| dc.description.abstract | The Fiftieth Greater Horn of Africa Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF50) was convened from 27-28 August 2018 by the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) to formulate a consensus regional climate outlook for the October to December 2018 rainfall season over the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) Region. The GHA region comprises of the 11 countries Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. The Forum brought together climate information providers and users from key socio-economic sectors, governmental and non-governmental organisations, decision-makers, climate scientists, and civil society stakeholders among others. It reviewed the implications of the factors expected to influence the evolution of the regional climate during the October November December (OND) 2018 rainfall season including Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies over the tropical oceans. | en_US |
