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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:
Seppo Mäkinen, Pauliina Mäkinen
Our article includes numerical analysis of one narrow slice of a complex phenomenon called the greenhouse effect. We consider the most important fossil fuels: natural gas, crude oil and coal, and calculate their impact on the average concentration of carbon d…
Idumu A. Mosunmola, Ishaya K. Samaila, Bello Emmanuel, Ifeka Adolphus
Temperature and rainfall are important variables that affect maize yield, and as such this study aimed at evaluating the impact of onset, cessation of rainfall and temperature on maize yield in Akure. To achieve this objective, climatic parameters comprising…
Sarah S. Balkissoon, Jonathan T. Bongard, Thomas Cain, Dominic M. Candela, Corey Clay, Bahtiyar Efe, Qiuping Ji, Emily M. Klaus, Alex P. Korner, Kenna Mitchell, Jane M. Niemeyer, Jordan L. Rabinowitz, Samuel P. Ritter, Katherine Rojas, Paula Sumrall, Patrick S. Market, Anthony R. Lupo
The overall purpose of this paper is to post-evaluate the predictability of Hurricane Florence using the Advanced Research Weather Research Forecast (WRF) (ARW) version of a mesoscale model. This was performed over the period from 0000 UTC 13 September 2018 t…
J. Djampou Tchouankap, L. Akana Nguimdo
This work describes a transmittance model that evaluates global solar irradiation through the atmospheric column and at surface. The model is based on appropriate determination of the transmission coefficients of the different atmospheric constituents in a pl…
Peter Stallinga
Climate change is an important societal issue. Large effort in society is spent on addressing it. For adequate measures, it is important that the phenomenon of climate change is well understood, especially the effect of adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere…
Ibrahim Hassan, Robert M. Kalin, Christopher J. White, Jamiu A. Aladejana
Hydro-climatological study is difficult in most of the developing countries due to the paucity of monitoring stations. Gridded climatological data provides an opportunity to extrapolate climate to areas without monitoring stations based on their ability to re…
Ibrahima Kalil Kante, Saïdou Moustapha Sall, Daouda Badiane, Ibrahima Diouf, Abdoul Lahat Dieng, Idrissa Diaby, Françoise Guichard
Observed rainfall data of the National Meteorological Service of Guinea (NMS) exhibit that synoptic station usually records the largest rainfall amount in Guinea. Only few studies have been done on this rainfall peak observed in Conakry. This work better anal…
Kyle Redilla, Sarah T. Pearl, Peter A. Bieniek, John E. Walsh
Wind is a climate variable with major impacts on humans, ecosystems and infrastructure, especially in coastal regions with cold climates. Climate-related changes in high-wind events therefore have major implications for high-latitude residents, yet there has…
Lawrence Patrick Brown, John Charlery, Mitko Voutchkov
The Jamaican primary dry season extends from November-April with the driest period being January-March each year. Examination of the rainfall records over several decades reveal months that experienced a sharp increase in rainfall while sometimes they are dri…
Philbert Luhunga, Emanuel T. Kidebwana, Agnes Kijazi, Ladislaus Chang’a, Hashim Ng’ongolo, Mecklina Merchades, Pamela Levira
This article assesses the contribution of the Global Framework for Climate Services Adaptation Programme in Africa (GFCS APA) in the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process for Tanzania. Different research project outputs (field survey and workshop reports) pr…
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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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