Potential impacts of climate, land use and land cover changes on hydropower generation in West Africa: a review

S Obahoundje, A Diedhiou - Environmental Research Letters, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This study aims to review the existing literature on the past and future effects of climate, land
use, and land cover changes on hydropower generation in West Africa (WA), based on …

A Review of the arctic-West African monsoon nexus: How arctic sea ice decline influences monsoon system

AD Datti, G Zeng, PA Monerie, KT Oo… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2025 - Springer
Abstract The West African Monsoon (WAM) is a crucial component of the regional climate
system, affecting agriculture, water resources and livelihoods across West Africa. Recent …

The impacts of land use and land cover change on biophysical processes in West Africa using a regional climate model experimental approach

IC Achugbu, P Laux, AA Olufayo… - International Journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Using 2001 and 2016 land use (LU) data and three developed deforestation LU scenarios,
namely Deforest I, II and III, the possible impacts of the ongoing land use land cover change …

Modeling the spatiotemporal response of dew point temperature, air temperature and rainfall to land use land cover change over West Africa

IC Achugbu, AA Olufayo, IA Balogun… - Modeling Earth Systems …, 2021 - Springer
The study validated the use of an updated MCD12Q1 MODIS Land Use Land Cover (LULC)
data into Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model and investigated the effects of …

Interactions between climate and land cover change over West Africa

EM Mortey, T Annor, J Arnault, MM Inoussa… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate–land interaction over West Africa has often been assessed using climate
simulations, although the model-based approach suffers from the limitations of climate …

Effects of land cover changes on compound extremes over West Africa using the regional climate model regCM4

M Camara, I Diba, A Diedhiou - Atmosphere, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study aims to characterize the impacts of the Sahel–Sahara interface reforestation on
compound extremes in the Sahel region during the West African monsoon season (June …

Climate, land use and land cover changes in the Bandama Basin (Côte D'Ivoire, West Africa) and incidences on hydropower production of the Kossou Dam

YM Kouame, S Obahoundje, A Diedhiou, B François… - Land, 2019 - mdpi.com
Climate and land use/cover changes are potential drivers of change in hydrology and water
use. Incidences of these factors on Bandama hydrological basin and Kossou hydropower …

Time series assessment of the relationship between land surface temperature due to change in elevation: a case study from Hindukush-Himalayan Region (HKH)

AA Khan, D Hussain, K Ali, G Khan, M Ali… - Arabian Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Environmental studies that include studies related to climate change, change in biodiversity,
and hydrology consider land surface temperature (LST) and near-surface air temperature as …

Investigating West African monsoon features in warm years using the regional climate model RegCM4

I Diba, M Camara, A Diedhiou - Atmosphere, 2019 - mdpi.com
This study investigates the changes in West African monsoon features during warm years
using the Regional Climate Model version 4.5 (RegCM4. 5). The analysis uses 30 years of …

Surface temperature trend estimation over 12 sites in Guinea using 57 years of ground-based data

RT Loua, H Bencherif, N Bègue, N Mbatha, T Portafaix… - Climate, 2020 - mdpi.com
Trend-Run model was performed to estimate the trend in surface temperatures recorded at
12 sites in Guinea from 1960 to 2016 and to examine the contribution of each climate …