Climate Change and Water Resources: Recent submissions

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Intra-Seasonal Variability of Climate Change in Central Burkina Faso

Bontogho, Tog-Noma Patricia Emma; Ibrahim, Boubacar; Barry, Boubacar; Helmschrot, Joerg (International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, 2015-06)

Knowledge of climate variability is relevant and challenging to farmers, decision makers and the population in general. Ninety percent of Burkina Faso working population is engaged in agriculture which accounts for 39% of ...
Interannual Variability and Trends of Extreme Rainfall Indices over Benin

Obada, Ezéchiel; Alamou, Eric Adechina; Biao, Eliezer Iboukoun; Zandagba, Esdras B. Josué (MDPI, 2021-10)

Observed rainfall data (1961–2016) were used to analyze variability, trends and changes of extreme precipitation indices over Benin. Nine indices out of the ones developed by the Expert Team on Climate Change Detection ...
Integrated Flood Risk Assessment of Rural Communities in the Oti River Basin,West Africa

Komi, Kossi; Amisigo, Barnabas A.; Diekkrüger, Bernd (MDPI, 2016-11)

Flood damage in West Africa has increased appreciably during the last two decades. Poor communities are more at risk due to the vulnerability of their livelihoods, especially in rural areas where access to services and ...
Influence of the uncertainties related to the Random Component of Rainfall Inflow in the Ouémé River Basin (Benin, West Africa)

Biao, I. Eliézer; Gaba, Charlene; Alamou, A. Eric; Afouda, Abel (International Journal of Current Engineering and Technology, 2015)

Rainfall is very often considered as the driving force of hydrological models. If the rainfall changes, the model output (i.e. flow) is also expected to change. The objective of this paper is to study the impacts of the ...
Influence of the Long-Range Dependence in Rainfall in Modelling Oueme River Basin (Benin, West Africa)

Biao, Eliezer Iboukoun; Alamou, Eric Adechina (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2017-01)

Nowadays, there is evidence that hydrological processes exhibit long-range dependence (LRD), i.e. power-type decay of autocorrelation also known as the Hurst phenomenon. This means that the stationarity assumption of ...
Influence of Parameter Sensitivity and Uncertainty on Projected Runoff in the Upper Niger Basin under a Changing Climate

Oyerinde, Ganiyu Titilope; Diekkrüger, Bernd (MDPI, 2017-08)

Hydro-climatic projections in West Africa are attributed with high uncertainties that are difficult to quantify. This study assesses the influence of the parameter sensitivities and uncertainties of three rainfall runoff ...
Increasing Devastating Flood Events in West Africa: Who is to Blame?

Badou, Félicien D.; Hounkpè, Jean; Yira, Yacouba; Ibrahim, Moussa; Bossa, Aymar Y. (Regional Climate Change Series, 2019)

In recent years, climate change has become a major worldwide concern. Among its different manifestations in West Africa, flood events are the most devastating. This chapter pulls out the main causes of floods in West ...
Improving rainfall–runoff modelling through the control of uncertainties under increasing climate variability in the Ouémé River basin (Benin, West Africa)

Biao, Eliézer Iboukoun; Alamou, Eric Adéchina; Afouda, Abel (Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2016-08)

The objective of this paper is to understand how the natural dynamics of a time-varying catchment, i.e. the rainfall pattern, transforms the random component of rainfall and how this transformation influences the river ...
Improving Hydro-Climatic Projections with Bias-Correction in Sahelian Niger Basin,West Africa

Oyerinde, Ganiyu Titilope; Hountondji, Fabien C. C.; Lawin, Agnide E.; Odofin, Ayo J.; Afouda, Abel; Diekkrüger, Bernd (MDPI, 2017-02)

Climate simulations in West Africa have been attributed with large uncertainties. Global climate projections are not consistent with changes in observations at the regional or local level of the Niger basin, making ...
Impacts du changement climatique sur les ressources en eau du Lac de Guiers au Sénégal

Sambou, Djiby; Fall, Aïdara C. A. Lamine; Sane, Tidiane (2019)

During the last three decades, increasing population, changing patterns of water demand, and concentration of population and economic activities in urban areas has pressurize Senegal’s freshwater resources. To overcome ...
Impact of Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering on Extreme Precipitation and Temperature Indices in West Africa Using GLENS Simulations

Alamou, E. A.; Zandagba, J. E.; Biao, E. I.; Obada, E.; Da-Allada, C. Y.; Bonou, F. K.; Pomalegni, Y.; Baloitcha, E.; Tilmes, S.; Irvine, P. J. (Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2022-03)

This study assesses changes in extremes precipitation and temperature in West Africa under a high greenhouse gas scenario, that is, a representative concentration pathway 8.5, and under a scenario of stratospheric aerosol ...
Impact of the Accuracy of Land Cover Data Sets on the Accuracy of Land Cover Change Scenarios in the Mono River Basin, Togo, West Africa

Koubodana, Djan’na H.; Diekkrüger, Bernd; Näschen, Kristian; Adounkpe, Julien; Atchonouglo, Kossi (International Journal of Advanced Remote Sensing and GIS, 2019)

Knowledge about land use and land cover (LULC) dynamics is of high importance for a 15 number of environmental studies including the development of water resources, land degradation and 16 food security. Often, available ...
Impact of Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering on Meteorological Droughts in West Africa

Alamou, Adéchina Eric; Obada, Ezéchiel; Biao, Eliézer Iboukoun; Zandagba, Esdras Babadjidé Josué; Da-Allada, Casimir Y.; Bonou, Frederic K.; Baloïtcha, Ezinvi; Tilmes, Simone; Irvine, Peter J. (MDPI, 2022-01)

This study assesses changes in meteorological droughts in West Africa under a high greenhouse gas scenario, i.e., a representative concentration pathway 8.5 (RCP8.5), and under a scenario of stratospheric aerosol ...
Impact of climate change on water availability in the Oueme catchment at the outlet of the Save’s bridge (Benin, West Africa)

Chabi, Amedée; Zandagba, Esdras Babadjidé Josué; Obada, Ezekiel; Biao, Eliezer Iboukoun; Alamou, Eric Adéchina; Afouda, Abel (PIAHS, 2021)

One of the major threats to water resources today remains climate change. The objective of this study is to assess the impact of climate change on water availability in Oueme catchment at Savè. Precipitation provided by ...
Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater Resources in the Klela Basin, Southern Mali

Toure, Adama; Diekkrüger, Bernd; Mariko, Adama (Hydrology, 2016-05)

Investigations of groundwater resources in order to understand aquifer system behavior are vital to the inhabitants of the Klela Basin, Mali, because groundwater is the only permanent water resource and is used for ...
Hydrological Modelling of the Mono River Basin at Athiémé

Biao, Eliézer Iboukoun; Obada, Ezéchiel; Alamou, Eric Adéchina; Zandagba, Josué Esdras; Chabi, Amédée; Amoussou, Ernest; Adounkpe, Julien; Afouda, Abel (PIAHS, 2021)

The objective of this study is to model the Mono River basin at Athiémé using stochastic approach for a better knowledge of the hydrological functioning of the basin. Data used in this study consist of observed precipitation ...
Hydro-climatic changes in the Niger basin and consistency of local perceptions

Oyerinde, Ganiyu Titilope; Hountondji, Fabien C. C.; Wisser, Dominik; Diekkruger, Bernd; Lawin, Agnide E.; Odofin, Ayo J.; Afouda, Abel (Springer, 2015)

Since the 1970s, the Niger basin has been characterized by hydro-climatic changes which have significant impacts on local populations. These changes are not well documented as a result of a decreasing observation network ...
Historical and projected meteorological droughts in the Beninese Niger River Basin, Benin

Adechina, Eric Alamou; Yarou, Halissou; Aliou, Moussa Djibril; Obada, Ezechiel; Iboukoun, Eliézer Biao; Félicien, Djigbo Badou (International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, 2022)

Droughts are part of extreme meteorological phenomena that generate serious social, economic and environmental consequences. This study seeks to characterize the historical (1976-2019) and projected (2021-2050) meteorological ...
High-Resolution, Integrated Hydrological Modeling of Climate Change Impacts on a Semi-Arid Urban Watershed in Niamey, Niger

Boko, Boubacar Abdou; Konaté, Moussa; Yalo, Nicaise; Berg, Steven J.; Erler, Andre R.; Bazié, Pibgnina; Hwang, Hyoun-Tae; Seidou, Ousmane; Niandou, Albachir Seydou; Schimmel, Keith; Sudicky, Edward A. (MDPI, 2020)

This study evaluates the impact of climate change on water resources in a large, semi-arid urban watershed located in the Niamey Republic of Niger, West Africa. The watershed was modeled using the fully integrated ...
Heavy rainfall frequency analysis in the Benin section of the Niger and Volta Rivers basins: is the Gumbel’s distribution a one-size-fits-all model?

Badou, Djigbo Félicien; Adango, Audrey; Hounkpè, Jean; Bossa, Aymar; Yira, Yacouba; Biao, Eliezer Iboukoun; Adounkpè, Julien; Alamou, Eric; Sintondji, Luc Ollivier C.; Afouda, Abel Akambi (Hydrology, 2021-11)

West African populations are increasingly exposed to heavy rainfall events which cause devastating floods. For the design of rainwater drainage facilities (to protect populations), practitioners systematically use the Gumbel ...

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