(CREWS Central Africa): Training on Monitoring Hydro-Meteorological Variability in the Niger, Chad, and Congo River Basins trends in 2025

This course aims to strengthen national and regional capacities in hydrometeorological monitoring through a series of hands-on exercises conducted across three major transboundary river basins: the Congo, Niger, and Lake Chad basins in Central and West Africa. 

Building on previous training sessions organized under the CREWS Central Africa initiative, this session focuses on the practical application of the concepts and tools introduced earlier. Participants will apply their knowledge to real-world datasets, combining satellite observations (including precipitation, soil moisture, and water level altimetry data) with local in-situ measurements to analyze recent patterns of hydro-meteorological variability. 

The course also provides an opportunity to enhance data interpretation, technical reporting, and collaborative analysis among participating institutions, thereby strengthening early warning and climate monitoring systems at both the national and basin-wide levels. In particular, this course will give the opportunity to some Hydrologists from three River Basins in West and Central Africa to present the practical exercises they conducted. These exercises are intended to consolidate the knowledge gained during the training and to support national teams in the combined use of satellite data and local observations for analyzing hydro-meteorological variability.