This review study examines the state of meteorological drought over Africa, focusing on
historical trends, impacts, mitigation strategies, and future prospects. Relevant …

West African rainfall is an important part of the global climate system that influences the
Atlantic thermohaline circulation, hurricane activities, and dust transport. The water cycle is …

Rice plays a paramount role in food and nutrition security in many West African countries.
Despite the doubling of production during the last decade, rice consumption has grown …

A multivariate bias correction based on N‐dimensional probability density function transform
(MBCn) technique is applied to four different high‐resolution regional climate change …

During the last few decades, the frequency of drought has significantly increased in Morocco
especially for arid and semi-arid regions, leading to a rising of several environmental and …

The results of a large ensemble of regional climate models lead to two contrasting but
plausible scenarios for the precipitation change over West Africa, one where mean …

This study uses remote sensing techniques and Geographic Information Systems GIS to
monitor and evaluate the changes in the shoreline and the surface water area of Al …

Droughts can be regarded as one of the most spatially complex geohazards, causing a
severe impact on socio-economic aspects. Preparing a comprehensive drought …

Climate variability and change constitute major challenges for Africa, especially West Africa
(WA), where an important increase in extreme climate events has been noticed. Therefore, it …

This study assesses changes in meteorological droughts in West Africa under a high
greenhouse gas scenario, ie, a representative concentration pathway 8.5 (RCP8. 5), and …