Advancing Integrated African Early Warning Science and Climate Services

Chris C Funk1,2, James P Verdin3, Gideon Galu4, Denis Macharia5, Shraddhanand Shukla2, Laura Harrison6, Amy McNally7, Christa D Peters-Lidard7, Franklin R Robertson8, Jason B Roberts8, Diego H Pedreros9, Gregory J Husak10, Pete Peterson11, Seth Peterson2, Greg Ederer10 and Martin Francis Landsfeld11, (1)UC Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Santa Barbara, United States, (2)University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Geography Department, Santa Barbara, United States, (3)University of Maryland, Boulder, United States, (4)FEWS NET, Nairobi, Kenya, (5)Regional Center for Mapping Resources for Development (RCMRD), Nairobi, Kenya, (6)University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (7)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (8)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (9)USGS Michigan Water Science Center, Lansing, MI, United States, (10)University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (11)University of California Santa Barbara, Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Scientific Team Name: FEWS NET/SERVIR