The publications listed below were supported by UK Research and Innovation as part of the Global Challenges Research Fund, African SWIFT programme, grant number NE/P021077/1.
2019
- Hunt, K.M. and Fletcher, J.K., 2019. The relationship between Indian monsoon rainfall and low-pressure systems. Climate Dynamics, 53(3-4), pp.1859-1871.
- Keat, W.J., Stein, T.H., Phaduli, E., Landman, S., Becker, E., Bopape, M.J.M., Hanley, K.E., Lean, H.W. and Webster, S., 2019. Convective initiation and storm life cycles in convection‐permitting simulations of the Met Office Unified Model over South Africa. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 145(721), pp.1323-1336.
- Lawal, K.A., Abiodun, B.J., Stone, D.A., Olaniyan, E. and Wehner, M.F., 2019. Capability of CAM5.1 in simulating maximum air temperature patterns over West Africa during boreal spring. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 5(4), pp.1815-1838.
- Nkiaka, E., Taylor, A., Dougill, A.J., Antwi-Agyei, P., Fournier, N., Bosire, E.N., Konte, O., Lawal, K.A., Mutai, B., Mwangi, E. and Ticehurst, H., 2019. Identifying user needs for weather and climate services to enhance resilience to climate shocks in sub-Saharan Africa. Environmental Research Letters, 14(12), p.123003.
- Olaniyan, E., Adefisan, E.A., Balogun, A.A. and Lawal, K.A., 2019. The influence of global climate drivers on monsoon onset variability in Nigeria using S2S models. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 5(4), pp.1405-1428.
- Olaniyan, E., Adefisan, E.A., Balogun, A.A. and Lawal, K.A., 2019. The influence of global climate drivers on monsoon onset variability in Nigeria using S2S models. Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 5(4), pp.1405-1428.
- Stein, T.H.M., Keat, W., Maidment, R.I., Landman, S., Becker, E., Boyd, D.F.A., Bodas-Salcedo, A., Pankiewicz, G. and Webster, S., 2019. An evaluation of clouds and precipitation in convection-permitting forecasts for South Africa. Weather and Forecasting, 34(1), pp.233-254.
- Walker, D.P., Birch, C.E., Marsham, J.H., Scaife, A.A., Graham, R.J. and Segele, Z.T., 2019. Skill of dynamical and GHACOF consensus seasonal forecasts of East African rainfall. Climate Dynamics, 53(7-8), pp.4911-4935.
- Woodhams, B.J., Birch, C.E., Marsham, J.H., Lane, T.P., Bain, C.L. and Webster, S., 2019. Identifying key controls on storm formation over the lake victoria basin. Monthly Weather Review, 147(9), pp.3365-3390.
2018
- Bourgeois, E., Bouniol, D., Couvreux, F., Guichard, F., Marsham, J.H., Garcia‐Carreras, L., Birch, C.E. and Parker, D.J., 2018. Characteristics of mid‐level clouds over West Africa. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 144(711), pp.426-442.
- Bhowmick, M. and Parker, D.J., 2018. Analytical solution to a thermodynamic model for the sensitivity of afternoon deep convective initiation to the surface Bowen ratio. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 144(716), pp.2216-2229.
- Huang, Q., Marsham, J.H., Tian, W., Parker, D.J. and Garcia-Carreras, L., 2018. Large-eddy simulation of dust-uplift by a haboob density current. Atmospheric Environment, 179, pp.31-39
- Olaniyan, E., Adefisan, E.A., Oni, F., Afiesimama, E., Balogun, A.A. and Lawal, K.A., 2018. Evaluation of the ECMWF Sub-seasonal to seasonal precipitation forecasts during the peak of West Africa Monsoon in Nigeria. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 6, p.4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2018.00004
- Parker, D.J., 2018. Météorologie de l’Afrique de l’Ouest tropicale: Le manuel du prévisionniste. EDP Sciences.
- Taylor, C.M., Fink, A.H., Klein, C., Parker, D.J., Guichard, F., Harris, P.P. and Knapp, K.R., 2018. Earlier seasonal onset of intense mesoscale convective systems in the Congo Basin since 1999. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(24), pp.13-458.
- Williams, P.A., Crespo, O., Abu, M. and Simpson, N.P., 2018. A systematic review of how vulnerability of smallholder agricultural systems to changing climate is assessed in Africa. Environmental Research Letters, 13(10), p.103004.
- Woodhams, B.J., Birch, C.E., Marsham, J.H., Bain, C.L., Roberts, N.M. and Boyd, D.F., 2018. What Is the Added Value of a Convection-Permitting Model for Forecasting Extreme Rainfall over Tropical East Africa? Monthly Weather Review, 146(9), pp.2757-2780.
Publications with SWIFT partners as contributing authors
Cornforth, R., Parker, D.J., Diop-Kane, M., Fink, A.H., Lafore, J.P., Laing, A., Afiesimama, E., Caughey, J., Diongue-Niang, A., Kassimou, A. and Lamb, P., 2019. The First Forecasters’ Handbook for West Africa. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100(11), pp.2343-2351.
Dike, V.N., Addi, M., Andang’o, H.A., Attig, B.F., Barimalala, R., Diasso, U.J., Du Plessis, M., Lamine, S., Mongwe, P.N., Zaroug, M. and Ochanda, V.K., 2018. Obstacles facing Africa’s young climate scientists. Nature Climate Change, 8(6), pp.447-449.
Ghana’s Vision for National Adaptation Planning, National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network – By Philip Antwi-Agyei (Ph.D.), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; and Antwi-Boasiako Amoah (Ph.D.), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ghana.
Special article ‘Sub-seasonal to seasonal models for improving predictions of high impact weather, climate forecasting and advancing operational research across Africa meteorological services, academic and training centres’ by Joseph Mutemi, in S2S Prediction Project July Newsletter, Number 9
