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DOI | 10.1002/asl.927 |
The possible role of the Sahel Greenbelt on the occurrence of climate extremes over the West African Sahel | |
Saley, Inoussa A.1,2; Salack, Seyni2; Sanda, Ibrah S.1,3; Moussa, Mounkaila S.1; Bonkaney, Abdou L.4; Ly, Mouhamed5; Fode, Made1 | |
发表日期 | 2019 |
ISSN | 1530-261X |
卷号 | 20期号:8 |
英文摘要 | The "Great Green Wall" of trees (GGW) is an emblematic Pan-African initiative of re-greening the Sahel through afforestation and assisted natural regeneration of trees in order to tackle desertification, soil degradation and to mitigate greenhouse gases. This study investigates (i.e., The Sahel Greenbelt) the potential impacts of the GGW and other assisted natural regeneration of trees on the frequency and intensity of extreme climate events over the Sahel and West Africa using the regional climate model (RegCM version 4.3). Our investigation shows that the Sahel greenbelt would increase significantly the number of rainy days (+9%) and the intensity of heavy rain events over the Sahel while extreme dry spells decrease (-4%). Important shifts appear in the modes of variability of all precipitation indices. These probability distribution shapes reveal tremendous intra-seasonal variability as the new land use land cover (LULC) changes affect the regional climate. Changes in atmospheric circulation including increase of the moisture convergence and evapotranspiration appeared to be the main drivers of heavy rainfall changes. For temperature extremes, the maximum temperature shows significant decrease around the GGW area during summer and an increase in other seasons while the diurnal temperature range increases significantly without an evident change in temperature trends. Intra-seasonal distributions of temperature extremes show less obvious changes compared to precipitation extremes. This investigation highlights the role of the planned and implemented re-greening policies (i.e., afforestation by the GGW project and policies of assisted natural regeneration of trees) in affecting the frequency and the amplitude of some climatic extreme events (e.g., heavy rain events, maximum temperatures, etc.). These planned LULC policies need to be accounted for in the diagnostics and future projections of climate extremes over the region. |
WOS研究方向 | Geochemistry & Geophysics ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
来源期刊 | ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE LETTERS |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/101322 |
作者单位 | 1.Abdou Moumouni Univ, Fac Sci & Technol, BP 10662, Niamey, Niger; 2.WASCAL Competence Ctr WASCAL, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; 3.Reg Ctr AGRHYMET, Niamey, Niger; 4.FUTA, Wascal Grad Res Programme, Akure, Nigeria; 5.Climate Analyt, Lome, Togo |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Saley, Inoussa A.,Salack, Seyni,Sanda, Ibrah S.,et al. The possible role of the Sahel Greenbelt on the occurrence of climate extremes over the West African Sahel[J],2019,20(8). |
APA | Saley, Inoussa A..,Salack, Seyni.,Sanda, Ibrah S..,Moussa, Mounkaila S..,Bonkaney, Abdou L..,...&Fode, Made.(2019).The possible role of the Sahel Greenbelt on the occurrence of climate extremes over the West African Sahel.ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE LETTERS,20(8). |
MLA | Saley, Inoussa A.,et al."The possible role of the Sahel Greenbelt on the occurrence of climate extremes over the West African Sahel".ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE LETTERS 20.8(2019). |
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