Evaluation of rainfall simulations over Uganda in CORDEX regional climate models

J Kisembe, A Favre, A Dosio, C Lennard… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2019 - Springer
The study evaluates the ability of ten regional climate models (RCMs) to simulate the
present-day rainfall over Uganda within the Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment …

Heavy precipitation events over East Africa in a changing climate: results from CORDEX RCMs

OM Ogega, J Koske, JB Kung'u, E Scoccimarro… - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
The study assesses the performance of 24 model runs from five COordinated Regional
climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) regional climate models (RCMs) in simulating …

[HTML][HTML] The opposing effects of reforestation and afforestation on the diurnal temperature cycle at the surface and in the lowest atmospheric model level in the …

M Breil, D Rechid, EL Davin… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Opposing Effects of Reforestation and Afforestation on the Diurnal Temperature Cycle at
the Surface and in the Lowest Atmospheric Model Level in the European Summer in: Journal …

The contribution of transpiration to precipitation over African watersheds

SA Te Wierik, J Keune, DG Miralles… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The redistribution of biological (transpiration) and non‐biological (interception loss, soil
evaporation) fluxes of terrestrial evaporation via atmospheric circulation and precipitation is …

Climate Variations vs. Human Activities: Distinguishing the Relative Roles on Vegetation Dynamics in the Three Karst Provinces of Southwest China

H Yang, J Hu, S Zhang, L Xiong, Y Xu - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Vegetation in karst areas is crucial for maintaining fragile local ecosystems, driven by
climate change and human activities. Southwest China contains the largest continuous karst …

[HTML][HTML] La vivienda vernácula en Burkina Faso: transformaciones de los modos de habitar de las culturas del Sahel

M Aguilar Sánchez… - Estudios de Asia y África, 2021 - scielo.org.mx
Burkina Faso es un país de África subsahariana con un alto índice de pobreza que, al igual
que otros países del Sahel, ha triplicado su población en el último medio siglo, al pasar de …

Thermal Performance Assessment of Burkina Faso's Housing Typologies

M Aguilar-Sanchez, JM Almodovar-Melendo… - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Burkina Faso is a sub-Saharan African country suffering from a high poverty rate. It has
quadruplicated its population over the last twenty years, that is, from 4.5 to 18 million …

A Fine Line Between Carbon Source and Sink: Potential CO2 Sequestration through Sustainable Grazing Management in the Nama-Karoo

O Rybchak, J du Toit, A Maluleke, M Bieri… - … of Southern African …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Semiarid South African ecosystems are managed for livestock production with
different practices and intensities. Many studies have found grazing to be an important driver …

An improved soil moisture parametrization for regional climate simulations in Europe

M Breil, G Schädler, N Laube - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A new depth‐dependent saturated soil hydraulic conductivity function is implemented in the
Regional Climate Model COSMO‐CLM coupled to the Land Surface Model VEG3D (CCLM …

The impact of soil initialization on regional decadal climate predictions in Europe

M Breil, N Laube, JG Pinto, G Schädler - Climate Research, 2019 - int-res.com
Inaccuracies in soil initialization, caused by unbalanced soil conditions, are one possible
reason for biases in regional climate predictions. Therefore, in the present study, stand …