Precipitation in Africa (2nd Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to launch the second edition of “Precipitation in Africa”.

Understanding the characteristics and processes of the water cycle (or hydrological cycle) are pivotal for improving our knowledge of climate systems. This continuous exercise is particularly important for essential climate variables such as precipitation.

In recent decades, the African continent has received more attention in climate change studies, with substantial achievements having been made regarding measuring and modelling African precipitation and water cycles. These recent achievements have also contributed to the surge in African climate databases obtained from multiple sources (i.e., remotely sensed, reanalysis, and modelled datasets), which is due to the relatively uneven and scarce ground measurement networks available. Such datasets have been instrumental in improving precipitation science in Africa. However, these datasets and their acquisition techniques are consistently being refined and improved to meet both research and application demands.

This Special Issue is focused on a broad definition of climatology. We would like to invite researchers to submit papers that present innovative approaches for characterizing precipitation and the water cycle in Africa.

These submissions should feature interdisciplinary scientific studies that cover (but are not limited to) a wide range of tropic evaluation and enhancement tools; data independency and multisource estimated uncertainties in the tropics are especially welcome. 

Dr. Isaac Nooni
Dr. Daniel Fiifi Tawia Hagan
Dr. William Amponsah
Dr. Nana Agyemang Prempeh
Dr. Benjamin Lamptey
Guest Editors

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