Welcome to the website of the International Climate Assessment & Dataset for the west Africa region. Presented is information on changes in weather and climate extremes, as well as the daily dataset needed to monitor and analyse these extremes.
The ICA&D (International Climate Assessment & Dataset) climate services concept successfully combines the work of WMO`s Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) and WMO`s Data Rescue (DARE) activities. The concept builds on the sofware developed for the European Climate Assessment & Dataset (ECA&D), a webportal for daily station data and derived indices brought together under regional cooperation. ICA&D combines the climate monitoring and assessment activities developed in ECA&D with DARE activities. ICA&D is already available, in development or planned for the following regions:
