Extreme precipitation heavily affects society and economy in Africa because it triggers
natural hazards and contributes large amounts of freshwater. Understanding past changes …

Two regional climate models (RCMs) participating in the CORDEX–Coordinated Output for
Regional Evaluations (CORDEX-CORE) project feature a dipole-type rainfall bias during …

In Africa, vegetation is important for the protection of species habitats, maintaining local
livelihoods, and the existence of wildlife. A comprehensive evaluation of vegetation …

Climate models are vital to the assessment of the impacts of climate change in the Central
African regions. Establishing how well models reproduce key processes is important to the …

There is an urgent need to enhance climate projections for Central Equatorial Africa (CEA),
given the region's high vulnerability to climatic hazards and its economy's heavy …

Thunderstorms are known to have the potential to cause damage to the population. In
Mexico, these weather events can bring threats such as lightning, hail, damaging winds, and …

The Gálvez–Davison Index (GDI) is an atmospheric stability index recently developed to
improve the prediction of thunderstorms and shallower types of moist convection in the …

Abstract The Congo Basin, one of the three most convective regions in the world, has
recently experienced a large-scale drying trend accompanied by an increase in …

The Congolese rainforest is a hotspot for convection where thunderstorms and rainfall
exhibit a strong diurnal cycle. Previous studies have shown that various modes of variability …

The hydrological cycle over tropical rainforests includes some of the most intense
thunderstorms and rainfall totals. The energy associated with this convective activity plays …