Cooperation

• 1.a Formation of PhD students. Under different cooperational programs (UCM, CSIC, Erasmus Mundus) we have funded the visit of students to the UCM. Under our supervision, the PhDs of Coumba Niang and Ibrahima Diouf were completed.

• 1.b Courses of data analysis.

2. Research Activities

• 2.1. Research on rainfall variability

- Intraseasonal variability, in relation to the MJO
- Seasonal variability in relation to the SST forcing on the West African Monsoon
- Statistical prediction of west African Monsoon anomalies

- Precipitation extremes

• 2.2. Research on SST variability

- Causes of the interannual variability of coastal upwelling area sea surface temperature variability

• 2.3 Climate and health

- Variability of malaria parameters in Senegal and Sahel
- Prediction of malaria parameters based on SST variability.

GRANTED COOPERATION PROJECTS OF THE TROPA-UCM TEAM:

Title of the project: Multidecadal Modulations of Tropical Basins Interactions
From: January 2022 to December 2023
Finantial entity: i-LINK 2021 - CSIC
Quantity: 21.080€
Principal Investigator: Belén Rodríguez-Fonseca

Title of the project: Study of Climate variability in West Africa for a sustainable society (COOPA20501)
From: January 2022 to December 2023
Finantial entity: ICOOPA2021 - CSIC
Quantity: 23.853€
Principal Investigator: Belén Rodríguez-Fonseca

Title of the project: Strengthening resources in Research, Education and Technological with the Simeon Fongang Laboratory of Atmospheric and Ocean Physics from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar
From: March 2018 to December 2018
Finantial entity: UCM Vicerrectorado de Relaciones Institucionales
Quantity: 18.000€
Principal Investigator: Elsa Mohino Harris

Title of the project: Continuation of Cooperation in Research, Education and Technological with the Simeon Fongang Laboratory of Atmospheric and Ocean Physics from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar
From: March 2016 to December 2016
Finantial entity: UCM Vicerrectorado de Relaciones Institucionales
Quantity: 20.000€
Principal Investigator: Belén Rodríguez-Fonseca

Title of the project: Impact of the MJO on West Africa in the CMIP5 simulations
Reference : COOPA20025
From: March 2014 up to: September 2014
Finantial Entity : CSIC, Spain
Quantity : 9700 €
Principal Investigator: Dra. Belén Rodríguez Fonseca

Title of the project: Actualization of resources at the Simeon Fongang Laboratory of Atmospheric and Ocean Physics at UCAD (Senegal)
Reference: 63 from the IX UCM Call for Cooperation and Development Projects 2012
Finantial Entity: Complutense University of Madrid, UCM
Quantity: 20.534€
From May 2013 up to September 2014
Principal Investigator: Dra. Elsa Mohino Harris

Title of the project: Creation and Donation of a forecast statistical model of Sahel rainfall
Reference :VR: 101/11
From 2011 up to 2012
Finantial Entity: Complutense University of Madrid, UCM
Quantity: 29.340. €
Principal Investigator: Dra Belén Rodríguez de Fonseca

Title of the project: "Continuación de la Cooperación en Investigación, Educación y Desarrollo Tecnológico con el Laboratorio de Física de la Atmósfera y el Océano Simeon Fongang de la Universidad Cheik Anta Diop de Dakar"
Reference: XII Convocatoria de Proyectos de Cooperacion para el Desarrollo de la UCM
Cofunded: 7% by interMET
Finantial Entity: Complutense University of Madrid. UCM
Quantity: 19 990 €
Principal Investigator: Dra Belén Rodríguez de Fonseca