LINKS.
AMMA links.
AMMA AOC webpage Features some of our trough/jet diagnostics.
NOAA Climate Prediction Centre AMMA pages Observation and GFS forecast fields to 120hrs.
AMMA Project: Africa EU US UK Germany France International
Observations
Satellite Obs (and their derivatives):
Brian McNoldy’s Satellite hovmollers (CSU)
NOAA Tropical Satellite (from NRL
TRMM precip Real time 3hour accumulation estimations
SSM/I Imagery (Including rainfall rate estimation)
Satellite Derived analyses (CIMMS- Includes Shear, Vorticity etc for past 24hrs)
CIMMS Tropical Wave Tracking (Including Archive)
Saharan Air Layer Analyses (CIMMS)
MODIS and AQUA images - fantastic almost real time image (takes some skill to find an AEW)
Rainfall
estimation multiple timescales
from CPC FEWS-NET
GOES E/W NASA GOES East and West imagery from Global hydrology and Climate Centre
NESDIS Archived global atellite images from 1983 on...
CPC Africa Desk- Real time monitoring across the African
continent
Aerosol observations- from NRL
Monterey
Current NWP Analyses:
GFS advanced diagnostics from Ron McTaggart-Cowan via SUNY Albany.
NCEP NOMADS interactive plotting Make your own analysis/forecast plots
Current NCEP analyses for Africa
Surface Obs:
African Continent From IMPETUS project - includes soundings
Station rainfall measurements from CPC FEWS-NET
North African monsoon monitoring
Niamey (
Dakar (
Bamako (
Accra (
Upper Air:
Upper Air Soundings (from the
Forecasts
NCEP Medium Range (Up to 6 days)
Interactive Forecasts (University of Wyoming)
Miscellaneous stuff
NRL Monterey Tropical Cyclones
RAMDIS online
NCEP Model cyclogenesis Examines development of cyclones in global models
Multi-model TC genesis potential fields from FSU
Operational TC guidance products Numerical model TC track and intensity
Coherent OLR modes - BOM Australia