Climate oscillation impacts on water supply augmentation planning

S Fletcher, M Zaniolo, M Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Climate oscillations ranging from years to decades drive precipitation variability in many
river basins globally. As a result, many regions will require new water infrastructure …

Exploring the influence of improved horizontal resolution on extreme precipitation in Southern Africa major river basins: insights from CMIP6 HighResMIP simulations

S Samuel, G Mengistu Tsidu, A Dosio, K Mphale - Climate Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
This study investigates the impact of enhanced horizontal resolution on simulating mean
and extreme precipitation in the major river basins of southern Africa. Seven global climate …

Robustness of climate indices relevant for agriculture in Africa deduced from GCMs and RCMs against reanalysis and gridded observations

D Abel, K Ziegler, IE Gbode, T Weber, VO Ajayi… - Climate Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
This study assesses the ability of climate models to represent rainy season (RS) dependent
climate indices relevant for agriculture and crop-specific agricultural indices in eleven …

Modeling of Precipitation over Africa: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects

AA Akinsanola, CN Wenhaji, R Barimalala… - … in Atmospheric Sciences, 2025 - Springer
In recent years, there has been an increasing need for climate information across diverse
sectors of society. This demand has arisen from the necessity to adapt to and mitigate the …

Comparison of multimodel ensembles of global and regional climate models projections for extreme precipitation over four major river basins in southern Africa …

S Samuel, A Dosio, K Mphale, DN Faka, M Wiston - Climatic Change, 2023 - Springer
This study assesses the performance of large ensembles of global (CMIP5, CMIP6) and
regional (CORDEX, CORE) climate models in simulating extreme precipitation over four …

The impact of lateral boundary forcing in the CORDEX-Africa ensemble over southern Africa

MC Karypidou, SP Sobolowski… - Geoscientific Model …, 2022 - gmd.copernicus.org
The region of southern Africa (SAF) is among the most exposed climate change hotspots
and is projected to experience severe impacts on multiple economical and societal sectors …

CMIP5 and CMIP6: contrasting perspectives on Nigeria's climate transformation

B Tanimu, MM Hamed, AAD Bello, SA Abdullahi… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2025 - Springer
This study extensively compares CMIP5 and CMIP6 models in simulating historical and
projected annual and seasonal climate variability over Nigeria. Thirteen Global Climate …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of climate change impacts on availability of surface water resources in the semi-arid Tugwi Mukosi catchment of Zimbabwe

S Dzirekwa, W Gumindoga, H Makurira, A Mhizha… - Scientific African, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change impact drivers includes increased rainfall variability, increased extreme
events, and changes in the mean behaviour of hydro-meteorological variables such as air …

Comparative analysis of high-resolution CMIP6 GCM and CMIP5 RCM: unveiling biases and advancements in simulating compound extreme events in China

L Wang, J Zhu, D Wang - Climate Dynamics, 2025 - Springer
Climate change-induced compound extreme events pose significant challenges, causing
widespread damage and threatening lives. Climate models are important tools for analyzing …

The impact of the Agulhas Current system on precipitation in southern Africa in regional climate simulations covering the recent past and future

N Tim, E Zorita, B Hünicke… - Weather and Climate …, 2022 - wcd.copernicus.org
Southern African climate is strongly impacted by climate change. Precipitation is a key
variable in this region as it is linked to agriculture and water supply. An analysis of …