Vegetation response to precipitation variability in East Africa controlled by biogeographical factors

P Hawinkel, W Thiery, S Lhermitte… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem sensitivity to climate variability varies across East Africa, and identifying the
determinant factors of this sensitivity is crucial to assessing region‐wide vulnerability to …

[HTML][HTML] The regional climate impact of a realistic future deforestation scenario in the Congo Basin

T Akkermans, W Thiery, NPM Van Lipzig - Journal of Climate, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Regional Climate Impact of a Realistic Future Deforestation Scenario in the Congo Basin
in: Journal of Climate Volume 27 Issue 7 (2014) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation …

Numerical simulation of surface solar radiation over Southern Africa. Part 1: Evaluation of regional and global climate models

C Tang, B Morel, M Wild, B Pohl, B Abiodun… - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
This study evaluates the performance of climate models in reproducing surface solar
radiation (SSR) over Southern Africa (SA) by validating five Regional Climate Models (RCM …

Sensitivity analysis with the regional climate model COSMO-CLM over the CORDEX-MENA domain

E Bucchignani, L Cattaneo, HJ Panitz… - Meteorology and …, 2016 - Springer
The results of a sensitivity work based on ERA-Interim driven COSMO-CLM simulations over
the Middle East-North Africa (CORDEX-MENA) domain are presented. All simulations were …

Numerical simulation of surface solar radiation over Southern Africa. Part 2: projections of regional and global climate models

C Tang, B Morel, M Wild, B Pohl, B Abiodun… - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
In the second part of this study, possible impacts of climate change on Surface Solar
Radiation (SSR) in Southern Africa (SA) are evaluated. We use outputs from 20 regional …

Analysis of the radiation budget in regional climate simulations with COSMO-CLM for Africa

S Kothe, HJ Panitz, B Ahrens - Meteorol Z, 2014 - hero.epa.gov
This study analysed two regional climate simulations for Africa regarding the radiation
budgets with particular focus on the contribution of potentially influential parameters on …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of daily maximum and minimum 2-m temperatures as simulated with the Regional Climate Model COSMO-CLM over Africa

S Kraehenmann, S Kothe, HJ Panitz, B Ahrens - Meteorol Z, 2013 - researchgate.net
The representation of the diurnal 2-m temperature cycle is challenging because of the many
processes involved, particularly land-atmosphere interactions. This study examines the …

Strategies for soil initialization of regional decadal climate predictions

S Kothe, J Toedter, B Ahrens - …, 2016 - meetingorganizer.copernicus.org
Climate variables, such as surface temperature and precipitation, are strongly affected by
the state of the soil. The deep soil layers are expected to have a long-term memory, which …

High resolution climate modeling with the CCLM regional model

HJ Panitz, G Fosser, R Sasse, K Sedlmeier… - … Computing in Science …, 2013 - Springer
Using the CRAY XE-6 at the HLRS high performance computing facilities provides the
possibility to study various aspects of the regional climate employing the regional climate …

Application of the regional climate model CCLM for studies on urban climate change in Stuttgart and decadal climate prediction in Europe and Africa

HJ Panitz, G Schädler, M Breil, S Mieruch… - … Computing in Science …, 2016 - Springer
To study various aspects of the climate on the regional scale, IMK-TRO employs the regional
climate model (RCM) COSMO-CLM on the High Performance Computing Systems (HPC) …