This study investigated the capability of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)
model to simulate seven different heavy precipitation (PRE) events that occurred across East …

Rain gauge data sparsity over Africa is known to impede the assessments of
hydrometeorological risks and of the skill of numerical weather prediction models. Satellite …

Severe thunderstorms affect more than 30 million people living along the shores of Lake
Victoria (East Africa). Thousands of fishers lose their lives on the lake every year. While …

Lakes play an important role in regulating the regional climate, especially the large one in
the arid region. The Aral Sea located in Central Asia, was once the fourth largest lake in the …

This article examines the reliability of satellite and reanalysis estimates of rainfall in the
Congo Basin and over Lake Victoria and its catchment. Nine satellite products and five …

Extreme precipitation has been threatening many sectors of human society and is likely to
intensify with global warming. In the present study, we have analysed the impact of future …

The purpose of this article is to determine the meteorological factors controlling the lake-
effect rains over Lake Victoria. Winds, divergence, vertical motion, specific humidity …

As climate variability increases with extremes becoming more frequent, the pressure on
agriculture only intensifies. A better understanding of the dynamics of direct climate drivers …

Abstract The East African “short rains” from October–December (OND) are crucial for the
region's cultural and agricultural landscape. Traditional climate studies have often treated …

This study investigates the impacts of Lake Baikal, the largest by volume and the deepest
freshwater lake in the world, on its nearby precipitation climate. Satellite observations and a …