NASA To Set Up Cape Verde Weather Station To Study African Storms

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File image from NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites showing dust and smoke off Africa.

by Staff Writers
Lisbon (AFP) Jan 31, 2006
NASA plans to set up a weather research station in Cape Verde which will study the impact of African monsoons on the world's climate during one year, the Lusa news agency reported Tuesday citing a local official.

A technical team from the US space agency is in the west African archipelago to assess the best location to set up the station, the head of Cape Verde's Meteorological and Geophysical Institute, Pimenta Lima, told the agency.

It will involve the installation of radar and other state-of-the-art meteorological equipment and will employ local technicians, he added.

"Cape Verde is well positioned geographically to observe the passage of atmospheric systems from the African continent to the American continent," Lima said.

Cape Verde, a former Portuguese colony located some 600 kilometres (370 miles) off the coast of West Africa, lies near major north-south sea routes and is an important sea and air refuelling site.

Source: Agence France-Presse

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