Modelling temperature‐precipitation pressures on African timber heritage

J Richards, P Brimblecombe… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate parameters can be refined for use in a heritage context to capture climate‐based
deterioration processes occurring on buildings and sites. The Scheffer index, which …

Surface‐driven amplification of Madden–Julian oscillation circulation anomalies across East Africa and its influence on the Turkana jet

J Talib, CM Taylor, BL Harris… - Quarterly Journal of the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In semi‐arid environments, rainfall‐driven soil moisture fluctuations exert a strong influence
on surface turbulent fluxes. Intraseasonal rainfall variability can therefore impact low‐level …

Spatiotemporal analysis of rainfall and temperature variability and trends for a mixed crop-livestock production system: Its implications for developing adaptation …

S Alemayehu, D Olago, TT Zeleke… - International Journal of …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyze the seasonal spatiotemporal climate
variability in the Borena zone of Ethiopia and its effects on agriculture and livestock …

Characterizing the variability and meteorological drivers of wind power and solar power generation over Africa

HC Bloomfield, CM Wainwright… - Meteorological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) has the lowest energy access rates in the world, which
poses a key barrier to power system development. Deployment of renewables, including …

The Turkana Jet diurnal cycle in observations and reanalysis

C Munday, S Engelstaedter, R Washington… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Turkana jet is an equatorial low-level jet (LLJ) in East Africa. The jet influences both
flooding and droughts, and powers Africa's largest wind farm. Much of what we know about …

Unpacking the progression of climate uncertainty into precarity in the urban context of drylands: the case of floods in Lodwar, Turkana

M Korzenevica, P Ewoton, E Dyer… - Climate and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Climate uncertainty has always existed both as a socio-ecological reality for pastoralists
living with climate variability in drylands and as a component within climate modelling, yet …

An Isotope Mass Balance Analysis of Evaporative Loss From Lake Turkana, Kenya Using δ18O and δD of Natural Waters

M Saslaw, D Yang, D Lee, CJ Poulsen… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements of oxygen and hydrogen stable isotope ratios (δ18O and δD) in meteoric
waters provide insight to overlapping effects of evaporation, precipitation, and mixing on …

Resolving the Turkana Jet—Impact of model resolution in simulating channel flow and inversions

JL Warner, C Munday… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Turkana Jet plays a pivotal role in the meteorology of East Africa across
timescales, and owes its existence to both large‐scale dynamics and the representation of …

Implications of WRF model resolutions on resolving rainfall variability with topography over East Africa

AM Mwanthi, JN Mutemi, FJ Opijah, FM Mutua… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
There is an increasing need to improve the accuracy of extreme weather forecasts for life-
saving applications and in support of various socioeconomic sectors in East Africa, a region …

Understanding the regionality and diurnal cycles of precipitation in the Lake Victoria Basin during Boreal fall

KH Cook, EK Vizy - Climate Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
The diurnal cycle of rainfall in the Lake Victoria Basin of East Africa results from the super
positioning of regional circulations driven by lake/land temperature differences and …