Increased frequency and severity of heat wave is one of the immediate and certain impacts
of rising temperature due to global warming. A number of heat wave related indices …

The presence of short-and long-term autocorrelations can lead to considerable change in
significance of trend in hydro-climatic time series. Therefore, past findings of climatic trend …

The recent finding of the influence of long-term persistence (LTP) in time series on trend
significance has made the past findings of climatic trends in the Nile river basin (NRB) …

Abstract Performance of 31 General Circulation Models (GCMs) of Coupled Model
Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) was assessed according to their ability to …

Changes in bioclimatic indicators can provide valuable information on how global warming
induced climate change can affect humans, ecology and the environment. Trends in thermal …

Changes in the long‐term (1948–2016) rainfall and evapotranspiration over Mpologoma
catchment were analysed using gridded (0.25°× 0.25°) Princeton Global Forcing data. Trend …

African precipitation trends are commonly analyzed using short-term data observed over
small areas. This study analyzed changes in long-term (1901–2015) annual and seasonal …

During recent decades, Burundi was threatened by recurrent dry events resulting in crop
failure and more socio-economic losses. To assess the drought occurrence, duration and …

Centennial drought characteristics in Equatorial East Africa (EEA) is investigated using the
Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) derived from the Climatic …

False start of the growing season (Fsos) is a component of the onset variability related to
agronomic drought that adversely impact on agricultural production and productivity. In the …