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strategic region for the socio-economic development of these countries. The Senegal River. Basin is divided into three main parts: The upper basin, the valley and the delta. The Bafing watershed is the main tributary of ...
Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) changes induced by urbanisation constitute a key driver in surface thermal properties modification, which intensifies Land Surface Temperature (LST) in rapidly urbanising areas. The aim of this ...
Challenges brought on by climate and land use changes have a negative impact on food security in a variety of ways. These changes have impacts on ecosystem products and services leading to migration of people, particularly ...
Most coastal rural communities in Ghana are particularly vulnerable to sea level rise because of poverty, remoteness and isolation from central planning agencies. Understanding future sea-level rise (SLR) risk levels and ...
Cities in developing countries in Africa and notably many cities in Republic of Benin are still scarcely informed about the growth trend and its influence on the extra changes for further sustainability needs. The patterns ...
Climate change has become one of the most pressing environmental issues in recent decades, resulting in a significant increase in rainfall intensity and causing floods in various countries worldwide. Flooding is a natural ...
In West Africa, the impacts of flooding are becoming more severe with climate warming. Flood-prone communities in Kogi State in north-central Nigeria are affected by annual flooding and some extreme flood events. The ...
The yearly temperature, precipitation, and evapotranspiration are significant variables in Mali. However, from north to south, their distributions are unevenly dispersed. Evapotranspiration and air temperature are expected ...
The catchment of Lower Mono River, shared between two West African countries, Togo and Benin, used to overflow each year, threatening the community surrounding it. This situation is likely to increase and exacerbate the ...
Using a high-resolution regional climate model COSMO-ART, the impact of natural
and anthropogenic aerosols loads on radiative and cloud optical properties over West
Africa is assessed through sensitivity experiments. ...
Rising temperature is one of the direct indicators of global climate change. To
investigate how the rising global temperature will affect the spatial pattern of rainfall
and consequent flood and drought in West Africa, ...
Reliable prediction of seasonal rainfall is crucial for decision-making in various socio-economic sectors in West Africa, but obtaining reliable forecasts poses a big challenge to weather forecasters across the region, ...
This study aims at investigating climate change scenarios over West Africa with the associated uncertainties to improve the value of climate information to end-users for informed decision
making. For the present day ...
The study investigated the influence of agri-silviculture on the projected future climate in West Africa using regional climate model (RegCM4). The performance of the model in the representation of surface processes over ...
The study focused on the Tono basin in the Kessena municipality in the Upper East Region of
Ghana. Due to poor data collection at the basin, there has not been any hydrological and climatic assessment of the basin. To ...
This study investigate the effects of pre-monsoon biomass burning aerosols (BBA) on rainfall characteristics over West Africa. The specific objectives aimed to be achieved are; estimating the distribution of pre-monsoon ...
The aim of this study is to investigate the interaction between West African aerosols and convective, stratiform and shallow clouds, which affect precipitation quality and amount. Gridded satellite observation precipitation ...
Aerosols’ presence in the atmosphere is known to influence health and weather-related matters. This study investigates the influence of climate change on hydrological drought in the Volta River Basin. The specific objectives ...
West Africa due to its climatological and geographical conditions is an essential domain for the characterization of atmospheric radiative forcing across the globe. This study investigated the interaction between aerosols ...
It is believed that these pollutants are available in the atmosphere all year round but are more
prevalent at certain seasons of the year. Some source points can be close or far from the locations
where the aerosols are ...