Summary

The final meeting of the project Interreg MAC-CLIMA was held in Las Palmas de GRan Canaria on 13 December 2023.

MAC-CLIMA project aims to generate a meteorological and oceanic observation system to promote resilience and adaptation to climate change.

The State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), in collaboration with the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANACIM) of Senegal, the National Meteorological Office of Mauritania (ONMM) and the National Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics of Cape Verde (INMG), carries out three main activities within the framework of the MAC-CLIMA Project (MAC2/3.5b/254) of the INTERREG VA-Madeira-Azores-Canarias (MAC) Territorial Cooperation Program 2014-2020, 85% co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund

More information here: https://dust.aemet.es/research/macclima

The presentation explaining the tasks done by the Barcelona Dust Regional Center can be found below. 

Main points would be: 

• Installation of PM10 sensors in the countries involved in the Project: Senegal, Cabo Verde and Mauritania
• A improved second version of the sensor was delivered to Cabo Verde and Mauritania
• Sand and Dust storm Warning System and its evaluation were explained
• Conclusions and future tasks