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Extreme precipitation indices over the Volta Basin: CMIP6 model evaluation by Agyekum, Jacob, Annor, Thompson, Quansah, Emmanuel, Lamptey, Benjamin, Okafor, Gloria

“…Climate extreme events affect people whose livelihoods are reliant on the water resources of the Volta Basin in West Africa. Therefore, decision-makers and…”
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Editorial: Climate change information for Regional impact and risk assessment by Lamptey, Benjamin, Kolli, Rupa Kumar, Amo-Boateng, Mark

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Challenges and ways forward for sustainable weather and climate services in Africa by Lamptey, Benjamin, SAHABI ABED, Salah, Gudoshava, Masilin, Mutemi, Joseph, Bopape, Mary-Jane, Adefisan, Elijah Adesanya, Igri, Moudi Pascal, Seidou Sanda, Ibrah, Ndiaye, Ousmane, Parker, Douglas J., Dougill, Andrew J., Fink, Andreas H., Knippertz, Peter, Woolnough, Steve, Kolstad, Erik W.

“…Sustainability of African weather and climate information can only be ensured by investing in improved scientific understanding, observational data, and model…”
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Daily characteristics of West African summer monsoon precipitation in CORDEX simulations by Klutse, Nana Ama Browne, Sylla, Mouhamadou Bamba, Diallo, Ismaila, Sarr, Abdoulaye, Dosio, Alessandro, Diedhiou, Arona, Kamga, Andre, Lamptey, Benjamin, Ali, Abdou, Gbobaniyi, Emiola O, Owusu, Kwadwo, Lennard, Christopher, Hewitson, Bruce, Nikulin, Grigory, Panitz, Hans-Jürgen, Büchner, Matthias

“…We analyze and intercompare the performance of a set of ten regional climate models (RCMs) along with the ensemble mean of their statistics in simulating daily…”
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An analytical framework for estimating the urban effect on climate by Lamptey, Benjamin

“…The surface energy budget has been used to illustrate the influence of urban landscape on both global and regional climate. This was done using empirical as…”
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Evaluation of CMIP5 Global Climate Models over the Volta Basin: Precipitation by Quansah, Emmannuel, Lamptey, Benjamin, Annor, Thompson, Agyekum, Jacob, Agyeman, Richard Yao Kuma

“…A selected number of global climate models (GCMs) from the fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) were evaluated over the Volta Basin for…”
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Environment of severe storm formations over West Africa on the 26‐28 June 2018 by Osei, Marian Amoakowaah, Aryee, Jeffrey N. A., Agyekum, Jacob, Ashong, Jesse, Ansah, Samuel Owusu, Ahiataku, Maureen Abla, Baffour‐Ata, Frank, Amekudzi, Leonard K., Atiah, Winifred Ayinpogbilla, Padi, Michael, Ameho, Johnson, Yahaya, Bashiru, Portuphy, Joseph, Lamptey, Benjamin

“…Understanding the environmental evolution of mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) is critical for forecasting weather in West Africa. This study investigated…”
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Comparison of Gridded Multisatellite Rainfall Estimates with Gridded Gauge Rainfall over West Africa by Lamptey, Benjamin L.

“…Two monthly gridded precipitation datasets of the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP; the multisatellite product) and the Global Precipitation…”
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Using co-production to improve the appropriate use of sub-seasonal forecasts in Africa by Hirons, Linda, Thompson, Elisabeth, Dione, Cheikh, Indasi, Victor S., Kilavi, Mary, Nkiaka, Elias, Talib, Joshua, Visman, Emma, Adefisan, Elijah A., de Andrade, Felipe, Ashong, Jesse, Mwesigwa, Jasper Batureine, Boult, Victoria L., Diédhiou, Tidiane, Konte, Oumar, Gudoshava, Masilin, Kiptum, Chris, Amoah, Richmond Konadu, Lamptey, Benjamin, Lawal, Kamoru Abiodun, Muita, Richard, Nzekwu, Richard, Nying'uro, Patricia, Ochieng, Willis, Olaniyan, Eniola, Opoku, Nana Kofi, Endris, Hussen Seid, Segele, Zewdu, Igri, Pascal Moudi, Mwangi, Emmah, Woolnough, Steve

“…•New sub-seasonal forecast products are being co-produced with users in an operational forecasting testbed.•Direct access to real-time data allows the…”
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A predictive study of heat wave characteristics and their spatio-temporal trends in climatic zones of Nigeria by Ragatoa, D. Saberma, Ogunjobi, K. O., Okhimamhe, A. A., Browne Klutse, Nana Ama, Lamptey, Benjamin L.

“…Heat waves (HWs) have always been the silent natural disaster but the most impactful, especially concerning health and agriculture. A crucial question is being…”
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Impact of rainfall onset date on crops yield in Ghana by Kumi, Naomi, Adeliyi, Tolulope E., Asante, Vincent A., Abiodun, Babatunde J., Lamptey, Benjamin L.

“…Rainfall onset date (ROD) influences farmer planting decisions, yet there is a dearth of information on the extent to which ROD influences crop yield. This…”
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Optimal Physics Parameterization Scheme Combination of the Weather Research and Forecasting Model for Seasonal Precipitation Simulation over Ghana by Agyekum, Jacob, Quansah, Emmannuel, Lamptey, Benjamin, Annor, Thompson, Agyeman, Richard Yao Kuma, Tieku, Sampson Adu

“…Seasonal predictions of precipitation, among others, are important to help mitigate the effects of drought and floods on agriculture, hydropower generation,…”
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An evaluation of the anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic effects of hydroethanol leaf extract of Albizia zygia in animal models by Abotsi, Wonder Kofi Mensah, Lamptey, Stanley Benjamin, Afrane, Stephen, Boakye-Gyasi, Eric, Umoh, Ruth Uwa, Woode, Eric

“…Context: The leaves of Albizia zygia (DC.) J.F. Macbr. (Leguminosae-Mimosoideae) are used in Ghanaian traditional medicine for the treatment of pain,…”
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Simulation of the relative impact of land cover and carbon dioxide to climate change from 1700 to 2100 by Lamptey, Benjamin L., Barron, Eric J., Pollard, David

“…The contribution of land cover change (relative to increased CO2) to climate change at the global scale is investigated using the Global Environmental and…”
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Assessment of the unified model in reproducing West African precipitation and temperature climatology by Annor, Thompson, Lamptey, Benjamin, Washington, Richard

“…The ability of any climate model to reproduce present-day climate fields is very important for the confidence in the projections of the future state of the…”
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Extreme temperature indices over the Volta Basin: CMIP6 model evaluation by Agyekum, Jacob, Annor, Thompson, Quansah, Emmanuel, Lamptey, Benjamin, Amekudzi, Leonard Kofitse, Nyarko, Benjamin Kofi

“…Climate extremes pose threats to lives and properties. It is therefore critical to assess the dynamics of climate extremes in the future. Knowledge of the…”
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THE UCAR AFRICA INITIATIVE by Lamptey, Benjamin L., Pandya, Rajul E., Warner, Thomas T., Boger, Rebecca, Bruintjes, Roelof T., Kucera, Paul A., Laing, Arlene, Moncrieff, Mitchell W., Ramamurthy, Mohan K., Spangler, Timothy C., Weingroff, Marianne

“…The interface to the real-time modeling system is available at www. ral.ucar.edu/cgi-bln/ugui?range=wafrica/rtfdda.\n At the outset of the project, four…”
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: The Ucar Africa Initiative by Lamptey, Benjamin L., Pandya, Rajul E., Warner, Thomas T., Boger, Rebecca, Bruintjes, Roelof T., Kucera, Paul A., Laing, Arlene, Moncrieff, Mitchell W., Ramamurthy, Mohan K., Spangler, Timothy C., Weingroff, Marianne

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Climatology, annual cycle and interannual variability of precipitation and temperature in CORDEX simulations over West Africa by Gbobaniyi, Emiola, Sarr, Abdoulaye, Sylla, Mouhamadou Bamba, Diallo, Ismaila, Lennard, Chris, Dosio, Alessandro, Dhiédiou, Arona, Kamga, Andre, Klutse, Nana Ama Browne, Hewitson, Bruce, Nikulin, Grigory, Lamptey, Benjamin

“…ABSTRACT We examine the ability of an ensemble of 10 Regional Climate Models (RCMs), driven by ERA‐Interim reanalysis, in skillfully reproducing key features…”
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Flood disaster risk mapping in the Lower Mono River Basin in Togo, West Africa by Ntajal, Joshua, Lamptey, Benjamin L., Mahamadou, Ibrahim B., Nyarko, Benjamin K.

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