Abstract: Beginning in response to the disastrous drought of 1968?73, considerable research and monitoring have focused on the characteristics, causes, predictability, and impacts of West African Soudano?Sahel (10°?18°N) rainfall ...

Abstract: This paper describes Rainwatch, a stand-alone, prototype Geographic Information System (GIS) application that automates and streamlines key aspects of rainfall data management, processing, and visualization for West Africa. ...