Search Results - "Panthou, G."
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Recent trends in the regime of extreme rainfall in the Central Sahel
Published in International journal of climatology (01-12-2014)“…ABSTRACT Ongoing global warming raises the hypothesis of an intensification of the hydrological cycle, extreme rainfall events becoming more frequent. However,…”
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Rainfall intensification in tropical semi-arid regions: the Sahelian case
Published in Environmental research letters (01-06-2018)“…An anticipated consequence of ongoing global warming is the intensification of the rainfall regimes meaning longer dry spells and heavier precipitation when it…”
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A synthetic view of rainfall intensification in the West African Sahel
Published in Environmental research letters (01-04-2022)“…Abstract The West African Sahel has been facing for more than 30 years an increase in extreme rainfall with strong socio-economic impacts. This situation…”
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Extreme rainfall in West Africa: A regional modeling
Published in Water resources research (01-08-2012)“…In a world of increasing exposure of populations to natural hazards, the mapping of extreme rainfall remains a key subject of study. Such maps are required for…”
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Characterising the space–time structure of rainfall in the Sahel with a view to estimating IDAF curves
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (11-12-2014)“…Intensity–duration–area–frequency (IDAF) curves are increasingly demanded for characterising the severity of storms and for designing hydraulic structures…”
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Impact of model resolution and Mediterranean sea coupling on hydrometeorological extremes in RCMs in the frame of HyMeX and MED-CORDEX
Published in Climate dynamics (01-08-2018)“…In this study, we are interested in evaluating the potential improvement of: (i) coupled RCM simulations (with the Mediterranean sea) in comparison with…”
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Evaluation of the ISBA-TRIP continental hydrologic system over the Niger basin using in situ and satellite derived datasets
Published in Hydrology and earth system sciences (26-06-2012)“…During the 1970s and 1980s, West Africa has faced extreme climate variations with extended drought conditions. Of particular importance is the Niger basin,…”
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Generation of High-Resolution Rain Fields in West Africa: Evaluation of Dynamic Interpolation Methods
Published in Journal of hydrometeorology (01-12-2011)“…High-resolution rain fields are a prerequisite to many hydrometeorological studies. For some applications, the required resolution may be as fine as 1 km in…”
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Runoff evolution due to land-use change in a small Sahelian catchment
Published in Hydrological sciences journal (02-01-2015)“…Land-use changes have been significant these last decades in West Africa, particularly in the Sahel region; in this area, climatic and demographic factors have…”
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Malaria Transmission in Sahelian African Regions, a Witness of Climate Changes
Published in International journal of environmental research and public health (16-08-2022)“…Climate changes in the eastern part of Sahelian regions will induce an increase in rainfalls and extreme climate events. In this area, due to the intense…”
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Intensity–duration–frequency (IDF) rainfall curves in Senegal
Published in Natural hazards and earth system sciences (05-07-2018)“…Urbanization resulting from sharply increasing demographic pressure and infrastructure development has made the populations of many tropical areas more…”
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Wet and dry spells in Senegal: comparison of detection based on satellite products, reanalysis, and in situ estimates
Published in Natural hazards and earth system sciences (19-03-2021)“…In this study, the detection and characteristics of dry/wet spells (defined as episodes when precipitation is abnormally low or high compared to usual…”
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AMMA‐CATCH, a Critical Zone Observatory in West Africa Monitoring a Region in Transition
Published in Vadose zone journal (2018)“…Core Ideas AMMA‐CATCH is a long‐term critical zone observatory in West Africa. Four sites sample the sharp ecoclimatic gradient characteristic of this region…”
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Environmental control of land-atmosphere CO2 fluxes from temperate ecosystems: a statistical approach based on homogenized time series from five land-use types
Published in Tellus. Series B, Chemical and physical meteorology (01-01-2020)“…We assembled homogenized long-term time series, up to 19 years, of measurements of net ecosystem exchange of CO 2 (NEE) and its partitioning between gross…”
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Generation of high resolution rainfields in West Africa: evaluation of dynamical interpolation methods
Published in Journal of hydrometeorology (2011)“…High resolution rainfields are a prerequisite to many hydrometeorological studies. For some applications, the required resolution may be as fine as 1 km in…”
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AMMA-CATCH, a critical zone observatory in West Africa monitoring a megion in transition
Published in Vadose zone journal (2018)“…West Africa is a region in fast transition from climate, demography, and land use perspectives. In this context, the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis…”
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