Remote sensing maps on climatic trends to improve targeting of climate-smart agricultural technologies in West Africa

This study utilise time series remote sensing data for rainfall, maximum temperature and minimum temperature to investigate the magnitude and significance of spatial-temporal trends over six countries in West Africa. A modified Mann-Kendall test and Theil-Sen's slope are utilised to test the signifi...

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Autor principal: CGIAR Research Program on Maize
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/123566
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description This study utilise time series remote sensing data for rainfall, maximum temperature and minimum temperature to investigate the magnitude and significance of spatial-temporal trends over six countries in West Africa. A modified Mann-Kendall test and Theil-Sen's slope are utilised to test the significance and the magnitude of trends respectively for period between 1981 and 2017. June to September rainfall along the Sahel, Sudan and northern Guinea savanna agro-ecological zones revealed a significant increase (0.1 - 3 mm yr -1 ) that peaked in August. Extreme temperatures for period between August and October remained stable while significant positive trend (0.005 - 0.07°C yr -1 ) was observed in rest of months. Areas experiencing significant drying and warming trends are earmarked as priority for targeting appropriate climate smart agricultural technologies. The widespread significant increase of extreme temperatures justifies increased investments in measures to cope with heat stress.
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spelling CGSpace1235662023-03-14T11:48:30Z Remote sensing maps on climatic trends to improve targeting of climate-smart agricultural technologies in West Africa CGIAR Research Program on Maize climate remote sensing development rural development data temperature drying west africa maps africa trends stress systems heat stress rainfall agrifood systems targeting heat time slope ecological zones countries This study utilise time series remote sensing data for rainfall, maximum temperature and minimum temperature to investigate the magnitude and significance of spatial-temporal trends over six countries in West Africa. A modified Mann-Kendall test and Theil-Sen's slope are utilised to test the significance and the magnitude of trends respectively for period between 1981 and 2017. June to September rainfall along the Sahel, Sudan and northern Guinea savanna agro-ecological zones revealed a significant increase (0.1 - 3 mm yr -1 ) that peaked in August. Extreme temperatures for period between August and October remained stable while significant positive trend (0.005 - 0.07°C yr -1 ) was observed in rest of months. Areas experiencing significant drying and warming trends are earmarked as priority for targeting appropriate climate smart agricultural technologies. The widespread significant increase of extreme temperatures justifies increased investments in measures to cope with heat stress. 2019-12-31 2022-10-06T14:45:44Z 2022-10-06T14:45:44Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/123566 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Maize. 2019. Remote sensing maps on climatic trends to improve targeting of climate-smart agricultural technologies in West Africa. Reported in Maize Annual Report 2019. Innovations.
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remote sensing
development
rural development
data
temperature
drying
west africa
maps
africa
trends
stress
systems
heat stress
rainfall
agrifood systems
targeting
heat
time
slope
ecological zones
countries
CGIAR Research Program on Maize
Remote sensing maps on climatic trends to improve targeting of climate-smart agricultural technologies in West Africa
title Remote sensing maps on climatic trends to improve targeting of climate-smart agricultural technologies in West Africa
title_full Remote sensing maps on climatic trends to improve targeting of climate-smart agricultural technologies in West Africa
title_fullStr Remote sensing maps on climatic trends to improve targeting of climate-smart agricultural technologies in West Africa
title_full_unstemmed Remote sensing maps on climatic trends to improve targeting of climate-smart agricultural technologies in West Africa
title_short Remote sensing maps on climatic trends to improve targeting of climate-smart agricultural technologies in West Africa
title_sort remote sensing maps on climatic trends to improve targeting of climate smart agricultural technologies in west africa
topic climate
remote sensing
development
rural development
data
temperature
drying
west africa
maps
africa
trends
stress
systems
heat stress
rainfall
agrifood systems
targeting
heat
time
slope
ecological zones
countries
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/123566
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