The Landsat mission which has existed over five decades has remained at the forefront of providing consistent moderate spatial and temporal resolution optical images of the earth. The failure of the scan line corrector ...
The economic implications of extreme climate changes are found to impact sub-Saharan Africa negatively. This study aimed to analyze projected changes in length of rainy season (LRS), and rainfall extreme indices at the Vea ...
Inadequate land management and agricultural activities have largely resulted in land
degradation in Burkina Faso. The nationwide governmental and institutional driven implementation and adoption of soil and water conservation ...
This paper examined the economic value of non-timber forest products and their contribution to cash income of people living around the W Transbundary Bioreserve of W in Benin. 148 people among two ethnic groups were ...
Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn. Daniell) is a West African shrub which is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN. Its importance for local people in Benin has been little documented. This study takes up this issue and ...
Zannou, A.; Bonou, A.; Babadankpodji, P.; Zanou, M. A. M.; Saccramento, J.S; Biaou, G.(Annales des sciences agronomiques, 2020-12)
This research investigated rice farmers’ adaptation strategies to climate change in two rice production zones in Benin, Malanville in the extreme North zone and Glazoué in the Centre zone of the country, basing on a gender ...
Yapo, Assi Louis Martial; Diawara, Adama; Kouassi, Benjamin K.; Yoroba, Fidèle; Sylla, Mouhamadou Bamba; Kouadio, Kouakou; Tiémoko, Dro T.; Koné, Dianikoura Ibrahim; Akobé, Elisée Y.; Yao, Kouassi P. A. T.(Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2020-01)
This study analyzes projected changes in seasonal extreme precipitation intensity and dry spell length in the investigation area (Côte
d’Ivoire) under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 forcing scenarios. To this end, a multi-model ensemble ...
Water resources are a major source of economic development for most West African (WA)
countries. There is, however inadequate information on these resources for the purposes of
planning, decision-making and management. ...
Didi, Sacré Regis M.; Ly, Mouhamed; Kouadio, Kouakou; Bichet, Adeline; Diedhiou, Arona; Coulibaly, Houebagnon Saint. J.; Kouadio, Koffi Claude A.; Coulibaly, Talnan Jean H.; Obahoundje, Salomon; Savané, Issiaka(MDPI, 2020-06)
This study aims to provide improved knowledge and evidence on current (1986–2015)
climate variation based on six rainfall indices over fiveWest African countries (Senegal, Niger, Burkina
Faso, Ivory Coast, and Benin) ...
Ojeh, Vincent N.; Balogun, A. A.; Okhimamhe, A. A.(MDPI, 2016-05)
In this study, the hourly air temperature differences between City hall (urban) and Okoafo
(rural) in Lagos, Nigeria, were calculated using one year of meteorological observations, from June
2014 to May 2015. The two ...
Kouassi, K. Benjamin; Yoroba, Fidele; Madu, Uchenna Onwuhaka; Diawara, Adama; Kouadio, Kouakou; Yao, Paul Antoine(Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 2020-12)
The split characteristics of the tropical Mesoscale Convective System (MCS)
of April 9, 2018, in northern Ghana were studied using infrasound data
measured by the mobile array (I68CI) which was deployed by Côte ...
Tiemoko, Dro Touré; Yoroba, Fidèle; Diawara, Adama; Kouadio, Kouakou; Kouassi, Benjamin Komenan; Yapo, Assi Louis Martial(Atmospheric and Climate Sciences, 2020-04)
The temporal variations of the Gross Primary Productivity (GPP), the Total Ecosystem Respiration (TER) and the Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), and their responses to meteorological conditions (e.g. temperature, radiative ...
Yapo, Assi L. M.; Diawara, Adama; Yoroba, Fidèle; Kouassi, Benjamin K.; Sylla, Mouhamadou B.; Kouadio, Kouakou; Odoulami, Romaric C.; Tiémoko, Dro Touré(Hindawi International Journal of Geophysics, 2019-12)
e projection of the future climate changes is of paramount importance inasmuch as it contributes to provide useful information
for adaptation planning worldwide to local scales. is study investigated the future changes ...
This study aims to understand and document the occurrence and variability of cloud
cover types inWest Africa (WA). Investigations are carried out with a 10-year hourly
record of two cloud data products: CERES passive ...
Silue, Siélé; Konare, Abdourahamane; Diedhiou, Arona; Yoboue, Véronique; Toure, N'Datchoh E.; Assamoi, Paul(Scientific Research and Essays, 2013-03)
Windborne dusts have been recognised as climatic indicators in the Sahel region, because of their
ability to cause reduction in horizontal visibility. These phenomena have intensified after the
exceptionally drought ...
Gbode, Imoleayo E.; Ogunjobi, Kehinde O.; Dudhia, Jimy; Ajayi, Vincent O.(Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2019-05)
This paper presents an evaluation of theWeather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model in simulating wet and dryWest African
monsoon (WAM) rainfall seasons. Three model experiments with varying selected microphysics (MP), ...
Olusegun, Christiana Funmilola; Oguntunde, Philip G.; Gbobaniyi, Emiola O.(MDPI, 2018-05)
This study investigates the future climatic impacts of different percentages of trees/shrubs,
C4 and C3 plant functional types (PFTs) over theWest Africa region. The ratio of co-existence among the
different PFTs was ...
The latest version of RegCM4 with CLM4.5 as a land surface scheme was used to assess the performance
and sensitivity of the simulated West African climate system to different convection schemes. The
sensitivity studies ...