Welcome to ASMET
The ASMET (African Satellite Meteorology Education and Training) project produces online and CD-based learning lessons that teach African forecasters how to enhance their forecasts by making better use of meteorological satellite images and products. The lessons are produced by the ASMET team, which consists of meteorology instructors from the South African Weather Service (Pretoria), Institute for Meteorological Training and Research (Kenya), EAMAC/ASECNA (Niger), and Morocco National Meteorology Department or DNM (Morocco), as well as staff from EUMETSAT (Germany) and The COMET® Program (UCAR, USA). The project is funded by EUMETSAT and managed by EUMETSAT and COMET.
The ASMET library contains the following lessons. For more information on any of them, select the ASMET Lessons link in the menu.
- ASMET 8 (online in English and French, 2015)
- Extreme High Swell Events on the Moroccan Atlantic Coast / Phénomènes extrêmes de forte houle sur les côtes atlantiques marocaines
- Using ASCAT Wind and Other Data in Marine Forecasting / Utilisation des vents d’ASCAT et d’autres données pour les prévisions maritimes
- Forecasting Heavy Rains and Landslides in Eastern Africa / Prévision des fortes pluies et des glissements de terrain en Afrique de l’Est
- Satellite-Derived Climatology Products for Monitoring Convection Over West and Central Africa / Produits climatologiques satellitaires pour la surveillance de la convection au-dessus de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre
- Using Climatology in Forecasting Convection in West and Central Africa
- ASMET 7: Case studies on aviation forecasting in Africa (online, English and French, 2013)
- Forecasting Fog For Aviation: Kenya Case Study / Prevision du brouillard pour l'aviation: etude de cas du Kenya
- Convective Weather and Aviation in West and Central Africa / Orages et activités aéronautiques en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre
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Detecting Clear Air Turbulence: South African Case Study / Détection de la turbulence en air clair : etude de cas de l’Afrique du Sud / Detección de turbulencia en aire claro sobre Sudáfrica
- Basics of Visible and Infrared Remote Sensing: Updated online version of ASMET 1; available in: English, French (Les bases de la télédétection satellitaire dans le visible et l'infrarouge), and Spanish (Fundamentos de teledetección en el visible e infrarrojo)
- ASMET 6 (online and CD, English and French, 2011)
- Satellite Precipitation Products for Hydrological Management in Southern Africa / Les Produits satellitaires de précipitation pour la gestion de l'hydrologie en Afrique Australe
- Flooding in West Africa / Inondations en Afrique de l'ouest
- 2009 Drought in East Africa / La sécheresse en Afrique de l'Est en 2009
- ASMET 5 Case Studies (online and CD, English and French, 2010)
- Secondary Lows Behind Frontal Systems
- Duststorms
- Cloud Clusters
- ASMET 4: Tropical Cyclones over the Southwest Indian Ocean (online and CD, English and French, 2006)
- ASMET 3: Combining Satellite Imagery and Model Output in Weather Forecasting (CD, English and French, 2001)
- ASMET 2: Integrating Satellite Imagery of the ITCZ into Analyses (CD, English and French, 1998)
- ASMET 1: Satellite Meteorology in Africa (published in English and French on CD in 1997; updated in 2015 as "Basics of Visible and Infrared Remote Sensing," see description above)
For information about the ASMET project, email ops@eumetsat.int.