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Scholarship and Creative Expressions per year
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Biography
Dr. Mekonnen's research interest include tropical waves and convection, regional monsoons, climate variability and climate change. He specializes in tropical in tropical meteorology. He has long-years of experience in research and operational forecast with the Ethiopian Meteorological Service in Addis Ababa. His objective is to better understand the relationship between tropical waves and convection and rainfall including variability at shorter and longer time scales.
Education/Academic qualification
Atmospheric Science, Ph.D., Synoptic Scale Convection and Wave Activity over Tropical Africa and teh Atlantic, University at Albany State University
… → 2008
Weather, Climate and Modeling, M.S., Interannula variability of rainfall over the Horn of Africa, University of Reading
… → 1998
Economics, 3-years of undergraduate courses, N/A, Addis Ababa University
… → 1997
Advanced postgraduate Diploma, India Meteorological Department
… → 1990
Agricultural Meteorology, Certificate, N/A, Israel Meteorological Department
… → 1990
BS, Addis Ababa University
… → 1986
Physics, BS, Critical parameters in resonance excited gases., Addis Ababa University
… → 1986
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Scholarship and Creative Expressions
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Boreal Summer Rainfall Variability in North Africa: Extreme Variability and Prospects for Predictability *
Mekonnen, A., 2026Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Cases of Extreme Climate Variability over East Africa.
Mekonnen, A., 2026Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Correction to: Spatio-temporal long-term (1950–2009) temperature trend analysis in North Carolina, United States (Theoretical and Applied Climatology, (2015), 120, 1-2, (159-171), 10.1007/s00704-014-1147-6)
Zaman, S. M., Jha, M. K. & Mekonnen, A., 2026, In: Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 157, Issue 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Rainfall Variability and Associated Mechanisms during the East African Long Rain Season
Mekonnen, A., 2026Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Sub-Seasonal Rainfall Variability and Atmospheric Dynamics During East African Long-Rain
Afolayan, S. & Mekonnen, A., Jan 1 2026, In: Atmosphere. 17, 1, 85.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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