Abstract Regional Climate Models (RCMs) emerged 30 years ago as a transient tool to
provide detailed estimates of meteorological parameters (temperature, precipitation …

We describe the global climate system context in which to interpret African environmental
change to support planning and implementation of policymaking action at national, regional …

Regional Climate Change in Tropical and Northern Africa due to Greenhouse Forcing and Land
Use Changes in: Journal of Climate Volume 22 Issue 1 (2009) Jump to Content Jump to Main …

Summary The West African monsoon oscillates each year with remarkable regularity but the
interannual variability associated with the monsoon is not fully understood although much …

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 …

In 2006, NASA led a field campaign to investigate the factors that control the fate of African
easterly waves (AEWs) moving westward into the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Aircraft and …

The paper aimed at assessing the capabilities and limitations of five different precipitation
products to describe rainfall over West Africa. Five gridded precipitation datasets of the …

The mean climatology, inter-model variability and spatio-temporal patterns of temperature
and precipitation over West Africa from Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5 (CMIP5) …

The relationships between climate and agricultural production in Benin, tropical West Africa,
are elucidated using predictions from a high-resolution regional climate model. The aim is to …

As a step toward an increased understanding of climate change over West Africa, in this
paper we analyze the relationship between rainfall changes and monsoon dynamics in high …