[PDF][PDF] Dynamics of the Conformal‐Cubic Atmospheric Model projected climate‐change signal over southern Africa

FA Engelbrecht, JL McGregor… - International Journal of …, 2009 - academia.edu
The projected climate-change signal in simulations by the Conformal-Cubic Atmospheric
Model (CCAM) over southern Africa is presented, with particular emphasis on the projected …

Multi-scale climate modelling over Southern Africa using a variable-resolution global model

FA Engelbrecht, WA Landman, CJ Engelbrecht… - Water Sa, 2011 - ajol.info
Evidence is provided of the successful application of a single atmospheric model code at
time scales ranging from short-range weather forecasting through to projections of future …

Projected changes in tropical cyclone climatology and landfall in the Southwest Indian Ocean region under enhanced anthropogenic forcing

J Malherbe, FA Engelbrecht, WA Landman - Climate dynamics, 2013 - Springer
The conformal-cubic atmospheric model, a variable-resolution global model, is applied at
high spatial resolution to perform simulations of present-day and future climate over …

Northern African climate at the end of the twenty-first century: an integrated application of regional and global climate models

CM Patricola, KH Cook - Climate Dynamics, 2010 - Springer
A method for simulating future climate on regional space scales is developed and applied to
northern Africa. Simulation with a regional model allows for the horizontal resolution needed …

[HTML][HTML] The South Indian convergence zone and interannual rainfall variability over southern Africa

KH Cook - Journal of Climate, 2000 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The South Indian convergence zone (SICZ) is identified in this paper as a region of
enhanced precipitation extending off the southeast coast of southern Africa during austral …

Simulating present and future climates of southern Africa using general circulation models

AM Joubert, BC Hewitson - Progress in physical geography, 1997 - journals.sagepub.com
The current state of regional climate and climate change modelling using GCMs is reviewed
for southern Africa, and several approaches to regional climate change prediction which …

Regional dynamical downscaling over West Africa: model evaluation and comparison of wet and dry years

H Paeth, K Born, R Podzun, D Jacob - Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 2005 - pure.mpg.de
In this study, a 25-year regional climate model run overWest Africa is evaluated and
examined with respect to causes of interannual rainfall variability related to the West African …

Sub-Saharan Northern African climate at the end of the twenty-first century: forcing factors and climate change processes

CM Patricola, KH Cook - Climate dynamics, 2011 - Springer
A regional climate model, the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model, is forced
with increased atmospheric CO 2 and anomalous SSTs and lateral boundary conditions …

[HTML][HTML] Convection permitting regional climate change simulations for understanding future climate and informing decision making in Africa

CA Senior, JH Marsham, S Berthou… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Pan-Africa convection-permitting regional climate model simulations have been performed
to study the impact of high resolution and the explicit representation of atmospheric moist …

Extreme wet years over southern Africa: Role of Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures

R Washington, A Preston - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Southern Africa is a predominantly semiarid region with a high degree of interannual rainfall
variability. Although much of the recent climate research has focused on the causes of …