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Estimates of CO2 fluxes over the City of Cape Town, South Africa, through Bayesian inverse modelling

Author: Nickless, A ; Rayner, PJ ; Engelbrecht, Francois A ; Brunke, E-G ; Erni, B Date: Apr 2018 The results of a high resolution Bayesian inversion over the City of Cape Town, South Africa, are presented, which used observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide from sites at Robben Island and Hangklip lighthouses collected over a sixteen ... Read more
Evaluation of climate model aerosol seasonal and spatial variability

Author: Horowitz, HM ; Garland, Rebecca M ; Thatcher, M ; Landman, Willem A ; Dedekind, Zane ; Van der Merwe, Jacobus ; Engelbrecht, Francois A Date: Nov 2017 The sensitivity of climate models to the characterization of African aerosol particles is poorly understood. Africa is a major source of dust and biomass burning aerosols and this represents an important research gap in understanding the ... Read more
The Extreme Climate Index (ECI), a tool for monitoring regional extreme events

Author: Malherbe, Johan ; Iyahen, E ; Engelbrecht, Francois A ; Chamunorwa, M ; Helmschrot, J Date: 2018 The Extreme Climate Index (ECI) is an objective, multi-hazard index capable of tracking changes in the frequency or magnitude of extreme weather events in Africa. The index is geared towards identifying broad-scale climate extremes that may ... Read more
Future climate change over Southern Africa

Author: Davis, Claire L ; Engelbrecht, Francois A ; Tadross, M ; Wolski, P ; Archer, Emma RM Date: Oct 2017 This chapter presents key messages drawn from recent subsets of future climate projections for the southern Africa region. Material in this chapter is drawn from Chapter 3 of Climate Risk and Vulnerability: A Handbook for Southern Africa ... Read more
Impacts of spectral nudging on the simulation of present-day rainfall patterns over southern Africa

Author: Muthige, Mavhungu S ; Engelbrecht, Francois A Date: Oct 2016 Regional climate models (RCMs) provide finer-scale simulations than those of Global climate models (GCMs), whilst being forced by the output of the host GCMs. In this study, we examine the influence of various strengths of spectral nudging ... Read more
Potential impacts of climate change on extreme precipitation over four African coastal cities

Author: Abiodun, BJ ; Adegoke, J ; Abatan, AA ; Ibe, CA ; Egbebiyi, TS ; Engelbrecht, Francois A ; Pinto, I Date: Aug 2017 This study examines the impacts of climate change on characteristics of extreme precipitation events over four African coastal cities (Cape Town, Maputo, Lagos and Port Said) under two future climate scenarios (RCP4.5 and RCP8.5). Fourteen ... Read more
Projected changes in tropical cyclones over the South West Indian Ocean under different extents of global

Author: Muthige, Mavhungu S ; Malherbe, Johan ; Engelbrecht, Francois A ; Grab, S ; Beraki, Asmerom F ; Maisha, Thizwilondi R ; Van der Merwe, Jacobus H Date: Apr 2018 The Paris Agreement achieved in December 2015 established that the signatory countries should pursue to hold the increase in global average temperature to below 2°C relative to the preindustrial period and to strive to limit the temperature ... Read more
Projected climate change futures for Southern Africa

Author: Tadross, M ; Engelbrecht, Francois A ; Jack, C ; Wolski, P ; Davis, Claire L Date: Oct 2017 Since the first edition of the Climate Risk and Vulnerability Handbook for Southern Africa, significant progress has been made in projecting and understanding climate change for the region, providing an increasingly robust basis for strategy ... Read more
Representation of aerosol particles and associated transport pathways in regional climate modelling in Africa

Author: Garland, Rebecca M ; Horowitz, HM ; Engelbrecht, CJ ; Dedekind, Zane ; Bopape, Mary-Jane M ; Engelbrecht, Francois A Date: Nov 2016 Aerosol particles can have large impacts on air quality and on the climate system. Regional climate models for Africa have not been well-tested and validated for their representation and simulation of aerosol particles. This study aimed to ... Read more
Seasonal prediction and regional climate projections for southern Africa

Author: Archer, Emma RM ; Engelbrecht, Francois A ; Hänsler, A ; Landman, W ; Tadross, M ; Helmschrot, J Date: Apr 2018 Temperatures over southern Africa have been increasing rapidly over the last fi ve decades, at a rate of about twice the global rate of temperature increase. Further drastic increases, in the order of 6°C by the end of the century relative ... Read more
Towards bridging the gap between climate change projections and maize producers in South Africa

Author: Landman, WA ; Engelbrecht, Francois A ; Hewitson, B ; Malherbe, Johan ; Van der Merwe, Jacobus H Date: May 2017 Multi-decadal regional projections of future climate change are introduced into a linear statistical model in order to produce an ensemble of austral mid-summer maximum temperature simulations for southern Africa. The statistical model uses ... Read more

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