Regional water cycle sensitivity to afforestation: synthetic numerical experiments for tropical Africa

J Arnault, AM Mwanthi, T Portele, L Li, T Rummler… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Afforestation as a climate change mitigation option has been the subject of intense debate
and study over the last few decades, particularly in the tropics where agricultural activity is …

Revegetation impacts on moisture recycling and precipitation trends in the Chinese Loess Plateau

M Cao, W Wang, J Wei, G Forzieri… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Loess Plateau in China has experienced a remarkable greening trend due to
vegetation restoration efforts in recent decades. However, the response of precipitation to …

[HTML][HTML] Random forest-based analysis of land cover/land use LCLU dynamics associated with meteorological droughts in the desert ecosystem of Pakistan

Z Faheem, JH Kazmi, S Shaikh, S Arshad… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Dry land ecosystems extend over 40% of the Earth, supporting an estimated 3 billion human
population. Thus, quantifying LCLU changes in such ecosystems is essential for achieving …

Regional climate response to land cover change in tropical West Africa: a numerical sensitivity experiment with ESA land cover data and advanced WRF-Hydro

EM Mortey, J Arnault, MM Inoussa, S Madougou… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The response of regional climate models (RCMs) to different input land cover information is
complex and uncertain. Several studies by the regional climate modeling community have …

Performance evaluation of a high-resolution regional climate model in West Africa: sensitivity to land surface schemes

IC Achugbu, P Laux, L Chen, J Dudhia… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2024 - Springer
This research examines the suitability of four land surface schemes (LSSs) in Weather
Research and Forecasting (WRF) model over different West Africa's (WA) climatological …

Afforestation in West Africa: potential benefits and trade-offs on regional climate extremes

SY Souleymane, J Arnault, J Bliefernicht, B Quesada… - 2024 - researchsquare.com
West Africa is currently experiencing extensive agricultural intensification associated with
rapid population growth. Those anthropogenic land use and land-cover changes (LULCC) …