Evaluation of the drivers responsible for flooding in Africa

Y Tramblay, G Villarini, EM El Khalki… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Africa is severely affected by floods, with an increasing vulnerability to these events in the
most recent decades. Our improved preparation against and response to this hazard would …

Moisture sources associated with heavy rainfall over the Limpopo River Basin, southern Africa

RS Rapolaki, RC Blamey, JC Hermes, CJC Reason - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
Moisture sources and pathways over the Limpopo River Basin (LRB) in southern Africa were
identified using the Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) …

[PDF][PDF] Spatiotemporal characteristics of human thermal comfort across southern Africa: An analysis of the Universal Thermal Climate Index for 1971–2021

SJ Roffe, AJ van Der Walt… - International Journal of …, 2023 - researchgate.net
The 6th Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projects increasing
thermal-associated morbidity and mortality under anthropogenically induced warming. Over …

Climate variability affects water-energy-food infrastructure performance in East Africa

C Siderius, SR Kolusu, MC Todd, A Bhave, AJ Dougill… - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
The need to assess major infrastructure performance under a changing climate is widely
recognized yet rarely practiced, particularly in rapidly growing African economies. Here, we …

A classification of synoptic weather patterns linked to extreme rainfall over the Limpopo River Basin in southern Africa

RS Rapolaki, RC Blamey, JC Hermes, CJC Reason - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
In the last few decades, the Limpopo River Basin (LRB) has experienced a number of
extreme rainfall events which were responsible for considerable socio-economic and …

Lake Malawi's threshold behaviour: A stakeholder-informed model to simulate sensitivity to climate change

AG Bhave, L Bulcock, S Dessai, D Conway, G Jewitt… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Over 90% of Malawi's electricity generation and irrigation depend on Lake Malawi outflows
into the Shire River. Recent lake level declines have raised concerns over future climate …

Extreme rainfall events over the Okavango river basin, southern Africa

O Moses, RC Blamey, CJC Reason - Weather and Climate Extremes, 2023 - Elsevier
Characteristics of extreme rainfall events in the highly biodiverse Okavango River Basin
(ORB) in west central southern Africa are not well understood. Hence, this study analyses …

Analysis of climate variability and its implications on rangelands in the Limpopo Province

P Maluleke, ME Moeletsi, M Tsubo - Climate, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, southern Africa has experienced a shift towards hotter and drier climate
conditions, affecting vital sectors like agriculture, health, water, and energy. Scientific …

Prediction and precursors of Idai and 38 other tropical cyclones and storms in the Mozambique Channel

EW Kolstad - Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
On average, about two tropical storms or cyclones enter or form in the Mozambique Channel
between the African mainland and Madagascar each year. Their impact can be devastating …

Deep convection over Africa: Annual cycle, ENSO, and trends in the hotspots

NCG Hart, R Washington, RI Maidment - Journal of Climate, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Africa is one of the three key regions of deep convection in the global tropics. There is a
wealth of information on the intensity, variability, and change of convection and associated …