Projected heat stress under 1.5 C and 2 C global warming scenarios creates unprecedented discomfort for humans in West Africa

MB Sylla, A Faye, F Giorgi, A Diedhiou… - Earth's …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Heat and discomfort indices are applied to the multimodel ensemble mean of COordinated
Regional climate Downscaling EXperiment‐Africa regional climate model projections to …

[HTML][HTML] Temperature and precipitation change in Malawi: Evaluation of CORDEX-Africa climate simulations for climate change impact assessments and adaptation …

EA Warnatzsch, DS Reay - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Malawi is highlighted as one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the effects of
climate change. The large uncertainty around future climate change in the region remains a …

Projected robust shift of climate zones over West Africa in response to anthropogenic climate change for the late 21st century

MB Sylla, N Elguindi, F Giorgi, D Wisser - Climatic Change, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The response of West African climate zones to anthropogenic climate change
during the late 21st century is investigated using the revised Thornthwaite climate …

Evaluating climate models with an African lens

R James, R Washington, B Abiodun… - Bulletin of the …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Climate models are becoming evermore complex and increasingly relied upon to inform
climate change adaptation. Yet progress in model development is lagging behind in many of …

Projected changes of summer monsoon extremes and hydroclimatic regimes over West Africa for the twenty-first century

I Diallo, F Giorgi, A Deme, M Tall, L Mariotti, AT Gaye - Climate dynamics, 2016 - Springer
We use two CORDEX-Africa simulations performed with the regional model RegCM4 to
characterize the projected changes in extremes and hydroclimatic regimes associated with …

Dust radiative forcing and its impact on surface energy budget over West Africa

AA Saidou Chaibou, X Ma, T Sha - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Dust is the dominant aerosol type over West Africa (WA), and therefore accurate simulation
of dust impact is critical for better prediction of weather and climate change. The dust …

Consequences of 1.5 C and 2 C global warming levels for temperature and precipitation changes over Central Africa

WP Mba, GNT Longandjo… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Discriminating climate impacts between 1.5 C and 2 C warming levels is particularly
important for Central Africa, a vulnerable region where multiple biophysical, political, and …

West African monsoon system's responses to global ocean–regional atmosphere coupling

AT Tamoffo, T Weber, W Cabos, PA Monerie… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study explores the added value (AV) of a regional Earth system model (ESM) compared
to an atmosphere-only regional climate model (RCM) in simulating West African monsoon …

The West African monsoon onset: A concise comparison of definitions

RGJ Fitzpatrick, CL Bain, P Knippertz… - Journal of …, 2015 - journals.ametsoc.org
The onset of the West African monsoon (WAM) marks a vital time for local and regional
stakeholders. While the seasonal progression of monsoon winds and the related migration …

[HTML][HTML] Robust late twenty-first century shift in the regional monsoons in RegCM-CORDEX simulations

M Ashfaq, T Cavazos, MS Reboita, JA Torres-Alavez… - Climate Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
We use an unprecedented ensemble of regional climate model (RCM) projections over
seven regional CORDEX domains to provide, for the first time, an RCM-based global view of …