RATIONALE
Low-level clouds are key components in many regions but are usually not well represented in weather and climate models. Recently it has been shown that an extensive low-level cloud cover develops during the June-September main dry season in western Central Africa (Dommo et al 2018), from the coastal plains of Gabon and Congo-Brazzaville to the inland plateaus downstream of the Chaillu mountains. Such a cloudy main dry season – which is the longest ( 4 months) and driest (<1mm/day) in Central Africa – is unique in the moist tropics and likely explains the presence of the densest evergreen forests in this region (Philippon et al 2019).
News
A bunch of papers published
Several papers have been recently published that bring insights about the low cloud cover mean (…)
The weather station moved to the "Parc de la Lékédi"
The weather station formally installed at Bambidie near Lastourville within the Precious Woods (…)
Set-up of an Infra-Red Camera during the 2022 dry season
The "sky-Insight" Infra-Red camera developped by Reuniwatt has been set-up from April to October (…)
DYVALOCCA is a research project funded by ANR and DFG - for the period 2020-2022. It is coordinated by Dr Nathalie PHILIPPON and Pr Andreas FINK.
