This paper examines the question of land surface‐atmosphere interactions in the West
African Sahel and their role in the interannual variability of rainfall. In the Sahel, mean …

The water table in southwestern Niger has been rising continuously for the past decades (4
m rise from 1963 to 2007), despite a∼ 23% deficit in monsoonal rainfall from 1970 to 1998 …

Rainfall information is essential for many applications in developing countries, and yet,
continually updated information at fine temporal and spatial scales is lacking. In Africa …

Water scarcity contributes to the poverty of around one-third of the world's people. Despite
many benefits, tree planting in dry regions is often discouraged by concerns that trees …

This study aims reporting on 23 gridded precipitation datasets (P-datasets) reliability across
West Africa through direct comparisons with rain gauges measurement at the daily and …

Rainfall Variability in West Africa during the Years 1950–90 in: Journal of Climate Volume 15
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Evapotranspiration of soil moisture can affect temperature and humidity in the lower
atmosphere, and thereby the development of convective rain storms. Climate models have …

Based on a full-resolution Meteosat dataset, an extensive climatological study of the
mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) observed by satellite over the Sahel leads to the …

In the Sahel, rainfall is the single most important factor conditioning the hydrology and the
climate, but comprehensive statistical analyses of the rainfall climatology in the region are …

Rain-use efficiency (RUE; the ratio of vegetation productivity to annual precipitation) has
been suggested as a measure for assessing land degradation in arid/semi-arid areas. In the …