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Aerosols and precipitation over Africa : progress, challenges, and prospects /

Aerosols and Precipitation Over Africa: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects provides a clear picture of the complex interactions between aerosols and precipitation over Africa. The text begins with a close look at aerosol distribution, observational and modeling techniques, and climate models. This...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Akinsanola, Akintomide A. (Editor), Adebiyi, Adeyemi A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Cambridge, MA : Elsevier, [2025]
Series:Developments in weather and climate science.
Subjects:
Atmospheric aerosols > Africa.
Precipitation (Meteorology) > Africa.
Aérosols atmosphériques > Afrique.
Précipitations (Météorologie) > Afrique.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Aerosols and Precipitation Over Africa
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • 1 Aerosols over Africa: sources, properties, and distribution
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.1.1 Overview of aerosols
  • 1.1.2 African aerosols
  • 1.2 Dust aerosols over Africa
  • 1.2.1 Sources and emission of dust aerosols
  • 1.2.2 Climatological distribution of dust aerosols
  • 1.2.3 Properties of dust aerosols
  • 1.2.3.1 Physical properties
  • 1.2.3.2 Chemical properties
  • 1.2.3.3 Optical properties
  • 1.2.3.4 Hygroscopicity and solubility
  • 1.3 Carbonaceous aerosols over Africa
  • 1.3.1 Sources and emission of carbonaceous aerosols
  • 1.3.2 Climatological distribution of carbonaceous aerosols
  • 1.3.3 Properties of carbonaceous aerosols
  • 1.3.3.1 Physical properties
  • 1.3.3.2 Chemical properties
  • 1.3.3.3 Optical and radiative properties
  • 1.3.3.4 Radiative impacts
  • 1.4 Marine aerosols near Africa
  • 1.4.1 Source and emission of marine aerosols
  • 1.4.2 Climatological distribution of marine aerosols
  • 1.4.3 Properties of marine aerosols
  • 1.5 Sulfate aerosols over Africa
  • 1.5.1 Sources and emission of sulfate aerosols
  • 1.5.2 Climatological distribution of sulfate aerosols
  • 1.5.3 Properties of sulfate aerosols
  • 1.6 Summary
  • Author contributions
  • References
  • 2 Aerosol impacts on the West African Monsoon
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Climatic effects of aerosols
  • 2.2.1 Aerosol interactions with radiation and cloud microphysics
  • 2.2.2 Aerosol perturbation and feedbacks in a simple atmospheric-column framework
  • 2.2.3 Aerosol perturbation and feedbacks at regional to global scales, effective radiative forcing
  • 2.3 Aerosol impacts on the West African Monsoon (WAM) system
  • 2.3.1 The WAM system
  • 2.3.2 Dust aerosol and WAM interactions
  • 2.3.2.1 Dust climatic impact on the WAM.
  • 2.3.2.2 Dust, African easterly waves, and mesoscale convective system interactions
  • 2.3.3 Biomass-burning aerosol and WAM interactions
  • 2.3.3.1 'Local' effects of transported biomass-burning aerosol
  • 2.3.3.2 Biomass burning outflow perturbing the WAM
  • 2.3.3.3 Importance of the regional SST feedback
  • 2.3.4 Impact of regional and global anthropogenic aerosol sources on the WAM
  • 2.4 Regional aerosol trends and projections in Africa
  • 2.4.1 Dust sources
  • 2.4.2 Biomass burning and anthropogenic sources
  • 2.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 Impacts of dust aerosols on the climate of the tropical Atlantic
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 General characteristics of dust aerosols
  • 3.3 Dust direct radiative effect
  • 3.4 Dust indirect effect
  • 3.5 Dust semidirect effect
  • 3.6 Dust trends and variability
  • 3.7 Dust impacts on precipitation
  • 3.8 Dust impacts on tropical cyclones
  • 3.9 Dust impacts on wave activity
  • 3.9.1 Dynamics of the AEJ-AEWs system
  • 3.9.2 Relationships between dust radiative effects and the AEW's energetics
  • 3.10 Limitations of tools for dust-climate interaction research
  • 3.11 Summary
  • References
  • 4 Precipitation distribution over Africa: observations and modeling
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Study area, data, and methods
  • 4.2.1 Study area
  • 4.2.2 Data and methods
  • 4.3 Results and discussion
  • 4.3.1 Precipitation climatology: seasonal and interannual variabilities
  • 4.3.2 Spatial distribution of precipitation characteristics: onset and cessation dates
  • 4.3.3 Climatology of some extreme precipitation indices
  • 4.4 Summary, socioeconomic implications, and conclusion
  • Data availability
  • Code availability
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 5 Recent trends of clouds over Africa
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Methods
  • 5.2.1 Data sources
  • 5.2.2 Regional analysis
  • 5.3 Results.
  • 5.3.1 Spatial distributions and trends of cloud areas
  • 5.3.2 Spatial distributions and trends of cloud pressure and temperature
  • 5.3.3 Spatial distributions and trends of cloud liquid- and ice-water path
  • 5.4 Discussion and conclusions
  • Data availability
  • Funding
  • References
  • 6 Future changes in precipitation distributions over Africa
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Data and method
  • 6.3 Precipitation across Africa: climatology and future changes
  • 6.3.1 West Africa
  • 6.3.1.1 Precipitation over West Africa
  • 6.3.1.2 Future changes in precipitation over West Africa
  • 6.3.2 East Africa
  • 6.3.2.1 Precipitation over East Africa
  • 6.3.2.2 Future changes in precipitation over East Africa
  • 6.3.3 Central Africa
  • 6.3.3.1 Precipitation over Central Africa
  • 6.3.3.2 Future changes in precipitation over Central Africa
  • 6.3.4 Southern Africa
  • 6.3.4.1 Precipitation over Southern Africa
  • 6.3.4.2 Future changes in precipitation over Southern Africa
  • 6.4 Cloud-aerosol-precipitation feedback
  • 6.4.1 Brief description of the feedback between aerosol loading, cloud cover, and precipitation
  • 6.4.2 Future change in aerosols and its role in African precipitation
  • 6.5 Summary
  • 6.6 Future prospects
  • 6.6.1 Biases and model horizontal and vertical resolution
  • 6.6.2 Identifying sources of precipitation changes uncertainty
  • Data availability statement
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 7 Detection and attribution of climate change impacts in Africa
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.1.1 Background
  • 7.2 Advances in climate-change attribution science
  • 7.3 Main methods of climate-extremes attribution
  • 7.3.1 Forecast model-based method
  • 7.3.2 Climate model-based method
  • 7.4 Case studies of climate-hazards attribution in Africa
  • 7.4.1 North Africa December-February 2009/2010 severe heat event.
  • 7.4.1.1 Assessing the magnitude of the North Africa heat event
  • 7.4.1.2 Attribution of the North Africa December-February 2009/2010 severe heat event
  • 7.4.1.2.1 Contribution of natural internal forcings to the North Africa heat-event occurrence
  • 7.4.1.2.2 Contribution of anthropogenic external forcing
  • 7.4.2 Case study 2: South Africa 2018 summer drought attribution
  • 7.4.2.1 Assessing the magnitude of the 2018 summer drought over South Africa
  • 7.4.2.2 Attribution of the 2018 summer drought over South Africa
  • 7.4.2.2.1 Estimating the anthropogenic influence on the SA 2018 drought occurrence
  • 7.4.2.2.2 Assessing the likelihood of the SA 2018 drought in the future
  • 7.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Index
  • Back Cover.