Environmental Research Letters · 2018 · 134 citations · 57 references
Natural SciencesEarth SciencesPhysical GeographyClimate ScienceClimatologyTropical MeteorologyClimate ChangeClimate ExtremesExtreme WeatherGlobal WarmingPrecipitation ExtremesRegional ClimateClimate Change Impacts On ExtremesClimate Change Impacts On Precipitation ExtremesHeat ExtremesHourly Precipitation ExtremesRegional Climate ExtremesTemperature Extremes AnalysisVariability In Climate Extremes
In this study, we investigate changes in temperature and precipitation extremes over West and Central Africa (hereafter, WAF domain) as a function of global mean temperature with a focus on the implications of global warming of 1.5 C and 2 C according the Paris Agreement. We applied a scaling approach to capture changes in climate extremes with increase in global mean temperature in several subregions within the WAF domain: Western Sahel, Central Sahel, Eastern Sahel, Guinea Coast and Central Africa including Congo Basin.
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