Gestion de la dégradation des ressources naturelles en Afrique de l’Est
F. Mwango, Ministère du développement et de la gestion des ressources en eau du Kenya
10.15 - 10.30
Recherches pour l’utilisation des données MSG en Afrique du Sud (RUMSA),
N. Kroese, Service Météorologique d’Afrique du Sud
10.30 - 10.45
10.45 - 11.15
Pause café
Session 8
Session thématique sur l’utilisation de l’imagerie satellitaire basse
résolution dans la gestion de bassin versant - Approche institutionnelle
Président de séance: B. N ’Dala, CICOS
Rapporteur: P. Counet, EUMETSAT
11.15 - 11.30
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Session thématique sur l’utilisation de l’imagerie satellitaire basse
résolution dans la gestion de bassin versant - Applications en Afrique
Président de séance: A. Diallo, AGRHYMET
14.00 - 14. 15
Variabilité des précipitations en Guinée et impact sur la consommation énergétique,
Y. Bangoura, Guinée
14.15 - 14.30
Système de suivi des ressources en eau au Sahel, A. Diallo, AGRHYMET, Niger
14.30 - 14.45
Applications satellitaires pour la gestion des ressources en eau au Soudan, F. Elameen,
Soudan
14.45 - 15.00
Etude des potentialités des données spatiales pour le suivi de la sécheresse au Maroc,
N. Filali, Maroc
15.00 - 15.15
Utilisation des données basse résolution pour la gestion de l ’eau en Ethiopie, N. Gissila,
Ethiopie
15.15 - 15.30
Utilisation des données satellitaires pour la gestion de l ’eau au Zimbabwe, J. Merka,
Zimbabwe
15.30 - 15.45
Transports solides dans l ’Oubangui, déplacement des barres sableuses, J. Teteya,
Centrafrique
15.45 - 16.00
16.00 - 16.30
Pause café
Présentation de la Commission Internationale du bassin Congo - Oubangui - Sangha,
Colonel B. N ’Dala, Secrétaire Général de la CICOS
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Mercredi 29 septembre 2004 (Suite)
Session 12
AMESD
Président de séance: E. Bartholomé, Commission européenne
Session 10
Les centres d’Application satellitaires d’EUMETSAT (SAF)
Président de séance: E. Bartholomé, Commission européenne
Rapporteur: S. Wannop, EUMETSAT
16.30 - 16.50
Le concept des SAF et leur état d’avancement, V. Gärtner, EUMETSAT
16.50 - 17.20
Présentation détaillée du SAF sur les terres émergées, C. da Camara, IM Portugal
17.20 - 17.40
Les autres produits et services des SAF, G. Bridge, EUMETSAT
17.40 - 18.00
18.00 - 19.00
Comité de rédaction
19.00
Cocktail offert par la CEMAC
Résultats préliminaires de l ’étude de faisabilité AMESD, A. Couzy, IFI, France
15.00 - 15.30
15.30 - 16.00
Pause café
Intégration des femmes professionnelles de la météorologie et de l ’hydrologie,
Suzanne Yaganga, Centrafrique
16.15 - 16.30
Session 1: Consolidation du rôle des Services Météorologiques africains pour le
Développement Durable
Président de séance: A. Kignaman-Soro, ACMAD
Les activités futures du groupe de travail PUMA
A. N ’Diaye, Président du groupe de travail PUMA
16.30 - 16.45
l ’Afrique,
Présentation d ’un concept de station de réception EUMETCast à bas coût pour
Exemples de mise en place de réseaux d'utilisateurs de l'information climatique et
météorologique au Congo et en RDC P Ondongo, A Paluku Vinyatsi, Directeurs de la Météo
Mobilisation des ressources financières, Directeur-Général de l ’ACMAD
Optimisation et maîtrise des cycles de projet, D. Léchevin / E. Barisano, France
16.45 - 17.30
Revue préliminaire des recommandations du Forum
17.30 - 19.00
Comité de Rédaction
19.00
Soirée congolaise offerte par le Gouvernement du Congo
Session 2: Introduction à l ’utilisation des stations de réception PUMA
ALCATEL, VCS, COROBOR
Président de séance: ALCATEL
Rapporteur: A. Jenffer, ACRI
08.30 - 10.30
Session 1 pour groupe francophone
Session 2 pour groupe anglophone
10.30 - 11.00
Pause café
11.00 - 13.00
Session 1 pour groupe anglophone
Session 2 pour groupe francophone
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14.30 - 15.00
du développement durable, E. Bartholomé / P. Counet, Commission européenne
16.00 - 16.15
Session 11
Sessions parallèles
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Le contexte politique général d ’AMESD et ses liens avec GMES: la technologie spatiale
Session 13
Le futur des activités du groupe de travail PUMA
Président de séance: P. Counet, EUMETSAT
Jeudi 30 septembre 2004
13.00 - 14.00
14.00 - 14.30
au service
et stratégie de la maintenance des stations de réception PUMA
P. Counet pour EUMETSAT
Vendredi 1 octobre 2004
09.00 - 10.30
Session 14
Adoption des recommandations du Forum
10.30 - 11.00
Cérémonie de clôture
11.00 - 16.00
Excursion technique sur le Fleuve Congo
Fin du Forum et départ des participants pour l ’aéroport international de Maya-Maya
Pause déjeuner
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FORUM PROGRAMME (English)
MONDAY 27 september 2004
Session 3
The Meteosat-8 system and its applications
Chairman: P. Ondongo, Permanent Representative of Congo of WMO
11.00 - 12.30
Registration of participants at the Palais du Parlement
12.30 - 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 15.00
Opening ceremony
15.00 - 15.30
Transfer to the international airport Maya - Maya
15.30 - 16.30
Inauguration of the PUMA/EUMETCast station at the international airport Maya - Maya
17.00 - 18.30
Cocktail offered by the Government of Congo
TUESDAY 28 september 2004
08.30 - 09.00
11.00 - 11.20
The Meteosat-8 system, V. Gärtner, EUMETSAT
11.20 - 11.40
The EUMETCast system, S. Wannop, EUMETSAT
11.40 - 12.00
Data distribution from the VEGETATION instrument on the Spot satellite via EUMETCast
E. Bartholomé, European Commission / G. Borstlap, VITO
12.00 - 12.30
Possibilities of distribution of data and products generated in Africa via the
EUMETCast system - Discussion
12.30 - 14.00
Lunch
Session 1
Programme and objectives of the 6th EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa
P. Counet, EUMETSAT
Session 4
MSG interpretation guide
Chairman: V. Gärtner, EUMETSAT, Rapporteur: G. Bridge / V. Gärtner, EUMETSAT
Welcome address
P. Ondongo, Director of the National Meteorological Services, Congo
Permanent Representative of Congo of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
14.00 - 14.10
General introduction to the guide, H. Verschuur, EUMETSAT
14.10 - 14.30
Single-channel applications, G. Bridge, EUMETSAT
Session 2
EUMETSAT programmes
14.30 - 14.50
RGB composites and multi-channel applications, V. Gärtner, EUMETSAT
Session 5
Applications of the SEVIRI instrument
Chairman: V. Gärtner, EUMETSAT, Rapporteur: G. Bridge, EUMETSAT
Chairman: P. Ondongo, Permanent Representative of Congo of WMO
09.00 - 09.20
Status of the Meteosat operational system, S. Wannop, EUMETSAT
09.20 - 09.40
Status of the EPS programme, G. Bridge, EUMETSAT
09.40 - 10.00
Status of the Jason programme, V. Gärtner, EUMETSAT
10.00 - 10.30
Questions, answers, discussions
10.30 - 11.00
Coffee break
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14.50 - 15.10
SEVIRI applications: Fog and dust
H. Verschuur, EUMETSAT
15.10 - 15.30
SEVIRI applications: Clouds and severe convection
G. Bridge, EUMETSAT
15.30 - 15.45
15.45 - 16.00
EUMETSAT training activities in support to the PUMA project, H. Verschuur, EUMETSAT
16.00 - 16.30
Coffee break
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Session 6
The PUMA Project
Chairman: A. N ’Diaye, Permanent Representative of Senegal of WMO
16.30 - 16.45
Status of the implementation of the PUMA project, H. Cahuzac, ACRI
16.45 - 17.00
Status of the implementation of the PUMA training activities, B. Montfraix, ACRI
17.00 - 17.15
Status of the installation of the PUMA receiving stations, A. Jenffer, ACRI
17.15 - 17.30
Status of the implementation of the PUMA pilot projects, B. Montfraix, ACRI
17.30 - 17.40
PUMA and GEOLAND - an integrated project, E. Bartholomé, Commission Européenne
17.40 - 18.00
19.00
Cocktail offered by EUMETSAT
WEDNESDAY 29 september 2004
Session 8 Thematic session on the use of low resolution satellite imagery for the
management of river catchments - institutional approach
Chairman: B. N ’Dala, CICOS, Rapporteur: P. Counet, EUMETSAT
11.15 - 11.30
Presentation of the Commission Internationale du bassin Congo - Oubangui - Sangha (CICOS),
Colonel B. N ’Dala, Secretary General, CICOS
11.30 - 11.50
Impact of Meteosat-8 data on the integrated management of the Niger river basin
I. Olomoda, the Niger water basin authorities
11.50 - 12.10
Concept of integrated management of water catchment
A. Juliè, OMVS, Senegal
12.10 - 12.30
Application to the Environmental Observatory of the Senegal river catchment
P. N ’Diaye, OMVS, Senegal
12.30 - 12.50
Precipitation estimates derived from Meteosat-8 data
D. Kniveton, University of Sussex, Angleterre
12.50 - 13.00
12.45 - 14.00
Lunch
Session 7
The PUMA pilot projects
Chairman: E. Barisano, Geosat Technology
Rapporteur: B. Montfraix, ACRI
Session 9 Thematic session on the use of low resolution satellite imagery for the
management of river catchments - applications in Africa
Chairman: A. Diallo, AGRHYMET, Rapporteur: H. Verschuur, EUMETSAT
14.00 - 14. 15
Precipitation variability in Guinea and its impact on the energy consumption
Y. Bangoura, Guinea
14.15 - 14.30
Water resource monitoring system in the Sahel, A. Diallo, AGRHYMET, Niger
14.30 - 14.45
Satellite Application Facility on hydrology and water management in Sudan, F. Elameen, Sudan
Meteorological and oceanographic environment for the management of the food chain in the
exclusive economic area of Senegal
M. Diop, LERG, Senegal
14.45 - 15.00
Study on the use of remote sensing data for drought monitoring in Morocco, N. Filali, Morocco
15.00 - 15.15
Use of low resolution satellite imagery for hydrology and water management, N. Gissila, Ethiopia
09.45 - 10.00
Western Indian Ocean Satellite Application Project (WIOSAP)
D. Kirugara, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
15.15 - 15.30
Use of GIS & Remote Sensing in Water Resources Assessment & Management in Zimbabwe,
J. Merka, Zimbabwe
10.00 - 10.15
Monitoring natural resources degradation using remote sensing technique in Kenya (MNRD)
F. Mwango, Ministry of Water Resources Development (MWRD), Kenya
15.30 - 15.45
Moving sand bars and solid material transportation on the river Oubangui, J. Teteya, Central
African Republic
10.15 - 10.30
Research for the utilisation of Meteosat-8 data in South Africa (RUMSA)
N. Kroese, South African Weather Service
15.45 - 16.00
10.30 - 10.45
10.45 - 11.15
Coffee break
09.00 - 09.15
Evaluation of water resources of the Kasaï river basin based on Meteosat-8 satellite data
N.Nianga, METTELSAT, DRC
09.15 - 09.30
Development of networks for the continuous monitoring of desertification in Western Africa
A. Nonguierma, AGRHYMET, Niger
09.30 - 09.45
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Session 12
African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development - AMESD
Session 10
EUMETSAT Satellite Application Facilities (SAF)
Chairman: E. Bartholomé, European Commission, Rapporteur: S. Wannop, EUMETSAT
Chairman: E. Bartholomé, European Commission
16.30 - 16.50
The SAF concept and current status, V. Gärtner, EUMETSAT
14.00 - 14.30
16.50 - 17.20
Detailed presentation on the SAF on Land Surface Analysis
C. da Camara, IM Portugal
The political context of AMESD and its links with GMES: Space technology
serving sustainable development, E. Bartholomé / P. Counet, European Commission
14.30 - 15.00
Preliminary results of the AMESD feasibility study
A. Couzy, IFI, France
15.00 - 15.30
15.30 - 16.00
Coffee break
17.20 - 17.40
Other SAF products and services , G. Bridge, EUMETSAT
17.40 - 18.00
18.00 - 19.00
Drafting committee
19.00
Cocktail offered by CEMAC
Session 13
Future activities of the PUMA Working Group
THURSDAY 30 september 2004
Chairman: P. Counet, EUMETSAT
Session 11
Parallel sessions
16.00 - 16.15
Session 1: The consolidated role of the African Meteorological Services for sustainable
development
Integration of women in meteorology and hydrology
Suzanne Yaganga, Central Africa
16.15 - 16.30
Chairman: A. Kignaman-Soro, ACMAD
Future activities of the PUMA Working Group
A. N ’Diaye, Chairman of the PUMA Working Group
16.30 - 16.45
Presentation on the concept of a low cost EUMETCast receiving station for Africa and
maintenance strategy for PUMA receiving stations
P. Counet for EUMETSAT
16.45 - 17.30
Review of the recommendations of the Forum
17.30 - 19.00
Drafting committee
19.00
Dinner offered by the Government of Congo
Examples of the set-up of a user network on climate and meteorological information in Congo and
DRC, A Paluku Vinyatsi, P Ondongo, Meteorological Services Directors
Financial resource mobilisation, A. Kignaman-Soro, Director-General, ACMADProject life cycle
optimisation and monitoring, D. Léchevin/E. Barisano, France
Session 2: Introduction on the usage of PUMA receiving stations, ALCATEL, VCS, COROBOR
Chairman: ALCATEL
Rapporteur: A. Jenffer, ACRI
FRIDAY 1 october 2004
08.30 - 10.30
Session 1 French speaking audience
Session 2 English speaking audience
09.00 - 10.30
Session 14
Adoption of the Forum recommendations
10.30 - 11.00
11.00 - 13.00
Coffee break
Session 1 English speaking audience
Session 2 French speaking audience
10.30 - 11.00
Closing ceremony
11.00 - 16.00
Technical excursion on the river Congo
Lunch
16.00
End of Forum
Departure of the participants to the international airport Maya-Maya
13.00 - 14.00
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LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS (par pays) / PARTICIPANTS LIST (by country)
Mr Geert BORSTLAP
VITO ; Boeretang 200 2400 Mol BELGIUM
Tel: +32 14 615853 Fax: +32 14 322795
Website: www.vito.be E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Paul COUNET
Commission Européenne, DG Recherche H.4 ; Rue de la Loi, 200 1049 Brussels BELGIUM
Tel: +32.(0)2.298.86.15 Fax: +32.(0)2.298.43.49 Mobile: +32.(0)498.649.063
Mr. Eric GONTIER
VITO ; Boeretang 200 2400 Mol BELGIUM
Tel: +32 14 336837 Fax: +32 14 322795
Website: www.vito.be E-mail: [email protected]
Mr Francis DIDE
Représentatant Permanent auprés de l'OMM Service Meteorologieque du Benin /ASECNA PO Box B.P. 379 Cotonou BENIN
Tel: +229 306 627 / 301 413 Fax: +229 300 839 Mobile: +229 064530
E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected]
Mr. Alfred Sipho DLAMINI
Senior Policy Officer for Communications & Meteorology South African Development Community (SADC) ; SADC House PO Box
Private/Bag 0095 Gaborone BOTSWANA. Tel: +267 3951 863 Fax: +267 3972 848 Mobile: +267 726 92863 Website: www.sadc.int
E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Mr Isaac KUSANE
Meteorologist Botswana Meteorological Services ; Plot 54216 Maaloso & Metsimotihaba Road PO Box 10100 Gaborone BOTSWANA
Tel: +267 3612244 Fax: +267 3956282 Mobile: +267 72530266
Mr. Niama Frédéric OUATTARA
Directeur Drection de la Météorologie ; 345, rue 25.04 secteur 25 PO Box 01 BP 576 Ouagadougou 01 BURKINA FASO
Tel: +226 50 35 60 39/32 Fax: +226 50 35 60 39 Mobile: +226 24 27 45
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Mr Aaron NTIRANYIBAGIRA
Previsionniste IGEBU PO Box B.P. 331 Bujumbura BURUNDI
Tel: +257 40 2625 Fax: +257 40 2625 Mobile: +257 826109
Mr. Hilary MBIFNGWEN BONGMUM Directeur de la Météorologie Ministère des Transports, Direction de la Météorologie ; 297, Rue Ivy Bonanjo 237 Douala CAMEROON
Tel: +237 3 42 16 35/07/42 53 50 Fax: +237 3 42 16 35 / 3 42 34 22 Mobile: +237 753 2138 Website: www.meteo-cameroun.net
E-mail: meteo.nationale@bénoué.camnet.com, mbifngwen_h@yah
Mr André NGUILAMBOUHE
BONGLA
Chef de Service du Réseau Ministère des Transports, Direction de la Météorologie ; 297, Rue Ivy Bonanjo PO Box B.P. 186237 Douala
CAMEROON. Tel: +237 3 42 16 35/07/42 53 50 Fax: +237 3 42 16 35 / 3 42 34 22
Mr. Paul NIA
Expert hydrologue, chercheur Centre de Recherche Hydrologiques ; (Ministère des Transports, Direction de la Météorologie) PO Box
B.P. 4110 Yaoundé CAMEROON. Tel: +237 2238583 [office], +237 2222430 [lab], +237 2318889 [private] Fax: +237 222 24 31
Mobile: +237 7594750
Mr Isidore EMBOLA
CEMAC PO Box 969 Bangui CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Tel: +236-61.18.85 Fax: +236-61.21.35 Mobile: +236-50.76.07 Website: www.cemac.cf E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Clément Thyrrell FEIZOURE
Expert Hydrologue Direction de la Météorologie Nationale ; Avenue Indépendance - Ministère Tranports PO Box B.P. 1411 Bangui
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Tel: +236 04 15 34 Fax: +236 61 06 36 Mobile: +236 04 15 34
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Mr. Joël Urbain TETEYA
Directeur, Représentant Permanent RCA-OMM Direction de la Météorologie Nationale ; Avenue de l'indépendance - Min. Transports
PO Box B.P. 941 Bangui CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Tel: +236 614.362 / 61 06 36 Fax: +236 614.918 / 61.06.36 Mobile: +236-04.36.37 Website: n/a E-mail: [email protected]
Mrs Suzanne YAGANGA
Technicien Supérieur de la Météorologie - Climatologie OFMHYCA PO Box B.P. 828 Bangui CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Tel: +236 61 33 80/ 61 80 93 Fax: +263 61 49 18/ 61 06 36 Mobile: +236 04 64 84
Mr. Alainaye JOGROMEL
Chef de division Hydrologie, Expert Hydrologuie Directeur des Ressources en eau et de la Météorologie nationale PO Box 429
N'Djamena CHAD. E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Moussa TCHITCHAOU
Directeur Direction des Ressources en eau et de la Météorologie nationale PO Box B.P. 429 N'Djamena CHAD
Tel: +235 52 30 81 Fax: +235 52 30 43/51 30 43 Mobile: +235 841 81 109/29 14 53 Website: [email protected] E-mail:
[email protected]
Mr. Kassim IBRAHIM
Chef d'exploitation de la Meteorologie Service Meteorolgique Comores PO Box 2369 Moroni COMORES
Tel: +269 73 26 13, 73 15 93, 73 21 35 Fax: +269 73 26 13 Mobile: +269 33 21 35
Mr Edgard Laurent
BASSOUKISSA
MCAG-TP Brazzaville CONGO
Mr. Christel BEMBA
Finance facturation ANAC, Direction de la meteorologie PO Box 208 Brazzaville CONGO
Mr Arnaud BORCHARD
Conseiller Union Européenne ; Av. Maréchal Lzautey (face à l'Ambassade d'Italie PO Box B.P.2149 Brazzaville CONGO
Tel: +242 813134 / 521 74 00 / 521 74 01 / 521 74 02 Fax: +242 81 18 45 / 669 99 29 Mobile: +242 521 74 04 E-mail:
[email protected]
Mr. Roger René BOUEMIS
Météorologiste l'ANAC Météorologie Brazzaville CONGO
Tel: +242 551 8290
Mr Benjamin BOUNGOU
Chef du centre d'assistance météorologique aux activités maritimes Météorologie Brazzaville CONGO
Tel: +242 557 0486
Mr Moussa DIALLO
Directeur du Protocole Ministere d'Etat Charge de la Coordinatino de l'Action Gouvernementale des Transports et des Privatisations ;
Dom. Case 4/A Camp ATC, Rue W. Guynet (Centre-Ville) PO Box B.P. 2148 Brazzaville CONGO
Tel: +242 815378
Mobile: +242 551 17 59/660 06 92
Mr. Paul DINGA
Chef de division Agrométéo Météorologie Brazzaville CONGO
Tel: +242 551 8240
Saturnin EKOUERI
Brazzaville CONGO
Mr. Daniel EVOUYA
Chef de service synoptique Météorologie Brazzaville CONGO
Tel: +242 536 2800
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Andet Martial FANGO
Brazzaville CONGO
Mrs Patrice GOUALA
Forestier planificateur Economie Forestière Brazzaville CONGO
Tel: +242 536 1488
Mr Alphonse KANGA
Chef de division pluviométrie et climatologie Météorologie Brazzaville CONGO
Tel: +242 538 4728
Mrs Marie Alphonse KANGA
OYOUELET
Directeur de la planification Agriculture et Elevage Brazzaville CONGO
Tel: +242 521 7132
Mrs Claudine KAYA
Chef de service ASECNA Brazzaville CONGO
Tel: +242 526 9763
Mr Camille LOUMOUAMOU
Chef de service climatique Météorologie Brazzaville CONGO
Tel: +242 551 5358
Mr Gabriel MALANDA
PABPS Brazzaville CONGO
Mr Martin MASSOUKINA
NKOUITIMA
Chef de division traitement de données Météorologie Brazzaville CONGO
Tel: +242 551 5358
Mr. Noel MOUKOLO
Expert Hydrogéologue UREA / CERGEC ; Boulevard de l'OUA face Marché Total PO Box B.P. 125 Brazzaville CONGO
Tel: +242 812090 Fax: +242 812090 / 812027 Mobile: +242 662 3668
Mr Gaston MVILA
Chef de division maintenance installation équipements météo Météorologie Brazzaville CONGO
Mr Serge Louis NANGHO
Mr Jonathan NDALA
Météorolgiste - Opérateur de saisie informatique l'ANAC, Direction de la Meteorologie PO Box 208 Brazzaville CONGO
Mobile: +242 668 9445
Prof. Dominique NGANGA
Prof. De physique de l'atmosphère Université Brazzaville CONGO
Tel: +242 551 7244
Col. Alphonse NGANTSELE
Brazzaville CONGO
Mr Dieudonné NGOUAKA
Chef CRT de Brazzaville ASECNA Brazzaville CONGO
Tel: +242 551 0351
Mr Basile NGOYO ADOUMA
Mrs. Maxime NZINZIELE
Chef de CMP ASECNA Brazzaville CONGO
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Mrs. Laurentine NZITOUKOULOU
BIDIE
Météorologiste-opératrice de saisie informatique l'ANAC, Direction de la Météorologie PO Box 208 Brazzaville CONGO
Fax: +242-81.02.27 Mobile: 662 12 46
Mr. Pierre ONDONGO
Directeur de la Météorologie Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile (ANAC) ; Ministère chargé de la coordination de l'action
gouvernementale des transports et des privatisations PO Box 128 Brazzaville CONGO, Tel: +242-81 20.90/07.46/02.27/07.47 Fax:
+242-81.02.27/10.70 Mobile: +242-668.43.22 Website: http://www.meteo-congo-brazza.net E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]
Mr Lucien ONKA
Prévisionniste Météorologie Brazzaville CONGO
Tel: +242 663 1664
Mr. Théophile TATY
Mr N'Gbe ABOLE
Chef de Département de la Météorologie générale et des transports Societe d'Exploitation et de Developpement aeroportuaire
aeronautique & meteorologique ; SODEXAM/DMN PO Box BP 38407 Abidjan CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Tel: +225 2158 6941 Fax: +225 2127 7344 Mobile: +225 07989900
Mr Nzokené BIENVENU
CICOS PO Box 1245 Kinshasa1 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Tel: +243-81 605 94 52 E-mail: [email protected]
Mr Mathieu TSOUMOU
CICOS PO Box 1245 Kinshasa 1 DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Tel: +243-81 605 94 53
Mr Bertin BAPINGA MUSELU
Météorologiste Agence nationale de Météorologie et de Télédétection par satellite (METTELSAT) ; Chaussée Mzee L. D. Kabila, BinzaMétéo PO Box 4715
Kinshasa II DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, Tel: +243-81-8112165 / 7606, +243-897.31.34 Fax: +243 8843675 Website:
http://www.meteo-congo-kinshasa.net/ E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]
Mr Joé KAKALA
CICOS Kinshasa DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Dr Benjamin LONGO MBENZA
Professor METTELSAT PO Box B.P. 783XI Kinshasa DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Mobile: 9930906
Mr Pascal LUTUMBA MAKAYA
Météorologiste Agence nationale de Météorologie et de Télédétection par satellite (METTELSAT) ; Chaussée Mzee L.D Kabila, BinzaMétéo PO Box 4715, Kinshasa II DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. Tel: +243-81-8112165 / 7606, +243-897.31.34 Fax:
+243 8843675
Website: http://www.meteo-congo-kinshasa.net/ E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Mr Benjamin NDALA
Kinshasa (GOMBE)
Secrétaire Général Commission Internationale du Bassin Congo-Oubangui-Sangha (CICOS) ; Secrétariat Général, Building Kilou
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Mobile: +243-817.252.903 +242-662.17.52
Mr Nestor NIANGA NKUFI
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Tel: +243-81-811 7612 / 2165 / 7606, +243-897.31.34 Fax: +243 88 43 675 Mobile: +243 81 811 7612 Website: http://www.meteocongo-kinshasa.net E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Mr Jean-Jacques OKAMBA
Directeur de la Sécurité Maritime Direction Generale Marine Marchande PO Box B.P. 1107 Pointe-Noire DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF THE CONGO. Mobile: +242 553 7745
Mr. Amos PALUKU VINYATSI
Administrateur Délégué Général Agence nationale de Météorologie et de Télédétection par satellite (METTELSAT) ; Chaussée Mzee
L.D Kabila, Binza-Météo PO Box 4715 Kinshasa II DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Tel: +243-81-8112165 / 7606, +243-897.31.34 Fax: +243 8843675 Mobile: +243 81 811 2165 Website: http://www.meteo-congokinshasa.net/ E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Mr Charles TANANIA KABOBO
Expert hydrologue Chef de Division Ressources en Eau, Géologie et Mines Agence Nationale de Météorologie et de Télédétection par
Satellite METTELSAT ; 27, Camp Météo PO Box 14754 Kinshasa DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Tel: +243 818 117609 Fax: +243 88 43675 Mobile: +243 818 117609
Mr. Debalkew BERHE
Chief, Section Environment Protection of IGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) ; Clemments Ave. PO Box 2653
Djibouti DJIBOUTI. Tel: +253 35 40 50 Fax: +253 35 69 94/ 356 284 / 353 195 / 353 520
Website: [email protected],
www.igad.org E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Mr. Osman SAAD SAID
Chef Service de la Météorologie PO Box B.P. 204 Djibouti DJIBOUTI
Tel: +253 340 500 / 350.053 Fax: +253 340 723
Mr. Mostafa Hassan BAYOUME
Forecaster in RSMC/Cairo The Arab Republic of Egypt, Ministry of Civil Aviation, The Meteorological Authority ; Koubry Ei-Quobba PO
Box 11784 Cairo EGYPT. Tel: +202 6849860 / 4830069 Fax: +202 6849857
Website: nwp.gov.eg E-mail: [email protected]
Mr Tesfaye GISSILA
Development Meteorological Department Head National Meteorological Service Agency ; Bole Road PO Box 1090 Addis Ababa
ETHIOPIA. Tel: +251 1 615 771 Fax: +251 1 517 066
Mr. Emilio BARISANO
Consultant PUMA Task Team GEOSAT Technology ; 14 Avenue Bel Air F-0660 Antibes FRANCE
Tel: +33.4.93.95.27.37 Fax: +33.4.93.74.44.20
Mr Joel CHENET
Directeur Observation & Sciences Alcatel Space ; 100 BD du midi PO Box B P 9906156 Cannes La Bocca Cedex FRANCE
Tel: +33 4 92 92 34 14 Fax: +33 4 92 92 30 90 Mobile: +33 6 70 88 98 29
Mr Alain COUZY
Ingénierie Géographique France Internationale (IGNFI) ; 39 ter, rue Gay-Lussac 75005 PARIS FRANCE
Tel: +33 1 42 34 56 56 Fax: +33 1 42 34 56 51 Mobile: +33 6 07 63 46 73 Website: www.ignfi.fr E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
Mr Marc LEROY
GEOLAND Deputy Coordinator POSTEL Network of Thematic Competences, MEDIAS-France ; 18, avenue E. Belin, bpi 2102 31401
Toulouse Cedex 9 FRANCE. Tel: +33 561 274243 Fax: +33 561 282905
Mr Stéphane LOMBARDO
IGN FI FRANCE
Tel: +31 71 512 29 00 Fax: +31 71 512 40 69
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Mrs Sandrine MARY
journaliste Matière Grise, Science et Vie junior
FRANCE
Mr Philippe MULLER
PUMA Project Manager Alcatel Space Industries Toulouse FRANCE
Tel: +33 5 34 35 47 17 Fax: +33 5 34 35 59 94 Mobile: +33-6-85.43.73.25
Mr Jean Guy PLANES
Direction Observation et Science ALCATEL SPACE ; 26 Avenue M. F. Champollion PO Box 0131037 Toulouse FRANCE
Tel: +33 5 34 35 53 94 Fax: +33 5 34 35 61 63
Mr Denis TAUREL
Conseiler de la Redaction Editorial Adviser Hydroplus ; 38, rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs 75001 Paris FRANCE
Tel: +33-1-39957892 Fax: 33-1 53 45 96 55 Mobile: 33-6-84 84 87 22 Website: www.environnement-online.com E-mail:
[email protected]
Mrs Dominique TCHIMBAKALA
Africa International ; 19 rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux FRANCE
Tel: +33-1 41 08 78 96 Fax: +33 1 40 47 0855 Mobile: +33-6 64 96 58 76
Mr. Jean Damien MALOBA
MAKANGA
Directeur Direction de la Météorologie Nationale PO Box B.P. 377 Libreville GABON
Tel: +241 76 1551 Fax: +241 76 1551 / 3895 Mobile: +241 23 10 33
Mr. Alain NDZIE MEVIANE
Ingénieur civil de la Météorologie Direction de la Météorologie ; DMN PO Box BP 377 Libreville GABON
Tel: +241 760860/032683 Fax: +241 761551 Mobile: +241 03268384
Mr. Ismaila CEESAY
Department of Water Resources ; 7, Marina Parade Banjul GAMBIA
Tel: +220 4228 216/4472720 Fax: +220 4225009/4472720
Mr. Gordon BRIDGE
EUMETSAT ; Am Kavalleriesand 31 64295 Darmstadt GERMANY
Tel: +49 6151 807541 Fax: +49 6151 807555
Website: www.eumetsat.de E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Volker GÄRTNER
Tel: +49 6151 807369 Fax: +49 6151 807555
Website: www.eumetsat.de E-mail: gä[email protected]
Ms Tanja MOLLITOR
Secretary EUMETSAT ; Am Kavalleriesand 31 64295 Darmstadt GERMANY
Tel: +49 6151 807633 Fax: +49 6151 807866
Dr Peter SCHEIDGEN
Marketing and Sales Manager VCS Aktiengesellschaft ; Borgmannstr. 2 D-44894 Bochum GERMANY
Tel: +49 234 9258112 Fax: +49 234 9258190
Website: www.vcs.de E-mail: [email protected]
Ms Anne TAUBE
Tel: +49 6151 807419 Fax: +49 6151 807866
Dr Piero Vittorio VALABREGA
Tel: +49 6151 807 604 Fax: +49 6151 807 833 Mobile: +39-348-55 00 437 Website: www.eumetsat.de E-mail:
[email protected]
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Mr Henk VERSCHUUR
Senior Training Officer EUMETSAT ; Am Kavalleriesand 31 64295 Darmstadt GERMANY
Tel: +49 6151 807 608 Fax: +49 6151 807 304 Mobile: +49 1749885823
Ms Sally WANNOP
Tel: +49 6151 807440 Fax: +49 6151 807555
Mr. Amos Tettey NARH
Meteorologist Ghana Meteorological Services Department PO Box LG87 Legon Accra GHANA
Tel: +233 21 701 2518 Fax: +233 21 7012519
Website: www.meteo.gov.gh E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Yaya BANGOURA
Directeur National Adjoint de la Meteorologie de la Guinée Direction Nationale de la Meteorologie PO Box BP 566224 Conakry
GUINEA
Tel: +224 452106 / 454815 Fax: +224 413577 Mobile: +224 545488 Website: meteo-guinee-conakry.net E-mail:
[email protected], [email protected]
Mr José Carlos Romano DA
GRACA
Direction météorologique nationale 75 Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU
Tel: +245 21 23 32 Fax: +245 20 17 53 / 24 47 / 20 11 37 Mobile: +245 7207061
[email protected]
Mr Abdoulaye OUEDRAOGO
Chef du Service Exploitation de la Meteorologie ASECNA PO Box BP 416 Malabo GUINEA-EQUATORIALE
Tel: +240 092332 - 2132 Fax: +240 093501 Mobile: +240 272052
Mr Etienne BARTHOLOME
Commission of the European Communities ; Joint Research Centre, Institute for Remote Sensing Applications I-21020 Ispra (VA)
ITALY
Tel: +39 033 27 89 908 Fax: +39 033 27 89 073
Mr. Hugues CAHUZAC
Project Manager Kenya Meteorological Unit ; Meteorological Transition Africa, Project Management Unit, Dagoretti Corner PO Box
21335 Nairobi KENYA
Tel: +254.2.733.600.389 / +254-2.574.310 Fax: +254.2.577.373 Mobile: +254-733.500.389
[email protected]
Mr Claus DARMSTADT
Project Officer, Infrastructure Delegation of the European Commission in Kenya ; Union Insurance House, Ragati Rd PO Box
4511900100 Nairobi KENYA
Tel: +254-20-271 30 20/1 / 30 28 60 / 30 29 05/06 Fax: +254-20-271.64.81
Mr Albert JENFFER
METEOROLOGICAL TRANSITION in AFRICA PROJECT ; Project Management Unit, Kenya Meteorological Department, Dagoretti
Corner, Ngong Road, IMTR & DMC Building PO Box 2133500505 Nairobi KENYA
Tel: +254 (20) 570 353 Fax: +254 (20) 570 353 (WMO) +254 (20) 577 373
Website: http://WWW.MSGAFRICA.NET E-mail:
[email protected]
Mr. David KIRUGARA
Physical Oceanographer Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute PO Box P.O Box 81651 MOMBASA KENYA
Tel: +254 41 47 51 51 Fax: +254 41 47 51 57
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Training and Outlook Activities METEOROLOGICAL TRANSITION in AFRICA PROJECT ; Project Management Unit, Kenya
Meteorological Department, Dagoretti Corner, Ngong Road, IMTR & DMC Building, PO Box 2133500505 Nairobi KENYA
Tel: +254 (20) 574 310 (or 576 957 ext. 2189) Fax: Fax/Tel +254 (20) 570 353, (WMO) +254 (20) 577 373 Mobile: +254 722 201 303
Website: http://WWW.MSGAFRICA.NET E-mail: [email protected], [email protected],
Dr. Joseph R. MUKABANA
Director Kenya Meteorological Deparment ; Dagoretti Corner, Ngong Road PO Box 30259 Nairobi KENYA
Tel: +254 (0) 20567880, Tel2 +254 (0) 20576957 (0) 20576957 (0) 20576957 Fax: +254 (0) 20576955, WMO+254 20 577 373 Mobile:
+254 (0)722529703 E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Ayub Shaka MWADALI
Meteorologist Kenya Meteorological Department ; Dagoretti Corner, Ngong Road PO Box 30259-0010000100 Nairobi KENYA
Tel: +254 20 576957/567880 Fax: +254 20 576955 Mobile: +254 722747738 Website: www.meteo.go.ke E-mail:
[email protected]
Mr. Fredric MWANGO
Ministry of Water Resources Management and Development, Water Development Dept. ; Maji House, Ngong Road PO Box 30521
Nairobi KENYA. Mobile: +254 0733603842
Mr. Johnson NNDWIGA
Deputy Principal Institute for Meteorological Training and Research (IMTR) ; Dagoretti Corner, Ngong Road PO Box 3025900100 GPO
Nairobi KENYA
Tel: +254 (0) 20567880, Tel2 +254 (0) 20576957 Fax: +254 (0) 20576955, WMO+254 20 577 373
Mr Limomane PESHOANE
Meteorologist Lesotho Meteorological Services PO Box 14515100 Maseru LESOTHO
Tel: +266 22 350732/324425/327659 Fax: +266 22 350325/325057 Mobile: +266 58742832 Website: www.lesmet.org.ls E-mail:
[email protected]/[email protected]
Ms. Edna LLOYD
Manager Liberia Met. Service ; Roberts International Airport PO Box 1 Harbel LIBERIA
Mobile: +377 47 517156
Mr. Ben Ali ABDUSSALAM
Director of Forecasting Department National Meteorological Centre ; Eswani PO Box 5069 Tripoli LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
Tel: +218 204 623061 / 65 Fax: +218 21 4440106, 204 621772 Mobile: +218 912137199
E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]
Mr Helison Romuald
RAZAFINDRAKOTO
Chef de Service de l'Hydrologie Direction Generale de la Meteorologie PO Box 1254101 Antananarivo, Tananarive MADAGASCAR
Tel: +261 20 22.405.35/22 402 41 Fax: +261 20 22 405 81 Mobile: +261 0331 70259
[email protected]
Mr Nicholas MWAFULIRWA
Chief Meteorologist Malawi Meteorological Services PO Box 2 Chileka MALAWI
Tel: +265 1 692333 Fax: +265 1 692329 Mobile: +265 8 873442 Website: www.metmalawi.com E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Mama KONATE
Directeur Service Nationale Météorologique PO Box 237 Bamako MALI
Tel: +223-229 51 49/229 62 03 Fax: +223-229 21 01 Mobile: +223-674 10 90 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Mr Sidi OULD MOHAMED LEMINE
Ingenieur Chef Service de la Météorologie Nationale PO Box B.P. 5605 Nouakchott MAURITANIA
Tel: +222 646 62 44 Fax: +222 525 88 59
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Rajan MUNGRA
Meteorologist Mauritius Meteorological Services ; St. Paul Road Vacoas MAURITIUS
Tel: +230 686 1031 Fax: +230 686 1033
Website: www.metservice.intnet.mu E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Gassen SEEVATHIAN
Chargé de mission Commission de l'Océan Indien (COI) ; Q4 Avenue Sir Guy Forget PO Box 7 Qautre Bornes, Ile Maurice MAURITIUS
Tel: +230.425.16.52 Fax: +230.425.27.09
Website: http://www.coi-info.org E-mail: [email protected]
Mr Noureddine FILALI
BOUBRAHMI
Ingénieur Direction de la Météorologie Nationale ; Ministère chargé de l'Amenagement du Territoire, de l'Eau et de l'Environnement
Secrétariat d'Etat chargé de l'Eau, Aéroport CASA-Anfa face à la prefecture Ain-Choc Hay Assani PO Box 8106 Casablanca
MOROCCO. Tel: +212 22 91 33 29/78/85 Fax: +212 22 91 37 97
Mr. Franz UIRAB
Permanent Representative of Nambia & WMO Namibia Meteorological Services PO Box Private Bag 132249000 Windhoek NAMIBIA
Tel: +264 61 287 7001 Fax: +264 61 287 7009
Website: www.meteona.com E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Dr Alhassane Adama DIALLO
Directeur Général Centre Régional AGRHYMET CILSS ; N° 0425, Rue 001, Boulevard de l'Université PO Box B. P. 11011 Niamey
NIGER. Tel: +227 73 24 36 Fax: +227 73 24 35 Mobile: +227 97 30 20 Website: www.agrhymet.ne E-mail:
Mr. Abdoulaye KIGNAMAN SORO
Directeur Général de l'ACMAD ACMAD ; Avenue des Ministeres PO Box 13184 Niamey NIGER
Tel: +227 72 31 60, 73 49 92 Fax: +227-72 36 27 / 227 734 992 Mobile: +227-91.37.70 Website: www.acmad.ne E-mail:
[email protected] [email protected]
Mr André NONGUIERMA
Expert SIG/TDT, Project Manager Centre Régional AGRHYMET ; 0425 Boulevard de l'Université PO Box BP 11011 Niamey NIGER
Tel: +227 73 31 16 Fax: +227 73 24 35 Mobile: +227 87 31 96 Website: www.agrhymet.ne E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Ibraheem OLOMODA
Data Controller and Analyst Niger Basin Authority (NBA) PO Box 729 Niamey NIGER
Tel: +227 733239/72 31 02 Fax: +227 962457/72 42 08 Mobile: +227 964356 Website: http://www.abn.ne/homepg.html E-mail:
Mr Felix IKEKHUA
Assistant General Manager Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) ; Pope John Paul Street, off Gana Street, Mai Tama Abuja
NIGERIA. Tel: +234 9 4130709 Fax: +234 9 4130710 Mobile: +234 8023202341
Mr Collins OSAGUE
Meteorologist Nigeria Meteorological Agency ; Pope John Paul Street, off Gana Street, Mai Tama 23409 Abuja NIGERIA
Tel: +234 9 4130709, 8100144 Fax: +234 9 4130710 Mobile: +234 8055 419640
Dr Carlos DA CAMARA
LSA SAF Scientific Coordinator Intituto de Meteorologia ; Rua C Aeoroporto de Lisboa 1749-077 Lisboa PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 21 750 0977 Fax: +351 21 750 0172 Mobile: +351 96 49 39 699
E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Mr Jean Lucien MUGABO
Point Focal Projet PUMA Service Meteo Durwanda PO Box 898 Kigal RWANDA
Tel: +250 575 813 Fax: +250 572 971 Mobile: +250 0857 3618
Eng. Adérito Manuel FERNANDES
SANTANA
Directeur Institut National de la Meteorologie ; Aeroporto Sao Tome PO Box B.P.30 Sao Tomé SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
Tel: +239 22 1975 / 22 26 86 Fax: +239 22 1975 Mobile: +239 90 63 23 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
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Mr. Argentino d'Oliveira da
Costa VANGENTE
Hydrologist Direction of Natural ressources and Energy ; Aeroporto Sao Tome PO Box B.P.30 Sao Tome SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
Tel: +239 22 1975 / 22 26 86 Fax: +239 22 1975
Mr. M'Piè DIARRA
Cadre au Département de la Météorologie ASECNA ; Direction Exploitation ASECNA à Dakar-Yoff PO Box BP 3144 Dakar SENEGAL
Tel: +221 869 5704 Fax: +221 820 7495 Mobile: +221 546 2346
Mr Cherif DIOP
Chef Bureau Recherche & Developpement Direction Meteorologie Nationale PO Box B.P. 8257 Dakar-Yoff SENEGAL
Tel: +221 820 4887 / 869 5339 Fax: +221 820 1327 Mobile: +221 635 4065
Mr. Mbaye DIOP
Chercheur, Project Manager Laboratoire d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Géomatique (LERG) ; Campus universitaire de l'Ecole
Supérieure Polytechnique PO Box 25275 Dakar - Fann SENEGAL
Tel: +221-864 2317 Fax: +221-864 0814 Mobile: +221 657 5281
Mr Axel JULIÈ
Conseiller Technique du Haut Commissaire Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Sénégal (OMVS) ; 5 place de
l'Indépendance PO Box BP 31 52 Dakar SENEGAL
Tel: +221 823 9738 Fax: + 221 842 02 17 E-mail: [email protected]
Mr Tamsir NDIAYE
Coordonnateur de l'Observatoire de l'Environnement Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Sénégal (OMVS) ; 5, Place de
l'Indépendance (3ème étage) PO Box BP 3152 Dakar SENEGAL
Tel: +221-652 65 36 (tbc)8420217/ 8420216 Fax: + 221 842 02 17 Mobile: +221-652 65 36 Website: www.omvs-soe.org,
www.omvs.org E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Mr. Mohamed SISSAKO
Chef du Département de la Météorologie ASECNA ; Direction Exploitation ASECNA à Dakar-Yoff PO Box BP 3144 Dakar SENEGAL
Tel: +221 8695711 Fax: +221 8235444
Mr Francois MONDON
Meteorologist Seychelles Meteorological Services ; Cayole Estate, Anse Aux Pins PO Box 1145SEZ Victoria SEYCHELLES
Tel: +248 384066/68/70 Fax: +248 384078
Website: www.pps.gov.sc/meteo/ E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]
Mr Tommy BRAIMA
Principal Meteorologist Sierra Leone Meteorological Department ; F. 18 Charlotte Street Freetown SIERRA LEONE
Tel: +232 22 22 66 92/22 25 54 Fax: +232 22 22 44 39
Mr Nicolaas KROESE
Project Manager Research METSYS Division South African Weather Service PO Box P.B. X0159700 Bethlehem SOUTH AFRICA
Tel: +27 58-303.5571, 12 3676111 Fax: +27 58-303.2352, 12 3676113 Mobile: +27 83 460 0473 Website: www.weathersa.co.za
Mr. R. D. Jeremiah LENGOASA
Chief Executive Officer South African Weather Service ; Department of Environment Affairs PO Box P.B. X0970001 Pretoria SOUTH
AFRICA. Tel: +27 12 367 6111 / +27 83 3791136 Fax: +27 12 367 6113 Mobile: +27 84 279 1136 Website: www.weathersa.co.za
Mrs. Fatima Yahy Haj EL AMEEN
Director of engineering affairs Sudan Meteorological Authority PO Box 574 Khartoum SUDAN
Tel: +249 183 778837 Fax: +249 183 771693 Mobile: +249 912825736
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Ms Duduzile NHLENGETHWA
Meteorologist Swaziland Meteorological Service PO Box P.O. Box 58H I00 Mbabane SWAZILAND
Tel: +268 404 9468 Fax: +268 404 1530 Mobile: +268 6052524 Website: www.swazimet.gov.sz E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Alioune NDIAYE
Official Nominee World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; 7 bis, avenue de la Paix PO Box 2300 Geneva SWITZERLAND
Tel: + 41 22 730 81 11 (extension TBC) Fax: + 41 22 730 81 81
Website: http://www.wmo.int E-mail: [email protected]
Mr Tchekpi Kpatcha TCHANDANA
Chef Division des Instruments et méthodes d'observation Direction de la Météorolgie PO Box 1505LFW Lome TOGO
Tel: +228 221 4806/229 0169 Fax: +228 222 4838
Mr Ahmed HMAM
Ingénieur en Chef Institut National de la Météorologie - Tunisie ; Rue Med Ali Akid PO Box BP 1562035 Tunis-Carthage TUNISIA
Tel: +216 71 773 400 Fax: +216 71 772 609 Mobile: +216 98 240 051 Website: www.meteo.tn E-mail: [email protected]
Mr Stephen MAGEZI
ASS - Commissioner Department of Meteorology ; Postel Building, 10th floor PO Box 7025 Kampala UGANDA
Tel: +256-41.251.798 Fax: +256-41.251.797 Mobile: +256 77 878322 Website: n/a E-mail: [email protected]
Dr Dominic KNIVETON
University of Sussex Brighton, Falmer UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND N. IRELAND
Tel: +44 1273 877757 Fax: +44 1273 677196 Mobile: +44-7821 400017 Website: www.sussex.ac.uk/geography/profile122700.html
Mr Christophe SANNIER
Cranfield University UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND N. IRELAND
Tel: +44 1525 86 33 20 Fax: +44 1525 86 30 01
Mr Eliakim MATARI
Manager Central Forecast Office Tanzania Meteorological Agency PO Box 3056255 Dar-Es-Salaam UNITED REPUBLIC OF
TANZANIA. Tel: +255 22 2110268 / 290 Fax: +255 22 2110286 Mobile: +255 0748 674379 Website: www.meteo.go.tz E-mail:
[email protected]
Mr. Oversease MWANGASE
Meteorologist Zambia Meteorological Dept. PO Box 30200 Lusaka ZAMBIA
Tel: +260 1 252728 Fax: +260 1 252728
Mr Joseph MERKA
A/Chief Hydrologist Ministry of Water Resources & Infrastructure ; Kurima House, 6th Floor PO Box 7767 Harare ZIMBABWE
Tel: +263 4 727 404 Fax: +263 4 722 733 Mobile: +263 11871507
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
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REPORT OF THE 6TH EUMETSAT USER FORUM IN AFRICA

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