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Atmospheric and Climate Sciences (ACS) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published quarterly. The journal is dedicated to publishing original research articles across all the fields of applied atmospheric and/or climate science. The journal welcomes contributions in, but not limited to, the following areas:
Bruno Korgo, Pétronille Kafando, Bernard Zouma, Nebon Bado, Issa Zerbo, Jean-Claude Roger, Joseph D. Bathiebo
This paper is an assessment of radiative forcing caused by atmospheric aerosols in an urban city in West Africa. It is carried out in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso and is an illustration of the radiative impact in most of the large Sahelian urban cities which a…
Vincent Nduka Ojeh, Shadrach Terlumun Semaka
The study examined climate influenced challenges of accessibility to water by households downstream of the Upper Benue River Basin, Nigeria. Literatures related to the topic being investigated were reviewed. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The…
Motaleb Hossain Sarker, Shamsuddin Ahmed, Md. Shadekul Alam, Dilruba Begum, Tariful Newaz Kabir, Rifat Jahan, Md. Monwar-Ul Haq, Syeda Tasbiha Dewan Kabir
Drought is primarily an agricultural phenomenon that refers to conditions where plants are responsive to certain levels of moisture stress that affect both the vegetative growth and yield of crops. It occurs when supply of moisture stored in the soil is insuf…
Joël Amouin, Kouassi Yves Kouadio, Modeste Kacou, Sandrine Djakouré, Samuel Ta
Rain flooding during June on the West Africa coastal area is analyzed by using the 95th and 75th percentiles, which represent extreme and intense rainfall events respectively. Thus, the contribution of these events that reaches around 50% shows their impact o…
K. Benjamin Kouassi, Fidele Yoroba, Uchenna Onwuhaka Madu, Adama Diawara, Kouakou Kouadio, Paul Antoine Yao
The split characteristics of the tropical Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) of April 9, 2018, in northern Ghana were studied using infrasound data measured by the mobile array (I68CI) which was deployed by C ? te d’Ivoire National Data Center (NDC) in collabo…
Thorstein O. Seim, Borgar T. Olsen, 1 1
A simple experiment is described where the IR (infrared) radiation level is kept constant while the temperature of an IR absorbing and a non-absorbing solid object are changed. The two objects, made from black-painted and highly polished Al foil envelopes, re…
Amma Birago Kantanka Gyimah, M’koumfida Bagbohouna, Nagale dit Mahamadou Sanogo, Alieu Gibba
Local discourses on climate change adaptation are very relevant to many developing countries which suffer the most of climate change impacts. Smallholder farmers are a backbone to the Ghanaian economy. However, the activities of smallholder farmers are threat…
Salomon Obahoundje, Vami Hermann Nguessan Bi, Kouakou Lazare Kouassi, Marc Youan Ta, Ernest Amoussou, Arona Diedhiou, 1 1
Satellite precipitation products are widely used in different domain, in area where there is a lack in observation. These have different spatio-temporal resolutions consequently resulting in different precipitation amounts depending on the product. The presen…
Isaac Mugume, Triphonia Ngailo, Ronald Semyalo
Rainfall is crucial for many applications e.g. agriculture, health, water resources, energy among many others. However, quantitative rainfall estimation is normally a challenge especially in areas with sparse rain gauge network. This has introduced uncertaint…
Ladislaus Benedict Chang’a, Agnes Lawrence Kijazi, Kantamla Biseke Mafuru, Patricia Achieng Nying’uro, Musa Ssemujju, Bamanya Deus, Alfred Lawrence Kondowe, Isack Baliyendeza Yonah, Mohamed Ngwali, Sudi Yasini Kisama, Gahigi Aimable, Joseph Ndakize Sebaziga, Blandine Mukamana
This study aimed at assessing the evolution, distribution and the socio-economic impacts of extreme rainfall over East Africa during the March, April and May (MAM) rainfall season focusing on assessing the trends and contribution of MAM rainfall in mean annua…
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Atmospheric and Climate Sciences (ACS) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published quarterly. The journal is dedicated to publishing original research articles across all the fields of applied atmospheric and/or climate science. The journal welcomes contributions in, but not limited to, the following areas: All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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