Drivers and impacts of Eastern African rainfall variability

PI Palmer, CM Wainwright, B Dong… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Eastern Africa exhibits bimodal rainfall consisting of long rains (March–May) and short rains
(October–December), changes in which have profound socioeconomic and environmental …

Projected future daily characteristics of African precipitation based on global (CMIP5, CMIP6) and regional (CORDEX, CORDEX-CORE) climate models

A Dosio, MW Jury, M Almazroui, M Ashfaq, I Diallo… - Climate Dynamics, 2021 - Springer
We provide an assessment of future daily characteristics of African precipitation by explicitly
comparing the results of large ensembles of global (CMIP5, CMIP6) and regional (CORDEX …

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

B Ayugi, J Zhihong, H Zhu, H Ngoma… - International Journal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines the improvement in Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase Six
(CMIP6) models against the predecessor CMIP5 in simulating mean and extreme …

Projection of precipitation extremes over South Asia from CMIP6 GCMs

A Abbas, AS Bhatti, S Ullah, W Ullah, M Waseem… - Journal of Arid Land, 2023 - Springer
Extreme precipitation events are one of the most dangerous hydrometeorological disasters,
often resulting in significant human and socio-economic losses worldwide. It is therefore …

An overview of climate change adaptation and mitigation research in Africa

Y Baninla, A Sharifi, Z Allam, SJP Tume… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Research on climate change has increased significantly since the 1970s. There has also
been a particular focus on Africa, given its vulnerability to climate change impacts and its …

Extreme precipitation indices over India using CMIP6: a special emphasis on the SSP585 scenario

NM Reddy, S Saravanan - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
In this study, a comparison of 17 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6)
data sets with Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) data in terms of finding out extreme …

Evaluation of precipitation simulations in CMIP6 models over Uganda

H Ngoma, W Wen, B Ayugi… - International Journal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study employed 15 CMIP6 GCMs and evaluated their ability to simulate rainfall over
Uganda during 1981–2014. The models and the ensemble mean were assessed based on …

Current and future climate extremes over Latin America and Caribbean: assessing earth system models from high resolution model intercomparison project …

A Avila-Diaz, RR Torres, CF Zuluaga, WL Cerón… - Earth Systems and …, 2023 - Springer
Extreme temperature and precipitation events are the primary triggers of hazards, such as
heat waves, droughts, floods, and landslides, with localized impacts. In this sense, the finer …

Population exposure to compound extreme events in India under different emission and population scenarios

J Das, V Manikanta, NV Umamahesh - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
It is well understood that India is largely exposed to different climate extremes including
floods, droughts, heat waves, among others. However, the exposure of co-occurrence of …

Projected changes in extreme climate events over Africa under 1.5° C, 2.0° C and 3.0° C global warming levels based on CMIP6 projections

BO Ayugi, ES Chung, H Zhu, OM Ogega… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ongoing global warming is projected to persist throughout the entire century if effective
mitigation measures are not put in place. The warming is associated with occurrence of …