Hama Hamidou (ASECNA/EAMAC) - Dust storms: Impacts, forecasting, and monitoring
Competency Framework
WMO Satellite Skills
Description
Hama Hamidou explains what dust storms are and their impacts, then discusses dust monitoring and forecasting.
Content
Dust storms are one of the major high-impact weather phenomena that affect tropical arid and semi-arid areas, with important socio-economic impacts. Even though dust storms are generated in these regions, they can affect areas far beyond their source regions, depending on the weather systems present. In this presentation, the socio-economic impacts of dust storms, conceptual models for dust forecasting, and methods used for dust monitoring are presented.