Ashouri, H., KL Hsu, S. Sorooshian, DK Braithwaite, KR Knapp, LD Cecil, BR Nelson, and
OP Prat, 2015: PERSIANN-CDR: Daily precipitation climate data record from multisatellite …

Over the twentieth century, Sahel rainfall has undergone extreme variations on a decadal
timescale. This study investigated the recent precipitation changes in West African Sahel …

Discriminating climate impacts between 1.5 C and 2 C warming levels is particularly
important for Central Africa, a vulnerable region where multiple biophysical, political, and …

This study examines the interlinkages between the South Atlantic Ocean Dipole (SAOD) and
Central Africa (CA) rainfall variability from June to August, spanning from 1981 to 2018 …

A composite drought index (CDI) was developed for seasonal drought monitoring at 1 km 2
resolution over the West African Sahel (WAS). The CDI was derived from remote sensing …

Rainfall thresholds under which forests grow in Central Africa are lower than those of
Amazonia and southeast Asia. Attention is thus regularly paid to rainfall whose seasonality …

Over recent decades, regions of West and Central Africa have experienced different and
significant changes in climatic patterns, which have significantly impacted hydrological …

Summary Western and Central Equatorial Africa (WCEA), home to the Congo rainforests, is
the green heart of the otherwise dry continent of Africa. Despite its crucial role in the Earth …

This study uses the empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis to identify and describe
continental-scale seasonal (MAM, JJA, SON and DJF) precipitation modes over Africa based …

Lake Chad is an endorheic lake in the Sahel region of Africa at the southern edge of the
Sahara Desert. The lake, which is well known for its dramatic decrease in surface area …