Climate and climatic variability of rainfall over eastern Africa

SE Nicholson - Reviews of Geophysics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This review examines several aspects of the climate of eastern Africa. The climatic
commonality throughout the region is the frequent occurrence of drought severe enough to …

[HTML][HTML] Variability and time series trend analysis of rainfall and temperature in northcentral Ethiopia: A case study in Woleka sub-basin

A Asfaw, B Simane, A Hassen, A Bantider - Weather and climate extremes, 2018 - Elsevier
Examining the spatiotemporal dynamics of meteorological variables in the context of
changing climate, particularly in countries where rainfed agriculture is predominant, is vital …

Comparison of CMIP6 and CMIP5 models in simulating mean and extreme precipitation over East Africa

B Ayugi, J Zhidong, H Zhu, H Ngoma, H Babaousmail… - 2021 - preprints.org
This study examines the improvement in coupled intercomparison project phase six (CMIP6)
models against the predecessor CMIP5 in simulating mean and extreme precipitation over …

[HTML][HTML] Paramount impact of the Indian Ocean dipole on the East African short rains: A CGCM study

SK Behera, JJ Luo, S Masson, P Delecluse… - Journal of …, 2005 - journals.ametsoc.org
Paramount Impact of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the East African Short Rains: A CGCM Study
in: Journal of Climate Volume 18 Issue 21 (2005) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation …

[HTML][HTML] Predictability of june–september rainfall in Ethiopia

D Korecha, AG Barnston - Monthly weather review, 2007 - journals.ametsoc.org
Predictability of June–September Rainfall in Ethiopia in: Monthly Weather Review Volume 135
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New evidence for a reduced water balance in East Africa during the Last Glacial Maximum: implication for model-data comparison

P Barker, F Gasse - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2003 - Elsevier
Some syntheses of lake-level data for the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in East Africa (10° N
and 30° S, East of 25° E) show apparently wetter conditions than present for some basins …

Future changes in rainfall associated with ENSO, IOD and changes in the mean state over Eastern Africa

HS Endris, C Lennard, B Hewitson, A Dosio, G Nikulin… - Climate dynamics, 2019 - Springer
This study examines the projected changes in the characteristics of the El Niño Southern
Oscillation (ENSO) and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) in terms of mean state, intensity and …

Challenges for drought mitigation in Africa: The potential use of geospatial data and drought information systems

SM Vicente-Serrano, S Beguería, L Gimeno… - Applied …, 2012 - Elsevier
Understanding, monitoring and mitigating drought is a very difficult task as a consequence of
the intrinsic nature of the phenomenon. In addition, assessing the impact of drought on …

Components of rainy seasons' variability in Equatorial East Africa: onset, cessation, rainfall frequency and intensity

P Camberlin, V Moron, R Okoola, N Philippon… - Theoretical and applied …, 2009 - Springer
The inter-annual and spatial variability of different rainfall variables is analysed over
Equatorial East Africa (Kenya and northeastern Tanzania). At the station level, three …

Evaluation of rainfall simulations over Uganda in CORDEX regional climate models

J Kisembe, A Favre, A Dosio, C Lennard… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
The study evaluates the ability of ten regional climate models (RCMs) to simulate the
present-day rainfall over Uganda within the Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment …