Nigerian Meteorological Agency To Introduce Doppler Weather System

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET), says it will introduce a Doppler weather system to monitor weather up to 400 kilometres.Prof. Mansur Bako, Director-General of the Agency, stated this at the presentation of a 3-year Multi-Scale Flooding Monitoring and Assessment Services for West Africa (MiFMASS), to reduce risks and mange flood disasters.The presentation of the service was done by the Centre for Space Science Technology and Education (CSSTE), Ile-Ife, an activity centre of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) in Abuja.The services were produced under the programme tagged: “Global Monitoring for Environmen and Security (GMES) and Africa,” It was a joint initiative of the African Union and the European Union Commission.It involves seven research institutions in Ghana, Benin Republic, Cote D’Ivore, Burkina Faso and Nigeria.The programme was targeted at providing Earth Observation (EO) based services on near real time basis to disaster management organisations and boosting their human capacity to adapt to the services.