Our Publications

Fatumah, N., Mohammed, S., Ashraf, N., Abasi, K., & Shadia, N. (2023). Adoption of novel climate-smart farming systems for enhanced carbon stock and carbon dioxide equivalent emission reduction in cattle corridor areas of Uganda. Heliyon, 9(3).

Frainer, G., Dufourq, E, Fearey, J., Dines, S., Probert, R., Elwen, S., & Gridley, T. (2023). Automatic detection and taxonomic identification of dolphin vocalisations using convolutional neural networks for passive acoustic monitoring. Ecological Informatics, 78, 102291.

Atiah, W. A., Johnson, R., Muthoni, F. K., Mengistu, G. T., Amekudzi, L. K., Kwabena, O., & Kizito, F. (2023). Bias correction and spatial disaggregation of satellite-based data for the detection of rainfall seasonality indices. Heliyon, 9(7).

Omukuti, J., Wanzala, M. A., Ngaina, J., & Ganola, P. (2023). Develop medium‐to long‐term climate information services to enhance comprehensive climate risk management in Africa. Climate Resilience and Sustainability, 2(1), e247.

Atiah, W. A., Bendito, E. G., & Muthoni, F. K. (2023). Evaluating Seasonal Rainfall Forecast Gridded Models over Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ifeanyi-Obi, C. C. (2023) How are Rural Women Crop Farmers in Southern Nigeria Coping with Climate Change?. FARA Research Report Vol 7(39):497-509.

Jeantet, L., & Dufourq, E, (2023). Improving deep learning acoustic classifiers with contextual information for wildlife monitoring. Ecological Informatics, 77, 102256.

Atiah, W. A., Amekudzi, L. K., & Danuor, S. K. (2023). Mesoscale convective systems and contributions to flood cases in Southern West Africa (SWA): A systematic review. Weather and Climate Extremes, 39, 100551.

Koukoui, D. R. R., Mamadou, O., Hounsinou, M., & Kounouhéwa, B. (2023). Testing the suitability of Marginal Distribution Sampling as a gap‐filling method using some meteorological data from seven sites in West Africa. Meteorological Applications, 30(5), e2152.

Ifeanyi-Obi, C. C., Wigwe, C. C., Adesope, O. M., & Obafemi, A. (2023). Traditional perceptions of climate change phenomenon influencing adaptation decisions among women crop farmers in Southern Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Extension, 27(2), 15-27.

Nkrumah, F., Klein, C., Quagraine, K. A., Berkoh-Oforiwaa, R., Klutse, N. A. B., Essien, P., … & Koffi, H. A. (2023). Classification of large-scale environments that drive the formation of mesoscale convective systems over southern West Africa. Weather and Climate Dynamics, 4(3), 773-788.

Ndarana, T., Lekoloane, L. E., Rammopo, T. S., Reason, C. J., Bopape, M. J. M., Chikoore, H., & Engelbrecht, F. A. (2022). Downstream development associated with two types of ridging South Atlantic Ocean anticyclones over South Africa. Weather and Climate Dynamics Discussions, 2022, 1-29.

Parsons, D., Stern, D., Ndanguza, D., & Sylla, M. B. (2022). Evaluation of satellite-based air temperature estimates at eight diverse sites in Africa. Climate, 10(7), 98.

Essien, P., Figueiredo, C. A. O. B., Takahashi, H., Klutse, N. A. B., Wrasse, C. M., Afonso, J. M. D. S., … & Quagraine, K. A. (2022). Intertropical convergence zone as the possible source mechanism for southward propagating medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances over South American low-latitude and equatorial region. Atmosphere, 13(11), 1836.

Dogbey, F., Asilevi, P. J., Dzrobi, J. F., Koffi, H. A., & Klutse, N. A. B. (2022). Modelling cloud cover climatology over tropical climates in Ghana. Atmosphere, 13(8), 1265.

Nkrumah, F., Quagraine, K. A., Quagraine, K. T., Wainwright, C., Quenum, G. M. L. D., Amankwah, A., & Klutse, N. A. B. (2022). Performance of CMIP6 HighResMIP on the representation of onset and cessation of seasonal rainfall in Southern West Africa. Atmosphere, 13(7), 999.

Quenum, G. M. L. D., Arnault, J., Klutse, N. A. B., Zhang, Z., Kunstmann, H., & Oguntunde, P. G. (2022). Potential of the coupled WRF/WRF-hydro modeling system for flood forecasting in the Ouémé River (West Africa). Water, 14(8), 1192.

Ifeanyi-Obi, C. C., Issa, F. O., Aderinoye-Abdulwahab, S., O. Ayinde, A. F., Umeh, O. J., & Tologbonse, E. B. (2022). Promoting uptake and integration of climate smart agriculture technologies, innovations and management practices into policy and practice in Nigeria. International Journal of climate change strategies and management, 14(4), 354-374.

Bopape, M. J. M., Engelbrecht, F. A., Maisha, R., Chikoore, H., Ndarana, T., Lekoloane, L., … & Mphepya, J. (2022). Rainfall Simulations of High-Impact Weather in South Africa with the Conformal Cubic Atmospheric Model (CCAM). Atmosphere, 13(12), 1987.

Masson-Delmotte, V., Zhai, P., Pirani, A., Connors, S. L., Péan, C., Berger, S., … & Zhou, B. (2021). Climate change 2021: the physical science basis. Contribution of working group I to the sixth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change, 2(1), 2391.

Ifeanyi-Obi, C. C., & Henri-Ukoha, A. (2022). Strengthening climate change adaptive capacity of rural women crop farmers through reduced social exclusion in Nigeria. European Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, 4(1), 54-60.

Ruane, A. C., Vautard, R., Ranasinghe, R., Sillmann, J., Coppola, E., Arnell, N., … & Zaaboul, R. (2022). The climatic impact‐driver framework for assessment of risk‐relevant climate information. Earth’s Future, 10(11), e2022EF002803.

Kenne, C., Mophou, G., Dorville, R., & Zongo, P. (2022). A model for brucellosis disease incorporating age of infection and waning immunity. Mathematics, 10(4), 670.

Gudoshava, M., Wanzala, M., Thompson, E., Mwesigwa, J., Endris, H. S., Segele, Z., … & Artan, G. (2022). Application of real time S2S forecasts over Eastern Africa in the co-production of climate services. Climate Services, 27, 100319.

Kalula, A. S., Mureithi, E., Marijani, T., & Mbalawata, I. (2021). An age-structured model for transmission dynamics of malaria with infected immigrants and asymptomatic carriers. Tanzania Journal of Science, 47(3), 953-968.

Adeola, O. M., Masinde, M., Botai, J. O., Adeola, A. M., & Botai, C. M. (2021). An analysis of precipitation extreme events based on the SPI and EDI values in the Free State Province, South Africa. Water, 13(21), 3058.

Almazroui, M., Ashfaq, M., Islam, M. N., Rashid, I. U., Kamil, S., Abid, M. A., … & Sylla, M. B. (2021). Assessment of CMIP6 performance and projected temperature and precipitation changes over South America. Earth Systems and Environment, 5(2), 155-183.

Adisa, O. M., Masinde, M., & Botai, J. O. (2021). Assessment of the dissimilarities of EDI and SPI measures for drought determination in South Africa. Water, 13(1), 82.

Dufourq, E, Durbach, I., Hansford, J. P., Hoepfner, A., Ma, H., Bryant, J. V., … & Turvey, S. T. (2021). Automated detection of Hainan gibbon calls for passive acoustic monitoring. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 7(3), 475-487.

Sawadogo, W., Reboita, M. S., Faye, A., da Rocha, R. P., Odoulami, R. C., Olusegun, C. F., … & Giorgi, F. (2021). Current and future potential of solar and wind energy over Africa using the RegCM4 CORDEX-CORE ensemble. Climate Dynamics, 57(5), 1647-1672.

Essien, P., Figueiredo, C. A. O. B., Takahashi, H., Wrasse, C. M., Barros, D., Klutse, N. A. B., … & Bilibio, A. V. (2021). Long-term study on medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances observed over the South American Equatorial Region. Atmosphere, 12(11), 1409.

Almazroui, M., Islam, M. N., Saeed, F., Saeed, S., Ismail, M., Ehsan, M. A., … & Barlow, M. (2021). Projected changes in temperature and precipitation over the United States, Central America, and the Caribbean in CMIP6 GCMs. Earth Systems and Environment, 5, 1-24.

Ashfaq, M., Cavazos, T., Reboita, M. S., Torres-Alavez, J. A., Im, E. S., Olusegun, C. F., … & Giorgi, F. (2021). Robust late twenty-first century shift in the regional monsoons in RegCM-CORDEX simulations. Climate Dynamics, 57, 1463-1488.

Quenum, G. M. L. D., Nkrumah, F., Klutse, N. A. B., & Sylla, M. B. (2021). Spatiotemporal changes in temperature and precipitation in West Africa. Part i: Analysis with the CMIP6 historical dataset. Water, 13(24), 3506.

Klutse, N. A. B., Quagraine, K. A., Nkrumah, F., Quagraine, K. T., Berkoh-Oforiwaa, R., Dzrobi, J. F., & Sylla, M. B. (2021). The climatic analysis of summer monsoon extreme precipitation events over West Africa in CMIP6 simulations. Earth Systems and Environment, 5, 25-41.

Lubwama, M., Yiga, V. A., Ssempijja, I., & Lubwama, H. N. (2021). Thermal and mechanical characteristics of local firewood species and resulting charcoal produced by slow pyrolysis. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-16.

Dosio, A., Pinto, I., Lennard, C., Sylla, M. B., Jack, C., & Nikulin, G. (2021). What can we know about recent past precipitation over Africa? Daily characteristics of African precipitation from a large ensemble of observational products for model evaluation. Earth and Space Science, 8(10), e2020EA001466.

Thorn, J. P., Klein, J. A., Steger, C., Hopping, K. A., Capitani, C., Tucker, C. M., … & Marchant, R. (2020). A systematic review of participatory scenario planning to envision mountain social-ecological systems futures. Ecology and Society, 25(3).

Dosio, A., Turner, A. G., Tamoffo, A. T., Sylla, M. B., Lennard, C., Jones, R. G., … & Hewitson, B. (2020). A tale of two futures: contrasting scenarios of future precipitation for West Africa from an ensemble of regional climate models. Environmental Research Letters, 15(6), 064007.

Mtengwana, B., Dube, T., Mkunyana, Y. P., & Mazvimavi, D. (2020). Use of multispectral satellite datasets to improve ecological understanding of the distribution of Invasive Alien Plants in a water‐limited catchment, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology, 58(4), 709-718.

Kebe, I., Diallo, I., Sylla, M. B., De Sales, F., & Diedhiou, A. (2020). Late 21st century projected changes in the relationship between precipitation, African easterly jet, and African easterly waves. Atmosphere, 11(4), 353.

Akinyele, D., Olatomiwa, L., Ighravwe, D. E., Babatunde, M. O., Monyei, C., & Aikhuele, D. (2020). Optimal planning and electricity sharing strategy of hybrid energy system for remote communities in Nigeria. Scientific African, 10, e00589.

Quenum, G. M. L., Klutse, N. A., Alamou, E. A., Lawin, E. A., & Oguntunde, P. G. (2020). Precipitation variability in West Africa in the context of global warming and adaptation recommendations. African handbook of climate change adaptation, 1-22.

Akinyele, D., Olabode, E., & Amole, A. (2020). Review of fuel cell technologies and applications for sustainable microgrid systems. Inventions, 5(3), 42.

Mugabe, J. O., Kulohoma, B. W., Matoke-Muhia, D., Ubalijoro, E., Fagbamigbe, F. A., Mwaura, G., … & Kapulu, M. (2020). Securing Africa’s health sovereignty: Why investing in science and innovation matters. Open Res Africa, 3(52), 52.

Henri-Ukoha, A. (2020). Assessment of the cost-benefits of climate change adaptation strategies of cassava-based farmers in Southern Nigeria.

Adisa, O. M., Masinde, M., Botai, J. O., & Botai, C. M. (2020). Bibliometric analysis of methods and tools for drought monitoring and prediction in Africa. Sustainability, 12 (16): 6516.

Ayanlade, A., Nwayor, I. J., Sergi, C., Ayanlade, O. S., Di Carlo, P., Jeje, O. D., & Jegede, M. O. (2020). Early warning climate indices for malaria and meningitis in tropical ecological zones. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 14303.

Thorn, J. P., Thornton, T. F., Helfgott, A., & Willis, K. J. (2020). Indigenous uses of wild and tended plant biodiversity maintain ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes of the Terai Plains of Nepal. Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine, 16, 1-25.

Newman, R. J. S., Capitani, C., Courtney-Mustaphi, C., Thorn, J. P. R., Kariuki, R., Enns, C., & Marchant, R. (2020). Integrating insights from social-ecological interactions into sustainable land use change scenarios for small Islands in the western Indian ocean. Sustainability, 12(4), 1340.

Ayanlade, A., Sergi, C., & Ayanlade, O. S. (2020). Malaria and meningitis under climate change: initial assessment of climate information service in Nigeria. Meteorological Applications, 27(5), e1953.

Almazroui, M., Saeed, F., Saeed, S., Nazrul Islam, M., Ismail, M., Klutse, N. A. B., & Siddiqui, M. H. (2020). Projected change in temperature and precipitation over Africa from CMIP6. Earth Systems and Environment, 4, 455-475.

Ouko, C. A., Mulwa, R., Kibugi, R., Thorn, J. P., & Oguge, N. (2020). Prospects of scenario planning for Kenya’s protected ecosystems: An example of Mount Marsabit. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 1, 7-15.

Batungwanayo, P., Vanclooster, M., & Koropitan, A. F. (2020). Response of seasonal vegetation dynamics to climatic constraints in Northeastern Burundi. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 8(09), 151.

Koubodana, H. D. N., Adounkpe, J., Tall, M., Amoussou, E., Atchonouglo, K., & Mumtaz, M. (2020). Trend analysis of hydro-climatic historical data and future scenarios of climate extreme indices over Mono River Basin in West Africa.

Henri-Ukoha, A. (2020). Assessment of the viability of climate adaptation strategies of cassava-based farmers in southern Nigeria. Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, 18(1), 105-117.

Quagraine, K. A., Nkrumah, F., Klein, C., Klutse, N. A. B., & Quagraine, K. T. (2020). West African summer monsoon precipitation variability as represented by reanalysis datasets. Climate, 8(10), 111.

Thorn, J. P. (2019). Adaptation from below to changes in species distribution, habitat and climate in agro-ecosystems in the Terai Plains of Nepal. Ambio, 48(12), 1482-1497.

Klein, J. A., Tucker, C. M., Nolin, A. W., Hopping, K. A., Reid, R. S., Steger, C., … & Mountain Sentinels Network. (2019). Catalyzing transformations to sustainability in the world’s mountains. Earth’s Future, 7(5), 547-557.

Ayanlade, A., & Ojebisi, S. M. (2019). Climate change impacts on cattle production: analysis of cattle herders’ climate variability/change adaptation strategies in Nigeria. Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems, 5(1), 12-23.

Iyamuremye, E., Mung’atu, J., & Mwita, P. (2019). Extreme value modelling of rainfall using poisson-generalized pareto distribution: A case study tanzania.

Quenum, G. M. L., Klutse, N. A., Dieng, D., Laux, P., Arnault, J., Kodja, J. D., & Oguntunde, P. G. (2019). Identification of potential drought areas in West Africa under climate change and variability. Earth Systems and Environment, 3, 429-444.

Manirakiza, V., Nzahabwanayo, S., Muhire, I., & Niyitanga, F. (2019). Legal land ownership in Rwanda: overview of the effectiveness of land reform. Conjonctures de l’Afrique Centrale, 435-458.

Nkrumah, F., Vischel, T., Panthou, G., Klutse, N. A. B., Adukpo, D. C., & Diedhiou, A. (2019). Recent trends in the daily rainfall regime in southern West Africa. Atmosphere, 10(12), 741.