General Information

The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) & Africa Programme is a joint initiative co-financed by the European Commission and the African Union Commission. The objective of the GMES & Africa Programme was to address the growing needs of African countries to access and use Earth Observation (EO) data for the implementation of sustainable development policies across the continent. The Program was explicitly designed to respond to African needs in water, natural resources, marine and coastal areas as well as address global needs to manage the environment, mitigate climate change and ensure civil security. It was additionally designed to enable the implementation of the African Space Policy and Strategy formulated to harness the continent’s capabilities in utilizing space science and technology for economic growth and sustainable development. As part of the global objectives highlighted in the mission and vision of GMES & Africa project, the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resource for Development (RCMRD), through its partnership with the private sector, implemented the assignment on Wind Erosion Modelling in the Eastern Africa region. The assignment entailed the modelling of wind erosion susceptibility in the Eastern Africa Region, as part of greater assignment on environmental monitoring.

Get in touch with the team

To get in touch with Land Susceptibility to Wind Erosion (LaSWE) team and developers, please contact the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resource for Development (RCMRD), who are the lead centre who imaplemnst GMES & Africa projects. You can also reach out to LocateIT Limited, who were the consultants who developed the system through info@locateit.com or vivianne.meta@locateit.co.ke.

Authors

LaSWE system was implemented as a patnership between RCMRD under the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security & Africa(GMES & Africa) project. A project co-funded by the African Union (AU) and the European Union (EU).

Contributors to the project

The project takes pride in an experienced team, especially with enviroenmental modelling, the team includes a group originating from the client side, as well as consultant side. The team include: Dr. Emmanuel Nkurunziza, Mr. Sendabo Degelo ,Mr. David Ongo, Mr. Ngugi Kimani, Dr. Anthony Odongo, Prof. Elias Acacuwun, Ms. Vivianne Meta, Mr. Seth Nyawacha, Mr. Derick Ongeri, Mr. Collins Asega, Ms. Risper Mutinda, Mr. Morris Mwaura, and Mr. Simon Ndarau.

Aknowledgement

Special appreciation to RCMRD team in their support during validation of the LaSWE products. The developers from LocateIT team also did a tremendous job, in developing the web application as well as spatial modelling of wind erosion sensitivity in the Eastern Africa Region.

License

LaSWE system is free and open-source system. It is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later.

Note

This site and the products of LaSWE region are made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, International License (CC BY 4.0). The boundaries and names used, and the designations used, in LaSWE do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by RCMRD, LocateIT Limited, or its partnering organizations.