Abstract The Okavango River Basin (ORB), including the World Heritage site Okavango
Delta, is a region of high biodiversity projected to suffer increased early summer drying …

Dry spell frequency and wet day occurrence during the summer rainy season across
southern Africa are examined using daily rainfall for 1982–2019. Evidence shows two sharp …

On 20 July 2021, the city of Zhengzhou in Henan Province, China experienced a record-
breaking rainfall event (“21· 7”) with a maximum hourly precipitation of 201.9 mm, which …

Southern Africa, with its vast arid to semiarid areas, is considered vulnerable to precipitation
changes and amplifying weather extremes. However, during the last 100 ka, huge lakes …

Abstract Ridging South Atlantic Anticyclones contribute an important amount of precipitation
over South Africa. Here, we use a global coupled climate model and the ERA5 reanalysis to …

Southern Africa has been strongly affected by ongoing climate change in recent decades.
Rainfall variability is modulated by regional patterns of moisture advection and convergence …

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 …

Using 41 years of ERA5 reanalysis, two types of ridging South Atlantic Ocean high pressure
systems were identified in the South African domain. Type-N events have a zonal structure …

The unique geography of the Mozambique Channel largely results from the mountainous
island of Madagascar, the fourth largest island in the world by area, extending 13 degrees of …

Abstract The Okavango River Basin (ORB) is a highly sensitive and biodiverse region in
southern Africa whose climate, vegetation and river discharge characteristics are not well …