Where are the lightning hotspots on Earth?

RI Albrecht, SJ Goodman, DE Buechler… - Bulletin of the …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Previous total lightning climatology studies using Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
(TRMM) Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) observations were reported at coarse resolution …

Rainfall over the African continent from the 19th through the 21st century

SE Nicholson, C Funk, AH Fink - Global and planetary change, 2018 - Elsevier
Most of the African continent is semi-arid and hence prone to extreme variations in rainfall
from year to year. The extreme droughts that have plagued the Sahel and eastern Africa are …

The water resources of tropical West Africa: problems, progress, and prospects

CE Ndehedehe - Acta Geophysica, 2019 - Springer
West Africa plays key roles in global climate and shows one of the strongest variations in
hydro-climatic conditions. As it turns out, the region appears to be underrepresented in the …

Adapting climate research for development in Africa

D Conway - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews research on African climate from the major Sahel droughts in the early
1970s to current interest in improving the use of climate science within societal decision …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal forecast skill of ENSO teleconnection maps

NJL Lenssen, L Goddard, S Mason - Weather and Forecasting, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Seasonal Forecast Skill of ENSO Teleconnection Maps in: Weather and Forecasting Volume 35
Issue 6 (2020) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo …

Evaluation of historical and future simulations of precipitation and temperature in central Africa from CMIP5 climate models

NR Aloysius, J Sheffield, JE Saiers… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Global and regional climate change assessments rely heavily on the general circulation
model (GCM) outputs such as provided by the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project …

Congo Basin rainfall climatology: can we believe the climate models?

R Washington, R James, H Pearce… - … of the Royal …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The Congo Basin is one of three key convective regions on the planet which, during the
transition seasons, dominates global tropical rainfall. There is little agreement as to the …

[图书][B] Les forêts du bassin du Congo-Etat des forêts 2013

C De Wasseige, J Flynn, D Louppe, F Hiol Hiol… - 2014 - agritrop.cirad.fr
État des Forêts 2013 Page 1 LES FORÊTS DU BASSIN DU CONGO État des Forêts 2013
Page 2 Les forêts du bassin du Congo – État des Forêts 2013 Éditeurs : de Wasseige C …

[HTML][HTML] Decadal and multidecadal natural variability of African rainfall

HJ Lüdecke, G Müller-Plath, MG Wallace… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region Africa Study focus African rainfall shows significant year-to-year
natural fluctuations that in part are linked to teleconnections associated with modes of …

Possible causes of the Central Equatorial African long-term drought

W Hua, L Zhou, H Chen, SE Nicholson… - Environmental …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Previous studies found that Central Equatorial Africa (CEA) has experienced a long-term
drying trend over the past two decades. To further evaluate this finding, we investigate …