Hydrologic extremes in a changing climate: a review of extremes in East Africa
Purpose: Eastern Africa has a complex hydroclimate and socio-economic context, making it vulnerable to climate change induced hydrological extremes. This review presents recent research on drivers and typologies of extremes across different geographies and highlights challenges and improvements in f...
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| author | Taye, Meron Teferi Dyer, E. |
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| description | Purpose: Eastern Africa has a complex hydroclimate and socio-economic context, making it vulnerable to climate change induced hydrological extremes. This review presents recent research on drivers and typologies of extremes across different geographies and highlights challenges and improvements in forecasting hydrological extremes at various timescales.
Recent Findings: Droughts and foods remain the major challenges of the region. Recently, frequent alterations between droughts and foods have been a common occurrence and concern. Research underlines the heterogeneity of extremes and the impact of climate change as increased intensity and duration of extremes. Moreover, the importance of local and antecedent conditions in changing the characteristics of extremes is emphasized.
Summary: A better understanding of these drivers and how they interact is required. Observational and modeling tools must capture these relationships and extremes on short timescales. Although there are improvements in forecasting these extremes, providing relevant information beyond meteorological variables requires further research. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1387312025-10-26T12:55:21Z Hydrologic extremes in a changing climate: a review of extremes in East Africa Taye, Meron Teferi Dyer, E. climate change extreme weather events flooding drought rainfall forecasting Purpose: Eastern Africa has a complex hydroclimate and socio-economic context, making it vulnerable to climate change induced hydrological extremes. This review presents recent research on drivers and typologies of extremes across different geographies and highlights challenges and improvements in forecasting hydrological extremes at various timescales. Recent Findings: Droughts and foods remain the major challenges of the region. Recently, frequent alterations between droughts and foods have been a common occurrence and concern. Research underlines the heterogeneity of extremes and the impact of climate change as increased intensity and duration of extremes. Moreover, the importance of local and antecedent conditions in changing the characteristics of extremes is emphasized. Summary: A better understanding of these drivers and how they interact is required. Observational and modeling tools must capture these relationships and extremes on short timescales. Although there are improvements in forecasting these extremes, providing relevant information beyond meteorological variables requires further research. 2024-01-18 2024-01-31T16:34:25Z 2024-01-31T16:34:25Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138731 en Open Access Springer Taye, Meron Teferi; Dyer, E. 2024. Hydrologic Extremes in a Changing Climate: a Review of Extremes in East Africa. Current Climate Change Reports, 10: 1-11. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-024-00193-9 |
| spellingShingle | climate change extreme weather events flooding drought rainfall forecasting Taye, Meron Teferi Dyer, E. Hydrologic extremes in a changing climate: a review of extremes in East Africa |
| title | Hydrologic extremes in a changing climate: a review of extremes in East Africa |
| title_full | Hydrologic extremes in a changing climate: a review of extremes in East Africa |
| title_fullStr | Hydrologic extremes in a changing climate: a review of extremes in East Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hydrologic extremes in a changing climate: a review of extremes in East Africa |
| title_short | Hydrologic extremes in a changing climate: a review of extremes in East Africa |
| title_sort | hydrologic extremes in a changing climate a review of extremes in east africa |
| topic | climate change extreme weather events flooding drought rainfall forecasting |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138731 |
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