Assessing reanalysis data for understanding rainfall climatology and variability over Central Equatorial Africa

W Hua, L Zhou, SE Nicholson, H Chen, M Qin - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
Understanding the rainfall climatology and variability over Central Equatorial Africa (CEA)
has largely been hampered by the lack of adequate in situ observations and meteorological …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in extreme daily precipitation over Africa: Insights from a non-asymptotic statistical approach

F Marra, V Levizzani, E Cattani - Journal of Hydrology X, 2022 - Elsevier
Extreme precipitation heavily affects society and economy in Africa because it triggers
natural hazards and contributes large amounts of freshwater. Understanding past changes …

Compound Wind and Precipitation Extremes Across the Indo‐Pacific: Climatology, Variability, and Drivers

D Li, Y Chen, M Messmer, Y Zhu, J Feng… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Compound wind and precipitation extremes (CWPEs) can severely impact multiple sectors
and regions, often causing critical infrastructure failure and fatalities, especially in the Indo …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of rainfall biases in two CORDEX-CORE regional climate models at rainfall peaks over central equatorial Africa

AT Tamoffo, LK Amekudzi, T Weber… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Two regional climate models (RCMs) participating in the CORDEX–Coordinated Output for
Regional Evaluations (CORDEX-CORE) project feature a dipole-type rainfall bias during …

Seasonal and long-term variations in leaf area of Congolese rainforest

Y Sun, Y Knyazikhin, X She, X Ni, C Chen… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
It is important to understand temporal and spatial variations in the structure and
photosynthetic capacity of tropical rainforests in a world of changing climate, increased …

Earlier seasonal onset of intense mesoscale convective systems in the Congo Basin since 1999

CM Taylor, AH Fink, C Klein, DJ Parker… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) produce some of the most intense rainfall on the
planet, and their response to climate variability and change is rather uncertain. Under global …

Mechanisms of Added Value of a Coupled Global Ocean‐Regional Atmosphere Climate Model Over Central Equatorial Africa

AT Tamoffo, T Weber, W Cabos, DV Sein… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
There is an urgent need to enhance climate projections for Central Equatorial Africa (CEA),
given the region's high vulnerability to climatic hazards and its economy's heavy …

Observed changes in fire patterns and possible drivers over Central Africa

Y Jiang, L Zhou, A Raghavendra - Environmental Research …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Fire is an integral part of Earth's system that links regional and global biogeochemical
cycles, human activities, and ecosystems. Global estimates for biomass burning indicate that …

The rainfall and convective regime over equatorial Africa, with emphasis on the Congo Basin

SE Nicholson - … Climate, and Biogeochemistry: A Foundation for …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The paper examines the character of the rainfall and convective regime over equatorial
Africa, in order to better understand the meteorological processes governing rainfall and …

Climate change and hunter-gatherers in montane eastern DR Congo

R Batumike, F Bulonvu, G Imani… - Climate and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Mountain environments experience more rapid changes in temperature than lower
elevations. However, little is known about the climatic changes already observed in African …