Promotie M. Estebanez Camarena: "Deep Learning and Earth Observation for the Study of West African Rainfall"

This dissertation aims at improving rainfall information for farmers in the Sudanian Savanna bioclimatic region of West Africa. The Sudanian Savanna stretches across Africa as a broad belt, covering roughly from southern Mali in the north to northern Ghana in the south. Its West African area expands from Senegal in the west to Chad in the easte. Improving rainfall information will support climate resilience and food and economic safety in the region. This research leverages on the unique potential of Earth Observation satellites to provide rainfall information everywhere, due to their global coverage and ability to track atmospheric processes. To tackle the general poor performance of existing rainfall information products, this work proposes an alternative avenue.

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