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Academic Publications |
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Lennard, C., Nikulin, G, Dosio, A, and Moufouma-Okia, W., 2018. On the need for regional climate information over Africa under varying levels of global warming. Environmental Research Letters. 1-26. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aab2b4
Nikulin, G., Lennard, C., Dosio, A., Kjellström, E., Chen, Y., Hänsler, A., Kupiainen, M., Laprise, R., Mariotti, L., Maule, C.F. and van Meijgaard, E., 2018. The effects of 1.5 and 2 degrees of global warming on Africa in the CORDEX ensemble. Environmental Research Letters. 1-26. Doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aab1b
Mba, W.P., Longandjo, G.N., Moufouma-Okia, W., Bell, J.P., James, R., Vondou, D.A.D., Haensler, A., Nguemo, T.C.F., Guenang, G.M., Tchotchou, A.L.D., Kamsu-Tamo, P.H., Angennes L, Pierre H, Takong, R. R., Nikulin, G, Lennard, C., and Dosio, A.,2018. Consequences of 1.5° C and 2° C global warming levels for temperature and precipitation changes over Central Africa. Environmental Research Letters. 1-26. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aab048
Maure, G.A., Pinto, I., Ndebele-Murisa, M.R., Muthige, M., Lennard, C., Nikulin, G., Dosio, A. and Meque, A.O., 2018. The southern African climate under 1.5° and 2° C of global warming as simulated by CORDEX modelsEnvironmental Research Letters. 1-26. Doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aab190
Klutse, N.A., Ajayi, V, Gbobaniyi, E, Egbebiyi, T, Kouadio, K, Nkrumah, Quagraine, K, Olusegun, C, Diasso, U. J, Abiodun, B, Lawal, , Nikulin, G, Lennard, C, and Dosio, A., 2018. Potential Impact of 1.5°C and 2°C Global Warming on Consecutive Dry and Wet Days over West AfricaEnvironmental Research Letters. 1-26. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aab37b
Wolski, P., Jack, C., Tadross, M., van Aardenne, L. and C. Lennard (2018). Interannual rainfall variability and SOM-based circulation classification. Clim. Dyn. doi:10.1007/s00382-017-3621-1
Wolski, P., C. Lennard, Jack, C., and Tadross, M. (2017). Seasonal hydrological forecasting - Current state of play. Water Wheel, 16(5): 30-33.
Blamey, R., C. Middleton, C. Lennard and C.J.C. Reason (2016). A climatology of potential severe convective environments across South Africa. Clim. Dyn. doi:10.1007/s00382-016-3434-7
Nchaba, T., M. Mpholo, and C. Lennard (2016). Long term austral summer wind speed trends over southern Africa. Int. J. Climatol.. doi:10.1002/joc.4883
Steynor, A., J. Padgham, B. Hewitson, C. Jack and C. Lennard (2016). Co-exploratory climate risk workshops: Experiences from urban Africa. Climate Risk Management, 1-26. doi:10.1016/j.crm.2016.03.001
Gutowski Jr., W. J., Giorgi, F., Timbal, B., Frigon, A., Jacob, D., Kang, H.-S., Raghavan, K., Lee, B., Lennard, C., Nikulin, G., O'Rourke, E., Rixen, M., Solman, S., Stephenson, T., and Tangang, F. (2016). WCRP COordinated Regional Downscaling EXperiment (CORDEX): A diagnostic MIP for CMIP6. Geoscie. Model Dev., 1-14. doi:10.5194/gmd-2016-120
Lennard
C., A.N. Hahmann, J. Badger, N.G. Mortensen and B. Argent,
(2015). Development of a numerical wind atlas for South Africa.
Energy Procedia,
76,
pp.128-137. Pinto, I., C. Lennard,
M. Tadross, B. Hewitson, A. Dosio, G. Nikulin, H-J. Panitz and
M.E. Shongwe, (2016). Evaluation and projections
of extreme precipitation over southern Africa from two CORDEX
models. Climatic
Change,
doi:10.1007/s10584-015-1573-1 Endris, H. S., C. Lennard,
B. Hewitson, A. Dosio, G. Nikulin and H.J. Panitz, (2015).
Teleconnection responses in multi-GCM driven CORDEX RCMs over
Eastern Africa. Climate Dynamics,
doi: 10.10007/s00382-015-2734-7. Favre, A., N. Philippon, B. Pohl, E.
Kalognomou, C. Lennard,
B. Hewitson, G. Nikulin, A. Dosio, H.J. Panitz and R.
Cerezo-Mota, (2015). Spatial distribution of precipitation annual
cycles over South Africa in 10 CORDEX regional climate model
present-day simulations. Climate
Dynamics,
doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2677-z Abiodun, B. J., S. Abba Omar, C. Lennard and C. Jack,
(2015). Using regional climate models to simulate extreme
rainfall events in the Western Cape, South Africa. Int. J.
Climatol., doi: 10.1002/joc.4376
Klutse, N. A., B., Sylla, M. B., Diallo, I., Sarr, A., Dosio,
A., Diedhiou, A., Kamga, A., Lamptey, B., Ali, A., Gbobanyini E.,
Owusu, K., Lennard, C., Hewitson, B., Grigory Nikulin,
G., Panitz, HJ, Buchner, M. (2015). Daily characteristics
of West African summer monsoon precipitation in CORDEX
simulations. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 1-18.
Lennard, C., and Hegerl, G. (2014). Relating changes in
synoptic circulation to the surface rainfall response using
self-organising maps. Climate Dynamics, 1-19.
doi:10.1007/s00382-014-2169-6
Lennard, C (2014).Simulating an Extreme Wind Event in a
Topographically Complex Region. Boundary Layer Meteorology,
153(2):237-250, doi:10.1007/s10546-014-9939-x
Niang, I., O.C. Ruppel, M.A.
Abdrabo, A. Essel, C. Lennard, J. Padgham, and P.
Urquhart, (2014). Africa. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts,
Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part B: Regional Aspects.
Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report
of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Barros,
V.R., C.B. Field, D.J. Dokken, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, T.E.
Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B.
Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea,
and L.L. White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1199-1265.
Shongwe, M., C. Lennard,
B. Liebmann, E. Kalognoumou, L Ntsangwane and I Pinto, (2014).
An Evaluation of CORDEX Regional Climate Models in
Simulating Precipitation over Southern Africa. Atmospheric
Research Letters: doi:10.1002/asl2.538 Kalognomou, E., C. Lennard, M.Shongwe, I. Pinto, M.
Kent, B. Hewitson, A. Dosio, G. Nikulin, H. Panitz, M. Buchner
(2013). A diagnostic evaluation of precipitation in CORDEX models
over southern Africa. Journal of Climate,
26(23):9477-9506. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00703.1
Endris, H., P. Omondi, S. Jain, L. Changa, C. Lennard,
B. Hewitson, J. Awange, P. Ketiem, A. Dosio, G. Nikulin, H.
Panitz, M. Buchner, F. Stordal, L.Tazalika (2013). Assessment of
the performance of CORDEX Regional Climate Models in Simulating
Eastern Africa Rainfall. Journal of Climate,
26(21):8453-8475. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00708.1 Gbobaniyi, E., A. Sarr, M. B. Sylla, I.
Diallo, C. Lennard,
A. Dosio, A. Dhie ́diou, A. Kamga, N. A. B. Klutse, B. Hewitson,
G. and B. Lamptey, (2013). Climatology, annual cycle and
interannual variability of precipitation and temperature in
CORDEX simulations over West Africa. International
Journal of Climatology,
doi:10.1002/joc.3834 Ratnam V, S. Behera, S. Ratna, H,
Rautenbach, C. Lennard,
J. Juo, Y Masumoto, K. Takahashi, T. Yamamoto, (2013). Dynamical
downscaling of austral summer climate forecasts over Southern
Africa using a regional coupled model, Journal
of Climate, (26) 6015-6032,
doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00645.1 Kim J, D. Waliser, C. Mattmann, C. Goodale,
A. Hart, P. Zimdars, D. Crichton, C. Jones, G. Nikulin, B.
Hewitson, C. Jack, C. Lennard
and A. Favre (2013). Evaluation of the surface climatology in the
CORDEX-Africa multi-RCM hindcast experiment using the JPL-UCLA
Regional Climate Model Evaluation System (RCMES). Climate
Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-013-1751-7 Favre, A., B. Hewitson, C. Lennard, R. Cerezo-Mota and
M. Tadross (2013). Cut-off Lows in the South Africa region and
their contribution to precipitation. Climate Dynamics,
41(9-10), 2331-2351. Hewitson B, C. Lennard, G. Nikulin and C. Jones,
(2012). CORDEX-Africa: a unique opportunity for science and
capacity building. CLIVAR Exchanges 01/2012; 60:6-7 Favre, A., B. Hewitson, M. Tadross, C.
Lennard
and R Cerezo-Mota, (2011). Relationships between cut-off lows and
the Semi-annual and Southern Oscillations. Climate
Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-011-1030-4 Sang, H., A. Gelfand, C. Lennard,
G. Hegerl and B. Hewitson, (2008). Interpreting self-organizing
maps through space-time data models. Annals
of Applied Statistics: 2: 1194-1216
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Technical Reports |
Hahmann, A.N., C. Lennard,
J. Badger, C.L. Vincent, M.C. Kelly, P.J. Volker, B. Argent and
J. Refslund, (2015). "Mesoscale modeling for the Wind Atlas of
South Africa (WASA) project." Technical University of Denmark, pp.
81. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3735.6887.
Lawal K., P. Wolski, C. Lennard, M. Tadross, B. Abiodun, O Angelil, R.C. Mota, D. Stone, (2015). "Predictability and attribution of the South African seasonal climate". Water Research Commission Research Report No.2067/1/15, pp. 115. Lennard C, L. Coop, D. Morrison and R. Grandin (2013): "Extreme events: Past and future changes in the attributes of extreme rainfall and the dynamics of their driving processes". Water Research Commission report No 1960/1/12, pp 105. Hewitson B, C. Reason, W. Tennant, M. Tadross, C. Jack, N. MacKellar, C. Lennard, K. Hansingo, R. Walawege, and M. Mdoka, (2004). "Dynamical modelling of present and future climate systems." Water Research Commission Research Report No.1154/1/04, pp. 101. |
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PhD Thesis | Lennard, C. J. (2008) Identification and simulation of extreme precipitation using a computationally inexpensive methodology, PhD Thesis, Iniversity of Cape Town, South Africa. | |||||
Book Chapter |
Lennard, C., B. Hewitson and J. Padgham (2013). CORDEX-Africa: Analyzing CORDEX data for integration into the impacts community. In: Climate Change Perspectives from the Atlantic, Eds. Fernandez-Palacios et al., Serviso De Publicaniones, Universidad de la Laguna, pp. 541-561 |
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Selected Conference Papers |
Lennard, C. (2015). Climate Science for Climate Services: capacity development within CORDEX-Africa. Our Common Future under Climate Change International Scientific Conference, Paris, France.
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