Meteorology staff and students present at the 13th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography (ICSHMO)

Posted on February 24, 2022

The conference was held from 8-17 February 2022 in Wellington New Zealand but was hosted as a fully virtual conference. The conference themes included Atmospheric processes and observations, Weather and extreme events, Air quality and pollution, Climate and climate change, Modelling and...

Honours students recognized at 2021 GeoforAll student competition

Posted on February 17, 2022

“Geo for All” is the Open Source Geospatial Foundation’s Committee for Educational outreach and works in close collaboration with ICA, ISPRS, UN-GIS, AGILE, UCGIS, IGU and other partners worldwide in our mission for making geospatial education and opportunities accessible to...

Introducing maps to primary school learners at Viva Foundation

Posted on February 15, 2022

Late 2021, we were able to visit the Viva Foundation school and speak with a group of Gr 1-3 learners about maps. During the session, we showed them a number of maps and taught them about the cardinal directions. This was followed by an interactive activity and quiz. We would like to thank...

Seasonal forecast for February 2022 available

Posted on February 15, 2022

The UP February Seasonal Forecast Worx predicts, in agreement with other models, a transition into ENSO-neutral conditions during winter. There are enhanced probabilities for wet conditions over the larger summer rainfall region during late summer going into autumn. In contrast, the SW Cape is...

NRF Y2 rating for Dr Victoria Rautenbach

Posted on February 03, 2022

Victoria Rautenbach received a Y2 rating in Information Technology with a specialization in User experience, open-source for geospatial software, open data and community engagement in higher education.

Tropical Storm Ana

Posted on February 02, 2022

Hear Professor Dyson speak about tropical storm Ana, which affected Madagascar and Mozambique during January. Access the video at https://www.enca.com/videos/watch-tropical-storm-ana-over-30-dead-mozambique-and-malawi.

We welcome Rebecca to our team

Posted on January 28, 2022

Prof. Rebecca Garland recently joined the University of Pretoria as an Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology. She is an NRF-rated researcher with over 20 years’ experience in research in the atmospheric science, atmospheric biogeochemistry,...

New NRF rating for Dr Thando Ndarana

Posted on January 24, 2022

Dr. Thando Ndarana, a senior lecturer in dynamic meteorology in GGM, NAS, received a C1 rating from the NRF. His main research interests are using basic dynamic meteorology concepts such as wave activity, energetics and potential vorticity to understand the underlying dynamical processes that...