About IRN-CARDAPIO

CARDAPIO stands for:

Continental Accumulation of Rainfall from the Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Predictions from the Intertropical Oceans.

An International Research Network (IRN)

CARDAPIO is funded by IRD, the french Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, as an International Scientific Coordination Network – South (IRN). It is a scientific coordination network gathering French and foreign research teams from 3 continents - Brazil, West Africa and South-East Asia - around a strategic theme for research on and for sustainable development in the intertropical zone. This collaboration aims to improve the forecast of regional rainfall variations in Brazil, West Africa and South-East Asia.

Coordinated by :

  • Nicholas M.J. Hal, Prof. LEGOS/Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France,
  • Aubens M. Hounsou Gbo, Research Scientist, LABOMAR (Instituto de Ciências do Mar), Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brasil.

Team :

Check out the people involved in CARDAPIO on our TEAM page.

Funding period:

2024-2027.

Research :

Check out our research page.