'Eastern African Paradox'rainfall decline due to shorter not less intense Long Rains

CM Wainwright, JH Marsham, RJ Keane… - npj Climate and …, 2019‏ - nature.com
An observed decline in the Eastern African Long Rains from the 1980s to late 2000s
appears contrary to the projected increase under future climate change. This “Eastern …

Assessing reanalysis data for understanding rainfall climatology and variability over Central Equatorial Africa

W Hua, L Zhou, SE Nicholson, H Chen, M Qin - Climate Dynamics, 2019‏ - Springer
Understanding the rainfall climatology and variability over Central Equatorial Africa (CEA)
has largely been hampered by the lack of adequate in situ observations and meteorological …

Validation of satellite precipitation estimates over the Congo Basin

SE Nicholson, D Klotter, L Zhou… - Journal of …, 2019‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
This paper evaluates nine satellite rainfall products and the Global Precipitation Centre
Climatology (GPCC) gauge dataset over the Congo basin. For the evaluation the reference …

Revisiting the evolution of the 2009–2011 meteorological drought over Southwest China

S Sun, Q Li, J Li, G Wang, S Zhou, R Chai, W Hua… - Journal of …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
With intensifying climate change, droughts over Southwest China (SWC) are drawing
increasing interest. The droughts of 2009–2011 have attracted special concern. However …

Inconsistent Atlantic links to precipitation extremes over the humid tropics

HC Nnamchi, I Diallo - Earth Systems and Environment, 2024‏ - Springer
This study investigates extreme wet and dry conditions over the humid tropics and their
connections to the variability of the tropical ocean basins using observations and a multi …

[HTML][HTML] Strengthening weather forecast and dissemination capabilities in Central Africa: Case assessment of intense flooding in January 2020

IM Pascal, TK Jores, J Talib, VD Appolinaire, L Hirons… - Climate Services, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The first dekad of January 2020 was characterised by heavy precipitation in the capital of the
Republic of Congo, Brazzaville, which led to several localised landslides. Satellite-derived …

Extreme Indian Ocean dipole and rainfall variability over Central Africa

F Moihamette, WM Pokam, I Diallo… - International Journal …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Using both observational and reanalysis datasets, this study examines the influence of
extreme Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) events on Central Africa (CA) rainfall from September to …

The combined impacts of ENSO and IOD on global seasonal droughts

H Yin, Z Wu, HJ Fowler, S Blenkinsop, H He, Y Li - Atmosphere, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Previous studies have revealed that global droughts are significantly affected by different
types of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. However, quantifying the temporal …

Temporal and spatial characteristics of drought, future changes and possible drivers over Upper Awash Basin, Ethiopia, using SPI and SPEI

HB Gebremichael, GA Raba, KT Beketie… - Environment …, 2024‏ - Springer
Drought is a global problem that affects particularly agricultural and water resources. The
spatiotemporal drought characteristics and their possible drivers over Upper Awash Basin …

Increasing influence of Indian Ocean dipole on precipitation over central equatorial Africa

Y Jiang, L Zhou, PE Roundy, W Hua… - Geophysical …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Using observational rainfall datasets, we identify a positive correlation between precipitation
over Central Equatorial Africa (CEA) and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) during September …