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Full-value chain Optimised Climate User-centric Services for Southern Africa: FOCUS-Africa

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Deliverables

Report on the multi-model and downscaling for seasonal forecasts, climate projections and decadal predictions (opens in new window)
Mid-term report on the first series of the events (opens in new window)

Midterm report on the first series of the events AB meetings stakeholders engagement workshop and Web portal and communication material

Final Report, wrapping up on the project outputs including cooperation activities, linkage with follow-up projects (opens in new window)
Report on the selection and analysis of high-resolution climate projections of the region (opens in new window)

Report on the selection and analysis of highresolution climate projections of the region

Report on the characterization of climate-ready rice and cowpea varieties (opens in new window)
Report describing climate risk assessment on food security, water and energy nexus (opens in new window)
Methodology to assess socio-economic impacts of climate services (opens in new window)

Methodology to assess socioeconomic impacts of climate services

Communication and Dissemination Plan, style guide document (opens in new window)

Communication and Dissemination Plan style guide document

Report on the analysis of the predictability of seasonal and decadal forecasts for the region and sectors of interest (opens in new window)
Report on the regional extreme events identification and variability (opens in new window)
Report on the verification of ECVs derived indices (opens in new window)
Policy brief (opens in new window)
Report to document the data required, and a set of guidelines, for all CS prototype development (opens in new window)

Report to document the data required and a set of guidelines for all CS prototype development

Report on the verification of seasonal forecasts and the characterization of climate projections and decadal predictions (opens in new window)
A data catalogue providing the complete genotypic, climatic, and phenotypic characterization of the rice and cowpea accessions used in CS3 (opens in new window)
Market analysis and SRA of the climate services (opens in new window)
Report on the second series of the events (opens in new window)

Report on the second series of the events AB meetings stakeholders engagement workshops and Web portal and communication material

Report on the introductory session on responsible research and innovation (opens in new window)

Report on the introductory session on responsible research and innovation workshop materials and list of targeted actions for RRI implementation

Capacity Development needs and plan report (opens in new window)
Update of Communication and Dissemination Plan (opens in new window)
Final report on the project capacity development implementation and results (opens in new window)
Report describing regional climate extremes (opens in new window)

Publications

Detecting cyclones with seasonal forecasts? Development of a novel standardised Windstorm Index for the forecasting and impact-oriented analysis of extreme wind events (opens in new window)

Author(s): Federica Guerrini, Laura Trentini, Sara Dal Gesso, Marco Venturini, Sandro Calmanti, Marcello Petitta
Published in: Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology, Issue 6, 2025, ISSN 2662-1495
Publisher: Springer Nature Link
DOI: 10.1007/s42865-025-00098-x

Seasonal forecasts of the rainy season onset over Africa: Preliminary results from the FOCUS-Africa project (opens in new window)

Author(s): Zampieri M, Toreti A, Meroni M, Bojovic D, Octenjak S, Marcos-Matamoros R, Materia S, Chang’a L, Merchades M, Chaves Montero M, Rembold F, Troccoli A, Roy I, Hoteit I
Published in: Climate Services, 2023, ISSN 2405-8807
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cliser.2023.100417

Important drivers of East African Monsoon variability and improving rainy season onset prediction (opens in new window)

Author(s): Roy I, Mliwa M, Troccoli A
Published in: Springer Link natural hazard, 2023, ISSN 1106-9023
Publisher: Springer Link natural hazard
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-023-06223-3

A Novel Bias Correction Method for Extreme Events (opens in new window)

Author(s): Laura Trentini, Sara Dal Gesso , Marco Venturini, Federica Guerrini, Sandro Calmanti and Marcello Petitta
Published in: MDPI Climate, Issue Volume 11, issue 1, 2023, ISSN 2225-1154
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cli11010003

Identifying climate extremes in Southern Africa through advanced bias correction of climate projections (opens in new window)

Author(s): Laura Trentini, Marco Venturini, Federica Guerrini, Sara Dal Gesso, Sandro Calmanti, Marcello Petitta
Published in: Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology, Issue 6, 2025, ISSN 2662-1495
Publisher: Springer Nature Link
DOI: 10.1007/s42865-025-00097-y

Supporting food security with multi-annual climate information: Co-production of climate services for the Southern African Development Community (opens in new window)

Author(s): Carlos Delgado-Torres, Sara Octenjak, Raül Marcos-Matamoros, Núria Pérez-Zanón, Eulàlia Baulenas, Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes, Markus G. Donat, Leila M. Lwiza, Nadia Milders, Albert Soret, Sam Whittlesey, Dragana Bojovic
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 975, 2025, Page(s) 179259, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179259

Southern Hemisphere baroclinic activity in seasonal forecasts (opens in new window)

Author(s): Laura Trentini, Sandro Calmanti, Alessandro Dell’Aquila, Sara Dal Gesso, Marco Venturini, Marcello Petitta
Published in: Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology, Issue 5, 2025, ISSN 2662-1495
Publisher: Springer Nature Link
DOI: 10.1007/s42865-024-00074-x

Verification of ERA5 and ERA-Interim precipitation over Africa at intra-annual and interannual timescales (opens in new window)

Author(s): Jessica Steinkopf, Francois Engelbrecht
Published in: Atmospheric Research, Issue 280, 2024, Page(s) 106427, ISSN 0169-8095
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106427

Training for climate services in Tanzania and Southern African Countries

Author(s): Alberto Troccoli
Published in: 2024
Publisher: WEMC

Important drivers of southeast African Monsoon variability: is early Monsoon Onset prediction and planning possible? (opens in new window)

Author(s): Roy I, Mliwa M, Boorman P, Troccoli A
Published in: 2022
Publisher: WEMC
DOI: 10.1016/j.wace.2018.05.003

Response of the global ITCZ to different ENSO phases and how the ITCZ determined from the maximum precipitation compares with the surface tropical winds convergence (opens in new window)

Author(s): Teke Solomon Ramotubei, Willem Adolf Landman, Mohau M Mateyisi, Shingirai S Nangombe, Asmerom F Beraki
Published in: 2024
Publisher: Authorea, Inc.
DOI: 10.22541/au.171386942.26720940/v1

Tech Blog – Bridging the Weather Divide: DARAJA Project Empowers Tanzanian Communities with the Teal Tool

Author(s): Alberto Troccoli
Published in: 2023
Publisher: WEMC

Tech Blog: The upcoming rainy season for 2023: When will the rains begin in South-East Africa?

Author(s): Alberto Troccoli
Published in: 2023
Publisher: WEMC

Atmospheric drivers affect crop yields in Mozambique (opens in new window)

Author(s): Robel Takele, Roberto Buizza, Matteo Dell'Acqua
Published in: Frontiers in Climate: Climate Services for Africa, 2023
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fclim.2023.1214703

Tech Blog: Important drivers of southeast African Monsoon variability: is early Monsoon Onset prediction and planning possible?

Author(s): Alberto Troccoli
Published in: 2023
Publisher: WEMC

Enhancing Tanzania’s Hydropower Production Through Advanced Climate Services

Author(s): Alberto Troccoli
Published in: 2024
Publisher: WEMC

Projections of Future Climate Change in Southern Africa and the Potential for Regional Tipping Points (opens in new window)

Author(s): Francois A. Engelbrecht, Jessica Steinkopf, Jonathan Padavatan, Guy F. Midgley
Published in: Ecological Studies, Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change, 2024, Page(s) 169-190
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-10948-5_7

The Climate Change Landscape for Rural Southern Africa (opens in new window)

Author(s): Mohau J. Mateyisi, Shingirai S. Nangombe, Malebajoa Anicia Maoela, Vincent Chenzi
Published in: Sustainable Development Goals Series, Climate Change Resilience in Rural Southern Africa, 2024, Page(s) 15-29
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-73600-1_2

Predictability of inter-annual variability in the Southern Hemisphere subtropics (opens in new window)

Author(s): Francois Engelbrecht, Thando Ndarana
Published in: EGU22, the 24th EGU General Assembly, held 23-27 May, 2022 in Vienna, Austria and Online., 2022
Publisher: EGU General Assembly
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-12010

Can teleconnections help to improve the seasonal prediction over the Southern African Development Community Region? (opens in new window)

Author(s): Chihchung Chou, Raül Marcos-Matamoros, Nube González-Reviriego, Albert Soret Miravet
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 951, 2024, Page(s) 175397, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175397

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