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Inter annual summer rainfall variability over Zimbabwe and its possible mechanism
The variability and predictability of summer rainfall over Zimbabwe at inter-annual time scale is studied. Dry and wet seasons are identified using Zimbabwe Standardized Rainfall Index (ZRI). Seasonal rainfall and circulation patterns are investigated at inter annual time scale. The study focuses on the temporal and spatial variation of summer rainfall over Zimbabwe and tries to explain the circulation mechanisms associated with such phenomenon.
Published by: Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology ; 2016
The variability and predictability of summer rainfall over Zimbabwe at inter-annual time scale is studied. Dry and wet seasons are identified using Zimbabwe Standardized Rainfall Index (ZRI). Seasonal rainfall and circulation patterns are investigated at inter annual time scale. The study focuses on the temporal and spatial variation of summer rainfall over Zimbabwe and tries to explain the circulation mechanisms associated with such phenomenon.
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Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Available online for logged-in users)Tags: Precipitation ; Research ; Zimbabwe ; Thesis - WMO Fellowship Division
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Rainfall Variability over Zimbabwe and its relation to large-scale atmosphere-ocean processes
Mamombe Vimbai - 이화여자대학교 대학원, 2016For Zimbabwe, where rain fed agriculture is the backbone of the economy, the importance of accurate rainfall seasonal forecasts cannot be overemphasized (Makarau and Jury, 1997). In fact, extremes in interseasonal variability of rainfall can significantly complicate human livelihoods. In addition, there have been predictions of increased precipitation variability and hydro-meteorological hazards such as floods, droughts, and erratic rainfall due to global warming (Field et al., 2014; Mushore, 2013a). Thus, detailed understanding of the major contributors to the rainfall variability over Zimbab ...
Published by: 이화여자대학교 대학원 ; 2016
For Zimbabwe, where rain fed agriculture is the backbone of the economy, the importance of accurate rainfall seasonal forecasts cannot be overemphasized (Makarau and Jury, 1997). In fact, extremes in interseasonal variability of rainfall can significantly complicate human livelihoods. In addition, there have been predictions of increased precipitation variability and hydro-meteorological hazards such as floods, droughts, and erratic rainfall due to global warming (Field et al., 2014; Mushore, 2013a). Thus, detailed understanding of the major contributors to the rainfall variability over Zimbabwe would help in the development of mitigatory measures against the effects of extreme weather events.
The aim of this study is to identify significant climate factors that are associated with interseasonal variations in rainfall over Zimbabwe. Observational studies of the possible relationships between rainfall, global SST anomalies and synoptic scale atmospheric features were carried out. The investigation is mainly centered on the large scale circulation acclimatization to SST forcing andthe resultant rainfall changes. This is expected to make profound contributions to seasonal rainfall forecasting techniques around the country.Empirical orthogonal function.Notes: If you wish to download the full text, please contact library(at)wmo.int (Please replace (at) by @).
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Available online for logged-in users)Tags: Precipitation ; Ocean-atmosphere interaction ; Research ; Zimbabwe ; Thesis - WMO Fellowship Division
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Southern African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis
This study analyzes the range of plausible impacts of climate change by the year 2050, focusing almost entirely on crops. It builds on previous research that focused on regional and global effects of climate change. The first chapter provides a regional overview for southern Africa. Eight chapters look at the effects of climate change on eight countries in southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is intended to provide policymakers and others concerned with climate change, agriculture, and food policy with guidance on the range o ...
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Available online: http://preventionweb.net/go/34629
Sepo Hachigonta ; Gerald C. Nelson ; T.S. Thomas ; Lindiwe Majele Sibanda ; International Food Policy Research Institute
Published by: IFPRI ; 2013This study analyzes the range of plausible impacts of climate change by the year 2050, focusing almost entirely on crops. It builds on previous research that focused on regional and global effects of climate change. The first chapter provides a regional overview for southern Africa. Eight chapters look at the effects of climate change on eight countries in southern Africa: Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is intended to provide policymakers and others concerned with climate change, agriculture, and food policy with guidance on the range of the impacts of climate change and some information as to how climate change might affect various regions differently. It also provides some suggestions for policies that could most help each country prepare for the future impacts of climate change.
It provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the scope of climate change as it relates to food security in southern Africa, including who will be most affected and what policymakers can do to facilitate adaptation. Augmenting the text are dozens of detailed maps that provide graphical representations of the range of food security challenges and the special threats from climate change. Using a comprehensive integrated empirical analysis, it generates information to better guide national development agendas on climate change and have suggested that policymakers should (i) incorporate climate change adaptation strategies in short- and long-term national development planning ; (ii) develop national capacity in the skills and tools needed for technical assessments, planning, and policy development in the context of climate change; (iii) promote sustainable agriculture initiatives that target vulnerable communities; and (iv) enhance investments in relevant economic sectors, in particular the agricultural sector.Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)ISBN (or other code): 978-0-89629-208-6
Tags: Agroclimatology ; Climate change ; Botswana ; Lesotho ; Malawi ; Mozambique ; South Africa ; Eswatini ; Zambia ; Zimbabwe ; Region I - Africa
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Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in Zimbabwe
IIED, 2012This working paper reviews impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Zimbabwe, with the intention of providing a broad overview of the key issues related to climate change, including the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction at the district, provincial and national levels. It draws on a set of background papers that were produced by the Policy and Advocacy for Climate Change in Zimbabwe project, examining climate trends, scenarios and projections for Zimbabwe and drawing upon a variety of case studies on adaptation projects.
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Available online: http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/10034IIED.pdf
Published by: IIED ; 2012
This working paper reviews impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Zimbabwe, with the intention of providing a broad overview of the key issues related to climate change, including the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction at the district, provincial and national levels. It draws on a set of background papers that were produced by the Policy and Advocacy for Climate Change in Zimbabwe project, examining climate trends, scenarios and projections for Zimbabwe and drawing upon a variety of case studies on adaptation projects.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)ISBN (or other code): 978-1-84369-885-2
Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Climate policies ; Landslide ; Zimbabwe ; Colombia
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Fragile States 2013: Resource flows and trends in fragile states
By 2015, half of the world’s people living on less than USD 1.25 a day will be in fragile states. While poverty has decreased globally, progress on Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1 is slower in fragile states than in other developing countries. Fragile states are also off-track to meet the rest of the MDGs by 2015.
Fragile situations became a central concern of the international development and security agenda in the 1990s. Since then, powerful forces have been influencing the causes and manifestations of fragility, including the combination of democratic aspirations, new te ...
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Available online: https://www.oecd.org/dac/fragile-states-9789264190399-en.htm
Published by: OECD ; 2012
By 2015, half of the world’s people living on less than USD 1.25 a day will be in fragile states. While poverty has decreased globally, progress on Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 1 is slower in fragile states than in other developing countries. Fragile states are also off-track to meet the rest of the MDGs by 2015.
Fragile situations became a central concern of the international development and security agenda in the 1990s. Since then, powerful forces have been influencing the causes and manifestations of fragility, including the combination of democratic aspirations, new technologies, demographic shifts and climate change. The last five years have been especially tumultuous, encompassing the 2008 food, fuel and financial crisis and the Arab Spring, which began in 2011.Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate change ; Conflict ; Social and Economic development ; Democratic People's Republic of Korea ; Nepal ; Kyrgyzstan ; Iran, Islamic Republic of ; Iraq ; Georgia ; Eritrea ; Sudan ; Chad ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Niger ; Nigeria ; Guinea ; Haiti ; Guinea-Bissau ; Sierra Leone ; Liberia ; Togo ; Cameroon ; Angola ; Central African Republic ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; Zimbabwe ; Rwanda ; Burundi ; Uganda ; Ethiopia ; Malawi ; Kenya ; Comoros ; Somalia ; Yemen ; Afghanistan ; Pakistan ; Sri Lanka ; Bangladesh ; Myanmar ; Timor-Leste ; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Solomon Islands ; Marshall Islands ; Kiribati ; West Bank and Gaza ; Kosovo
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Climate vulnerability monitor
DARA, 2012The Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2nd Edition reveals that climate change has already held back global development and inaction is a leading global cause of death. Harm is most acute for poor and vulnerable groups but no country is spared either the costs of inaction or the benefits of an alternative path.
Commissioned by the world’s most vulnerable countries and backed by high-level and technical panels, the new Monitor estimates human and economic impacts of climate change and the carbon economy for 184 countries in 2010 and 2030, across 34 indicators.
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Southern African rainfall physical mechanisms and projected Climate Change with a special focus on Zimbabwe
Aimed at understanding the physical mechanisms driving rainfall systems in southern Africa with a particular focus on Zimbabwe, this research is a step towards improving the representation of those systems in Climate Models leading to improved Rainfall projections. Because RCMs such as PRECIS are good at resolving subtle systems which modify local climates and possibly mask the anticipated anthropogenic induced (rainfall) change, its use in regions such as Zimbabwe that have complex terrain is crucial. Understanding the physical mechanisms that control rainfall in the current climate also prov ...
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Southern Africa disaster risk reduction plan, 2012-2014
Aligning with the priorities outlined in the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters, this plan responds to the need to develop a longer-term strategic approach that helps articulate funding and program priorities to allow for comprehensive disaster programming that reduces future humanitarian needs in the Southern Africa region. It presents the disaster risk reduction DRR activities selected for implementation in coordination with other USG agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), U.N. agencies, other donors, higher educati ...
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Water scenarios for the Zambezi River Basin, 2000-2050
This paper suggests that there are many development possibilities in Zambezi river basin (ZRB), considering the very low current level of consumptive water use there.
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Sistema de Observações do Ciclo Hidrológico da SADC (SADC-HYCOS) : Documento de implementação aprovado
Organização Meteorológica Mundial (OMM) ; Departamento de Recursos Hídricos e Florestais (DWAF) ; Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros ; et al. - Organização Meteorológica Mundial (OMM), 2003FASE II DA SADC-HYCOS
Um projecto sob o Plano de Acção Estratégico Regional da SADC para o Desenvolvimento e Gestão de Recursos Hídricos Integrados na Sub-Região da SADC
Consolidação e expansão do sistema de o documento de implementação aprovado outubro de 2008
Observação do ciclo hidrológico na subregião da SADC (SADC-HYCOS)
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Système d’observation du cycle hydrologique de la SADC (SADC-HYCOS) : Document de mise en oeuvre approuvé
Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM); Département des eaux et des forêts (DWAF) ; Ministère des affaires étrangères ; et al. - OMM, 2003CDAA-HYCOS - PHASE II, Un plan d’action stratégique régional pour le développement et la gestion intégrée des ressources hydrologiques dans la sous-région de la communauté de Développement de l’Afrique Australe.
Renforcement et expansion du système d’observation du cycle hydraulique dans la sous-région de l’Afrique Australe (CDAAHYCOS)
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Southern African Development Community Hydrological Cycle Observing System (SADC-HYCOS) : project document
CDAA-HYCOS - PHASE I
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