Precipitation climatology in an ensemble of CORDEX-Africa regional climate simulations

G Nikulin, C Jones, F Giorgi, G Asrar… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
An ensemble of regional climate simulations is analyzed to evaluate the ability of 10
regional climate models (RCMs) and their ensemble average to simulate precipitation over …

Regional climate modeling for the develo** world: the ICTP RegCM3 and RegCNET

JS Pal, F Giorgi, X Bi, N Elguindi… - Bulletin of the …, 2007 - journals.ametsoc.org
Regional climate models are important research tools available to scientists around the
world, including in economically develo** nations (EDNs). The Earth Systems Physics …

Dynamical downscaling of CMIP5 global circulation models over CORDEX-Africa with COSMO-CLM: evaluation over the present climate and analysis of the added …

A Dosio, HJ Panitz, M Schubert-Frisius, D Lüthi - Climate Dynamics, 2015 - Springer
In this work we present the results of the application of the consortium for small-scale
modeling (COSMO) regional climate model (COSMO-CLM, hereafter, CCLM) over Africa in …

Climate change projections for CORDEX-Africa with COSMO-CLM regional climate model and differences with the driving global climate models

A Dosio, HJ Panitz - Climate Dynamics, 2016 - Springer
In the framework of the coordinated regional climate downscaling experiment (CORDEX), an
ensemble of climate change projections for Africa has been created by downscaling the …

A global perspective on African climate

A Giannini, M Biasutti, IM Held, AH Sobel - Climatic Change, 2008 - Springer
We describe the global climate system context in which to interpret African environmental
change to support planning and implementation of policymaking action at national, regional …

[PDF][PDF] Climatology, annual cycle and interannual variability of precipitation and temperature in CORDEX simulations over West Africa.

E Gbobaniyi, A Sarr, MB Sylla, I Diallo… - International Journal …, 2014 - researchgate.net
We examine the ability of an ensemble of 10 Regional Climate Models (RCMs), driven by
ERA-Interim reanalysis, in skillfully reproducing key features of present-day precipitation and …

Multimodel GCM‐RCM ensemble‐based projections of temperature and precipitation over West Africa for the early 21st century

I Diallo, MB Sylla, F Giorgi, AT Gaye… - International Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Reliable climate change scenarios are critical for West Africa, whose economy relies mostly
on agriculture and, in this regard, multimodel ensembles are believed to provide the most …

Change detection and trend analysis of future temperature and rainfall over West Africa

OW Ilori, VO Ajayi - Earth systems and Environment, 2020 - Springer
This paper examined future trends with change detection in temperature and rainfall over
three agro-climatic zones of West Africa. Historical (1961–2000) and projection (2020–2099) …

COSMO-CLM (CCLM) climate simulations over CORDEX-Africa domain: analysis of the ERA-Interim driven simulations at 0.44 and 0.22 resolution

HJ Panitz, A Dosio, M Büchner, D Lüthi, K Keuler - Climate dynamics, 2014 - Springer
We present the results of the application of the COSMO-CLM Regional Climate Model
(CCLM) over the CORDEX-Africa domain. Two simulations were performed driven by the …

Progress in regional downscaling of West African precipitation

H Paeth, NMJ Hall, MA Gaertner… - Atmospheric science …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We review the recent progress in dynamical and statistical downscaling approaches for west
African precipitation and perform a regional climate model (RCM) intercomparison using the …